Defense Verdict for Philadelphia Partner Catherine Straggas

Philadelphia partner Catherine Straggas, Esquire received a defense verdict after a 5 day trial in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County.  Catherine represented a national sports/entertainment venue and international entertainment production company against an alleged failure to warn patrons a snake would be part of the performance.  Plaintiff sustained a trimalleolar fractured ankle after a friend, with a snake phobia, ran into her.  Plaintiff underwent two surgeries to repair her fractured ankle and claimed she was incapacitated for 6 months after the accident.

Catherine S. Straggas, Esquire
Margolis Edelstein
601 Walnut Street
4th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19106
p (215) 931-5835
f  (215) 922-1772
cstraggas@margolisedelstein.com “””