Kenneth T. Newman
KENNETH T. NEWMAN is a partner in the Litigation Defense and Product Liability Practice Groups of Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP.
Mr. Newman’s practice is focused on product liability, construction site accident claims, trucking accidents, premises liability and commercial litigation. A large portion of Mr. Newman’s practice is devoted to defending cases that involve catastrophic injury.
He has aggressively and successfully defended many product liability cases in various state and federal courts, representing sellers and manufacturers of all types of products, ranging from industrial machinery to consumer goods. Mr. Newman has also defended numerous owners, contractors, subcontractors, engineers and construction managers with respect to construction site accident claims, many involving serious injury and death.
Cases representative of his practice include:
- Obtaining summary judgment for the owner and construction manager in a construction accident death case that reached the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The Court affirmed summary judgment for the owner and, for the first time, outlined the duties a construction manager owes to employees of contractors on a construction site.
- Serving as defense co-counsel in the groundbreaking case of Duchess v. Langston, wherein, for the first time, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court addressed the admissibility of subsequent remedial measures/design changes in product liability cases.
Mr. Newman received his J.D. degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He received his B.A. from the George Washington University.
Mr. Newman is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Ohio.