Christopher J. Boyle

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Christopher J. Boyle is an Associate in the Philadelphia office of McBreen & Kopko. He has been associated with the firm since 2004. He is engaged in a general civil litigation practice with a focus on the defense of premises liability, transportation liability, product liability, and aviation liability actions. During his career, Mr. Boyle has been asked to represent clients in a variety of jurisdictions throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States and has been an advocate for those clients in state and federal appellate courts.

Mr. Boyle received a B.S. degree from St. Joseph's University.  He was employed for a number of years in the pharmaceutical industry prior to receiving his J.D. from Temple University School of Law in 2001. Before joining McBreen & Kopko, Mr. Boyle worked as a trial lawyer for an AM LAW 100 firm headquartered in Philadelphia where he represented individuals, businesses and major insurance carriers in a wide variety of matters.

Mr. Boyle is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He has also been admitted, on a case-by-case basis, to handle cases for clients in a variety of other state and federal jurisdictions.

Representative Matters:

• Attained a defense verdict in favor of an airline and its disabled passenger services contractor after a five day jury trial in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in a case where the plaintiff, a paraplegic, alleged that she sustained severe neck injuries when she was dropped while being disembarked from an airplane by two employees.
• Obtained summary judgment in favor of a Wisconsin based international food-grade bulk liquid distribution corporation under the New Jersey Product Liability Act in a negligent design products liability case.  Plaintiff suffered a spinal cord injury leaving her totally disabled, in constant pain and permanently incontinent after she fell from the top of a liquid bulk tanker. 
• Achieved positive results following numerous jury trials, bench trials and arbitrations on behalf of Philadelphia area retail grocery supermarket operators in premises liability matters; including the successful defense on appeal of favorable results at the trial level.
• Successfully defended a national over-the-road moving company, its agent and driver in a fatal trucking accident case where the decedent was a thirty-eight year old father who earned a substantial yearly income.  This matter also involved the successful appeal of an Administrative year-long suspension of our driver’s operator’s license as well as the retention and supervision of criminal defense counsel to defend against traffic citations issued following the accident.
• Recovered a substantial payment owed to an international group of travel agencies headquartered  in Germany in a breach of contract action in federal court in New Jersey arising out of the attempt by the defendant corporation to avoid its obligations under a Preferred Hotel Program Use Agreement between the parties.
• Obtained a jury verdict in favor of Baltimore area retail business and its property insurer against an electrical contractor following a week long trial in a case that arose out of a fire that destroyed the client’s retail store and property.

Mr. Boyle is licensed to practice law in the state of  Pennsylvania and New Jersey.