John D. Goetz
Work in Jones Day
Top Rated Family Law Attorney in Pittsburgh, PA
Product Liability, Litigation, Class Actions, Aviation & Aerospace, Health Care Law, Business Law
500 Grant Street, Suite 4500, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
About John D. Goetz
Practice Areas
- Product Liability
- Litigation
- Class Actions
- Aviation & Aerospace
- Health Care Law
- Business Law
Education
- University of Notre Dame London Law Center, London, England, 1986J.D.
- Honors: cum laude
- Law Review: Law Review, Editor-in-Chief
- University of Notre Dame, 1983B.B.A.
- Honors: magna cum laude
Representative Cases
- Air Evac EMS participates in NTSB special hearings focusing on safety issues (2009)
- Allegheny Health, nation's largest nonprofit healthcare company, files chapter 11 cases (2009)
- Bayer Corporation's Miles division wins summary judgment in case of first impression involving limited immunity for commercial supplier of blood products
- CBS settles breach of fiduciary duty claim before trial against former employee
- City of Erie School District obtains dismissal of RICO claims due to property assessments (2009)
- Community team works to transform vacant properties to productive parcels to benefit flood-damaged municipalities in Pittsburgh (2008)
- Corry Hiebert Corp. wins partial summary judgment in age discrimination action
- Defond Manufacturing defends against claims in commercial arbitration following deaths in house fire allegedly caused by consumer product
- Diocese of Erie obtains dismissal in defamation action on First Amendment grounds
- Harris Corporation defends against private mediation in dispute involving failed delivery of energy management computer system
- Official Creditors Committee of AHERF seeks judicial declaration that D&O insurance polices not subject to rescission by carriers
- Parker Hannifin defends aviation action involving crash of USAir Flight 427 near Pittsburgh (2009)
- Parker Hannifin jury finds no liability for punitive damages in aviation case involving plane carrying former Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan (2009)
- Parker Hannifin obtains non-suit with prejudice in wrongful death action stemming from single-engine Cessna crash (2009)
- Parker Hannifin obtains Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal of RICO claims (2009)
- Parker Hannifin settles during appeal claims filed in wake of SilkAir crash (2009)
- Parker Hannifin wins Ninth Circuit dismissal of wrongful death claims involving single-engine plane crash (2009)
- Parker Hannifin wins summary judgment on all claims in an Argentina plane crash claiming the lives of senior business executives (2009)
- R.J. Reynolds obtains voluntary dismissal of ERISA and tort claims by labor union plan
- R.J. Reynolds obtains voluntary dismissal of wrongful death claims in Philadelphia County Court
- R.J. Reynolds obtains voluntary dismissal of wrongful death claims in Western District of Pennsylvania
- Ryder System defends against commercial litigation involving failed sale and closing of manufacturing subsidiary
- Swissair defends action relating to crash of airliner off coast of Nova Scotia (2009)
- Temple Inland defends against six wrongful death and personal injury actions arising out of explosion at particleboard manufacturing plant
- Textron defends against Philadelphia County mass tort actions involving alleged silicosis
- Textron obtains dismissals in silica exposure cases
- The Williams Companies defend against dispute over allocation of access to capacity in natural gas pipeline
- Third Circuit reverses district court, affirms right to seek DNA evidence post-conviction under §1983
- U.S. Silica's judgment n.o.v. following jury trial is upheld by Pennsylvania Supreme Court
- U.S. Steel successfully resolves toxic tort suit involving alleged exposure to benzene and light oil from coke batteries (2009)
- UAG defends against Tennessee and Mississippi class action involving "dealer reserve" revenues relating to automobile financing
- UAG wins dismissal of putative consumer protection class action in New Jersey state court involving "dealer reserve" revenues
- United Auto Group defends against consumer protection class action relating to dealer-assisted financing
- Westinghouse Electric obtains defense verdict in race discrimination jury trial
- Yamaha defends nationwide litigation of product liability cases and claims involving the Rhino side-by-side ("SxS") vehicle (2009)
- Zurn Industries wins dismissal of negligence subrogation case involving one of largest fires in Erie, PA
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
Past Positions
- Honorable Ruggero J. Aldisert, former chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, Law Clerk, 1986 - 1987
Office Info
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