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R. Bruce Morrison

R. Bruce Morrison

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Bruce Morrison is a shareholder with Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin and founded the firm's Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Practice Group. His practice focuses on the representation of insurance companies directly, both in insurance coverage consultations and in litigation. In addition to his insurance matters, Bruce continues to handle select appellate cases in Pennsylvania state and federal appellate courts.
 
Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin
1845 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  19103-4797
(Philadelphia Co.)

Telephone: 215-575-2624
Fax: 215-575-0856
http://www.marshalldennehey.com



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Practice AreasInsurance Coverage; Insurance Bad Faith; Appellate Practice
 
EducationVillanova University, J.D., 1981, University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1978
 
Admitted1981, Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court
 
MembershipsPhiladelphia and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Pennsylvania Defense Institute (Co-Director, Bad Faith Group).
 
BornBryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
 
BiographyListed: Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, 2006 and 2009; Best Lawyers in America, 2006-2010. Author: "Superior Court Emotionally Distressed Over Negligent Infliction Claims," Defense Digest, Winter 1993-1994; "Bad Faith Burden of Proof Clarified," Defense Digest, Summer 1994; "Insurance Coverage for Assault and Battery Claim Determined by Complaint," Defense Digest, Fall 1994; "Revisions to Pennsylvania Rule Puts Post-Trial Motions and Appeals on Fast Track," Defense Digest, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1996; "Erie v. Lake: Do You Know Who Your Insureds Are?" Defense Digest, Vol. 2, No. 5, 1996; "CATFund Joint Tort Cap Provision Enforced," Defense Digest, Vol. 3, No. 3, 1997-06; "Understanding the Moorehead Decision: Hospital Receives Set-Off," The Legal Intelligencer, 1998-03-16; "The Proper Measure of Compensable Past Medical Expenses," Pennsylvania Law Weekly, 1998-07-27; "Litigating Bad Faith Claims in Insurance Coverage Cases," The Legal Intelligencer, 1998-09-28; "Birth Center Creates New Claims: Decision Addresses Questions of State Bad Faith Statute," The Legal Intelligencer, 1999-09-27; "The Y2K Act: Defining the Coverage Battleground?" Defense Digest, Vol. 5, No. 5, 1999-10; "UM/UIM Carriers Owe No Duty to Make Advance Payments of So-Called 'Undisputed' Amounts in Such Claims," Defense Digest, Vol. 5, No. 5, 1999-10; "The Y2K Act Hides While Policyholders Seek Coverage for Y2K Remediation Expenses," Defense Digest, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2000-04; "Superior Court Agrees That 'U' Carriers Not Obligated to Advance So-Called 'Undisputed Amounts'," Defense Digest, Vol. 6, No. 4, 2000-06; "Birth Center Delivers Major Headache in Excess Verdict Cases," Defense Digest, Spring 2002; Seminar, "Bad Faith and Excess Verdicts: The Bermuda Quadrangle," PATLA, June 2003.
 
Reported CasesMoorehead v. Crozer-Chester Medical Center; Armstrong v. Paoli Memorial Hospital; Polselli v. Nationwide; Britamco Underwriters v. Greskiewicz; Britamco Underwriters v. Weiner; Jacobs Constructors v. National Union.
 
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