Carmelo T. Torraca
- Partner at Cooper Levenson, P.A. (66 Attorneys)
- 1125 Atlantic Avenue, Atlantic City, NJ 08401 View Carmelo T. Torraca's office location
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Biography
Practice Highlights
Presently, Tony is handling sophisticated legal matters for an array of specialized clients. He represents three of the top five nationwide pest control companies, handling almost all New Jersey and Pennsylvania litigation in fleet management, pest control, toxic exposure, termite damage, and the exploding issue of bed bug litigation.
Tony served as lead counsel for the prosecution of a $50 million dollar construction defect claim on behalf of a prominent builder and major insurance company, spanning 13 developed communities in two states.
He has significant experience with security claims and has handled a multitude of catastrophic injuries resulting from third party criminal acts as against plaintiffs. His clientele includes apartment complexes and concert security for major Philadelphia and New Jersey concert venues. Tony is also working with marine insurance attorneys handling a multitude of New Jersey claims ranging from dockside work accidents to wrongful death and catastrophic injuries involving personal vessels.
Credentials
•Member, New Jersey and Pennsylvania State Bar Associations
•Member, Vincent S. Haneman Inn of Court
•Member, New Jersey Pest Management Association
•Member, National Pest Management Association
Areas of Practice (5)
- Civil Litigation
- Insurance Defense
- Negligent Security
- Pest Management and Bedbug Liability Defense
- Premises Liability
Education & Credentials
Credentials
Member, New Jersey and Pennsylvania State Bar Associations
• Member, Vincent S. Haneman Inn of Court
• Member, New Jersey Pest Management Association
• Member, National Pest Management Association
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Documents (4)
- When Does the Six Year Statute of Limitations Begin?
- LEGAL ALERTS/ARTICLES
- Nov 28, 2017, previously published on Nov 28, 2017 | Author: Carmelo T. Torraca and Elizabeth Ann Kaufman
- Law Firm: Cooper Levenson, P.A. - Atlantic City Office
- On September 14, 2017, in The Palisades at Fort Lee Condo Ass’n v. 100 Old Palisade, LLC, 2017 N.J. Lexis 845, the Supreme Court of New Jersey reversed and remanded to the trial court the Appellate Divisions decision in Palisades at Fort Lee Condo Ass’n v. 100 Old Palisade, LLC, 2016 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 193, wherein the Appellate Court was faced with an appeal from a Condominium Association which lost its cause of action against various contractors who created the defects in the building prior to the Condominium Association’s formation due to expiration of the six-year Statute of Limitations....
- Random Acts of Violence Exclusion to the Negligent Security Claim
- LEGAL ALERTS/ARTICLES
- Jul 05, 2017, previously published on Jul 05, 2017 | Author: Carmelo T. Torraca
- Law Firm: Cooper Levenson, P.A. - Atlantic City Office
- Since 1997, New Jersey has shifted its standards for determining a property owner’s duty to a victim of a crime on its property to the much broader “totality of the circumstances.” In Clohesy v. Food Circus Supermarkets, Inc., the New Jersey Court adopted the totality of the circumstances analysis as set forth in the Restatement (2 nd ) of Torts §344 Comment F (1965). This standard encompasses all matters considered by “a reasonable prudent person” and incorporate fairness considerations for imposing the duty, including foreseeability of the third-party conduct, and “whether the premise owner exercised reasonable care under the circumstances.” Id. In adopting this analysis, the Court held that the foreseeability of crime on the property was crucial, although not dispositive, element, which subsumes many of the concerns acknowledged to impose this duty....
- The Damaging Effects of Diagnostic Errors in New Jersey
- LEGAL ALERTS/ARTICLES
- Sep 17, 2015, previously published on Sep 17, 2015 | Author: Eric A. Browndorf , Amy Houck Elco , Amy E. Rudley and Carmelo T. Torraca
- Law Firm: Cooper Levenson, P.A. - Atlantic City Office
- Diagnostic mistakes are costly errors that are unfortunately all too common in New Jersey and across the country. According to the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine, one out of every 10 diagnoses given to patients is wrong. Further, a diagnostic error is responsible for as many as 80,000 fatalities on an annual basis, the organization states....
- Young v. Prizm Asset Management, Expansion of Mall Duties to Third Party Criminal Acts
- LEGAL ALERTS/ARTICLES
- Jan 10, 2015, previously published on Dec 30, 2014 | Author: Carmelo T. Torraca
- Law Firm: Cooper Levenson, P.A. - Atlantic City Office
- The Superior Court of Pennsylvania recently overturned a Court of Common Pleas ruling which had granted summary judgment in favor of the Steamtown Mall in a case involving an assault which occurred in the Mall’s parking lot....
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