Christopher is a member of the Professional Liability Department where his practice is focused on insurance coverage and bad faith litigation. As an experienced litigator, he has developed a deep understanding of insurance policy and coverage issues arising from commercial, personal, and specialty property and casualty policies, professional liability policies, health/life policies and workers’ compensation policies.
Prior to joining Marshall Dennehey, Christopher worked as a senior claims examiner where he dealt with coverage issues and the management of professional liability lawsuits with a focus on municipalities. This experience has provided Christopher with a unique perspective in understanding the tactics utilized by plaintiffs to leverage settlement issues both before and during litigation, as well as analyzing available coverage, responses to civil remedy notices, pre-suit investigations and coverage evaluations. Christopher also presents seminars to clients about issues in the insurance coverage and bad faith practice area.
In 2009 Christopher graduated from Penn State University, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. He later attended Widener University School of Law where he earned his juris doctor, magna cum laude, in 2013.
During his time in law school, Christopher was a senior staff member of the Widener Law Journal, which published his survey analyzing a Pennsylvania Supreme Court administrative law decision in its Spring 2013 issue. Christopher also held an internship for the Pennsylvania Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error Fund and clerked for the local staff defense counsel of a national insurance company.
Year joined
2015
Results
Defense Prevails in Automobile Liability Case.
Insurance Services - Coverage & Bad Faith Litigation
May 11, 2018
We secured the dismissal of a declaratory judgment action filed in federal court against a large insurer. This case arose from a motor vehicle accident that occurred in 2015. The plaintiff averred that she had sustained injuries in excess of the tortfeasor’s bodily injury liability limits and sought stacked underinsured motorist (UIM) benefits. While the plaintiff had admittedly signed a rejection of UIM coverage form and a rejection of UIM coverage stacked limits form, she argued that her insurer had altered the statutorily required forms by adding additional language.
Thought Leadership
Court Confirms UIM Claimants Must Qualify as an ‘Insured’ Under the Policy Insuring Their Employer’s Vehicles in Order to Stack Their Personal Auto UIM Policy
Harrisburg
Insurance Services - Coverage & Bad Faith Litigation
January 1, 2026
While in the course and scope of his employment and while operating a vehicle owned by his employer, Russo was injured in a motor vehicle accident.
Superior Court Enforces Forum Selection Clause, Dismissing UTPCPL Claim and Transferring Breach of Contract and Bad Faith Claims Against Carrier to Insured’s Home County
Harrisburg
Insurance Services - Coverage & Bad Faith Litigation
October 1, 2025
The plaintiff, Robert Mark Winner, was rear-ended by another driver and suffered alleged injuries. Winner brought a claim against the other driver and also notified his own auto insurer, Progressive, that he was making a UIM claim.
Federal Court Limits UIM Payout to $100K in Fatal Crash, Rejects Parents’ Bid for Double Recovery
Harrisburg
Insurance Services - Coverage & Bad Faith Litigation
July 1, 2025
Alexander Wetzel tragically died as a result of a motor vehicle accident involving an underinsured motorist. Case Law Alerts, 3rd Quarter, July 2025 is prepared by Marshall Dennehey to provide information on recent developments of interest to our readers.
Court Denies UIM Coverage to Woman, Claiming ‘Family Member’ Status Through Daughter
Harrisburg
Insurance Services - Coverage & Bad Faith Litigation
April 1, 2025
The plaintiff, who resided with her daughter in the home of her daughter’s paternal grandmother, sought UIM benefits under an auto insurance policy issued to the grandmother. Case Law Alerts, 2nd Quarter, Apri
Pennsylvania Court Reiterates that Single Vehicle Policies Can Be Stacked and Stacking Can Provide Benefit to Insured
Harrisburg
Insurance Services - Coverage & Bad Faith Litigation
January 1, 2025
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania affirmed the grant of summary judgment in favor of Nationwide by the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in this purported class action litigation. Case Law Alerts, 1st Quarter, Janu
Classes / Seminars Taught
Untying Tangled Titles - How Property Insurance Drives Fraud, Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority (IFPA) Conference, Pocono Manor, PA, April 27, 2023
Untying Tangled Titles - How To Recognize How Property Title Issues Drive Fraud, Marshall Dennehey Insurance Fraud 360 Seminar, Lafayette Hill, PA, June, 2022
PIP in PA: Questions & Answers, Client Webinar, December 2020
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