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Christopher J. Hoare
8000 Midlantic Dr., Ste 300 S
Mt. Laurel, New Jersey 08054-1518
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Litigation and Transportation Groups. Focuses his practice in railroad litigation. For over 16 years, he has represented Class I and short line railroads in cases involving FELA defense, railroad litigation, retail/owner operator liability, dram shop, construction litigation and accidents, products liability, grade crossing collisions, trespasser fatalities, passenger injuries, collections, property damage, insurance coverage, and other matters.
- Shareholder and Co-Chair, Litigation Group
- Cleanup & Superfund
- Construction Law
- Construction Litigation
- Contracts
- Employment Litigation
- Environmental Law
- Federal Appellate Practice
- Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA)
- Insurance Coverage
- Intellectual Property Law
- Litigation & Appeals
- Personal Injury -- Defense
- Professional Liability Litigation
- Property Damage -- Defense
- Railroad Law
- Toxic Torts
- Transportation Law
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
- New Jersey, 1992
- New York, 2007
- Pennsylvania, 1992
- Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey,
1992
J.D.
- Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey,
1974
Bachelor of Arts
- Salmonella Poisoning Alleged in Product Liability Case Defendant's Verdict in Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Defense Digest, Spring, 1993
- Summary Judgement Granted in Favor of Landowner and Against Independent Contractor, Defense Digest, Spring, 1993
- "Occupied Crossing Rule" Shields Railroad From Liability, Defense Digest, February, 1996
- Pennsylvania Trial Court Upholds Lack of Railroad Duty Owed to Minor Trespasser in Double Amputation Case, Defense Digest, Vol. 3, No. 3, 1997
- Third Circuit Defines Limits of Landowner Liability to Trespassers Injured by a Condition on the Land, Defense Digest, Vol. 5, No. 4, 1999
- How to Investigate and Defend a Grade Crossing Collision Case, CNA Insurance Defending the Trespasser Injury Case
- Principles of Federal Preemption in the defense of Grade Crossing Accidents
- Recognized as one of South Jersey's "Top Attorneys" as published by SJ Magazine,
2009
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2010
- National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel (NARTC)
- Member
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Council Member, Civil Litigation Section
- Amtrak, Senior Claims Agent,
1986
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1992
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