Catherine De AngelisPartner AssistantJeanne Spera 973.242.1364 Ext. 9015 jspera@wglaw.com Catherine's practice focuses on all aspects of insurance defense litigation in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. Her experience includes handling cases involving all types of litigation such as premises and automobile liability, construction and product defect, environmental and toxic tort, contract disputes, professional liability, property damage, collections, and coverage actions.
Catherine’s extensive experience includes defending all types of commercial properties, such as movie theaters, restaurants, and other retail establishments, as well as construction companies, contractors, property owners and management companies. Through trial and appeal, she has handled cases at both state and federal levels.
Working in collaboration with her clients, Catherine prides herself on developing unique defense tactics to utilize against the ever-changing theories of liability being alleged against her clients, including deficient lighting, defective design, failure to warn, insufficient warning, food contamination, and more.
With decades of experience, Catherine is sought out by insurance companies and their insureds to successfully defend them in a variety of matters. She worked as in-house counsel for Auto One Insurance Company, handling insurance matters such as first-party and third-party claims, automobile personal injury, subrogation, and premises liability. She has also handled commercial and personal auto/truck negligence, product liability, premises liability, wrongful death, professional liability, construction defect, and commercial disputes.
Catherine is a member of Weber Gallagher’s Wellness Committee. She is also a member of the New Jersey Defense Association and serves on the Premises Liability Committee.
Catherine De AngelisPartner Catherine's practice focuses on all aspects of insurance defense litigation in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. Her experience includes handling cases involving all types of litigation such as premises and automobile liability, construction and product defect, environmental and toxic tort, contract disputes, professional liability, property damage, collections, and coverage actions.
Catherine’s extensive experience includes defending all types of commercial properties, such as movie theaters, restaurants, and other retail establishments, as well as construction companies, contractors, property owners and management companies. Through trial and appeal, she has handled cases at both state and federal levels.
Working in collaboration with her clients, Catherine prides herself on developing unique defense tactics to utilize against the ever-changing theories of liability being alleged against her clients, including deficient lighting, defective design, failure to warn, insufficient warning, food contamination, and more.
With decades of experience, Catherine is sought out by insurance companies and their insureds to successfully defend them in a variety of matters. She worked as in-house counsel for Auto One Insurance Company, handling insurance matters such as first-party and third-party claims, automobile personal injury, subrogation, and premises liability. She has also handled commercial and personal auto/truck negligence, product liability, premises liability, wrongful death, professional liability, construction defect, and commercial disputes.
Catherine is a member of Weber Gallagher’s Wellness Committee. She is also a member of the New Jersey Defense Association and serves on the Premises Liability Committee.
ExperienceSuccessfully negotiated voluntary dismissal of a Plaintiff’s lawsuit against a large commercial property owner client, early on in litigation, without the need for costly motion practice, saving the client on the potential exposure of the Plaintiff’s case as well as on hefty litigation defense costs.
Successfully tendered full defense and indemnification on behalf of a large commercial client with a high self-insured retention, in a personal injury lawsuit falling under New York’s tough labor laws involving the potential for high damages, completely eliminating the popular American food chain’s exposure and future defense costs and obtaining reimbursement for past defense costs, saving the client tens of thousands of dollars and putting money spent, back in its pocket.
Won summary judgment in favor of a New Jersey commercial property owner and its well-known property management company before the Superior Court of New Jersey, Hudson County, in a case involving significant personal injuries sustained by an employee of one of the tenants. The plaintiff brought action against the landlord entities in an attempt to blame them for a fall from a ladder in the kitchen of the tenant’s space. With a triple net lease in place, the Court granted summary judgment for the landlord entities barring any recovery for the plaintiff’s injuries sustained while at work. The dismissal of this case was a huge win for both the landlord entities as well as the commercial tenant, a popular food chain, who was paying for the landlord’s defense in the case.
Professional & Community InvolvementNew Jersey Defense Association (N.J.D.A), Premises Liability Committee Member
Fairfield Public School Social and Emotional Learning Committee, Member
Defense Research Institute (DRI), Member
AssistantJeanne Spera 973.242.1364 Ext. 9015 jspera@wglaw.com |
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