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Personal Injury, Bad Faith Insurance, Lawsuit & Dispute, Litigation, Products Liability, Insurance, Civil Rights

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Stephen is an experience appellate attorney, having handled several hundred matters before the Superior and Supreme Courts of Pennsylvania and the Third Circuit. Much of his practice is devoted to matters involving insurance coverage disputes, bad faith litigation, personal injury, and products liability. As well, Stephen has represented many real estate agents in malpractice actions and numerous insurance companies in coverage declaratory judgment actions.

Prior to college enrollment, Stephen served in the United States Navy, where he served for a major NATO command in Lisbon, Portugal. Following his discharge, Stephen completed his education at Duquesne University receiving a B.A. degree in Political Science in 1979 and a Masters Degree in American History in 1980. Thereafter, Stephen was employed by Gilbert Commonwealth Associates and Westinghouse Electric Corporation as a consultant regarding personal computer installation and networking.

While working for Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Stephen attended Duquesne University Law School receiving his Juris Doctorate in 1987. Since graduating from law school, Stephen was employed as a defense attorney by several Pittsburgh law firms before joining Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin in December 1997.

Significant Representative Matters

  • Successfully argued that Section 1734 of the MVFRL does not provide a remedy even if the insurance company is found to have violated its provision.

  • Successfully argued that the intentional act exclusion, which precluded coverage for the intentional acts of "any" insured, precluded coverage to an "innocent co-insured." This is the first time in Pennsylvania that this language was applied in a personal injury action and not a property damage case.

  • Successfully presented an interlocutory appeal to the Third Circuit on a state law defamation claim. The court reversed the decision of the lower court and directed that judgment be entered in our clients behalf.

  • Successfully handled a declaratory judgment action with the potential exposure of $30 million. Case involved the killing of five persons and the injuring of a sixth. Issue was whether the intentional acts exclusions and the criminal acts exclusion was applicable to avoid coverage and defense obligations to the parents of the shooter, who resided with the parents at the time. Successfully filed a Motion for Summary Judgment with the lower court. The granting of the motion was affirmed by the Superior Court (both by a regular panel and an en banc panel) and appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court.
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    Duquesne University School of Law Law School1987  
    Duquesne University
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    Florida2010
    Pennsylvania1987
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
    U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania
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    2019-06-28Phone+1 9548474920
    2021-10-21Phone954-847-4947
    2022-10-20Phone724-327-7468
    2020-12-18Firm NameMarshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin
    2021-10-21Firm NameMarshall Dennehey
    2019-08-07Bar StatusActive
    2022-10-20Bar StatusDeceased
    2023-07-05Bar StatusSuspended
    2019-06-28AddressOne East Broward Boulevard Suite 500 Fort Lauderdale FL 33301 US
    2021-07-08Address100 Ne 3Rd Ave Suite 1100 Fort Lauderdale FL 33301 US
    2021-10-21Address2400 E. Commercial Blvd Suite 1100 Fort Lauderdale FL 33308 US
    2022-10-20AddressP.O. Box 385 Murrysville PA 15668 US
    Stephen J. Poljak
    100 Ne 3Rd Ave
    Suite 1100
    Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
    26.1234119,-80.1404795
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