Attorney Vincent Coppola

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• $1 million settlement – Medical Malpractice – stemming from patient’s emergency room death from an undiagnosed pulmonary embolism.

• Appellate Reversal — Obtained reversal on appeal in the Third Circuit reinstating a $750,000 verdict against Allstate Insurance Company in an insurance bad faith claim brought on behalf of an Allstate policyholder, in which Allstate refused to pay third party benefits to its insured following a motor vehicle accident in which the insured seriously injured a pedestrian.

• Appellate Reversal — Obtained reversal on appeal in the Third Circuit of a lower court dismissal of a 4th Amendment excessive force case that ultimately resulted in the highest settlement paid to date by the Pennsylvania State Police (amount undisclosed pursuant to settlement).

• Bennett v. Murphy, 274 F.3d 133 (3d Cir. 2001), 127 F.Supp. 2d 689 (W.D. Pa. 2000);

• Kost v. Kozakiewicz, 1 F.3d 176 (3d Cir. 1993);

• Derzack v. County of Allegheny, 173 F.R.D. 400 (W.D. Pa. 1996);

• Ford v. Johnson, 899 F.Supp. 227 (W.D. Pa. 1995);

• Lockwood v. City of Pittsburgh, 751 A.2d 1136 (Pa. 2000);

• In re Easly, 771 A.2d 849 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2001);

• McKeesport Mun. Water Auth. v. McClosky, 690 A.2d 766 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1997).

• University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • J.D. – 1987

• King’s College

  • B.S. – 1984

• Allegheny County Bar Association

• American Bar Association

• Borough of Thornburg , Councilman

• Pleasant Valley High School Brd. of Ed., Member