Katharine C. Koob

Katharine C. Koob is Principal in the firm's Professional Liability Defense Department and Medical Malpractice Litigation Practice Group. She defends clients in professional liability and medical malpractice claims at trial, mediation, and arbitration that involve often catastrophic injuries and large financial exposure. Her clients include hospitals and health systems, doctors, nurses, dentists, and other healthcare professionals. Ms. Koob is an experienced litigator and is certified as an arbitrator in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia.  

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• Successfully handled small-claims matters, arbitrations, and mediations, including those with significant exposure.
• Secured a defense verdict in a trial representing a dentist, affirming the arbitration-level decision in favor of the defendant. 
• Second chaired jury trial for defendant nurse practitioner and practice group, resulting in a defense verdict in a Wrongful Death case.
• Multiple successful Motions for Summary Judgment resulting in dismissal of plaintiff’s claims including the complete dismissal of a Federal Court matter against a hospital and surgeon, the dismissal of a case based on the Pennsylvania Mental Health Procedures Act, and the dismissal of claims of corporate negligence against several area health systems in multiple matters.
• Successfully obtained an affirmation of the Pennsylvania Superior Court, securing the prior Summary Judgment dismissal of the client at the trial level.