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Timestamp: 2019-04-24 04:37:07+00:00

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Christopher J. Tellner is an experienced trial attorney, having tried insurance coverage, bad faith, professional liability and general liability cases to verdict.
Mr. Tellner concentrates his practice in the fields of insurance coverage, professional liability, defense of general liability matters, and business litigation. He has an active trial and appellate practice in both federal and state courts.
In the area of insurance coverage, Mr. Tellner handles all aspects of first and third party insurance coverage and bad faith matters from rendering coverage opinions through litigation, concerning commercial general liability, property, D&O and E&O liability, employment practices liability, environmental/toxic tort, fidelity and life, health and disability.
In the area of professional liability, Mr. Tellner’s practice includes complex attorney, accountant, insurance agents/brokers, realtor, title insurer, architects and engineers malpractice claims. In general liability, Mr. Tellner defends against all property and casualty claims. Within business litigation, Mr. Tellner practices in the area of general litigation, directors and officers liability, False Claims Act claims and employment practices defense.
Mr. Tellner currently serves as Chair of the Mid Atlantic Chapter of the PLUS Organization. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Tellner was an attorney with a large Philadelphia firm where he concentrated in complex commercial insurance coverage and bad faith matters, successfully defending insurers in all aspects of litigation. Mr. Tellner is a certified arbitrator in Philadelphia and Montgomery Counties.
Central Michigan University – M.S.H.A.
Kunsman v. Metro. Direct Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co., NO. 17-4619, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 104621 (E.D. Pa. June 21, 2018) (Schmehl, J.) (striking all allegations of UIPA violations as “irrelevant” to whether bad faith occurred).
Mattia v. Philadelphia Liberty Place, LP, No. 130602073, 2016 Phila. Ct. Com. Pl. LEXIS 368 (Ct. Com. Pl. Phila. Cty. Oct. 20, 2016) (obtained directed verdict on behalf of architect in professional liability catastrophic personal injury trial).
Springfield Sports Emerg. Med. V. McGinley, No. 2014-007182 (Ct. Com. Pl. Del. Cty. June 27, 2016) (obtained directed verdict on behalf of attorney in legal malpractice suit).
Golder v. Galleon Pharmas., Inc., No. 16-1305, 2016 WL 3919490 (E.D. Pa.) – Successfully a moved to vacate of default judgment under FRCP 55(c) and 60(b) finding the defendant presented a meritorious defense, that the default judgment was not the result of culpable conduct on the part of defendant, and that plaintiff will not be prejudiced.
Jugan v. Economy Premier Assurance Company, 2016 WL 3632724 (E.D. Pa. July 7, 2016) – Successfully secured a summary judgment in favor of MetLife on a breach of contract claim pursuant to all-risks property insurance policy Absolute Freezing Exclusion, finding the insured could not establish reasonable measures were taken to prevent loss.
Koons v. XL Insurance America Inc., Greenwich Insurance Co., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 74699 (E.D. Pa. May 30, 2012) – Successfully secured summary judgment in favor of XL Insurance America, Inc.; 2013 WL 5298581 (E.D. Pa. Sept. 19, 2013) – Successfully secured summary judgment in favor of Greenwich Insurance Co.; No. 13-4126, 2015 WL 4530413 (3d Cir. July 28, 2015) – Successfully secured summary judgment in the case whereby the court denied the motion to substitute and dismissed the action as moot and lacking standing because Erie Insurance defended and indemnified insured.
Richardson-Graves v. Empire Beauty Sch., 1:14-CV-155, 2014 WL 4792069 (M.D. Pa. Sept. 23, 2014) – Successfully dismissed the plaintiff’s federal civil rights claims upon motion to dismiss.
White v. Metro. Direct Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co., CIV.A. 13-434, 2014 WL 3732135 (E.D. Pa. July 29, 2014) – Successfully secured summary judgment in favor of MetLife on breach of contract and bad faith claims when claim for insurance fraud previously was dismissed upon motion for judgment on the pleadings.
Exil v. Fidelity & Guar. Life Ins. Co., 2010 WL 2518079 (D.N.J. Mar. 29, 2010) – Successfully moved to dismiss claims under term life insurance policy.
Ball v. Agreement of Trust of Penn Prime Trust Dated August 13, 1987, 2009 WL 6869974 (Ct. Com. Pl. Allegheny Cty. July 24, 2009) – Holding insurer has no obligation to provide defense to insured or indemnification to injured third-party for damages sustained from operation of a fire truck.
Grove v. RIZZI 1857 S.p.A. v. Società Cattolica di Assicurazione – Societa Cooperative, 2007 WL 4771563 (E.D. Pa. 2007) – Successfully moved to dismiss on behalf of third party defendant Italian insurer with respect to claims for coverage of products liability injuries.

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