Timothy D. Rau

Representative Matters

• Defense verdict in wrongful death case in Philadelphia County which it was alleged that the plaintiff/decedent’s esophageal cancer and subsequent death was caused by his exposure to asbestos
• Defense verdict after two phases of a reverse bifurcated trial in Philadelphia County where the plaintiff was found by the jury to have asbestosis, but Mr. Rau’s client’s product was found to have not caused the plaintiff’s disease
• Defense verdicts in two cases tried simultaneously where the plaintiffs each alleged they had contracted symptomatic asbestosis as a result of exposure to asbestos
• Marine vessel negligence verdict affirmed on appeal:  Kindermann v. Cunningham, 2015 Pa. Super. 30
• Premises liability verdict in Philadelphia where the plaintiff alleged permanent injury and total disability from work after a fall on the property owned and managed by Mr. Rau’s client. After demanding in excess of $2.5 million prior to trial and alleging over $1 million in past and future wage loss, the jury awarded the plaintiff less than $100,000.

Publications

• “Liability for Replacement Parts in a Post-Tincher World” (Author), The Legal Intelligencer – Products Liability Supplement, 1/26/2016, p. 6

Admissions and Licenses

• New Jersey Bar Admission
• New York Bar Admission
• Pennsylvania Bar Admission
• United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Memberships

• The Maritime Law Association of the United States

Community

• Ironbridge Charity Group (Board of Directors)

Education

• Rutgers University School of Law – Camden, J.D. (1999)
• James Madison University, B.A. (1996), cum laude, English, minor in Business