Marc A. Deitch
Partner
Experience
Marc A. Deitch is an accomplished civil litigator who defends trucking companies, transportation network companies, and motor carriers in transportation, product liability, motor vehicle negligence, and personal injury litigation. Marc is an active trial attorney who has tried more than 50 jury trials in state and federal courts throughout New Jersey and New York. He has over 20 years of experience defending individual and corporate clients against complex claims for personal injuries involving wrongful death, quadriplegia, cervical and lumbar injuries, traumatic brain injuries, and complex fractures. He also has extensive experience handling UM/UIM, premises liability, dram shop, construction defects, and insurance coverage matters.
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Experience Highlights
- Obtained summary judgment in favor of a provider of on-site fleet maintenance when the court agreed none of the parties had produced evidence to indicate that an alleged defective condition on a rental vehicle existed at the time of the last preventative maintenance service by the defendant
- Obtained summary judgment in a personal injury lawsuit due to lack of proximate causation for a firefighter’s back injury he sustained while shoveling sand that spilled onto the roadway from overturned trucks involved in a motor vehicle accident
- Received a no cause jury verdict on behalf of a tractor-trailer owner after an accident with an automobile where the plaintiff alleged receiving injuries that exacerbated his MS
- Obtained summary judgment based on the lack of agency between a transport company and the driver of a tractor-trailer involved in an automobile accident
Honors & Awards
Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, 2023-24
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, 2023-24
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Background
Admissions
- New Jersey
- New York
Education
- Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, J.D., 1991
- Rutgers University, B.A., 1988
Professional Affiliations
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- Middlesex County Bar Association
Community Involvement
- Great Cycle Challenge for Childhood Cancer, 2020
- City to the Shore Ride for MS, 2019
- New York City Century Ride for NYC Bike Paths, 2019
- Rutgers University Moot Court Competition: Judge
- West Windsor/Plainsboro High School North Moot Court Team: Attorney Advisor
News & Knowledge
Publications & Events
- “Advanced Trial Tactics; Evidence,” Panelist, National Business Institute, October 2019
- “Advanced Trial Tactics; Summations/Jury Charge,” Panelist, National Business Institute, December 2015
RECENT INSIGHTS
September 27, 2021