About Michael McDonald
Michael P. McDonald is an associate at Jarve Granato Starr, LLC, where he focuses his practice on personal injury matters, including automobile accidents, premises liability, and other insurance-related disputes. Before joining the firm, McDonald practiced at a regional insurance defense firm, handling litigation involving motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, construction site accidents, and insurance coverage disputes. He previously served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Anne E. Hartnett and the Honorable Kathleen K. Amalfitano in the Kent County Court of Common Pleas, drafting legal opinions and research memoranda in civil, criminal, and administrative cases, and he completed clerkships and internships with the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and Legal Services of Oklahoma, working on matters involving product liability, landlord-tenant disputes, consumer protection, and family law.
He earned his Juris Doctor from Penn State Dickinson Law, where he earned a Certificate in Civil Litigation and was a member of the National Mock Trial Team and Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, and his B.S. in History from the University of Scranton, where he played Division III varsity baseball. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as well as before the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas. He is an active member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the New Jersey Association for Justice, and the Camden County Bar Association.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Jarve Granato Starr, LLC
These results are credited to Jarve Granato Starr, LLC. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.
James McAlonan was left a ventilator-dependent quadriplegic after Mildred Tracy drove through a stop sign in Harrison Township, New Jersey, and his Toyota Echo struck the side of her Ford Explorer. The trial judge granted McAlonan judgment against Tracy on negligence and proximate cause, the jury cleared codefendant Toyota on a companion airbag design claim, and the jury awarded $30,514,352.25. Because McAlonan was not wearing his seatbelt, the jury assigned him 30 percent comparative fault, and the court molded the verdict to a $21,360,046.65 judgment against Tracy. The Appellate Division affirmed in 2011, rejecting McAlonan's appeal of the defense verdict for Toyota. Mati Jarve, now of Jarve Granato Starr, tried and argued the case for McAlonan.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
