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Appellate Division, First Department unanimously affirmed (April 4, 2017) lower court decision, Jeffrey Van Etten & Elizabeth Kastner on the law, which granted summary judgment to premises owner of a mixed use building, in a well reported wrongful death case. The plaintiff-decedent... Read More

In May of 2016, Doug Perry obtained a defense verdict in Queens County, New York on behalf of his clients, a large tertiary care facility and general surgeon in a case involving a claim by the Estate of a patient who it... Read More

Appellate Division, Second Department unanimously reversed lower court, Jeffrey Van Etten & Elizabeth Kastner on the law, which denied summary judgment to the owner of an industrial complex whose tenant’s facilities were robbed, resulting in excess of seven figures of damages. On... Read More

The Appellate Division, Second Department reversed the lower court decision denying summary judgment to our client, a managing general agent. The Appellate Division determined that the managing general agent owed no duty whatsoever to the policyholder notwithstanding the claim that the managing... Read More

Appellate Division, First Department unanimously affirmed the grant of Summary Judgement received by partner, Jeffrey K. Van Etten, in a Wrongful Death Labor Law case involving a 13 Story fall from a Condominium building during window washing activities by the decedent. The... Read More

In this well-publicized Negligent Security/ Premises Liability case, the trial court awarded our clients, the building owners and management company, summary judgment and dismissed the case in its entirety. This complex matter initially received attention related to the underlying criminal matter, People... Read More