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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

Dismissal, with prejudice was obtained on behalf of our client, a property management company. Plaintiff, a majority owner of condominium units and cooperative shares as related to two separate buildings, claimed that the property management company’s actions resulted in a waste of... Read More

The New York Law Journal recently published an article which summarized a decision by the Appellate Division, Second Department, in favor of our client. The Appellate Court held that the arbitration award in favor of our client was properly confirmed in Supreme... Read More