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Premises Liability

Jeffrey Van Etten Elizabeth G. Kastner
Plaintiff commenced this lawsuit against the building owners and management company after suffering burns over 50% of his body when a failure to turn off the gas igniting a pilot light in an apartment in which plaintiff was refinishing floors caused the...
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Adult/Nursing Home Liability

Douglas P. Perry
In a case against an Adult Home where liability favored the plaintiff, we made a calculated and reasoned decision based upon our pre-trial evaluations to try the case to conclusion and have the jury render a verdict because plaintiff’s counsel refused to...
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Defense Verdict

Geoffrey H. Pforr
Following a two-week trial, we obtained a unanimous defense verdict in favor of our client, an obstetrician/gynecologist who performed a hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oopherectomy on the then 44-year-old plaintiff. She claimed to have developed Complex Regional Pain Syndrome as a result of...
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Medical Malpractice

Amanda Perry
Supreme Court, New York County, granted our motion and dismissed plaintiff’s complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction over our client, a New Jersey licensed physician who treated the plaintiff once at his New Jersey office.

Medical Malpractice

Douglas P. Perry
29 year old male underwent surgery consisting of a laminectomy by a Neurosurgeon. Anesthesia was administered by the co-defendant during the the course of a 7 hour operative procedure during which the patient was positioned in the prone position on a Jackson...
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Elevator

Elizabeth G. Kastner Joseph C. Bellard
The Appellate Division, 1st Dept. affirmed the decision of Justice Brigantti-Hughes which granted our summary judgment Cross- Motion for dismissal of elevator accident claim. Plaintiff fell down elevator shaft when he exited stalled elevator stuck between floors. The court agreed that plaintiff’s...
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