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Defense Verdict

Jeffrey Van Etten
We received a defense verdict after a three week trial in Supreme Court, Queens County in a wrongful death action of an alleged hit and run with a tractor-trailer and an 81 year old mother. Plaintiff, a pedestrian, was walking to the...
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Negligent Security

Thomas F. Maher
Plaintiff in this matter was forcibly raped while inside her Manhattan apartment building. Summary judgment was obtained on behalf of the defendant property owner upon a showing that the property owner employed minimal security measures and that the criminal acts of the...
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Snow & Ice

Thomas F. Maher
Plaintiff in this matter alleged that, while staying at a hotel, she was caused to slip and fall on snow and ice exiting her vehicle in the hotel’s rear parking lot. Plaintiff alleged that while the hotel’s main parking lot had been...
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Trip & Fall

Matthew J. Rodriguez
In a trip and fall action where plaintiff fell over a construction plate in the street abutting our insured’s premises, the court granted our motion for summary judgment following plaintiff’s deposition and supported by affidavit testimony of the insured by finding that...
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Trip & Fall

Matthew J. Rodriguez
In a case where plaintiff tripped over a partially collapsed tree well guard lying on the sidewalk abutting a commercial building, the court granted our motion for summary judgment finding that our client was nothing more than the property manager for the...
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Declaratory Judgment

Leonard Porcelli
In a declaratory judgment lawsuit between two insurers, our client as plaintiff settled the coverage dispute involving issues of late disclaimer and co-insurance by recovering $450,000 from the defendant carrier.