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Plaintiff commenced suit against a municipality and our client (a professional engineer) alleging constitutional violations pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 and the New York State Constitution as well as several state law claims. Our Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal motion was granted by... Read More

Plaintiff sought damages for personal injuries allegedly suffered when he slipped and fell on ice in front of defendant’s residence. The night preceding this incident there was an ongoing snow storm. Defendant endeavored to clear and salt the area, but over the... Read More

James C. Clerkin was named Super Lawyers by a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have obtained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. No more than five percent of New York State lawyers are selected for this honor annually.

Plaintiff claimed that our client, her urologist, negligently performed cystocele and rectocele repair surgery. The Supreme Court of Nassau County granted our motion to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint based on lack of personal jurisdiction and failure to properly bring the action within the... Read More

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... Read More

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... Read More