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SUMMARY JUDGMENT DECISION REVERSED ON RENEWAL (Accident Location Disputed)                                                                            Following a transfer to PVRK to try damages after Summary Judgment was granted under Section 240(1) of the Labor Law, Jeffrey Van Etten obtained Reversal of the decision on a motion to... Read More

Anthony Lugara successfully defeated a summary judgment motion by a demolition subcontractor seeking dismissal of our client’s contractual indemnification claim on the grounds the written contract between them was unsigned. Despite the unsinged contract, we set forth evidence demonstrating that the subcontractor... Read More

Anthony Lugara and Jeffrey Van Etten successfully obtained summary judgment dismissing claims under Sections 240(1) and 241(6) of the Labor Law in an action where the injured plaintiff fell from a ladder and into a pit while at our client’s building as... Read More

Tornabene v. American United Transportation, et al., Index No. 158595/2019 [Motor Vehicle ]                                                                                      Defendant Uber driver demonstrated that questions of fact exist as to the happening of accident, i.e. differing versions that plaintiff was struck by vehicle on left side versus... Read More

Fernandez v. The City of New York, et al., Index No. 706967/2018 [Labor Law – Negligence]                                                                                   Summary judgment was granted dismissing Labor Law claims against our client, a vendor that performed pick-up and delivery of dumpster container at jobsite. Defendant demonstrated... Read More

Thomas Maher successfully defeated a summary judgment application under Section 240(1) of the Labor Law in an action where the injured plaintiff fell from a ladder while fixing a hole in the ceiling of our client’s building. While plaintiff testified to the... Read More