5/11/23 – Simms v. 16 Bartlett Street LLC. Plaintiff claimed that he sustained serious personal injuries on January 11, 2015, while walking along a public sidewalk adjacent to 16 Bartlett Street, Brooklyn, NY. Plaintiff maintained that he was injured when walking underneath a sidewalk shed at that location. Specifically, he alleges that he was caused

4/19/2023 – Pellet v. Town of Milton In this negligence action, plaintiff alleges that she was caused to slip and fall on black ice in the parking lot of the Town of Milton Community Center. Plaintiff claims that the Town of Milton had actual and constructive notice of the dangerous condition at the accident location.

The Insurance Defense Committee is dedicated to discussing issues of importance to the insurance defense bar, particularly with regard to automobile insurance including no-fault, tort thresholds, uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage and arbitration. The committee will be asked to provide comments to the NJSBA Board of Trustees on pending legislation, potential amicus curiae matters, proposed court rules

2/8/2023 – Martinez v. 411 Rest. Corp. et. al. In this negligence action, plaintiff alleges that she was caused to trip and fall while descending down stairs to the bathroom at the Tonic East Restaurant and Bar. Specifically, plaintiff alleges that the lighting was insufficient and that the stairs were improperly designed and maintained. As

11/10/2022 – Estate of Goodliffe v. City of New York, et. al. Plaintiff alleges that he was caused to trip and fall on a wooden concrete form on the sidewalk adjacent to a New York City tree well located on the sidewalk of 101 University Place. As a result of his fall, he claims that

12/14/2021 – Carlino v. Shapiro, et al. In this negligence action, plaintiff alleged that his pickup truck was rear-ended by a container truck owned by our client 246 Morgan Avenue Corp. on Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. Plaintiff alleged that the defendants negligently directed traffic and our client’s container truck, thereby causing the otherwise avoidable

10/13/2021 – Jay Lobosco v. New York University, et. al. Mr. Lobosco, a union electrician asserting claims for personal injuries, alleged to have slipped on carpet adhesive applied to the floor of the NYU library by defendant John Knopf Flooring, Inc., during construction and renovation of the premises. We defended NYU and Architectural Flooring Resource

09/25/2020  – Galeno v. Everest Scaffolding Inc., et. al. Plaintiff claimed that he sustained serious personal injuries on December 20, 2012 while working as a laborer performing brick pointing work on the exterior of 20 West 22nd Street, New York, NY. Plaintiff maintained that he was injured when the sidewalk shed he was working on

6/10/2020 – Valerio v.  Hazen and Sawyer, D.P.C., Eaton Electric, Inc., and Five Star Electric Corporation Plaintiff was a Union carpenter employed by non-party WDF, Inc., performing miscellaneous work within the swing-path of an interior doorway inside the Jamaica Bay Wastewater Plant (municipal property  owned by the City of New York). Plaintiff was struck by

In Cantey v. City of New York, plaintiff was a Journeyman electrician employed by our client, third party defendant, Eaton Electric, Inc. performing conduit installation at the Jamaica Bay Wastewater Plant (municipal property  owned by the City of New York) when he was struck on the head by a falling light fixture. On appeal, the