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SUMMARY JUDGMENT – KINGS COUNTY
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
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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
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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
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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
Read More »APPELLATE VICTORY – SECOND DEPARTMENT – JUNE 10, 2020
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
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03/06/2020 – Tsybulka v. Kostakis. The Tsybulka action arises out of a motor vehicle accident where defendant Kostakis was alleged to have reversed into the front of plaintiff’s luxury sedan on January 12, 2016 on a residential street in Manhattan. Plaintiff claims he sustained injuries to the discs of the lumbar spine, cervical spine, and
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12/19/19 – Jaiteh v. Hudson CBD Caton et. al. On February 4, 2015, plaintiff alleged he was injured when he slipped and fell on a slippery/wet condition that formed on plywood at a construction site. He claimed violations of Labor Law. It was his claim that he suffered injury to his back and knee and
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12/13/19 – Borja v. Hush Café Lounge & Garden, Hush Bros. Inc., and Gimei Realty Corp. The Borja action arises out of allegations that plaintiff slipped and fell on an accumulation of snow and ice on the sidewalk abutting the Hush Café in Maspeth, New York, the evening of February 4, 2011. Plaintiff claims to
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10/18/19 – Owens v. Essex Plaza III Associates and Planned Building Services. On January 7, 2017 at approximately 3:00 p.m., plaintiff alleges that she slipped and fell on ice as she was exiting her apartment building located at 150 Orchard Street in Newark. As a result, she sustained a bimalleolar ankle fracture requiring surgery with
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Richards v. Ford Motor Company et. al. On September 18, 2010, thirteen passengers were traveling in a 1997 Ford E-350 fifteen passenger van owned and operated by Joy Fellowship Christian Ministries Inc. A member of Joy Fellowship, was driving the vehicle on Interstate 87 when he lost control of the van following the blow out
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