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Defense Verdict – Ocean County Superior Court

9/10/2008 Williams v. Harrah’s Casino Hotel Atlantic City In Williams v. Harrah’s Casino Hotel Atlantic City, Christopher C. Mauro recently secured a defense verdict in Ocean County Superior Court. Plaintiff claimed to have fallen over a curb in the self park garage which she claimed was a dangerous condition. Plaintiff produced a liability expert who

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Defense Verdict–Middlesex County Superior Court

6/18/2008 Ecker and Fulloon v. Harrah’s Casino Hotel Atlantic City In Ecker and Fulloon v. Harrah’s Casino Hotel Atlantic City, the two elderly plaintiffs were entering their hotel room when they were tied up and robbed at knife point by an unknown assailant. The assailant then fled and escaped from the casino by way of

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Summary Judgment–Union County

6/10/2008 Ibrahim v. DiPietro and Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa In Ibrahim v. DiPetro, plaintiff alleged that he was assaulted in the parking lot of the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa as a result of negligent security. Eric Malinowski successfully argued that there was no evidence that criminal activity within the Borgata’s parking lot was

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Summary Judgment–Queens County

6/3/2008 Marchetti v. Modica In Marchetti v. Modica plaintiff allegedly tripped over furniture that was partially blocking a walkway on our client’s premises. The furniture had been left on the walkway by a prior tenant of our clients. Plaintiff suffered a fractured hip and died shorlty thereafter. Suzanne Lodge successfully argued that the furniture on

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Summary Judgment–Bronx County

5/23/2008 Keita v LHL Realty LLC In Keita v. LHL Realty LLC, plaintiff alleged that he slipped and fallen on ice, on our client’s premises. Joseph Tuffy successfully argued that as an out of possession landlord, our client, lacking notice of the alleged dangerous condition and with no duty to inspect and remedy any such

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Defense Verdict–Kings County

5/19/2008 Ubaydov v. Kenney’s Fleet Maintenance In Ubaydov v. Kenney’s Fleet Maintenance, plaintiff alleged the our client, who was operating a large flat bed tow truck, struck her son’s vehicle. Plaintiff was in the front passenger seat of her son’s vehicle at the time of the accident. At trial, Andrea Sacco Camacho successfully argued that

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Defense Verdict–Suffolk County

5/8/2008 Wheaton v. East End Commons et. al. In Wheaton v. East End Commons et al., plaintiff was injured after slipping on ice in the co-defendant East End Commons’ parking lot. Our client, Kings Park Contracting, was hired to perform snow and ice removal at the premises. After a settlement in the amount of $950,000

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Dismissal–Hudson County Superior Court

4/22/2008 Fellowes v. Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. et. al. In Fellowes v. Harrah’s, plaintiff alleged that she tripped and fell at the Atlantic City Showboat as a result of torn carpeting. During the mandatory arbitration, Philip Odett successfully argued that the defendant was not on notice of any defect. The arbitrator concluded Showboat was not liable

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Verdict–Kings County

4/21/2008 Smith v. Cari, LLC In Smith v. Cari,LLC, plaintiff, age 42, slipped and fell off of a ladder attached to a water tank on our client’s property. As a result of the accident, plaintiff suffered from bilateral intra-articular fractures in the heels of both of his feet which required open reduction/internal fixation as well

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Summary Judgement–New York County

4/11/2008 Lazar v. Park West Village In Lazar v. Park West Village, plaintiff claimed she was injured on our property, which was leased to a tennis club. Kathleen M. Mulholland was able to successfully establish that responsibility for maintenance of the walkway on the premises near the tennis courts was the responsibility of the tennis

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