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Summary Judgment – Queens County

12/16/2008 Rabines v. Power Cooling, Inc. and William Lewis In Rabines v. Power Cooling, Inc. & William Lewis, plaintiff Vanessa Rabines alleged that our client William Lewis, who was operating a van owned by his employer and our other client, Power Cooling, Inc., struck her vehicle as the intersection of 23rd Street and 30th Avenue

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Appellate Victory – Appellate Division, First Department

12/8/2008 Hurley v. Best Buy Stores, L.P., et al. In Hurley v. Best Buy Stores, L.P., et al., Kathleen Mulholland successfully argued that a lower court decision granting summary judgment in favor of a general contractor on the issue of indemnification should be reversed. In Hurley, the plaintiff, an electrician, was injured when a light

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Appellate Victory – Appellate Division, First Department

12/2/2008 Mejia v. Andrew R. Levenbaum, et al. In Mejia v. Levenbaum, et al., plaintiff, an employee of Tam Restaurant, claims he was injured when stairs collapsed as he was carrying a large piece of equipment down them. The insured, Andrew Levenbaum, owned the premises. After a successful appeal of a decision denying our original

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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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