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SUMMARY JUDGMENT – KING COUNTY
11/16/17 Nazir Ahmed v. F&G Group, LLC, Taragee Construction and Expert Enterprises, Inc. Plaintiff claimed that he sustained serious personal injuries on October 17, 2013, as a result of falling from a sidewalk shed at 660 East 242nd Street, Bronx, New York. Specifically, the plaintiff chose to climb the cross-braces and support beams of the
Read More »APPELLATE VICTORY-APPELLATE DIVISION, SECOND DEPARTMENT
10/12/17 Goodwin v. Guardian Life Insurance, et al. Plaintiff sought damages for tripping on an alleged misleveled elevator at a property owned by Guardian and managed by Cushman & Wakefield. The elevator service provider was Nouveau at the time of the incident. The lower court summarily dismissed the action against all defendants, prompting an appeal
Read More »EXPANSION OF NEW JERSEY OFFICE
9/1/17 We are pleased to announce the expansion of our New Jersey office to 20 Nassau Street, Suite 405, in Princeton New Jersey. Please feel free to contact Christopher C. Mauro or Reena Shah if you have any questions about how we can be of assistance with any matters. Email: NewJersey@cmmattorneys.com Phone: 609.452.7999 Fax: 609.452.9222
Read More »DISMISSAL – QUEENS COUNTY
7/13/17 Xochitl Xique v. Infinity of Florida LLC, Oren Amber, Hristo Hristov, and Atanas Hristov. This action was based upon an accident involving a vehicle alleged to be registered to Infinity of Florida LLC. James Walsh successfully moved to dismiss this action against our client, Infinity of Florida LLC., arguing that the plaintiff could not
Read More »VENUE TRANSFERRED IN COPYRIGHT CASE – SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
6/16/17 FameFlynet, Inc. v. Jasmine Enterprises Incorporated. Plaintiff commenced an action in the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York alleging copyright infringement as against our client, Jasmine Enterprises Incorporated, an Illinois based company. James Walsh successfully moved to transfer the action to the United States District Court of the Northern
Read More »DISMISSAL – MIDDLESEX COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
5/17/17 Jennifer and Robert Paul v. Quick Chek Corporation and Unifirst Corporation. Plaintiff alleges that on February 1, 2013, she was a patron at the Quik Chek located in Avenel, New Jersey. As she was exiting the store, she tripped and fell over a floor mat that she claims was not properly placed down. Plaintiff
Read More »DISMISSAL – KINGS COUNTY
4/10/17 Jose A. Rivas v. Diagonal Realty LLC, SS Bridging & Scaffolding, and Dennis Clarke. This action is based upon an alleged trip and fall due to a claimed defect in the sidewalk. Plaintiff alleged that our client, Dennis Clark, was the owner of SS Bridging & Scaffolding and was responsible for an alleged defect
Read More »SUMMARY JUDGMENT – NEW YORK COUNTY
1/9/17 Sara Buscemi-Sanz v. Hudson Meridian Construction Group, LLC, The Beatrice C. Catullo Residence Housing Development Fund Corporation, NDG Architect, PC and Newman & Novak Architects, PC. Plaintiff, an Architect, claimed that she tripped and fell on a loose pipe while conducting a walkthrough of the building located at 1424 Park Street, Bronx, New York,
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1/6/17 Moses Boyd v. 16 Bartlett Street LLC, Euro Builders, LLC, and Silvercup Scaffolding 1 LLC. Plaintiff claimed that he sustained serious personal injuries on April 23, 2015, as a result of a scaffold collapse while working on a roof of a building at 16 Bartlett Street, Brooklyn, New York. Specifically, the plaintiff was hoisting
Read More »LIABILITY EXPERT BARRED- UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY, CAMDEN VICINAGE
12/26/16 Michelle James v. Harrah’s Atlantic City. We filed a Daubert Motion under Fed. R. Evid. 702 and 703 to bar plaintiff’s liability expert, Andrew Sutor, and preclude his testimony as a security and beg bug expert at the time of trial. Plaintiff designated Andrew Sutor, a “senior security executive and former university teacher with
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