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Summary Judgment Granted
Plaintiff alleged she was injured when multiple items fell out of a box onto her body while she was shopping on our client’s premises. Plaintiff alleged that the boxes were stacked improperly causing the items to fall out and strike plaintiff...... Read More


Summary Judgment Granted
Plaintiff alleged he was injured when he slipped on an item on our client’s premises. We moved for summary judgment on the ground that our client did not have notice of the alleged item on the floor... Read More

Summary Judgment Granted
Plaintiff, a produce vendor, slipped and fell in the kitchen of a nationwide restaurant chain. The Firm first successfully transferred venue from Albany County to more favorable Nassau County. The Firm later moved for summary judgment on behalf ..... Read More

Summary judgment granted
Plaintiff sued the Firm’s client, a grocery store chain with locations throughout the Northeast, in New York Supreme Court. Plaintiff claimed she fell due to a sticky substance on the floor and, as a result, sustained serious injuries, including fractured humerus and tibia with lengthy rehabilitation. Read More

Defense and indemnity accepted
Plaintiff sued the Firm’s client, a national shopping mall developer, in Connecticut Superior Court. Plaintiff claimed she fell due to ice in the parking lot and, as a result, sustained serious injuries, including two arthroscopic surgeries to her knee and a total knee replacement. Read More

Summary judgment granted
Plaintiff, a New York resident, sued the Firm’s client, a national retailer, claiming she slipped and fell on liquid on the floor. Plaintiff claimed that as a result, she sustained serious injuries, including an arthroscopic shoulder surgery and subsequent total shoulder replacement. We removed the case to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Read More

Defense Verdict in Medical Malpractice and Wrongful Death Action Alleging Failure to Timely Diagnose and Treat Pyoderma Gangrenosum Decedent presented to co-defendant hospital with post-operative complaints of pain and redness surrounding the incisional sites following a femoral-to-femoral bypass graft for decreased circulation performed by co-defendant vascular surgeon. Read More

We are pleased to announce that Ms. Nigro has been appointed to the Committee on Character & Fitness for the Appellate Division, Second Department for the Second, Tenth, Eleventh and Thirteenth Judicial Districts by Presiding Justice Randall T. Eng. The Committee on Character and Fitness is charged with investigating and ensuring that individuals who are applying to the New York State Bar possess the character and fitness necessary to practice law in the courts of this State.  Ms. Nigro's four year term began on March 1, 2015.