The plaintiff tripped and fell over a rolled up carpet that was lying in the aisle of our client’s store. Plaintiff admitted at his deposition that he had previously seen the carpet prior the accident. We moved for summary judgment on the grounds that the alleged condition was open and obvious and could have been…

Plaintiff commenced the action in Bronx County on the basis that co-defendant’s listing as site of incorporation was Bronx County. We moved to change venue. We argued that the co-defendant’s corporate residence was less significant than the location of the accident, the plaintiff’s residence, the residence of a sole eyewitness and the location of plaintiff’s…

Plaintiff commenced an action against a subsidiary of the retail store where plaintiff’s accident occurred. We moved for summary judgment arguing that the defendant did not have responsibility over the retail store. The motion was granted. On appeal, the Appellate Division upheld the dismissal of plaintiff’s Complaint.

This case involved an accident where the plaintiff claimed she tripped and fell over the prongs of a pallet jack within an aisle of the defendant store. We moved for summary judgment on the ground that the unladen pallet jack, fluorescent green in color, was an open and obvious condition that was not inherently dangerous….

This case involved an accident where the plaintiff claimed she slipped in dirty, sticky and dry laundry detergent in our client’s store. We moved for summary judgment on the ground that plaintiff could not establish notice, arguing that the plaintiffs’ observations about the condition of the spill were made when she returned to the accident…

Plaintiff sued our client, a large national retailer. He claimed he slipped and fell on black ice on the curb in front of the store during an ongoing ice storm. We moved for summary judgment on the ground that the defendants had no duty to remedy any icy conditions while the storm was in progress….

Plaintiff alleged that she tripped and fell over a raised tree well grating on our client’s property. We moved for summary judgment on the grounds that the alleged defect was trivial. We relied on the testimony of the parties and photographs that were taken following the accident. The Court granted summary judgment in our favor…

A terminated employee filed a lawsuit against her employer, a large vitamin manufacturer, alleging pregnancy discrimination. Plaintiff claimed, among other things, that she was terminated from her position after telling her supervisor that she had become pregnant. We filed a motion for summary judgment and argued that there was no evidence that the employer knew…

Plaintiff sued our finance company client alleging unfair business practices. At trial we were successful in obtaining a Judgment in favor of our finance company client dismissing the complaint and granting us judgment in excess of $110,000.00 on our counterclaim. We presented witnesses to testify to the numerous defaults of both the plaintiff and third-party…

The assignee of a debt attempted to collect from the plaintiff debtor. The plaintiff sued our bank client claiming it violated the Debtor’s discharge. Plaintiff voluntarily discontinued the proceedings in response to our argument in our motion to dismiss that the debt collector was not an agent of the bank and therefore, the bank did…