202208.31
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Summary Judgment Granted

Plaintiff claimed that he was attacked by a parton at our client’s bar, causing catastrophic injuries including brain hemorrhaging requiring surgery, facial fractures and memory loss. Plaintiff alleged that the patron who assaulted him was visibly intoxicated when he was served alcohol that night and that the bar failed to provide adequate security. We moved…

202105.24
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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. The Court held that since an employee passed through the accident location five to ten minutes before the…

202105.24
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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. The plaintiff claimed that our client created the condition and had notice of it….

202005.22
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Summary Judgment Granted

Plaintiff claimed she tripped and fell on the curb as she was attempting to enter our client’s premises. Plaintiff claimed that the curb was in disrepair and it failed to follow unspecified provisions of the state and local building codes as it was not painted to highlight that it transitioned from a standard curb to…

201905.23
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Summary Judgment Granted

Plaintiff alleged she was injured as a result of a slip and fall on ice in a parking lot. We moved for summary judgment on behalf of the land owner. The Court held that since there was evidence that the ice formed only two to three hours before the accident, the land owner did not…

201905.23
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Defense Verdict

Plaintiff sued our client, a large national retailer, for property damage as a result of a shopping cart striking her vehicle in the parking lot. Surveillance video was utilized at trial to show that the shopping cart was left in the parking lot by another customer only minutes before the wind caused it to strike…

201904.12
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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 of the restaurant arguing it did not create or have notice of the “clear liquid” plaintiff slipped…

201809.24
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Summary Judgment Granted In Favor of Municipality

Plaintiff alleged she was injured after she tripped and fell on a municipal roadway. We moved for summary judgment on behalf of our Firm’s municipal client. The Court held that our client lacked prior written notice, and plaintiff failed to raise an issue of fact as to the applicability of a recognized exception to the…

201802.09
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Court Grants Municipality Summary Judgment Based Upon Lack of Prior Written Notice

Plaintiff alleged that she slipped and fell due to ice on a sidewalk and filed suit against the Firm’s municipal client. We moved for summary judgment based upon a lack of prior written notice of the claimed transitory condition. In opposition, plaintiff and co-defendant alleged that our motion was premature since depositions had not yet…

201711.03
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Court Grants Summary Judgment to Municipality

Plaintiff alleged she tripped and fell over a deteriorated sidewalk flag. She filed suit against the Firm’s municipal client. Prior to depositions, we moved for summary judgment based upon lack of prior written notice. In opposition, plaintiff argued our motion was premature since depositions had not yet occurred. The Court granted our motion and held…