Plaintiff tripped and fell over the foot of a decorative barricade in our client’s grocery store, claiming that it dangerously encroached into the aisle and constituted a trap for the unwary. We moved for summary judgment on the theory that the barricade and its foot were open, obvious and not inherently dangerous. We argued that…
Plaintiff sued the Firm’s client, a well-known grocery store chain in New York Supreme Court. Plaintiff claimed she fell due to a liquid substance on the floor and, as a result, sustained serious injuries, including fractured hip. We removed the case to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. After…
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…
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. We determined that the co-defendant, the client’s maintenance and snow/ice removal…
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. Plaintiff’s statements to her medical providers indicated that plaintiff…
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. Our client, another vascular surgeon, admitted the patient out of concern for post-operative infection. Plaintiff alleged, among other things, that defendant physicians and hospital failed to…
Plaintiff alleged injury when she tripped and fell after her sneaker got caught in the metal grooves of a step on a stationary escalator in a Kmart store. At the time, Kmart contracted with a company called Kone for the escalators’ maintenance and repair. Kmart employees were not responsible for maintenance, and the decision to…
Plaintiff was allegedly assaulted at a McDonalds restaurant. Our client was the security company hired by McDonalds. We moved for summary judgment on the ground that our client did not owe plaintiff a duty. The court agreed, and granted our client summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
The firm commenced an arbitration on behalf of a shareholder against his company seeking a valuation of his shares after the company elected to repurchase them, but failed to substantiate claims regarding their value. The firm negotiated a $3.35 million settlement on behalf of the shareholder, which was approximately three and a half times more…
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