July 20, 2018
Bryon Friedman and Rob Wilson secured a significant decision from the Supreme Court, New York County, granting partial summary judgment dismissing strict product liability and breach of warranty claims brought by a customer who claims she was burned while receiving a highlighting treatment at a... read more
June 25, 2018
On June 18, 2018, the New Jersey Supreme Court declined to review a state appellate decision upholding a jury’s unanimous finding that a bicyclist who received quadriplegic injuries was wearing a non-defective helmet.The state's highest court denied the petition for certification by the injured... read more
May 31, 2018
A Littleton Park team led by partner Eric Goldberg and of counsel Bryon Friedman successfully obtained an order dismissing the contract claims in a third-party complaint against our healthcare client in New York state court. The third-party plaintiff, a medical diagnostic company,... read more
May 30, 2018
In May, 2017, the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas granted Littleton Park’s cosmetics manufacturer client summary judgment in a premises liability matter. The trial court found that the Plaintiff failed to establish the prima facie elements of duty and breach as required to reach the... read more
August 01, 2017
The New Jersey Appellate Division unanimously upheld a defense verdict achieved by Littleton Joyce Ughetta Park & Kelly in Lawson v. Bell Sports. The Court affirmed numerous evidentiary and procedural rulings made by the trial court.Carl Lawson was mountain biking when he lost control of his... read more
July 17, 2017
Michael Bai, Dennis Dozis and local counsel successfully moved to dismiss a leading manufacturer of construction machinery and engines from an action pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The court accepted our argument that the plaintiff’s claims against... read more
July 05, 2017
Dan Kain, Scott Toomey and Rob Wilson obtained a rare Philadelphia County summary judgment on behalf of one of the firm’s cosmetic manufacturer clients. As the firm’s client did not own, lease, possess, control or maintain the subject premises, it did not owe any legal duty to the plaintiff.... read more
June 28, 2017
Dennis Dozis and Dejan Kezunovic defeated plaintiff's motion for summary judgment as to liability on plaintiff's Labor Law 240(1) claim on the grounds that plaintiff was acting as a volunteer, rather than a covered worker, when he allegedly fell while painting a fire escape ladder. The order... read more
December 13, 2016
In Stevens v. Good Tire Service, Inc. et al., Scott Toomey, Dan Kain and Steve Park obtained dismissal for Kumho Tire Co., Inc. (“KTCI”). KTCI argued in its briefing and at oral argument that no KTCI contact within the Commonwealth gave rise to the cause of action. KTCI also argued that... read more
October 14, 2016
The litigation arose out of a December 27, 2012 fire in a commercial warehouse located in Patterson, New Jersey. The combined subrogation and uninsured damages amounted to approximately $1.3 million. Plaintiffs alleged that Pep Boys performed a negligent radiator replacement service on... read more
