June 17, 2012
On May 17, 2012, the Hartford Superior Court, Complex Litigation Docket part, granted summary judgment to ABB, Inc., dismissing the product liability claims against it in Lake Road Trust, Ltd., et al. vs. ABB, Inc., et al., docket number HHD X04 CV-10-6016502 S. Plaintiffs, the owner-operators of a... read more
February 08, 2012
In the first quarter of 2012, Bryon Friedman and Bruce Ainbinder secured Additional Insured coverage rights and reimbursement of past defense costs from three recalcitrant insurers in connection with three separate Labor Law actions filed against their clients.
June 14, 2011
Robert and Joanna argued in front of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania that the generic term “American” as a basis for plaintiff’s identification, is simply too vague and speculative to implicate its client. The court concurred and granted summary judgment.
May 20, 2011
Robert Joyce and FL local counsel secured a unanimous defense verdict after a day 10 jury trial in a motorcycle helmet product liability case where plaintiff’s attorney claimed that a defect in the subject helmet allowed the helmet to dislodge from the rider’s head, resulting in fatal injuries.... read more
February 02, 2011
Jim Ughetta and TX local counsel achieved a dismissal of a helmet manufacturer in a case venued in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Del Rio Division. The 21-year-old ATV rider sustained fatal injuries when his ATV struck a parked trailer.
December 15, 2010
Following a six-week trial in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, Robert J. Kelly, along with California local counsel, obtained a defense verdict for our helmet manufacturing client. The high stakes case involved a seventeen-year old motor cross rider, who suffered a severe and permanent brain... read more
November 29, 2010
A New York state court accepted our argument that since our client was only the supplier of the materials used for a temporary staircase upon which the plaintiff allegedly sustained injury and thus did not own, maintain, or control the staircase at the time of the accident, judgment was warranted... read more
November 15, 2010
In a fire case in which the plaintiff alleged that our client had negligently designed and/or manufactured an electric power cord included in a wall-mounted electric water fountain, the New Hampshire Superior Court held that our client was protected by New Hampshire's building industry statute of... read more
October 01, 2010
Scott Toomey and Jim Ughetta achieved a defense verdict before a jury in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in July, 2010. Our client, a bicycle helmet manufacturer, was sued by a high school teacher who sustained serious and significant brain injuries, confining... read more
June 01, 2010
Jim Ughetta and Scott Toomey achieved a defense verdict in a Philadelphia state court product liability trial involving a carbon composite bicycle handlebar designed by our client. Plaintiff claimed at trial that when he was competing in a bicycle race, his carbon composite handlebar failed,... read more
