In May 2016, partner Vincent A. Nagler represented a building owner in Kings County accused of not properly maintaining cellar doors on a city public sidewalk. Despite the plaintiff’s expert’s testimony that the cellar door variances constituted a building code violation, the jury found no liability on behalf of the building owner. In June 2016 […]
The Appellate Division, First Department, unanimously upheld the complete dismissal of all claims brought against KBN clients the Standard Hotel and Andre Balazs Properties. In a 22 page decision, the Appellate Court agreed with KBN partner Louis Valvo and senior associate Kenneth Bierman’s arguments that the Standard Hotel acted responsibly and lawfully in contacting law […]
In August 2015, Bruce M. Brady successfully defended a surgeon in a medical malpractice case in Queens County, New York. The suit claimed that the surgeon failed to prevent, diagnose and timely treat a postoperative intra-abdominal infection following surgery to remove part of the patient’s small bowel. The plaintiff claimed that she underwent multiple hospitalizations […]
In October 2013, Bruce M. Brady obtained a defense verdict in favor of an anesthesiologist in a suit that claimed the physician failed to properly evaluate a patient’s cardiac condition before a routine colonoscopy procedure. The suit also claimed that the physician failed to properly monitor the patient’s vital signs during the procedure. Shortly after […]
In April 2010, Louis E. Valvo successfully defended one of the nation’s best known supermarket chains against a claim of reverse employment discrimination. In the case, tried before a jury in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, a white female plaintiff alleged racial and gender discrimination in the workplace, a hostile work […]
On March 4, 2005, in a New York County Supreme Court jury trial, Stuart Bernstein, obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a major supermarket corporation. The plaintiff, a customer in the store, alleged that she fell on an empty display pallet at the end of an aisle. She claimed that as a result of […]
Major Products Liability Victory – This excerpt from Newsday’s report of significant Long Island trials, highlights Vincent A. Nagler’s successful defense of a major products liability matter, involving an allegedly defective backhoe. Details regarding this July 2002 verdict can be accessed through the hyperlink.
On March 12, 2003, Vincent A. Nagler won a defense verdict in New York County Supreme Court in defending a cooperative and managing agent against a claim of negligence. Prior to trial the Court ruled that a strip of molding in the building’s elevator that the plaintiff tripped on was defective and dangerous. The jury […]
On November 10, 2005, Vincent A. Nagler won a defense verdict in favor of a Suffolk County psychiatrist in a federal jury trial in Central Islip, NY. Our client, a private psychiatrist working within the State’s emergency commitment mental hygeine laws, involuntarily committed the plaintiff, a 45 year old homemaker, after she appeared at her […]
In February 2007, Vincent A. Nagler successfully defended a hardware store against a claim of negligence. In the case, tried before a Manhattan jury, the plaintiff alleged that he fell into the store’s basement through a sidewalk trap door that was left open and unprotected and suffered a fractured calcaneous. By way of defense, we […]