On November 21, 2019 a Richmond County, NY, jury returned a verdict in favor of KBN’s client, a vascular surgeon who was accused of malpractice stemming from a June, 2012 angiogram. KBN partner Louis E. Valvo successfully defended the vascular surgeon and presented evidence that the surgeon conducted the procedure and the follow-up treatment professionally and within the […]
On July 31, 2019 the New Jersey Supreme Court reinstated the trial court’s order of summary judgment dismissing all claims against KBN client, R&M Tagliareni, LLC, the owner and property manager of a Jersey City apartment building. The case, J.H v. R&M Tagliareni, LLC (A-6-18) (081128) involved a claim for personal injuries sustained by a nine […]
On October 11, 2018, Koster, Brady & Nagler, LLP obtained a unanimous decision from the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, reversing a lower court’s denial of a motion for summary judgment seeking a dismissal of the complaint against the firm=s client, a commercial property owner. The case involved an alleged slip […]
In May, 2018, Vincent Nagler defended an anesthesiologist at trial who was accused of causing the wrongful death of a 52 year old married father of two during surgery for the debridement of a diabetic foot ulcer. The patient coded immediately upon the induction of anesthesia. The plaintiff alleged that the anesthesiologist was unaware of […]
Vincent NaglerIn 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 […]