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 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 […]
KBN Senior Associate, Joseph F. Herbert III, successfully argued that there was no strict liability under New Jersey’s Products Liability Act and that J. O’Brien Company was afforded protection in New Jersey by the “Retailers Immunity Act”. The Court agreed and issued an order dismissing all claims against J. O’Brien Company.
In February 2013 KBN partner Vincent Nagler obtained a defense verdict in a premises liability case. KBN represented a Williamsburg Brooklyn cooperative whose insurance coverage for the loss was disclaimed due to late notice. The plaintiff claimed she slipped on a substance on the cooperative’s stairwell causing her a severe tri-malleolar ankle fracture which required […]
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 […]