On November 16, 2021, a New York County jury returned a verdict in favor of KBN’s client, a plastic surgeon, who was accused of malpractice stemming from a May 30, 2014 surgery to repair fractured bones, severed nerves, and lacerated tendons in a then 36-year-old male’s left hand. KBN partner Louis E. Valvo successfully defended the surgeon […]
KBN Secures Defense Verdict for Vascular Surgeon

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 […]
KBN Wins Reversal and Dismissal of Case For Client In New Jersey’s Highest Court

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 […]
KBN Wins Reversal In Appellate Division, First Department

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 […]
KBN Partner Vincent Nagler Obtains Defense Verdict In Medical Malpractice Case.

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 NaglerKBN Partner Vincent A. Nagler Obtains Favorable Verdicts For KBN Clients

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 […]
Appellate Court Upholds KBN’s Dismissal For The Standard Hotel In False Arrest Lawsuit

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 […]
Jury Clears Surgeon of Wrongdoing

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 […]
Defense Verdict in Wrongful Death Case

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 […]
Defense Verdict In Novel Reverse Discrimination Employment Case

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 […]