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 NaglerAppellate 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 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 […]
Defense Verdict on Causation

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 PARTNERS RECENTLY OBTAIN A COMPLETE DISMISSAL OF ALL CLAIMS

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.
KBN PARTNERS CONTINUE TO OBTAIN FAVORABLE DEFENSE VERDICTS

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 […]
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 […]