Partner Martin Rowe obtained a defense verdict on an automobile liability case in Supreme Court, Kings County. The plaintiff was a passenger on a public bus who claimed she was injured as a result of a collision between the bus and our client’s motor vehicle. The bus operator claimed he was cut off by our […]
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Rosa M Feeney won a permanent stay of arbitration in a Supplementary Uninsured Motorist case, where the claimant sought uninsured benefits under his business auto policy for injuries sustained when he was in a rental vehicle in Florida, which he rented for business and pleasure. Rosa argued that at the time of the accident the […]
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Partner Michael T. Colavecchio obtained a defendants verdict on behalf of our clients, an urgent care center and one of its physicians, in the New York State Supreme Court in Nassau County on April 3, 2019. After Plaintiff suffered multiple dog bite wounds to her hands, she presented to the urgent care center. The client […]
Read MoreLong Island Partner Rebecca Devlin’s article titled Driverless Technology and the Trucking Industry: The Road to Regulations was published in the Spring 2019 edition of the Paradigm. The article discusses various advancements in driverless technology as they pertain to the trucking industry, different concepts for the deployment of autonomous trucks on the roadways and the […]
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Teri Scotto-Lavino was successful in obtaining dismissal of an action asserted against a provider of alternative medicine. Plaintiff alleged that as a result of the treatment he suffered significant injury. Plaintiff also alleged that the use of the alternative medicine was illegal in the United States and that the provider should be prevented from practicing. […]
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Caroline K. Hock obtained summary judgment in Supreme Court, Queens County in favor of our client, a specialty construction company. Six plaintiffs brought a lawsuit alleging that they were injured in a motor vehicle accident involving our client’s company owned vehicle. Caroline successfully demonstrated that our client’s vehicle was stolen at the time of the […]
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Ross Ruggiero successfully obtained an Order of Dismissal from the Civil Court, Richmond County granting dismissal of the plaintiff’s complaint in favor of the defendant. Plaintiff sued our client, a Third-Party Administrator on behalf of an insurance company, seeking to recoup no-fault benefits under an insurance policy. Ross argued that the court lacked jurisdiction and […]
Read More Lewis Johs founding partner Frederick Johs, assisted by Partner Scott Frycek, obtained a defense verdict on behalf of our cardiologist client in the Suffolk County Supreme Court on February 13, 2019. The plaintiff developed neurological deficits and was diagnosed with a right middle cerebral artery infarction while under the client’s care. The plaintiff claimed that […]
Read More Lewis Johs attorney Joseph M. Charchalis successfully obtained dismissal of plaintiff’s complaint in favor of our clients, a school bus company and bus driver, in an action pending in Supreme Court, Rockland County. The plaintiff, a bus matron, brought the action against both the bus company and the adverse vehicle. The pre-answer motion successfully argued that […]
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Lewis Johs partner Rebecca Devlin was named one of Long Island’s 2019 “40 Under 40” by Long Island Business News. Since 1998, Long Island Business News has taken nominations for outstanding members of the business community on Long Island who are 40 or under. These future leaders of Long Island have already begun to distinguish […]
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