Partner Joe Petka defended a local university in a premises jury trial. The plaintiff, a fifty-four-year-old homemaker, went to the university’s bursar’s office to pay a tuition bill. While walking on the campus, she crossed a plot of land that the university did not technically own and tripped and fell on a defect in the […]
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GMR Wins Professional Negligence Jury Trial in Nassau County, NY
GMR Partner Warren Holland defended an appliance store and installation contractor against claims that the contractor caused property damage and personal injury. The plaintiffs purchased new kitchen appliances from an appliance store, and the appliance store hired a contractor to complete the installation. The installation required the contractor to cut the plaintiffs’ granite countertop. The […]
GMR WINS PHILADELPHIA TREE ROOT SLIP AND FALL CASE ON LIABILITY
GMR Partner Warren Holland won a Philadelphia jury trial involving a plaintiff who suffered a displaced trimalleolar ankle fracture after slipping on a wet tree root near the defendant’s sidewalk. The fracture required open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF), and the plaintiff’s recovery took almost a year. He developed post-traumatic arthritis and now has chronic […]
GMR WINS SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN NEW JERSEY PREMISES LIABILITY CASE
GMR Partner Robert Stein and Associate Christopher Scott won dismissal of all claims against their clients in an Essex County, New Jersey slip and fall action. Plaintiff claimed injuries following a fall on the clients’ premises, alleging “slippery conditions” on the sidewalk. Robert and Christopher argued that the plaintiff had failed to prove a prima […]
GMR Wins New York Labor Law Case in Nassau County
GMR Partner Warren Holland obtained a defense verdict in a Nassau County New Labor Law case. The Plaintiff was a town plumbing inspector who fell into an open trench on Warren’s client’s property. He allegedly sustained a knee injury which resulted in surgery. At trial, Plaintiff argued that Warren’s client should be held liable for […]