Michelle E. Hardin recently presented on an appellate litigation panel at St. Thomas University School of Law on October 17, 2019 in Miami, Florida. The panel was assembled by the school’s moot court team, which is led by MSZL&M law clerk Antoinette Mederos. The panel featured Third District Court of Appeal Judge Fleur Lobree and Professor Howard Blumberg formerly of the Miami-Dade County Public […]
Ela M. Hernandez, a lawyer based in Miami, FL whose primary area of practice is Civil Trial Practice, has earned the AV Preeminent® Martindale-Hubbell's highest possible rating
Brian A. Eves recently presented on a panel at the CLM Southeast Conference on October 4, 2019 in Kissimmee, Florida. The seminar class topic was “Consumer Product & Appliance Failures: Manufacturer vs Consumer,” which he presented along with along with Timothy Tresierras, ARCCA, Inc., Gregory Vacek, Chubb; and Ilene Munk, Foley & Mansfield. The panel covered primary causation and subrogation issues, including case studies involving consumer products. Mr. Eves presented on real world application in litigation, and how adjusters, clients, and counsel can work together to effective and efficiently handle claims based on the scope of the damages.
In our April 2, 2019 article, “New Jersey Supreme Court Rules Claimant Cannot Recover Economic Loss For Difference in Coverage When Electing Lower PIP Coverage,” we reported on the New Jersey Supreme Court’s March 26, 2019 ruling in Haines v. Taft, 237 NJ 271, that plaintiffs were barred from recovering against a tortfeasor the amount of unpaid medical bills in excess of their PIP […]
Client Resources | 1 Jul 2019 | by Defense Counsel
There is no Presumptive Rule that Materials Collected Prior to the Commencement of Litigation are Not Protected by New Jersey’s Work Product Doctrine The New Jersey Appellate Division recently held in the matter of Paladino v. Auletto Enter., Inc. (No. A-0232-18T1, June 6, 2019) that there is no per se rule that materials collected before the commencement of litigation are not prepared in anticipation […]
(June, 2019) On September 19, 2015, the employees of a fast food Restaurant in Brewster Washington closed at 1:00 AM. At 2:30 AM, a fryer that was inadvertently left on malfunctioned, and exceeded its operating temperature limit, resulting in a flash over and fire in the vat. Triggering the Ansul system, the fire should have been extinguished and damages of less than $50,000 incurred. […]
(June 2019) Phillip B. Silverman, Senior Litigation Counsel at the firm’s Eastern Pennsylvania office, was honored by the Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel as the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award during this year’s June 4th Annual Meeting. He was honored for his extraordinary 50 year career entirely focused on civil defense litigation. The PADC is the professional organization of civil defense litigators in […]
(May, 2019) New York Managing Partner Bradley J. Levien recently went to trial in Suffolk County, New York on behalf of a national furniture retailer. Plaintiff claimed to have fallen in one of their parking lots while riding a motorized unicycle. Plaintiff, a court stenographer, claimed to have suffered a fractured shoulder and missed time from work as a result. Mr. Levien demonstrated the […]
(May, 2019) Lawrence Kelly, Esquire, a partner in our Philadelphia Office recently received a defense verdict after a three day jury trial in Delaware County, PA. The plaintiff was a patron at our client’s casino when she alleges she was injured due to the negligence of one of the casino’s employees. According to the plaintiff, as she was walking near a blackjack tournament that […]
(May, 2019) New York Managing Partner Bradley J. Levien and Associate Anna Saruski recently went to trial in Broward County, Florida on behalf of a large, national retail chain. Plaintiff claimed to have slipped and fallen in one of their stores. Subsequent to the incident, she underwent two (2) arthroscopic surgeries on her left knee and one on her right. At trial, her doctor […]