MMP&S Secured Defense Verdict in Miami Dade County Circuit Court

Ian Alperstein and Chauncey Dean obtained a defense verdict for Citizens Insurance in Miami Dade County Circuit Court. The plaintiff alleged that Citizens breached its contract by denying a claim for a wind-created opening in the plaintiff’s roof that led to interior...

MMP&S Secures Defense Verdict in Broward County, Florida

On February 9, 2023, MMP&S trial team of Michael J. Lynott  and Ian Alperstein obtained a jury defense verdict for Citizens Insurance Company in Broward County Circuit Court.  The claim was for Hurricane Irma which allegedly caused water damage to plaintiff’s home...

New York Governor Vetoes Grieving Families Act

On June 2, 2022, the New York State legislature passed the “Grieving Families Act,” which would have made sweeping changes to New York State’s 175-year-old wrongful death statute (§5-4.1 of New York’s Estate, Powers and Trusts Law) by dramatically expanding the...

MMP&S Defeats Summary Judgment Motion in NY Labor Law Matter

James Baden, a partner in our Purchase, New York office, successfully opposed a plaintiff’s summary judgment motion in a complicated Labor Law matter pending in the New York State Supreme Court, Queens County.  The plaintiff was dismantling a scaffold, when he fell 10...