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MMP&S Secures Dismissal on Procedural Grounds in NY Auto Case
John Grisafi and Eleni Moukas prevailed on a motion to dismiss, obtaining a full dismissal of all claims against our client based upon Plaintiffs’ failure to properly effectuate service of process and their failure to comply with the requirements of New York’s CPLR §...
MMP&S Resolves $250M Construction Defect Action Involving Philadelphia Hotel
Rich Davies, and his team in our Pennsylvania office, successfully defended a prominent structural engineering client who was a target of over $250 million in claims arising from the design and construction of a 51-story dual-badged hotel building in Philadelphia,...
MMP&S Obtains Dismissal of Millions in Alleged Damages in NJ Environmental Matter
Our Pennsylvania partners Rich Davies and Vittoria Greene, along with former counsel Wendy Bennett, secured a judgment in their favor in the Superior Court of New Jersey Law Division, Essex County, enforcing a Waiver of Consequential Damages provision that resulted in...
MMP&S Resolves Fern Hollow Bridge Collapse Personal Injury Actions
Rich Davies and his partner Kevin Dmochowsky, of our Pennsylvania office, successfully resolved the several personal injury actions against a national engineering firm in the Allegheny Court of Common Pleas arising from the collapse of the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse...
MMP&S Prevails on Summary Judgment in Maintenance Worker Death Action
Our Pennsylvania partners, Rich Davies and Kevin Dmochowsky, secured summary judgment in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in favor of a national engineering firm based on the Statute of Repose in a case involving the tragic death of a young maintenance worker...
MMP&S Secures Appellate Reversal and Dismissal of Catastrophic Injury Claim Against Municipality
Lorin A. Donnelly obtained a reversal before New York’s Appellate Division, Second Department in a high-exposure municipal liability case arising from a catastrophic spinal cord injury sustained at a public beach. The claimant alleged that municipal lifeguards were...
MMP&S Congratulates Our Newest Partners!
Congratulations to our New Partners - Kimberly Puzo, Katherine Weiss and Christina Tricarico of our Woodbury, NY office, and Kristen John, Alissa Mendys and Kelsey Dougherty Howard of our Purchase, NY office! We are delighted to have them as Partners and wish them...
MMP&S Secures a Big Victory for Labor Law § 241(6) Litigation in New York’s Highest Court
Lorin A. Donnelly secured a significant appellate victory in Mann v. Mezuyon, LLC, prevailing before the New York Court of Appeals in a precedential decision with significant implications for Labor Law § 241(6) litigation. At issue was whether the Appellate Division,...
MMP&S Achieves Dismissal of a Federal Sherman Antitrust Act and Racketeering Lawsuit in EDNY
Patrick F. Palladino achieved the dismissal of a federal Sherman Antitrust Act and racketeering lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The Plaintiffs, business partners with one of the co-defendants, alleged that they were...
MMP&S Prevails on Motion for Summary Judgment in Motor Vehicle Action Based on NY’s Emergency Doctrine
John Grisafi and Jordyn Miller of MMP&S’s Woodbury, New York office prevailed on a motion for summary judgment based on the emergency doctrine in an action involving a five-car motor vehicle accident that occurred on the FDR drive in Manhattan. The court found...
New Bill Signed into Law by New York Governor Will Greatly Impact Defense
A bill recently signed into law by New York Governor Kathy Hochul has sent tremors through New York’s litigation community and will have a significant impact on the defense of claims. The new law, known as the “AVOID Act”, establishes sharply curtailed time limits...
MMP&S Secures Defense Verdict in First-Party Property Action in Osceola County, FL
Ian Alperstein and Isha Kumar obtained a defense verdict for a first-party property insurance company after a one-week trial in the County Court of Osceola County, Florida. The plaintiffs were homeowners who alleged that the insurance company wrongfully denied...
MMP&S Secures Dismissal of Medical Malpractice Claim on Statute of Limitations Grounds
Robin Schair, Of Counsel in our Purchase, New York office, prevailed on a motion to dismiss a malpractice claim against our client nurse in Bronx County, New York. Plaintiff’s 71-year-old decedent died after a fall, and plaintiff alleged that our nurse client was...
MMP&S Achieves the Dismissal of a Federal Action Alleging Conspiracy to Block Development on a Historic Site in New York
Patrick F. Palladino, a Partner in our Woodbury, New York office, achieved the dismissal of a federal RICO lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs, owners and developers of a 10.4-acre parcel of land designated as...
MMP&S Wins Summary Judgment in First-Party Property Insurance Case in Broward County
Lauren Farinas obtained summary judgment in a first-party property insurance case in Broward County. The plaintiff-homeowners alleged that MMP&S’s client insurance company breached the insurance policy by improperly denying coverage on their claim for damage to...
MMP&S Wins Summary Judgment in First-Party Property Insurance Case in Broward County
Isha Kumar and Kristyanne Cabrera obtained summary judgment in a first-party property insurance case in the County Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in Broward County, Florida. The plaintiffs alleged that MMP&S’s client insurance company did not fully pay...
MMP&S Settles Landlord-Tenant Class Action Within 24 Hours of Filing a Motion to Dismiss
MMP&S’s client, the property management company for an owner of a large mixed-use apartment and condominium complex built in 2022, was served with a class action lawsuit in Miami-Dade County, claiming multiple years of lease forms for rental tenants failed to...
MMP&S Wins Summary Judgment in First-Party Property Insurance Case in Broward County
Ian Alperstein, Isha Kumar, and Daniela Coy in our Boca Raton office obtained summary judgment in a first-party property insurance case in the County Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in Broward County, Florida. The plaintiff homeowner alleged that the...
MMP&S Wins Summary Judgment in Home Inspector Personal Injury Case
Crystal L. Arocha secured a favorable summary judgment in the 12th Judicial Circuit in and for Manatee County, Florida, for a nationwide property owner/developer. MMP&S successfully demonstrated that, despite catastrophic injuries and more than a million dollars...
MMP&S Secures Defense Verdict in Motor Vehicle Action
Joseph Puzo secured a defense verdict on liability in New York State Supreme Court, Suffolk County. MMP&S represented a bus company and its driver against the plaintiff's allegations of excessive speed over a speed bump, which allegedly caused the plaintiff to...
MMP&S Secures Dismissal of Nursing Home Malpractice Action on Appeal
Sarah Ziolkowski of MMP&S secured a reversal of a lower court order which had denied, in part, the defendant nursing home’s motion for summary judgment. At the conclusion of discovery, the nursing home had moved the lower court for summary judgment on all claims...
MMP&S Secures Defense Verdict in Florida First-Party Property Trial
Ian Alperstein and Pamela Agudelo obtained a defense verdict for a first-party property insurance company after a one-week jury trial in the County Court of Broward County, Florida. The plaintiff was a homeowner who alleged that elevated winds and tornados during...
MMP&S Expands Litigation and Trial Capabilities with Addition of 15 New Attorneys
MMP&S is pleased to announce that, effective October 1, 2024, it has expanded its litigation and trial capabilities with the addition of the attorneys formerly with Zaklukiewicz, Puzo & Morrissey LLP (“ZPM”) as well as eleven experienced litigation attorneys...
MMP&S Secures a Favorable Appellate Ruling on Due Process Grounds
MMP&S partner Crystal L. Arocha secured a favorable appellate ruling from the State of Florida, Fourth District Court of Appeal, overturning the trial court’s rulings on due process grounds. In the lower court, which entire duration was about 30 days, the...
MMP&S Secures a Complete Defense Verdict in Automobile Liability Case
MMP&S partners Michael J. Lynott and Crystal L. Arocha secured a complete defense verdict in a devastating motor vehicle accident case, where Plaintiff’s vehicle was literally destroyed and was even struck again after the initial accident. Video prior to, during...
MMP&S Wins Summary Judgment Motion Dismissing Premises Liability Action Against Property Owner
Thomas DeGrace, a partner in our Purchase, New York office, secured a decision in New York State Supreme Court, Bronx County granting summary judgment dismissing all claims and crossclaims against our client. MMP&S represented a property owner in a premises...
MMP&S Secures a Reversal in the New York State Appellate Division in Automobile Liability Case
MMP&S partners Lynsay Dyszler and Sarah Ziolkowski secured a complete reversal of a lower court order that denied a motion for summary judgment on the threshold issue of liability on behalf of the client automobile driver. The New York State Appellate Division,...
MMP&S Obtains a Full “No Cause” Defense Verdict in a $15 Million Federal Accounting Malpractice Action
After a five-day jury trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, MMP&S partners Andrew Pisanelli and David Montag obtained a full “no cause” defense jury verdict in favor of an accounting firm that had audited a not-for-profit entity that...
MMP&S Obtains Defense Verdict in Premises Liability / Healthcare Malpractice Trial
Donna Pascucci Day and Niall Harding secured a unanimous defense verdict in the Civil Court of Queens County, New York after a two-week trial. The case was a hybrid premises liability/professional malpractice matter, where it was claimed that our client, a home health...
MMP&S Obtains Dismissal of Trip and Fall Case in Federal Court
Christo Hadjicharalambous of MMP&S’s Woodbury, New York office obtained a dismissal of a potentially high-value trip and fall action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. After the plaintiff failed to appear for her continued...