Practice Areas

• Transportation Litigation
• Business/Commercial Litigation
• Premises Litigation
• Insurance Litigation
• Construction Litigation
• Products Liability

Recent Litigation Accomplishments

• Summary Judgment granted in employee on employee assault and sexual assault lawsuit on behalf of nation hotel chain.
• Summary Judgment granted in carbon monoxide poisoning death case against a national hotel chain.
• Defense verdict in slip and fall trial involving local grocery store and plaintiff jury demand in excess of $1 million.
• Cost of defense settlement of slip and fall death case on behalf of national fast food chain.
• No negligence jury finding in rear-end automobile personal injury suit.
• Negotiated favorable settlement of death case involving a national transportation carrier.
• Successfully prosecuted to verdict a commercial real estate breach of contract matter resulting in a large award to client.
• Resolved hypodermic needle-stick, fear of HIV and hepatitis case on behalf of national retailer.
• Defended international communications company in a multi-million dollar business interference, trade secret case.
• Nuisance value settlement of Federal Civil Rights and false imprisonment case involving local woman's apparel store.
• Obtained dismissal of computer privacy lawsuit against national electronics retailer.
• Obtained Federal Court dismissal of patent/trademark infringement lawsuit against commercial retail landlord.
• Summary Judgment granted in social host liquor liability lawsuit involving traumatic brain injury.
• Complete defense verdict in youth sports hazing/sexual assault case after 3 week trial.

Current Legal Matters

• Tried $110 million wrongful death case involving a 10 year old boy and reached favorable settlement during second day of jury deliberations.
• Defending general contractor in auto dealership construction defect matter.
• Defending defamation case arising out of construction dispute and on-line reviews.
• Defending window installer in 26 story condominium water intrusion case.
• Defending water sealant company in a multi-building mixed use development defect case.
• Defense verdict after a two week trial over flooding issues between landowners where plaintiffs sought $22 million.
• Defending facial glitter products liability suit.
• Defending first party property damage claims resulting from storm damage.
• Defending computer battery products claim involving fire.
• Defending construction contractor in failed plumbing case.
• Defending day care in neglect case.
• Defending national fast food chain in slip and fall accident.
• Defending intrastate motor carrier in catastrophic injury case.
• Defending commercial transportation wrongful death case.
• Defending commercial and personal lines carriers in multiple first party breach of contract, bad faith lawsuits arising from wind, hail, and flood property damage claims.