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January 26, 2017 | New York Law Journal

First Department Rejects Guardian's $700,000 Fee Request

The court unanimously upheld a lower court's ruling that a $100,000 fee was reasonable compensation.
6 minute read
January 06, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Ivan Schneider, NY Trial Lawyer, Dies at 85

The name partner at Manhattan's Schneider, Kleinick, Weitz, Damashek & Shoot specialized in courtroom work and had an easy rapport with jurors, former colleagues recalled.
6 minute read
December 19, 2016 | National Law Journal

The Top 50 Recoveries

The 2016 Elite Trial Lawyers annual includes two components: reports on the 35 firms recognized as finalists in nine categories; and, here, 50 firms with the largest total recoveries over a 12-month period, compiled by ALM's VerdictSearch, an affiliate of The National Law Journal.
27 minute read
November 07, 2016 | New York Law Journal

'Falling Object' Liability: Contrasts in First and Second Departments

Construction Accident Litigation columnist Brian J. Shoot revisits the issue arising in the law concerning Labor Law §240 on "falling object" liability and what, precisely, qualifies as an object that "requires securing for the purposes of the undertaking."
19 minute read
October 11, 2016 | National Law Journal

The 2016 Elite Trial Lawyers

ALM is pleased to announce its 2016 Elite Trial Lawyers report, recognizing law firms that achieved high-dollar recoveries for clients and that did some of the most creative and significant work on the plaintiffs side.
47 minute read
August 03, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Appellate Rulings Continue Debate on Labor Law Liability

In his Construction Accident Litigation column, Brian J. Shoot reviews decisions from the first half of the year, including holdings on comparative negligence and sole proximate cause of an injury, and rulings on whether a falling elevator or a fall from the back of a flatbed truck are elevation-related risks.
20 minute read
July 14, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Sandy-Related Suit Against Utilities Allowed to Proceed

An appeals court has ruled that Long Island Power Authority and National Grid are not immune to lawsuits filed by property owners alleging the utilities' negligence sparked electrical fires during Hurricane Sandy that damaged their properties.
4 minute read
May 03, 2016 | New York Law Journal

First Department's 3-2 Rulings: Fault Lines of the Law

In his Construction Accident Litigation column, Brian J. Shoot discusses recent cases illustrating issues on which courts continue to disagree: availability of a "sole proximate cause" defense when defendants claim injured workers were provided alternative means of performing the elevated work, the burden of proof in a fall from an unsecured but non-defective ladder, and whether a plaintiff's deliberate use of an closed A-frame ladder is the "sole proximate cause" of an accident or mere comparative negligence.
12 minute read
February 24, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Bronx Jury Awards $183M to Five Firefighters

A jury assigned 80 percent of the liability for the deaths and injuries to the city, which was accused of failing to provide equipment that would have allowed the firefighters to escape a 2005 tenement blaze on a day known as "Black Sunday."
2 minute read
February 04, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Lippman Years Mark Shift Toward Recognizing Worker Safety

In his Construction Accident Litigation column, Brian J. Shoot writes that the Lippman years brought a return to first principles—that is, to the concerns of worker safety that had prompted enactment of Labor Law §240 and 241 in the first instance. That constituted a significant departure from the years immediately preceding Chief Judge Lippman's tenure on the Court of Appeals.
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