On December 6, 2022, Thomas P. Jaffa secured summary judgment in favor of his electrical contractor client and defeated the third-party plaintiff’s motion as to the client in Supreme Court, Suffolk County. Plaintiff’s Labor Law action alleged a fall from a scaffold as a result of the scaffold wheel becoming lodged into an opening on […]
Partner, Neil Mascolo, wins summary judgment for Harleysville Insurance Company in a Declaratory Judgment action. Neil sought additional insured coverage for his client, a GC, in a Labor Law 240(1) and 241(6) case. The defendants were two separate insurers for two different subcontractors. The insurers denied the tender of coverage based on their argument that […]
VBPNP is thrilled to Congratulate three of our new Associates on their achievement of passing the New York State Bar, Julia Combs, Kara Ognibene and Tyler Weingarten. Congrats to all three!
VBPNP is very proud to announce that 19 of our attorneys have been recognized by the prestigious Super Lawyers®, a rating service which identifies those attorneys who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. No more than five percent of lawyers from a given state are selected. The following attorneys have […]
On September 30, 2022, Dylan Braverman and Megan Lawless prevailed on a pre-answer motion to dismiss in favor of a Staten Island hospital in the Supreme Court, Richmond County. Plaintiff brought malpractice claims based on care provided in April 2020. The VBPNP COVID-19 Team argued that the claims must be dismissed, based on the broad […]
On July 7, 2022, Dylan Braverman, Megan Lawless and Chuck Faillace prevailed on a motion to dismiss in favor of a major Manhattan hospital in the Supreme Court, New York County. Plaintiff brought malpractice claims based on care provided in March 2020. The VBPNP COVID-19 Team argued that the claims must be dismissed, based on […]
On September 21, 2022, Gary W. Patterson, Jr. secured a unanimous defense verdict before Justice Thomas Zugibe of the Supreme Court, Rockland County. Christian McCarthy served as second chair counsel to Mr. Patterson. Plaintiff claimed the defendant, an orthopedic surgeon, negligently performed a biceps tenodesis, leading to nerve injury. The surgeon had misidentified a variant […]
Congratulations to Mamie Stathatos-Fulgieri for a Defense Verdict in Supreme Court, Queens County where she represented a hospital and the Emergency Department staff in a case involving the suicide death of a 20-year-old male seven hours after being discharged from the Emergency Room (ER). Plaintiff claimed that his son should have been admitted in light […]
Hon. Ruth B. Kraft, Chair of the Employment Law Group, was honored at the Top Lawyers of Long Island Awards Gala on September 13, 2022. The gala, celebrating Long Island’s legal leaders, recognized her achievements as a trusted advisor to business organizations and successful litigator. Judge Kraft leads the VBPNP team defending wage/hour and prevailing […]
On September 14, 2022, Dawn Bristol secured a defendant’s verdict for a Staten Island property development and management company in a premises liability case tried in Richmond Supreme Court before the Honorable Lizette Colon. Plaintiff claimed that the defendant, as owners of the subject property, failed to properly maintain a stairwell and failed to properly clean […]