Plaintiff claims the defendant caused him to fall 16 feet off of a ladder while cutting a tree branch – defense verdict. David Gould obtained a unanimous defense verdict in the Supreme Court Suffolk County, Mario Sequene v. Jose Indor Campino, Index Number 12345-15. The plaintiff, a 50-year old landscaper, was cutting a tree branch with a power saw on a ladder 16 feet above the ground at the request of the defendant. The plaintiff claimed that a portion of the outer portion of the branch was dangling downward and was touching the ground. The defendant then tried to pull this portion of the branch down at which time it struck the ladder causing the plaintiff to fall to the ground. Th
After deliberating for nine hours over the span of two days in the damages only trial of Brent v. Sheskin a Brooklyn jury returned a defense verdict on February 28, 2019 in favor of our client, a livery car driver based in Coney Island. John Komar tried the case for our office before the Hon. Pamela L. Fisher in Supreme Court, Kings County. The trial lasted seven days. Plaintiff, in her seventies, was driving her 2014 Honda Civic when it collided with our client’s 2005 Lincoln Town Car leaving a dent in the Honda’s front left fender. In May 2018 plaintiff was granted summary judgment against the defendant on the issue of liability when the Court found that the livery driver was 100% at fa
Alan Russo & Lee-David Weiner made an ESIS presentation at AMTrust on "How to Defend Snow and Ice Cases" on Thursday, March 7, 2019. Click here to view the presentation in PDF format.
