SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN HAZARDOUS CONDITION CASE
On August 18, 2025, New York Associate Cassidy Brillhart obtained summary judgment in favor of a popular restaurant chain in a premises liability action pending in the Supreme Court, Ulster County. The plaintiff chose to walk down a grassy, wet hill in the front parking lot, despite both a small staircase and an ADA-compliant rampway […]
SUIT AGAINST DRUG REHAB CENTER DISMISSED ON APPEAL
On August 6, 2025, Partner David Rutherford and New York Associate Cassidy Brillhart obtained a decision from New York Appellate Division, Second Department, reversing the lower court’s decision denying summary judgment as to the negligence cause of action asserted against an upstate rehabilitation facility that services people struggling with behavioral health and/or substance abuse issues. […]
LABOR LAW CASE INVOLVING CONSTRUCTION WORKER DISMISSED
On July 14, 2025, Partner David Rutherford and New York Associate Cassidy Brillhart moved to dismiss a building owner from a lawsuit pending in New York County, brought by an injured construction worker alleging labor law violations. Upon filing the motion to dismiss, the plaintiff’s attorney contacted Rutherford & Christie to concede on the dismissal.
COURT DISMISSES ADULT SURVIVOR ACT CASE
On May 13, 2025, Partner David Rutherford obtained a dismissal in favor of a summer camp operator Inc. in a sexual abuse action brought pursuant to the Child Victims Act. The plaintiff alleged that he was sexually abused as a child by multiple perpetrators when he attended camp in 1967 and 1968. The plaintiff alleged […]
COURT DISMISSES CASE OF ALLEGED MURDER OF CAT IN NEW YORK CITY
On February 6, 2025, Partner David Rutherford and New York Associate Bobby Rung obtained a dismissal of an action wherein the plaintiff alleged that her cat, Misia, approximately fifteen years old at the time of the alleged incident, was murdered when she was euthanized at an Animal Medical Center. The case garnered a great deal […]