APPEALS COURT AFFIRMS DISMISSAL OF SEX ABUSE CLAIM AGAINST GREEK ARCHDIOCESE
In January of 2021 Partner David Rutherford obtained a Decision from New York’s Appellate Division, First Department, affirming summary judgment which had been granted earlier in the year. The plaintiffs had alleged that the Archdiocese was negligent and vicariously liable for a rape committed by the teenage son of a priest following service at a […]
DEFENSE VERDICT IN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY CASE
Partner David Rutherford and New York Associate Samantha Velez obtained a defense verdict on May 29, 2019 against Ohel Children’s and Family Services, a social services organization in state court in Brooklyn, New York. The plaintiffs had alleged that their twelve-year-old daughter suffered catastrophic brain injuries when she fell down a flight of stairs because […]
SUMMARY JUDGMENT GRANTED IN FAVOR OF AIRLINE
In February of 2019 Partner David Rutherford obtained summary judgment in favor of American Airlines in federal court in the Northern District of New York in a case alleging that a 73 year old blind passenger suffered PTSD when she was essentially “abandoned” at Washington Reagan Airport by several airlines during a change of flights […]
GEORGIA JUDGE GRANTS MOTION TO DISMISS RENEWAL ACTION
Partner Carrie L. Christie and Associate Courtney Marcelo Norton obtained dismissal of a renewal action against their client, Saint Paul African Methodist Church of Macon, Inc., in state court in 2018 by showing that the original action was void due to the expiration of the statute of limitations where the plaintiff could not satisfy the […]
R & C Obtains a Defense Verdict
R& C Obtains a Defense Verdict On December 5, 2017 Partner David Rutherford obtained a defense verdict after a six day jury trial in federal court in Brooklyn. The plaintiff, a crew chief for an aircraft services company at JFK Airport, alleged she had suffered a permanently debilitating back injury when the door to a […]
