COURT DISMISSES FEDERAL DISCRIMINATION CLAIMS
On February 8, 2024, Partner David Rutherford obtained summary judgment dismissing federal Section 1983 and Rehabilitation Act claims asserted against a school in Manhattan providing services to students with speech and language disabilities. The plaintiff alleged that her daughter was bullied by other students in the classroom and that when she reported the bullying, the […]
COURT GRANTS SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY CASE
On February 7, 2024, Partner David Rutherford and New York Associate Carolyn Sartori obtained summary judgment in favor of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and LaGuardia Gateway Partners in a premises liability case wherein the plaintiff alleged that she suffered a traumatic brain injury when equipment located in a restroom at […]
APPEALS COURT REVERSES LOWER COURT AND DISMISSES ABUSE CASE AGAINST DAY SPA
On December 7, 2023, Partner David Rutherford and New York Associate Collin Boris obtained a decision from New York’s Appellate Division, First Department, reversing the lower court and granting summary judgment dismissing the case in its entirety. The plaintiff, a patron at a day spa in Manhattan, alleged that she was sexually abused during a […]
SUMMARY JUDGMENT GRANTED IN FAVOR OF AIRPORT OPERATOR
On January 6, 2023, Partner David Rutherford and New York Associate Carolyn Sartori obtained summary judgment in favor of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in a premises liability action pending in Queens Supreme Court. The plaintiff fell in a parking lot in front of the American Airlines Hangar at JFK Airport. […]
COURT DISMISSES CASE OF ALLEGED KIDNAPPING OF CHILD
On September 30, 2022, Partner David Rutherford obtained a dismissal of a federal action in the Eastern District of New York wherein an Orthodox Jewish couple alleged that their daughter had been kidnapped by a foster care agency, the City’s Administration for Children’s Services, the court system, and various individuals. The child had been removed […]