Reno Partner Ellen Jean Winograd recently secured the dismissal of a contentious, eight-year-long wage and hour dispute on behalf of Western Range Association – a non-profit member association of ranchers – when the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada and the Nevada Supreme Court granted Lewis Brisbois’ motions to dismiss. 

The plaintiffs initially filed this matter as a class action lawsuit in 2016, alleging that Western Range underpaid the wages of H-2A non-immigrant, foreign sheepherders and goatherders by more than $25 million. In addition to demanding the alleged underpayment, the plaintiffs sought interest, attorneys’ fees, and costs. 

Providence Managing Partner Lauren Motola-Davis and Associate Nicole Andrescavage recently prevailed on a difficult and hotly-contested motion to set aside default on behalf of their client in a premises liability case involving an employee’s injuries at a shoreside terminal facility.

Tampa Partner Jonathan Aihie and Phoenix Partner Georgia Hamann recently secured summary judgment for an international retailer in a premises liability claim. The plaintiff slipped and fell on a temporary substance, alleging negligence against our client under Florida Statute Section 768.0755, resulting in severe knee and back injuries.

St. Louis Partners Tracy J. Cowan and Karen M. Volkman, along with Kansas City Partner Vincent Gunter, secured a defense verdict in a Jackson County, Missouri matter on behalf of a Lewis Brisbois client, which was the successor-in-interest to a life, health and reinsurance firm, against claims brought by an individual who worked in the corporate headquarters and was diagnosed with mesothelioma. 

New York Partner Andrew Harms recently obtained a defense verdict in Kings County Supreme Court in a motorist vs. bicyclist negligence action.

Boston Managing Partner Kenneth B. Walton and Partner Matthew M. O' Leary recently secured summary judgment on behalf of a civil engineering firm in a serious personal injury matter arising from a trip-and-fall incident in a mall parking lot. 

The client was retained to provide site civil engineering design for the parking lot of a local mall. The design included multiple bioretention areas known as rain gardens. In November of 2019, a woman tripped and fell while attempting to cross a rain garden to reach her car. She suffered significant bodily injuries, including a fracture of the cervical spine that resulted in partial paralysis. 

Wilmington Partner Ann Kashishian recently secured the dismissal of a lawsuit asserting fraudulent transfer and other claims against several clients in the Delaware Court of Chancery. The plaintiff, a long-term care facility located in Newark, Delaware, initiated the lawsuit against Ms. Kashishian’s clients - relatives of a former facility resident - over an outstanding balance at the time of the resident's death. 

Los Angeles Partner Dana Fox and San Francisco Partner Anna Gourgiotopoulou secured a defense verdict for a transportation technology company after just 45 minutes of jury deliberations in a high-exposure motor vehicle accident case in San Francisco.  

In Trujillo-Cruz v. City of New York, et al., New York Partner Inderjit Dhami, a member of New York Partner Meghan A. Cavalieri’s Construction Practice Team, recently obtained summary judgment and dismissal of the plaintiffs’ Labor Law §240(1), §241(6) and §200 claims dismissing the entire case against national developer and construction company clients.

Philadelphia Partner Jason Berger and Los Angeles Associate Brian Drach recently assisted Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Fridayy in extending his publishing deal with Prescription Songs, as reported by Billboard.