Philadelphia Partner Gregory Hurchalla recently prevailed at trial in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in a dispute between a nursing home and a patient who received services at the facility. The trial occurred in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In this matter, the plaintiff sought damages against the client nursing home with regard to fees he paid to which he felt the nursing home was not entitled. After multiple witnesses were called by each side, the court found in favor of the nursing home and rendered a verdict in its favor, refusing to award the plaintiff damages.

In a recent decision by the Oldham County Circuit Court, Lewis Brisbois Partner Andrew Weber and Associate Jason Paskan obtained summary judgment for a paving company client after successfully arguing that their client did not owe the plaintiff a duty at the time leading up to her trip and fall. Although the court concluded that there was a genuine issue of fact as to whether a parking space wheel stop actually caused her fall, the court noted that whether the wheel stop “constituted an unreasonably dangerous condition necessitating a duty to eliminate them or warn of them is an entirely different matter.” Rebecca Reynolds v. Baptist Healthcare System, Inc., et al., Oldham Circuit Court Case No. 21-CI-00236, *6 (Dec. 21, 2023).

Boston Partners Kenneth B. Walton and Patricia B. Gary recently obtained a favorable decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Cappello v. Restaurant Depo, LLC. Anthony Cappello, a New Hampshire resident, consumed a take-out salad from a counter-serve deli in New Jersey. Within days of returning to New Hampshire he was diagnosed with a life-threatening E. coli infection that required surgery, including removal of his colon. 

Atlanta Partner Adi Allushi and Associate Cecilia Walker recently secured a defense verdict for a national property management corporation on claims brought by a vendor and cross-claims lodged by the property owner. Lewis Brisbois’ client is a national corporation, over a century old, that managed over 140 properties with 40,000 units.

Houston Partner Norman Ray Giles and Houston and Salt Lake City Partner Bill Helfand on Tuesday obtained summary judgment in favor of a police officer in a lawsuit stemming from a fatal officer-involved shooting.

Chicago Partners Josh M. Kantrow and Thomas M. Wolf recently secured an appellate victory on behalf of Lewis Brisbois’ client when the First District Appellate Court in Illinois affirmed the client’s summary judgment award, determining that the plaintiffs failed to establish that the client engaged in fraud. Notably, this decision constitutes Messrs. Kantrow and Wolf’s third appellate win of the year. 

Lewis Brisbois Partners William S. Helfand and Norman Ray Giles convinced the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to reverse a district court and grant judgment for a Galveston police officer in a lawsuit over a fatal 2018 officer-involved shooting, with the appeals court finding that the officer’s actions did not violate clearly established law and he is therefore entitled to qualified immunity.

Partners Christian McGannon of the New York trial team and Thomas “T.J.” Keevins of the Newark, NJ-based aviation litigation team, headed by Douglas Amster, obtained a defense verdict on behalf of their airline client, Delta Air Lines, Inc., before a jury in Supreme Court, Queens County. This trial success occurred following the firm’s prior successful summary judgment motion and successful appellate defense of same, which resulted in the dismissal of claims brought by the plaintiff against The City of New York and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

St. Louis Partners Rick Mueller and Heather F. Counts recently secured a defense verdict on behalf of Suzuki in a high-exposure products liability matter.

A Lewis Brisbois team was poised to defend a university at trial in a class action alleging the university failed to refund students for room and board and other fees amid the COVID-19 pandemic when the plaintiff abruptly dismissed the lawsuit’s remaining claims just prior to jury selection.