For the second time, a federal District Court has dismissed a sidewalk trip-and-fall claim brought against Amtrak under N.Y.C. Administrative Code § 7-210, holding that federal law preempts the imposition of tort liability against Amtrak for defects on sidewalks...
LCBF successfully secured summary judgment in a Federal Employers’ Liability Act case on behalf of a railroad client. The plaintiff alleged he developed bladder cancer as a result of his work around diesel exhaust and secondhand smoke during his employment. Plaintiff...
LCBF obtained summary judgment in a snow and ice slip and fall case that occurred on a sidewalk driveway in Manhattan. Plaintiff alleged that LCBF’s client was responsible for maintaining the sidewalk driveway. LCBF successfully argued that it was not responsible for...
LCBF represented a national transportation company and its employee in a lawsuit resulting from the removal of a passenger for refusing to take her assigned seat. The plaintiff alleged that she refused to sit in her assigned seat because it was next to a bathroom that...
In a first-of-its-kind ruling, the Southern District of New York dismissed a plaintiff’s sidewalk trip-and-fall claim against Amtrak, finding that federal law preempts the imposition of tort liability for sidewalk defects under New York City Administrative Code §...
