In Sadek v. Greyhound, venued in New York County, LCBF prevailed at a Frye hearing during trial, precluding plaintiff from proceeding to the jury with respect to his claims that he suffered a stroke as a result of an accident involving a Greyhound bus. Plaintiff, who...
In Cervantes v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., 2011 WL 3911031 (9th Cir. Sept. 7, 2011), the Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a putative class action challenging foreclosure procedures for home loans listing the Mortgage Electronic Recording Service (MERS) as...
In Stowe v. Amtrak, 2011 WL 2516939 (E.D.N.Y. 2011), LCBF obtained a ruling denying the plaintiff’s post-trial motions following a defense verdict from a jury in an FELA case tried in Brooklyn. The 40-year old plaintiff cash clerk alleged that a safe door fell...
In Vogel v. Laidlaw, LCBF obtained a defense verdict from a Bergen County, New Jersey jury in a serious personal injury case for a student transportation company and two of its employees. Plaintiff, a severely autistic minor, was allegedly physically and verbally...
In Nostrom v. A.W. Chesterton, 15 N.Y.3d 502 (2010), aff’g, 59 A.D.3d 159 (1st Dep’t 2009), LCBF won an affirmance from the Court of Appeals of an Order dismissing the asbestos personal injury claims brought on behalf of a former construction worker...
