
Rudolph M. Baptiste Joins K&C
Jessica Guzzo Joins K&C
K&C New York Office Relocation
Michael Stanton Presents to Bar Association on Legal Issues Pertaining to Working Remotely
Appellate Court Reverses Decision Allowing Client to Amend Complaint against Architect
In Sutton Animal Hospital, PLLC v. D&D Development et al., Michael Stanton secured a significant victory for an architectural firm before the Appellate Division, First Department by reversing a lower court decision allowing the plaintiff to amend its complaint without first complying with statutory protocol for doing so. The Appellate Division agreed that the architectural firm had been prejudiced by the lower court’s decision, which precluded “meaningful review of the sufficiency of the allegations” of the plaintiff’s amended complaint. A copy of the decision is available here.
Michael Stanton Secures Reversal of Order Terminating Guardianship
In In re Angeliki K (Anonymous), Michael Stanton obtained the reversal of a guardianship court decision denying the guardian’s application to change the incapacitated person’s place of abode to Athens, Greece, and terminating the guardianship. Contrary to the guardianship court’s order, the Appellate Division, Second Department, held that the guardianship court should not have terminated the guardianship on its own motion, without a hearing, and without determining the impact of termination on the incapacitated person. Moreover, the Appellate Division, Second Department, concluded that the guardian had properly supported the application to change the incapacitated person’s place of abode to Greece, and reversed both portions of the court’s decision in their entirety. A copy of the decision is available here.
The Affidavit of Merit Statute is Alive and Well in New Jersey
K&C attorneys David B. Kosakoff and Mark P. Bradley recently secured a complete dismissal of all claims against our client, a leading multi-disciplined engineering firm, in a wide-ranging, multi-million-dollar construction defect litigation in Hudson County, New Jersey. A copy of the article discussing the outcome of the case is available here.
K&C Victorious in ‘Falling Object’ Scaffold Law Case
Michael Stanton recently obtained summary judgment on behalf of a consulting engineer in a Labor Law § 240(1) “falling object” case, resulting in the dismissal of all claims against the design professional. Mr. Stanton persuasively argued that the consulting engineer’s limited scope of services, as acknowledged by all other parties, precluded a determination that is was in any way liable for the plaintiff’s injuries. A copy of the decision is available here.