News & Wins:

Dan Kain presented a sports litigation lecture at a recent Pennsylvania Defense Institute seminar held in Bethlehem, PA.  The lecture addressed current developments and litigation facing the sports industry.  Dan’s presentation focused primarily on procedural and substantive defenses available to manufacturers, schools, organizing bodies, teams and related entities involved in head injury and other sports…

The Queens County Supreme Court granted our order to show cause to stay the entry of judgment and accrual of interest against our clients in an action in which plaintiff prematurely threatened to pursue a proposed settlement payment and interest thereon prior to satisfying all material settlement terms.

The United States Supreme Court recently issued its much-anticipated decision in Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc. Employers are now on notice of a new standard for facially neutral policies affecting pregnant employees challenging workplace accommodation policies and practices under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (“Title VII”), as amended by the Pregnancy Discrimination…

The New York County Supreme Court granted summary judgment dismissing a suit sounding in violations of Labor Law 200, 240(1) and 241(6), negligence, contribution and indemnification in a Labor Law action. The plaintiff, an electrical subcontractor’s employee, sought damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained when four glass partitions fell upon him at a work site.

Robert Littleton, Robert Joyce, James Ughetta, and Robert Kelly were named to the 2015 New York Metro Super Lawyers List; Dennis Dozis was named as a 2015 New York Metro Rising Star; and both Christine Delaney and Sarah Fang were named as 2015 New Jersey Rising Stars. The firm recognizes and congratulates its attorneys for…

In Lawson vs Bell Sports, a jury in Monmouth County, NJ Superior Court returned a unanimous defense verdict yesterday for Bell Helmets, finding no defect in the Bell bicycle helmet plaintiff was wearing when he landed on his head while riding his bicycle at Allaire State Park, in Farmingdale, NJ.  Plaintiffs alleged that the bicycle…

In Lawson v. Bell Sports, a jury in Monmouth County, NJ Superior Court returned a unanimous defense verdict yesterday for Bell Helmets, finding no defect in the Bell bicycle helmet plaintiff was wearing when he landed on his head while riding his bicycle at Allaire State Park in Farmingdale, NJ.  The plaintiffs alleged that the…

Littleton Joyce is pleased to announce that Carmen Cole, of our Los Angeles office, is featured in the Attorney Spotlight for the Calfornia Minority Corporate Counsel Program’s Spring 2015 publication.  To read more, click here and go to pages 11-13.

Littleton Joyce is proud to announce that the ABA has published two articles authored by Haseeb Fatmi:  “Jury Sides with Apple in iPod Antitrust Class Action” published on January 15, 2015, and “Palestinian Authority Held Liable for Acts of Terrorism under U.S. Anti-Terrorism Act” published March 26, 2015.  Both articles can be viewed in their…

On February 10, 2015, after a two week trial, a Chicago jury of 12 unanimously found in favor of HJC America and Castle Sales, concluding that the HJC motorcycle helmet worn by the plaintiff, Jennette Maxwell, was not defective.  Plaintiff’s counsel asked the jury for $9.3 million for brain injuries and a comminuted depressed skull fracture…