News & Wins:

Carmen Cole is the practice leader for the firm’s newly formed Labor & Employment group, specializing in the defense of employers in harassment and discrimination claims, as well as claims for wrongful termination, breach of contract, defamation, invasion of privacy, and other employment-related torts.

Following his selection to fill one of the twelve spots available on the Law360 Products Liability Editorial Advisory Board in 2012, Bob has been re-appointed to the Law 360 Product Liability Editorial Advisory Board for 2013

Scott Toomey has been elected to the Executive Committee for the Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel “PADC”). Scott will join the Executive Committee effective June 5th for a term of three years. PADC is the defense counterweight to the Philadelphia Association of Justice.

A California judge granted Scott’s motion for summary adjudication and dismissed Plaintiff’s punitive damages claim against the distributor of an allegedly defective medical product. The court held that the Plaintiff had not presented any evidence that the distributor knew of the alleged defect at the time of sale. Further, the court took heed of the…

Christine graduated from the Rutgers School of Law in 2011. While at Rutgers, she served as the Lead Notes and Casenotes Editor of the Rutgers Law Journal. Christine joins Littleton Joyce following her clerkship to the Honorable Linda G. Baxter, J.A.D., New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division.

A Connecticut federal judge has dismissed claims against seven companies targeted in an insurer’s subrogation suit seeking compensation for $200 million in losses associated with a deadly explosion at a Connecticut power plant in 2010. U.S. District Judge Stefan Underhill granted motions to dismiss brought by subcontractors involved in the procedure that led to the…

Haseeb graduated with honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2009 and from Fordham University School of Law in 2012. While at Fordham, Haseeb served as associate editor of the Moot Court Board and was an active member of the Brendan Moore Trial Advocacy Team.

Sam graduated graduated magna cum laude from Hofstra University in 2006 and cum laude from Hofstra University School of Law in 2011.

In August of 2012, Scott was interviewed and cited as an expert regarding the current state of Pennsylvania’s products liability law. Read here

Scott was asked once again to serve as the co-chair of the Products Liability Committee of the Pennsylvania Defense Institute for July 2012 – July 2013.