News & Wins:

Littleton Joyce is pleased to announce that C. Scott Toomey has joined us as the Managing Partner of our new Philadelphia office. For almost two decades, Scott has successfully defended companies faced with personal injury, death and property damage lawsuits. He has tried major cases and argued appeals in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and, as product…

A New York state court accepted our argument that since our client was only the supplier of the materials used for a temporary staircase upon which the plaintiff allegedly sustained injury and thus did not own, maintain, or control the staircase at the time of the accident, judgment was warranted as a matter of law.

In a fire case in which the plaintiff alleged that our client had negligently designed and/or manufactured an electric power cord included in a wall-mounted electric water fountain, the New Hampshire Superior Court held that our client was protected by New Hampshire’s building industry statute of repose and awarded summary judgment to our client.

Jim Ughetta and Scott Toomey (formerly with the Campbell firm) obtained a dismissal in a motorcycle helmet product liability wrongful death case pending in the Court of Common Pleas, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. The 24 year old motorcyclist sustained serious head injuries when his motorcycle collided with a motor vehicle at a street intersection. The motorcyclist…

Scott Toomey and Jim Ughetta achieved a defense verdict before a jury in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in July, 2010. Our client, a bicycle helmet manufacturer, was sued by a high school teacher who sustained serious and significant brain injuries, confining him to a wheelchair, when struck by a car….

Littleton Joyce is pleased to announce that Ken Peterson has joined us as the Managing Partner of our new Los Angeles office. Mr. Peterson has extensive trial and appellate court experience. His practice is focused on product liability, high exposure personal injury defense, insurance coverage disputes and complex commercial litigation.

Littleton Joyce is thrilled to announce the opening of its Los Angeles, CA office, managed by Kenneth A. Peterson. Ken is joined by associate Jessica Hernandez who received her B.A. from UCLA in 2003 and graduated from USC Law School in 2006.

Jim Ughetta and Scott Toomey achieved a defense verdict in a Philadelphia state court product liability trial involving a carbon composite bicycle handlebar designed by our client. Plaintiff claimed at trial that when he was competing in a bicycle race, his carbon composite handlebar failed, causing him to fall to the ground. As a result…

The Purchase and New Jersey Offices secured a dismissal on the pleadings for our client, an electronics manufacturer. A homeowner alleged that a retailer sold him a home automation system that was incompatible with his home. The homeowner alleged that the retailer was an agent of our client and that our client negligently failed to…

Following a lengthy trial, Jin Park and Michael Bai secured a defense verdict and recovered costs in a products liability action involving an allegedly defective light fixture.