News & Wins:

Plaintiff initiated a lawsuit alleging significant personal injuries as a result of a bucket that detached from its coupler on a Komatsu excavator while plaintiff was working on the rehabilitation of the Delta terminal at LaGuardia Airport.  Plaintiff sued The City of NY and Delta Airlines in Bronx County under NY’s Labor Law, eventually obtaining…

Littleton Park partner Keith Gibson has been selected to join the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel. The FDCC is an organization composed of vetted and premier defense and corporate counsel and industry executives dedicated to leading the profession by advancing the principles of integrity, professionalism, fair civil justice, and intellectual capital. All members go…

DRI’s Young Lawyers Liaison program selected Ericka as a 2023 co-liaison for the Women in the Law Committee. The liaison program aims to increase collaboration between DRI’s Substantive Law Committees and the Young Lawyers Program. In her new role, Ericka planned a networking event at the January 2023 Women in the Law Seminar. She will…

Littleton Park’s Robert Joyce and Eric Goldberg recently secured an eight-figure settlement on behalf of a subcontractor client in its lawsuit against a surety on a power plant construction project.  The client’s sub-subcontractor abandoned the project and filed for bankruptcy, leaving significant work remaining under its contract.  The client then made a claim under the…

Littleton Park Joyce Ughetta & Kelly LLP welcomes Carolyn Davis to the firm. Carolyn has joined the firm as Counsel. She comes to LPJUK from a position as counsel in Weil’s Products Liability practice group. She has focused her practice on the defense of product liability actions, mass tort matters, class actions, and other complex…

Scott Toomey and Dan Kain obtained a defense verdict in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on behalf of Siemens Industry, Inc.  The case arose out of finger amputation injuries sustained by Plaintiff Sean Elgert while performing routine maintenance on a telescopic conveyer located in a Philadelphia-area UPS distribution center.  Plaintiff alleged that a design defect…

Following a two-week arbitration hearing, Littleton Park’s Robert Joyce and Eric Goldberg secured a victory for a subcontractor client in its breach of contract action against the prime contractor on a major project to rehabilitate one of the New York City subway system’s transit lines.  The dispute arose out of the prime contractor’s refusal to…

Ericka has been named Vice Chair of the Marketing Committee for the DRI Young Lawyers Steering Committee. This subcommittee is responsible for planning, organizing, and coordinating all marketing efforts for the DRI Young Lawyers Section Seminar (June 2023), webinars produced by the Young Lawyers Committee, and other committee activities throughout the year. She looks forward…

Charles was recently appointed Vice Chair of the DRI Young Lawyers Diversity and Inclusion Mentorship Subcommittee. In this role, Charles will work with the DRI Diversity and Inclusion Committee on establishing a mentorship program to ensure that diverse young lawyers have an opportunity to develop meaningful mentorship connections with senior diverse DRI members. Charles will…

The International Association of Defense Counsel (“IADC”) invited Dan Kain to attend the 2022 trial academy at Stanford University.  The trial academy faculty consisted of the nation’s preeminent defense trial attorneys. The faculty and students conducted three mock trials during the seven-day event.  Edward Sledge served as the leader and chair of this year’s phenomenal…