June 14, 2024
Defense verdicts happen, even in this era of nuclear verdicts and post-Covid distrust!LJUK’s trial team of Scott Toomey, Keith Gibson, and Keith Sipprelle recently won a defense verdict in a bicycle helmet product liability design defect case after a trial that spanned four weeks in the Santa Cruz... read more
October 24, 2023
C. Scott Toomey and Ericka A. Esposito obtained a defense verdict in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania after a five-day jury trial. The case involved an industrial accident with a significant workers’ compensation lien and future care claims for a sympathetic plaintiff... read more
September 15, 2023
On September 14, 2023, in the latest of a string of decisions obtained by LPJUK upholding Rule 702’s and Daubert’s requirements that a trial court ensure that an expert’s testimony rests on a reliable foundation and is relevant to the task at hand, the United States District Court for the Southern... read more
August 28, 2023
Michael H. Bai and Kristen E. Dennison obtained a defense verdict in the Court of Common Pleas, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania on behalf of DN Solutions America Corp., formerly known as Doosan Machine Tools America Corp. This commercial action arose out of a breach of warranty claim by... read more
November 09, 2022
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... read more
October 24, 2022
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... read more
October 06, 2022
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... read more
November 23, 2020
In a resounding victory for firm client Pep Boys, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld Judge J. Curtis Joyner of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania’s decision that appellant Vickie Thorne lacks standing to bring her class action complaint. Vickie Thorne brought... read more
November 19, 2020
On November 13, 2020, Scott Toomey, Jason Schmitz, and James Ughetta obtained summary judgment in New York federal court on behalf of sport equipment maker Bell Sports, Inc. against Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Co. and its attempt to recover more than $700,000 it paid to settle a product liability... read more
November 13, 2020
On September 29, 2020, the Court granted our motion for summary judgment dismissing Plaintiff’s product liability claims against W.M. Barr & Co., Inc., the manufacturer of Goof Off glue remover. Plaintiff poured Goof Off glue remover on her kitchen floor in contravention to the product’s... read more
