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October 04, 2023 On October 3, 2023, approximately one week after hearing oral argument, the New Jersey Appellate Division issued an unpublished opinion overturning verdicts against Johnson & Johnson and Johnson & Johnson Consumer, Inc. in four consolidated matters, totaling $37,300,000 in compensatory damages and $186,500,000 in punitive damages, and […]

September 20, 2023 On September 18, 2023 MKCI Partner Chris Hillsley, with the support of Senior Associate Dave Snyder and MKCI’s PA office, obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a residential property contractor in the Philadelphia suburb of Delaware County. MKCI’s client originally brought a claim against the defendant […]

August 31, 2023 MKCI Hartford, CT partner Bruce Raymond obtained a defense verdict yesterday in a premises liability negligence action on behalf of a regional retailer with 150 stores. Plaintiff claimed she sustained cervical and upper extremity injuries when a store manager handed her a heavier than expected folding chair […]

August 23, 2023 MKCI’s Robert Connor and our Syracuse, NY team successfully opposed Plaintiff’s appeal of a prior summary judgment win in a premises liability claim. Plaintiff brought the underlying action against a property owner and tenant asserting damages from an alleged trip and fall on a portion of a […]

August 9, 2023 MKCI congratulates Hartford, CT attorney Kylie Brown on obtaining a defense verdict at the conclusion of her first ever trial! A bench trial was conducted in Meriden Superior Court. Plaintiff brought a product liability claim seeking damages for injuries allegedly sustained from candy purchased at Defendants’ store. […]

July 10, 2023 MKCI Attorneys George W. Collins, Jr. and Angela Ponto recently successfully obtained Summary Judgment for our client in the Supreme Court of New York, Erie County. The Plaintiff in this action brought suit for injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident, alleging that it was caused by […]

June 28, 2023 On June 27, 2023, in a highly anticipated ruling in the case of Mallory v. Norfolk S. Railway Co. (case number 21-1168), the United States Supreme Court upheld a unique Pennsylvania state registration law that obligates out-of-state companies to appear in Pennsylvania courts to answer any cause […]

June 5, 2023 On June 5, 2023, New Jersey’s Supreme Court issued a decision in the case of Pantano v. New York Shipping Association , addressing the common law “borrowed-employee doctrine,” which arises in cases where a borrowed or loaned employee’s negligence is asserted to have caused harm to a […]

May 25, 2023 According to New York’s Appellate Division, Third Department, the University of Rochester (“University”) would have a common law duty to take appropriate responsive action against “credible reports of ongoing and pervasive criminal conduct against students, perpetrated on campus by other students within the university’s control.” Rebekah Brown […]