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MKCI Obtains Dismissal of Labor Law Action Based on Sole Proximate Cause Defense

MKCI Obtains Dismissal of Labor Law Action Based on Sole Proximate Cause Defense

May 25, 2023 Robert Connor and MKCI’s Syracuse Office recently obtained a dismissal of a case involving labor law claims in its entirety through summary judgment. Plaintiff brought this action against two defendants, a property owner and general contractor, under Labor Law §§ 200, 240(1), and 241(6), asserting damages resulting […]

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MKCI Obtains Dismissal of Labor Law Action Based on Sole Proximate Cause Defense

MKCI is Mansfield Certified

MKCI is Mansfield Certified

May 23, 2023 McGivney, Kluger, Clark & Intoccia, P.C. is proud to announce that we have achieved Mansfield Certification! Mansfield Certification, facilitated by Diversity Lab, is the culmination of efforts our firm has taken over an 18-month period to further diversify our firm’s leadership and ensure consideration of our broad […]

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MKCI is Mansfield Certified

NJ Appellate Division Upholds MKCI Client’s Arbitration Award

NJ Appellate Division Upholds MKCI Client’s Arbitration Award

May 22, 2023 On March 19, 2023 the New Jersey Appellate Division upheld the decision of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Union County, wherein the trial court confirmed an arbitration award dismissing counter claims of breach of contract and negligence against MKCI’s client and granting counsel fees. […]

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NJ Appellate Division Upholds MKCI Client’s Arbitration Award

MKCI Obtains Non-Suit Victory

MKCI Obtains Non-Suit Victory

May 17, 2023 MKCI partner Chris Hillsley recently obtained a defense non-suit on behalf of a commercial property owner and manager in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania in the Erica Finley v. AmeriHealth Northeast LLC, et al. matter (case # 191200047). The elevator maintenance company was the only other remaining defendant at […]

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MKCI Obtains Non-Suit Victory

MKCI Obtains Fifth Defense Verdict of the Year

MKCI Obtains Fifth Defense Verdict of the Year

March 16, 2023 On March 15, 2023 MKCI Partner and trial counsel Steve Toner obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a transportation client in Kings County, New York in the Lanzarotta & Lasala v. Big Apple Livery Leasing LLC, et al. matter. This case involved a rear end automobile […]

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MKCI Obtains Fifth Defense Verdict of the Year

Enforceability of New Jersey Arbitration Clauses Upheld Between Sophisticated Parties

Enforceability of New Jersey Arbitration Clauses Upheld Between Sophisticated Parties

March 1, 2023 In a precedential opinion, New Jersey’s Appellate Division held that an arbitration clause may be enforced, even where it lacks an acknowledgment of the parties’ explicit waiver of access to the courts, as required in Atalese v. U.S. Legal Services Group, L.P. , 219 N.J. 430 (2014), […]

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Enforceability of New Jersey Arbitration Clauses Upheld Between Sophisticated Parties

Joel Clark to Co-Chair and Gillian Fisher to Present at Harris Martin’s NJ Asbestos Litigation Conference

Joel Clark to Co-Chair and Gillian Fisher to Present at Harris Martin’s NJ Asbestos Litigation Conference

March 1, 2023 MKCI invites you to join Joel Clark as he co-chairs and presents on the State of the Docket and Gillian Fisher as she presents on Talc Bankruptcy Updates at the Harris Martin New Jersey Asbestos Litigation Conference on March 3, 2023. Registration and the conference Agenda can […]

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Joel Clark to Co-Chair and Gillian Fisher to Present at Harris Martin’s NJ Asbestos Litigation Conference

MKCI Raises Interstate Sovereign Immunity Before New York’s Highest Court

MKCI Raises Interstate Sovereign Immunity Before New York’s Highest Court

February 7, 2023 Today, Lawrence McGivney, managing partner of the firm’s New York City office, presented arguments before New York’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, regarding an issue of constitutional magnitude – interstate sovereign immunity. The question before the Court is whether an instrumentality of the State of New […]

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MKCI Raises Interstate Sovereign Immunity Before New York’s Highest Court

MKCI Obtains Defense Verdict in New Jersey Rhabdomyolysis Case

MKCI Obtains Defense Verdict in New Jersey Rhabdomyolysis Case

October 4, 2022 MKCI Florham Park General Liability Partners Gary J. Intoccia and Joseph A. Gallo recently obtained a defense verdict in Bergen County Superior Court after a two-week trial involving a claim by a minor Plaintiff that he was injured during a “high-intensity” pre-season workout at a local high […]

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MKCI Obtains Defense Verdict in New Jersey Rhabdomyolysis Case

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