Achievements
February 2013: Motion to dismiss granted by Superior Court of New Jersey, Somerset County, in favor of the association and property manager against the plaintiff in a fair debt collection and failure to repair property damage matter.
February 2013: Motion to dismiss granted by Superior Court of New Jersey, Cape May County, for plaintiff's failure to attend a deposition or produce discovery; sanctions were awarded.
February 2013: Motion to dismiss granted by Superior Court of New Jersey, Cape May County, against property manager for failure to state a claim on which relief can be granted.
January 2013: Motion to dismiss granted by Superior Court of New Jersey, Burlington County, in favor of the defendant association in property damage dispute on housing related matter pursuant to the case of Bell Tower Condominium Association v. Haffert.
January 2013: Defense verdict in favor of a condominium association and its property manager on a stairwell fall down case where liability was assessed against a defender contractor for work performed at the site in Superior Court of New Jersey, Ocean County.
January 2013: Summary judgment granted to defendant association for a trip and fall accident occurring on a residential sidewalk pursuant to the holding of the NJ Supreme Court Case Lucjecko v. City of Hoboken.
July 2012: Motion for summary judgment granted in favor of defendant Condominium Association in Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia County, PA on a slip and fall case which allegedly occurred to a minor plaintiff.
May 2012: Summary judgment granted in favor of a Condominium Association in Ocean County, New Jersey on a trip and fall accident on a sidewalk on the association site. The association had a tort immunity in the Bylaws prohibiting lawsuits by unit owners at the site.
January 2012: Summary judgment granted on a subrogation matter in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, PA.
January 2012: Defense verdict in Hunterdon County, NJ on a homeowner suit against association for property damage.
July 2011: Defense verdict in a jury trial in Middlesex County, NJ for a condominium association and its property manager. The case involved an 81 year old plaintiff who slipped and fell on a condominium site and suffered a fractured tibial plateau with the insertion of a plate and seven screws. Plaintiff presented live medical and liability expert testimony.
December 2010: Motion for summary judgment granted in favor of a condominium association in Ocean County, NJ in trip and fall accident involving an elderly resident on site who suffered a serious fracture as a result of her fall. The association had a prohibition in its bylaws preventing unit owners from suing the association for negligence, which the court upheld.
November 2010: Settlement for an assault, battery, and negligence matter in Camden County, NJ involving a union shop steward meeting in April 2008 in which the plaintiff sustained serious personal injuries as a result of being stricken by the Vice President of the union.
September 2010: Motion for partial summary judgment granted in mold case in Monmouth County, NJ in which plaintiff's claims of personal injury, as well as all of plaintiff's claims involving property damage to the common elements over which the condominium association had exclusive jurisdiction, were stricken.
July 2010: Defense verdict in Middlesex County, NJ in favor of a condominium association after a four day trial. The claims of negligence and breech of fiduciary duties by the Board of Trustees of the association were dismissed.
April 2010: Defense verdict in favor of a condominium association in Middlesex County, NJ involving a dog biting a small child on condominium association property. The judge granted summary judgment because the association had no notice of animals with dangerous propensities on common property.
July 2009: Motion for summary judgment granted for condominium association in Ocean County, NJ. Plaintiff claimed injuries as a result of being bitten by a dog on association property. Plaintiff was a unit owner and was therefore prohibited from bringing the lawsuit pursuant to a bylaw provision which prevented unit owners from bringing lawsuits against the association.
May 2009: Settlement in wrongful termination and harmful disclosure case in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in which plaintiff was fired from her job in PA because she applied for a competing franchise in another state.
February 2008: Motion for summary judgment granted in favor of a condominium association property manager in Burlington County, NJ. The case involved the maintenance and installation of the sprinkler system within all the units in the site and the responsibility of the property manager to give notice of any defective conditions to the Board of Trustees.