Obtained summary judgment in property damage case involving alleged catastrophic engine damage to the plaintiff's vehicle after it was valet parked at the defendant's parking facility on the basis that the plaintiff failed to prove causation.

Obtained a dismissal on the pleadings in favor of manufacturer in a toxic tort matter.  The manufacturer was one of many defendants named in a lawsuit based on allegations that it sold benzene containing products to the military that was used by the plaintiff during his enlistment with the Marines. Allegedly, as a result of his exposure to these products, the plaintiff contracted a blood cancer and ultimately died. The Court was persuaded by the defense argument that the plaintiff could not have been  exposed by this manufacturer’s product because it was not sold to the military during the time period of the plaintiff’s enlistment.

Obtained partial summary judgment in a motor vehicle accident based on the statutory threshold standard under Section 5104 and 5102(d) of New York's No-Fault Law, which resulted in dismissal of alleged neck and back injuries.