A dismissal with prejudice obtained where plaintiff failed to timely serve an Affidavit of Merit
In a construction site trench collapse case where plaintiff contractor employee sued the owner and architect for personal injury, John...
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(EXPERT)3 - Three Collaborating Experts Power the Defense Against a Challenging Claim
Joe Ciampoli has authored an interesting article examining the benefit of using multiple experts to defend challenging claims. You can...
Fred Mahar Secures Defense and Indemnification for Engineer in Building Collapse Case
Fred Mahar represented an engineering firm that provided inspection services for an extensive demolition project at an international...
Fred Mahar Wins Motion for Summary Judgment on a Professional Malpractice Claim
Mr. Mahar represented an architect who had provided design services for a homeowner’s substantial home renovation and addition project....
Ciampoli Argued Statute of Limitations before the Appellate Division in Significant Personal Injury
Through his representation of a professional engineering firm client, Joe Ciampoli argued a statute of limitations issue before the...
Ciampoli obtains summary judgment in favor of engineering firm client facing a malpractice client
Joe Ciampoli obtained summary judgment in favor of an engineering firm client facing a malpractice claim arising from the design and...
John Becker and Fred Mahar obtained an allocation of no liability and $0 award in AAA binding Arb
John Becker and Fred Mahar obtained an allocation of no liability and $0 award against our landscape architect client in a binding AAA...
John King Argued Limitation of Liability Clause, Court Held Enforceable
John King successfully argued a motion for partial summary judgment on behalf of the client architect to enforce a limitation of...
Court Applies "Ongoing Snow Storm" in Granting Defendants Summary Judgement Motion
The recent NJ case of Oyebola v. Wal-Mart Stores puts a finer point on the “ongoing snow storm” argument, which greatly reduces property...
John Becker and Fred Mahar present Engineering Ethics Seminar for NSPE-NJ
John Becker and Fred Mahar will present a continuing education seminar for the Mercer Chapter of the New Jersey Society of Professional...
John Becker and Fred Mahar Obtain Summary Judgment for Engineering Firm
John Becker successively argued Fred Mahar’s Motion for Summary Judgment based on the New Jersey Statute of Repose (N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1.1)...
John Becker argued Affidavit of Merit in Paragon Contractors Inc.v. Peachtree Condominium Assoc.
The Supreme Court reverses summary judgment in favor of client because the trial court failed to conduct a Ferreira conference. In...
John King argued Wrongful Death Case before Supreme Court
Though the Supreme Court remanded the case for further discovery, John King ultimately prevailed by obtaining a dismissal by summary...
John King successfully argued before Appellate Division in Lucca v. Targan on behalf of client DDMR
John H. King argued the cause for respondents Peter Dolcy and Duffy, Dolcy, McManus & Roesch. Plaintiff Lucca Contracting, Inc. (Lucca)...
John Becker argued Affidavit of Merit Statute case before Appellate Division
The Appellate Division, held that genuine issue of material fact as to whether firm's activities were architectural or non-architectural...
John King argued "Date of Substantial Completion" before Appellate Division
In Trinity Church v. Atkin Olshin Lawson-Bell, John King successfully argued that a contract clause defining the "date of substantial...
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