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Bicyclist Struck by Pickup, Suffers Internal Injuries
A man riding a bike was recently struck by a pickup truck, forcing him to go to the hospital for his injuries. Jose Urban, 60, was riding his bicycle along the shoulder of state Route 32, near the intersection with Devitt’s Circle, in the Orange County town of New Windsor at around 11:30 a.m…. Read More »
Goshen School Bus Driver Found Intoxicated on the Job
A school bus driver working for the Goshen Central School District was suspended following his failure of a random drug test that was administered in between his bus runs on Thursday, April 23rd. Rick McCormack, age 61, admitted to ingesting pain killers and muscle relaxers after testing positive for alcohol. The school district immediately… Read More »
Rear-Ended Plaintiff Wins Motions on Liability and Serious Injury in Orange County Court
Back in 2008, the case of Ritzel v. Deserto brought us into court in Orange County twice in six months to argue two different summary judgment motions. The first time was in June, when we brought a motion asking the judge to declare the defendant liable to our client for damages as a matter… Read More »
Attorneys Win Judgment of Liability Based on Motion Papers in Poughkeepsie Car Crash
In a decision released last November in the case of Wynter v. Toth, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County, granted our motion for summary judgment on the issue of liability in a car accident case we have been working. We were able to establish that the other driver’s traffic violation made her… Read More »
Newburgh Rear-End Collision Leads to Judgment Against Defendant as a Matter of Law
In the case of Garry and Diane Fowler v. Batiste Tucker and Omar and Mary Stringfield, we represented the Fowlers, who were injured in a three-car collision on Route 17K in the Town of Newburgh. Our clients were heading west on Route 17K, and the defendants were heading east. The Stringfields had stopped on… Read More »
Defendant Liable for Rear-End Collision Injuries in Newburgh Car Crash
In the case of Gumbs v. Charres, we represented the plaintiff who was rear-ended while stopped at the light in a Newburgh intersection. In the course of the litigation in the New York Supreme Court, Orange County, we were successful in pursuing the plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment on the issue of liability, and… Read More »
New York Labor Law Case: Construction Site Trip and Fall Survives Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss
In the case of Rosenthal v. Structure Tone, we were able to fend off the defendants’ motion to dismiss and keep our client’s case alive for trial. Our client was an electrician working on a construction project at One New York Plaza who was injured when he stepped into an opening in a computer… Read More »
Court Finds Defendant Liable for Orange County Car Crash
In 2009, we filed a lawsuit on behalf of our client who was injured in a car crash at the intersection of West Avenue and State Route 84 in the Village of Chester. Our complaint alleged that the accident occurred when the defendant failed to stop at a stop sign and collided with the… Read More »
Orange County Court Finds Drunk Driver Liable for Newburgh Car Crash
In November of 2012, our client was heading eastbound on Route 300 in the Town of Newburgh when a vehicle entered her lane and collided with her head-on. That vehicle had been stopped on Route 300 westbound while waiting to make a left turn when it was rear-ended and propelled into our client’s lane…. Read More »
Ladder Fall: Court Grants Summary Judgment for Injured Plaintiff on Issue of Liability
In the case of Florencio Fuentes v. Spectrum, Inc. and Skanska (USA), Inc., in the Supreme Court of New York, New York County, the attorneys at Dupée & Monroe were successful in having the court grant their motion for summary judgment on the issue of liability. This means the defendant is liable for the… Read More »