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Lawsuit for Little Girl’s Injury Survives Motion to Dismiss by Newburgh School District
The attorneys at Dupée & Monroe are presently representing a little girl, through her mother, for personal injuries she sustained when she was hit in the face by a door at school. Back in July, the teacher and school district who were being sued filed a motion for summary judgment with the court. If… Read More »
Crane Accident Reveals the Complex Ins and Outs of New York Construction Accident Litigation
Personal injury cases can often involve complex civil litigation, with multiple defendants all pressing claims against one another to try to avoid liability and pin the blame on another party. This is particularly the case in construction accidents, where property owners hire a contractor who hires subcontractors who in turn hire their own subcontractors…. Read More »
Pre-Trial Motions Establish Defendant’s Liability in Auto Accident Case
In the case of Conrad v. Bertola, Dupée & Monroe was able to get summary judgment on the issue of liability for our client who was injured in a car accident. This means that the arguments we put forward in court papers and pre-trial motions proved that the defendant was liable to our client… Read More »
Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Survives Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss
Representing the plaintiff in Cole v. Sears, Roebuck & Company, Dupée & Monroe was able to defeat the defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a sexual harassment lawsuit filed in the Supreme Court, New York County. Robert Cole was the store manager of the Sears Auto Center in Nanuet, about 45 minutes south of… Read More »
Attorneys Win Summary Judgment for Client Rear-Ended at Stoplight in the Bronx
Dupée & Monroe represented the plaintiff in the case of Darien v. Salomon and CBT Para Transit, Inc. in the New York Supreme Court, Bronx County. Our client, Janice Darien, had been stopped at a red light at the intersection of Park Avenue and East Tremont Avenue in The Bronx when she was rear-ended… Read More »
Wrongful Death of Middletown Woman Prompts Legislation Against Negligent Drivers
After Teresita Solano was struck and killed in 2012 by a motorist driving under a suspended license, her sister, Evangeline Papp, was shocked that the driver, who had eight suspensions on his license, was able to plead guilty to a misdemeanor offense of Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle and was punished with… Read More »
Child’s Wrongful Death in Orange County Car Accident May Lead to New Law on Drugged Driving
The 2009 death of three-year-old Sierra Gore was an inestimable tragedy, but perhaps this fatality may raise awareness of the dangers of drugged driving and even provide law enforcement with more tools to identify drugged drivers and hold them accountable when their reckless driving ends in a traffic accident which causes the death of… Read More »
Question of Ownership Determines Liability in Orange County Construction Accident
Last year the attorneys at Dupée & Monroe obtained a judgment of liability in favor of our client who was seriously injured in a construction accident in Orange County. Our client was installing metal roofing on a pole barn being constructed when the purlin he was standing on broke. Our client fell 20 feet… Read More »
In Falling Object Construction Accidents, Lack of Securing Devices is Key
In a construction accident case teeming with factual disputes over how the accident occurred and who was responsible, Dupée & Monroe, as attorneys for the injured plaintiff, were successful in focusing the court’s attention on the one key fact most important to the issue of liability – what type of protection was provided to… Read More »
New York Court Upholds Permanent Driver’s License Ban on "Problem Drivers" with Five Lifetime DWIs
Earlier this year, the New York Supreme Court, Albany County, upheld a new Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) regulation banning certain drivers from obtaining a driver’s license after it has been suspended or revoked for a drug or alcohol-related driving offense, such as Driving While Intoxicated (DWI). Under the new rule, a person who… Read More »