Category: Recent Cases

April Laws filed a pre-answer motion to dismiss on a case brought pursuant to the Child Victim’s Act (CPLR §214-g) where Plaintiff alleged that, while… View Full Article

April Laws filed a pre-answer motion to dismiss an Article 78 proceeding and successfully obtained complete dismissal. Petitioner, a former New York State certified Police… View Full Article

Olivia Reinhardt and April Laws filed a pre-answer motion to dismiss seeking dismissal of Plaintiff’s Complaint which brought claims for damages, including punitive damages, for… View Full Article

April Laws orally argued before the Appellate Division, Third Department, and successfully defended Plaintiff’s appeal from an Order of the St. Lawrence County Supreme Court… View Full Article

Plaintiff filed several actions against individual members of the Gloversville Police Department seeking damages he purported to have sustained as a result of defendants’ alleged… View Full Article

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit dismissed the civil appeal in the 2017 civil rights action of Hillary v. Murray. The state… View Full Article

Gregg Johnson successfully brought a motion to dismiss a federal civil rights Complaint before discovery or trial. Mr. Johnson successfully defended two Schenectady police officers… View Full Article

Gregg Johnson recently defended a police detective in a federal civil rights action arising out of a fatal shooting during a street encounter. Prior to… View Full Article

A 42 U.S.C. Section 1983/Americans with Disabilities action was brought by Plaintiffs in federal court against the Village of Lake Placid alleging: 1) violations of… View Full Article

Complainant filed a Complaint with the New York State Division of Human Rights alleging discriminatory employment practice and retaliation on the basis of sex and… View Full Article