Attorney Thomas W. Lyons's Legal Cases

Defective and dangerous products

DiPalma v. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, 938 F.2d 1463 (1st Cir. 1999)

Jan 01, 1999

OUTCOME: directed verdict affirmed on appeal

Products liability claim alleging personal injuries from fall on escalator

Personal injury

Gray v. Derderian, 472 F.Supp.2d 172 (D.R.I. 2007)

N/A

OUTCOME: settled

Defense of a products liability case involving 100 deaths in a nightclub fire

Personal injury

Lessard v. Tyco Electronics Corp., 2009 WL 3319784 (D.R.I. Oct. 13, 2009)

N/A

OUTCOME: Settled

Defense of a products liability case in which plaintiff lost an eye

Constitutional

Boyer v. Bedrosian

N/A

OUTCOME: Family Court issued administrative order addressing claims. Supreme Court recognized plaintiffs' rights but held administrative order mooted claims

Prosecution of class action case alleging plaintiffs were deprived of civil rights in Truancy Court program operated by state Family Court

Commercial real estate

National Credit Union Administration Board v. Regine, 749 F.Supp. 401 (D.R.I. 1990); 795 F.Supp. 59 (D.R.I. 1992)

N/A

OUTCOME: Settled

Defense of former credit union president in civil racketeering claims

Defective and dangerous products

Harodite Industries, Inc. v. Warren Electric Corp.

N/A

OUTCOME: still pending

Prosecution of products liability claim seeking property damages

Defective and dangerous products

Qualitex v. Coventry Realty Corp., 557 A.2d 850 (R.I. 1989)

N/A

OUTCOME: Obtained summary judgment for client based on statutes of repose

Defense of product liability claims seeking property damages.

Government

Providence Journal Co. v. Kane, 577 A.2d 661 (R.I. 1990)

N/A

OUTCOME: R.I. Supreme Court decided case

filed amicus brief in lawsuit seeking public records

Defective and dangerous products

Dextraze v. Florida Flame, Inc., 692 A.2d 338 (R.I. 1997)

N/A

OUTCOME: Obtained dismissal of claims against client based on lack of personal jurisdiction

defense of motorcycle helmet distributor in personal injury lawsuit

Thomas W. Lyons's Legal Cases (9)

DiPalma v. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, 938 F.2d 1463 (1st Cir. 1999)

Gray v. Derderian, 472 F.Supp.2d 172 (D.R.I. 2007)

Lessard v. Tyco Electronics Corp., 2009 WL 3319784 (D.R.I. Oct. 13, 2009)

Boyer v. Bedrosian

National Credit Union Administration Board v. Regine, 749 F.Supp. 401 (D.R.I. 1990); 795 F.Supp. 59 (D.R.I. 1992)

Harodite Industries, Inc. v. Warren Electric Corp.

Qualitex v. Coventry Realty Corp., 557 A.2d 850 (R.I. 1989)

Providence Journal Co. v. Kane, 577 A.2d 661 (R.I. 1990)

Dextraze v. Florida Flame, Inc., 692 A.2d 338 (R.I. 1997)