New York, NY
Appeals Lawyer at New York, NY
Practice Areas: Appeals
OUTCOME: The Court of Appeals reversed the ruling, and reinstated the case.
The Port Authority's misconduct resulted in Mr. Andrucki's fatal injuries. The case was dismissed when the Port Authority claimed that Mr. Andrucki's death required new filings of the notice of claim. ...
OUTCOME: The Court of Appeals reversed, and reinstated Mr. Powers' case.
A large, New York City property owner failed to safeguard its setback roof surface, resulting in Mr. Powers' fall and permanently crippling injuries. The intermediate appellate court dismissed the cas ... e, calling the accident unforeseeable.
OUTCOME: won reversal of judgment notwithstanding verdict
In this multi-million dollar asbestos-related products liability case, won reversal of trial court's ruling negating the jury's verdict, with respect to issues of product identification, causation, and ... duty to warn.
OUTCOME: won affirmance
Won affirmance of multi-million dollar judgment entered in wrongful death action on issue of nature and quantum of evidence required to prove exposure to a particular manufacturer’s toxic products.
OUTCOME: won affirmance
Won affirmance of multi-million dollar judgment, entered on more than sixty consolidated verdicts, on issues, inter alia, of (1) causation involving injuries manifesting decades after exposure, (2) the ... defense of intervening negligence, (3) the interpretation of New York’s General Obligations Law governing the effect of settlements on the judgment-molding process, (4) the status of certain bankrupt parties and its impact on set-off procedures, (5) the interplay between New York’s General Obligations Law and its statutory provision creating limits to and set-offs against joint liability under certain circumstances, and (6) the interplay between New York’s General Obligations Law and its Wrongful Death statute.
OUTCOME: $25 Million Verdict Sustained
Defendant DaimlerChrysler (Chrysler) was one of five companies which the jury found liable to the the D'Ulisse family for the extreme injuries caused by their misconduct. The jury found that defendant ... DaimlerChrysler acted "with reckless disregard for the safety of others."
OUTCOME: Settlement of contract dispute litigation.
Representing an internationally respected business developing and marketing cutting-edge coffee-related technologies, the Law Office of Alani Golanski engaged in months of hard-fought negotiations, bac ... ked by solid litigation techniques, in working toward a settlement and dismissal of the lawsuit.
OUTCOME: Won ruling in favor of asbestos plaintiffs.
Won ruling that the Navy's failure to warn shipyard workers of the dangers of asbestos did not relieve manufacturers of asbestos-related products of liability; and that bankrupts' and nonparties' share ... s of fault were properly allocated to non-settling defendants.
OUTCOME: Won remand to state court
Defendant had removed multi-million dollar asbestos products liability case to federal court based on its alleged government contractor defense.
OUTCOME: in progress
The newspaper appeared to "endorse" and "concur" in the criminal charges wrongfully and falsely filed against the plaintiffs. The newspapers reporting was excessive and wrongfully assumed that a crime ... had occurred, when in fact the criminal proceedings established that no crime had occurred, and plaintiffs (who were the defendants in the criminal proceeding) were acquitted. A very difficult libel/defamation case, since, under New York law, newspapers received heightened statutory protection when reporting on "official" or judicial proceedings.