Law Offices of Louis J. Maione P.C.

On September 4, 2020,  Mr. Maione prevailed on a motion for summary judgment in connection with a casualty case in which his client's SPA was severely damaged by the actions of a business neighbor negligently responsible for a fire in the adjacent premises. Based on the ordinarily difficult to prevail theory of res ipsa loquitor, Mr. Maione placed the defendant's insurance carrier in the unenviable position where it could not oppose the facts or the law and, as a result, the New York Supreme Court, New York County, decided in Plaintiff's favor setting the matter down for a trial on the damages only, also known as an Inquest, to determine the amount due the Plaintiff whose damages are in the mid-seven figures. The matter ultimately was settled without resort to a trial when Defndant's insurance carrier agreed to Plaintiff's six figure settlement demand.