August 01, 2022
On February 4, 2022, the Hon. Joseph Dawson III of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina accepted the arguments made by Littleton Park to exclude the testimony of plaintiffs’ proffered firearms expert and granted summary judgment in Frankenberry v. Sig Sauer, Inc.... read more
Littleton Park obtained a defense verdict in a firearms product liability trial held in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. The case arose out of a January 28, 2020 accidental discharge incident. Plaintiff was removing his pistol and holster from his belt when the... read more
May 07, 2021
After a full-day, in-person Daubert hearing, the Hon. Katherine Kimball Mizelle accepted the arguments made by Scott Toomey, Jim Ughetta and Keith Gibson of Littleton Park, excluded the testimony of purported helmet expert John Lloyd, Ph.D., and granted summary judgement in Knepfle v. HJC Corp. and... read more
November 23, 2020
In a resounding victory for firm client Pep Boys, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld Judge J. Curtis Joyner of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania’s decision that appellant Vickie Thorne lacks standing to bring her class action complaint. Vickie Thorne brought... read more
November 19, 2020
On November 13, 2020, Scott Toomey, Jason Schmitz, and James Ughetta obtained summary judgment in New York federal court on behalf of sport equipment maker Bell Sports, Inc. against Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Co. and its attempt to recover more than $700,000 it paid to settle a product liability... read more
November 13, 2020
On September 29, 2020, the Court granted our motion for summary judgment dismissing Plaintiff’s product liability claims against W.M. Barr & Co., Inc., the manufacturer of Goof Off glue remover. Plaintiff poured Goof Off glue remover on her kitchen floor in contravention to the product’s... read more
November 02, 2020
W.M. Barr & Co., Inc.’s motion for sanctions precluding plaintiff from introducing expert testimony is granted. The lawsuit stems from Plaintiff’s purchase and use of W.M. Barr’s glue remover, Goof Off, to remove glue from her kitchen floor tiles. Plaintiff allegedly poured Goof Off... read more
October 27, 2020
Scott Toomey of Littleton Park’s Pennsylvania office obtained a defense verdict in Santa Fe, New Mexico on behalf of Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. , Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas, Inc., Hyundai Construction Co., Ltd. and Cisco Equipment NM Sales, LLC. The case arose out of a... read more
June 08, 2020
On June 8, 2020, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York granted out client’s motion to exclude the report and testimony of Plaintiff’s expert and motion for summary judgment in this products liability case. Plaintiff, a 45 year old homemaker, alleged that she... read more
May 29, 2020
On May 29, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed our client Kal Tire’s two victories in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. In the underlying action, the plaintiff, ComLab Corp., a New York information technology company, sued Kal Tire, a... read more
