Francis v. Village of Potsdam (2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 51183 [NDNY 2023])
April Laws obtained complete summary judgment on a case where Plaintiff alleged that he was the victim of excessive force at the time of his arrest. The Court held that…
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Hunt v. Otsego County (Index No.: EF2019-65)
April Laws obtained complete summary judgment on a negligence action where Plaintiff, an inmate who engaged in a physical altercation with another inmate resulting in an injury, claimed that his…
Frierson v. City of Troy School District (Civil Case No. 1:17-cv-44)
Gregg Johnson obtained a defense verdict from a NDNY jury in a case where Plaintiff alleged that he was the victim of First Amendment retaliation when he was banned from…
Henderson v. Town of Jefferson (Index No.: 2022-180)
Petitioner brought a Petition by Order to Show Cause, seeking a preliminary injunction preventing the Town of Jefferson from enforcing its short-term rental law. April Laws moved to dismiss the…
Lynch v. City of Little Falls (2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 44930 [NDNY 2022])
April Laws obtained complete summary judgment on an action brought by Plaintiff who alleged that law enforcement officers assaulted him during the course of his arrest and that other officers…
McGreevy v. Town of Cambridge (174 NYS3d 571 [Sup. Ct. 2022])
April Laws filed a pre-answer motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ claims of negligence and breach of fiduciary duty as a result of work Plaintiffs had performed by a third-party contractor on…
Trello v. Washington County (624 F. Supp. 3d 150 [NDNY 2022])
April Laws moved to dismiss the federal Complaint brought by Plaintiffs who asserting three causes of action for violations of their Second Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment due process rights, because…
Hillary v. Village of Potsdam (Civil Case No. 7:12-cv-01669)
Gregg Johnson defended the Village of Potsdam and multiple members of the Village’s Police Department through a five-day jury trial in the Northern District of New York resulting in a…
Hillary v. Village of Potsdam (2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 231792 [NDNY 2020])
Gregg Johnson and April Laws successfully moved for complete summary judgment on behalf of the Village its Chief of Police in a complex civil rights case alleging, among other things,…
Hegedus v. Town of Cincinnatus (SDHR No. 10216575)
Plaintiff filed a Complaint with the New York State Division of Human Rights alleging discriminatory employment practice and retaliation on the basis of disability, national origin, and race. Our team…