Litigation
In today’s litigious environment, being successful requires an understanding of the legal system and how it operates.
This requires developing an expertise in all phases of trial practice including early strategic decisions such as where to sue and who to sue. It also requires critical insight on motion practice and engaging in discovery, as well as the trial itself, judgment enforcement and appeals. Our office has successfully concluded litigation cases in federal and state courts.
The types of litigation generally handled by our office include:
- Appeals & Trials
- Simple Contract Disputes
- Real Estate Litigation
- Complex Contract Disputes
- Homeowners Issues
- Employment Contracts
- Landlord/Tenant Disputes
Representative Cases
- In the matter of Turbo Carpentry Corp. v. Ralph Brancadoro and Luigina Brancadoro, a contractor brought an action against the homeowners to foreclose a mechanic’s lien. The contractors claimed that the homeowners breached a reconstruction contract by allegedly failing to pay the contractor in full for the work performed. The homeowners retained the Law Offices of Thomas Weiss, P.C. to represent them. Our firm brought a counterclaim for willful exaggeration of the mechanic’s lien and a counterclaim for failing to perform the reconstruction of the premises in a workmanlike manner. Read more about this case.
On January 17, 2007, after a thirteen day trial in which Thomas Weiss, Esq. represented the homeowners, a jury denied the contractor’s claims and awarded the home owners $67,107.29 for willful exaggeration of the mechanic’s lien, $80,000.00 in attorney’s fees and $2,500.00 for failing to perform the reconstruction of the premises in a workmanlike manner.
- In a proceeding where the City of New York stopped providing Section 8 benefits to a low-income tenant and the tenant was about to be evicted, our office brought an action against the City, restored the tenant’s Section 8 benefits and stopped the eviction.
- In an action where an insurance company denied insurance benefits to a business after a loss caused by a windstorm, our office fought for and obtained insurance benefits on the business’s behalf and recovered a total monetary compensation for the damages and business interruption. In another insurance action, Thomas Weiss acted as co-counsel for a country club and successfully obtained a settlement on behalf of the insured in the amount of $300,000.00.