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SLOWINSKI ATKINS, LLP PREVAILS AT TRIAL AND ON APPEAL
SLOWINSKI ATKINS, LLP PREVAILS AT TRIAL AND ON APPEAL, COMPELLING SUBSEQUENT PROPERTY OWNER WHO WOULD NOT PROVIDE CONSENT TO EXECUTE DEED NOTICE AND PERMIT INSTALLATION OF ENGINEERING CONTROLS Slowinski Atkins, LLP successfully defended a judgment on appeal before the...
Slowinski Atkins, LLP obtains dismissal of $1.4 million cleanup claim on eve of trial for Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and Getty Oil Company as sanction for spoliation of evidence
Slowinski Atkins, LLP obtains dismissal of $1.4 million cleanup claim on eve of trial for Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and Getty Oil Company as sanction for spoliation of evidence. White Plains, NY - Slowinski Atkins, LLP obtained a dismissal in favor of Chevron U.S.A. Inc....
AMERICA’S TOP 100 CIVIL DEFENSE LITIGATORS®
April 24, 2018 – Announcing the selection of Matthew S. Slowinski among America’s Top 100 Civil Defense Litigators® for 2018. Selection to America’s Top 100 Civil Defense Litigators® is by invitation only and is reserved to identify the most exceptional...
MATTHEW S. SLOWINSKI NAMED SENIOR FELLOW OF LITIGATION COUNSEL OF AMERICA
New Jersey attorney Matthew S. Slowinski, of the law firm Slowinski Atkins, LLP has been named a Senior Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America (LCA). The LCA is a trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one-half of one percent of American...
JAMES SHERMAN JOINS SLOWINSKI ATKINS, LLP
April 23, 2018 – Slowinski Atkins, LLP is pleased to announce that James Sherman has joined the firm as a partner in our New Jersey office. James has over two decades of experience in all aspects of environmental law including transactional matters,...
Slowinski Atkins, LLP defeats bad faith claim against insurer arising out of denial of coverage for cleanup costs
Slowinski Atkins, LLP obtained dismissal of a bad faith claim asserted against a New Jersey insurer related to a denial of coverage for cleanup costs for contamination from a leaking aboveground storage tank displaced from a neighboring property during...
Slowinski Atkins, LLP defeats efforts to assert class action against all NJ insurers over fuel oil exclusion in homeowner policies
Slowinski Atkins, LLP defeated efforts by a class action attorney and former Carpenter Bennett & Morrissey partner to certify a class on behalf of all New Jersey policyholders to pursue claims against all New Jersey insurance companies that issued fuel...
Slowinski Atkins, LLP recovers half million dollars in Spill Act case
Slowinski Atkins, LLP recovered $500,000 from a home heating oil company and an estate for cleanup costs related to a leak from a fuel oil line. The plaintiffs had purchased a new home in Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey and just prior to the sale a 275 gallon...
Slowinski Atkins, LLP wins big for Chevron and Texaco in federal court breach of contract action
Slowinski Atkins, LLP obtained summary judgment on behalf of Chevron Corporation and Texaco Inc. defeating a $2.6 million breach of contract claim. The action was filed by a former jobber and owner of property on Route 73 in Berlin, New Jersey leased to...
Slowinski Atkins, LLP obtains highest verdict at $33 million
Slowinski Atkins, LLP obtained the highest verdict in 2014 for an automobile negligence action with an award of $33,652,953.16 on June 10, 2014. The plaintiff was struck by defendant’s vehicle as a pedestrian on her way to catch a bus to work on December...
Slowinski Atkins LLP News
SLOWINSKI ATKINS, LLP PREVAILS AT TRIAL AND ON APPEAL
SLOWINSKI ATKINS, LLP PREVAILS AT TRIAL AND ON APPEAL, COMPELLING SUBSEQUENT PROPERTY OWNER WHO WOULD NOT PROVIDE CONSENT TO EXECUTE DEED NOTICE AND PERMIT INSTALLATION OF ENGINEERING CONTROLS Slowinski Atkins, LLP successfully defended a judgment on appeal before the...
Slowinski Atkins, LLP obtains dismissal of $1.4 million cleanup claim on eve of trial for Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and Getty Oil Company as sanction for spoliation of evidence
Slowinski Atkins, LLP obtains dismissal of $1.4 million cleanup claim on eve of trial for Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and Getty Oil Company as sanction for spoliation of evidence. White Plains, NY - Slowinski Atkins, LLP obtained a dismissal in favor of Chevron U.S.A. Inc....
AMERICA’S TOP 100 CIVIL DEFENSE LITIGATORS®
April 24, 2018 – Announcing the selection of Matthew S. Slowinski among America’s Top 100 Civil Defense Litigators® for 2018. Selection to America’s Top 100 Civil Defense Litigators® is by invitation only and is reserved to identify the most exceptional...
MATTHEW S. SLOWINSKI NAMED SENIOR FELLOW OF LITIGATION COUNSEL OF AMERICA
New Jersey attorney Matthew S. Slowinski, of the law firm Slowinski Atkins, LLP has been named a Senior Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America (LCA). The LCA is a trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one-half of one percent of American...
JAMES SHERMAN JOINS SLOWINSKI ATKINS, LLP
April 23, 2018 – Slowinski Atkins, LLP is pleased to announce that James Sherman has joined the firm as a partner in our New Jersey office. James has over two decades of experience in all aspects of environmental law including transactional matters,...
Slowinski Atkins, LLP defeats bad faith claim against insurer arising out of denial of coverage for cleanup costs
Slowinski Atkins, LLP obtained dismissal of a bad faith claim asserted against a New Jersey insurer related to a denial of coverage for cleanup costs for contamination from a leaking aboveground storage tank displaced from a neighboring property during...
Slowinski Atkins, LLP defeats efforts to assert class action against all NJ insurers over fuel oil exclusion in homeowner policies
Slowinski Atkins, LLP defeated efforts by a class action attorney and former Carpenter Bennett & Morrissey partner to certify a class on behalf of all New Jersey policyholders to pursue claims against all New Jersey insurance companies that issued fuel...
Slowinski Atkins, LLP recovers half million dollars in Spill Act case
Slowinski Atkins, LLP recovered $500,000 from a home heating oil company and an estate for cleanup costs related to a leak from a fuel oil line. The plaintiffs had purchased a new home in Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey and just prior to the sale a 275 gallon...
Slowinski Atkins, LLP wins big for Chevron and Texaco in federal court breach of contract action
Slowinski Atkins, LLP obtained summary judgment on behalf of Chevron Corporation and Texaco Inc. defeating a $2.6 million breach of contract claim. The action was filed by a former jobber and owner of property on Route 73 in Berlin, New Jersey leased to...
Slowinski Atkins, LLP obtains highest verdict at $33 million
Slowinski Atkins, LLP obtained the highest verdict in 2014 for an automobile negligence action with an award of $33,652,953.16 on June 10, 2014. The plaintiff was struck by defendant’s vehicle as a pedestrian on her way to catch a bus to work on December...