Case Results

The Rhode Island Supreme Court affirmed a summary judgment ruling that Melick & Porter obtained for a Newport real estate agency. Melick & Porter’s client acted as listing agent for the sale of an exclusive Newport waterfront condominium. Shortly ...

Melick & Porter Partner Matthew DiMario recently secured summary judgment in Rhode Island for a major New England supermarket chain. The Plaintiff alleged that she slipped and fell and sustained injuries while shopping at one of the Defendant’s ...

In this case, Richard O'Donnell v. WKC Financial, Inc., et al., the plaintiff, a successful business executive, was tragically rendered quadriplegic and brain damaged after being struck by an uninsured motorist. The plaintiff claimed that the ...

Bill Keville recently achieved quick victory for a ski area facing claims by an injured skier, and he did it by relying on precedent which he himself had a hand in creating over two decades earlier! The plaintiff sustained severe leg injuries when he ...

Melick & Porter, LLP attorneys Holly Rogers and Alex Ahrens secured dismissal of a federal court action against our trademark-holder client. It was undisputed that the Plaintiff had infringed on our client’s registered trademark by selling ...

Melick & Porter, LLP partner Carolyn Miller won summary judgment for a concert promoter in a negligence action brought by a concert-goer who claimed to have tripped over a temporary crowd control barrier leaving a concert, sustaining serious injuries ...

Congratulations to Laura Terrasi and Mike Byrne for securing another appellate victory! In Norfolk & Dedham Mutual Fire Ins. Co. v. Norton (Appeals Court No. 20-P-1200), M&P represented a homeowners insurer which provided coverage for its insureds' ...

James Scamby secured a defense verdict for M&P’s client in Worcester Superior Court. The case involved a two-vehicle collision on the Massachusetts Turnpike that resulted in serious injuries to five occupants of our client’s passenger van. Plaintiffs ...

Brian Davis recently secures a defense verdict for M&P’s client in Norfolk Superior Court. The case involved a slip and fall on snow and ice on a commercial property that resulted in severe bodily injuries to the plaintiff. The plaintiff filed suit ...