Scott Warren Bermack is a lawyer practicing product liability, construction law, labor law and 11 other areas of law. Scott received a B.A. degree from Brandeis University in 1986, and has been licensed for 37 years. Scott practices at Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby, LLP in New York, NY and 1 other location.
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Payment InformationPayment & Cost FeaturesFixed hourly rates: $350 - $450/hr
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Firm InformationPositionPartnerFirm NameWeber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby, LLP
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Representative Cases & TransactionsCasesRepresentative Experience: Negligence, snow & ice, premises, retail, slip & fall
NYS Supreme Court, Kings County
Restaurant
Premises Liability
On November 4, 2015, New York-based partner Scott W. Bermack won a unanimous defense verdict from a Kings County (Brooklyn, NY) jury. Mr. Bermack was defending a well-established Brooklyn restaurant accused of negligence by a pedestrian who slipped on icy metal vault doors embedded in the sidewalk in front of the restaurant
fractured his ankle, resulting in the need for surgery
allegedly resulting in permanent limitations. While plaintiff's counsel argued that our client's snow removal efforts were inadequate
increased the natural hazard, the jury clearly credited our defense that the restaurant staff took reasonable steps to maintain the property
could not be held responsible for the accident.
Obtained a defense verdict.
pedestrian, parking lot, inadequate lighting, accident, brain injury
NYS Supreme Court, Rockl
County
Shopping Center Owner/Retailer
Catastrophic/Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Retail Industry Services
Won a defense verdict on behalf of a Rockl
County (NY) shopping center owner blamed for a pedestrian knockdown accident in the parking lot. The pedestrian, who allegedly suffered from a traumatic brain injury in addition to numerous orthopedic injuries, claimed inadequate lighting
traffic control was to blame. After establishing to the satisfaction of the jury that the accident was entirely the fault of the pedestrian, a defense verdict was returned in favor of our client
the driver of the vehicle.
Defense verdict following two weeks trial.
Experience
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Bar Admission & MembershipsAdmissions1989, New Jersey
1990, New York
1991, District of Columbia
USDC: District of New Jersey
USDC: Southern District of New York
USDC: Eastern District of New York
Supreme Court of the United States
MembershipsMEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS
•New York State Bar Association
•Risk Insurance Management Society (RIMS)
•Council on Litigation Management (CLM): Chair, New York Labor Law Subcommittee of the Construction Committee
•National Retail Restaurant Defense Association (NRRDA - Board of Directors)
•NY Labor Law Subcommittee (Chair) -
Education & CertificationsLaw SchoolAmerican University Washington, D.C.
Class of 1989
J.D.
Other EducationBrandeis University
Class of 1986
B.A.
Scott Warren Bermack
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