Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani Partner Amanda A. King and Associate Brittney A. Nochimson successfully secured a dismissal with prejudice of a civil rights action brought against their client, a state corrections officer, in a New Jersey state court action.
The plaintiffs, former inmates of a New Jersey state prison, alleged violations of the New Jersey Civil Rights Act in connection with claims that they were mistreated by several corrections officers during their incarceration. GRSM defended its client against three of the plaintiffs. Upon entering the case, GRSM pursued aggressive discovery to investigate the scope of the plaintiffs’ alleged claims and damages against its client, to which the plaintiffs repeatedly failed to respond. The GRSM team also issued notices for the plaintiffs’ depositions on multiple occasions, for which the plaintiffs failed to appear.
In response, GRSM moved to dismiss the plaintiffs’ claims for their failure to prosecute the claims and cooperate with discovery. Each motion underscored that GRSM’s client could not defend the lawsuit or prepare for trial without the plaintiffs’ cooperation with discovery. Ultimately, the defense team’s persistence resulted in the dismissal of each plaintiff’s claims with prejudice, one by one, until no claims remained against its client.
The outcome highlights the strength of GRSM’s Professional Liability Defense practice in navigating complex legal matters and its dedication to achieving outstanding results for clients.