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General Negligence / Premises Liability / Retail

Smith Sovik regularly defends major retailers, corporations, universities, municipalities and individuals in general negligence, premises liability, wrongful death and defamation claims. We’ve worked with well-known clients such as Rite Aid, Price Chopper, Gander Mountain, Costco, Wal-Mart, Dollar General, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Autozone and Carrols Corporation.

In addition, Smith Sovik is approved panel counsel for The New York State Farm Bureau, and we’ve represented and won cases for farmers in a variety of disputes, all over the state.

I have 30 years of senior level litigation management experience with a large insurance carrier. Smith Sovik has been the reliable partner throughout this time. Vic Prial made significant impact on outcome in a recent products case resulting in an amputation. His summary judgment motion was impeccable and the argument he made to the judge resulted in our motion being granted. It was so compelling that plaintiff didn’t perfect the appeal he vowed to pursue. The key attribute is in collaborating to meet our clearly defined outcome objectives. All my insureds rave about Smith Sovik and so customer service meets and exceeds expectations. They make my life easy…