Bond, Schoeneck & King Attorneys Brian Laudadio and Stephen Sharkey Obtain $754,000 Verdict for Client Magnus Precision Manufacturing, Inc.
February 7, 2011
In a trial held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin's Waukesha County Circuit Court ending January 25, 2011, Bond, Schoeneck & King attorneys Brian Laudadio and Stephen Sharkey successfully obtained a $754,000 verdict for their New York based client, Magnus Precision Manufacturing, Inc.
Bond, Schoeneck & King represented the plaintiff, Magnus, in a lawsuit against defendants Universal Automatic Corporation and TPS International, Inc. Magnus sought a refund for the purchase price of a machine tool it had purchased from the defendants in 2005.
This highly technical commercial dispute required Bond, Schoeneck & King's attorneys to have a thorough understanding of the machine tool industry, parts manufacturing requirements and process capability studies. In the end, the Court determined that the machine tool in question did not function as represented by defendants, and that Magnus' efforts to modify the machine to make certain parts were not the cause of its failure to produce quality production parts. Rather, Bond, Schoeneck & King proved that the machine's inability to produce good parts was directly caused by inherent machine design flaws and the assembly errors of the defendants.
Magnus' President Thomas Shepherd stated, "We were extremely fortunate to be represented by Bond, Schoeneck & King's Brian Laudadio and Stephen Sharkey. Through many hours of preparation, they understood the facts of the case as well as anyone at Magnus, and their professional approach throughout the entire process was impressive. It is thanks to their efforts that we prevailed."
Bond, Schoeneck & King Attorneys Brian Laudadio and Stephen Sharkey are members of the Firm's Litigation Department. Mr. Laudadio, who also practices Labor and Employment Law, resides in the Firm's Rochester Office and has a broad range of experience in the commercial litigation arena, including businesses in breach of contract cases, representing owners and tenants in commercial lease disputes, and banks and financial institutions in a myriad of complex transactional cases arising under the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC). He is a graduate of the University of Rochester (B.A., 1993) and Syracuse University College of Law (J.D., 1996).
Mr. Sharkey resides in the Firm's Buffalo Office and has extensive experience representing financial institutions, businesses, insurance companies and individuals in a wide variety of litigated matters in both Federal and State courts. He is a graduate of the State University of New York at Geneseo (B.A., 1995) and the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law (J.D., 1998).
Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC, founded in 1897, is a full service law firm comprised of more than 200 attorneys, with offices in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Garden City, Ithaca, Oswego, Rochester, Syracuse and Utica, New York; as well as Overland Park, Kansas; and Naples, Florida.
