Sal F. DeLuca

Partner

phone (516) 802-0630

fax (516) 802-0631

email sdeluca@simmonsjannace.com

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Sal DeLuca represents clients in Federal and State Courts in New York and Connecticut. His practice focuses on civil litigation, including insurance coverage disputes, premises liability accidents, labor law accidents, motor vehicle accidents, intentional torts, contract disputes and banking lawsuits. Sal has handled appellate matters before the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division in the First and Second Departments.

Mr. DeLuca's reported cases include Gutierrez-Bonilla v. Target Corporation, 2009 WL5062116 (E.D.N.Y. 2009) in which the court rejected the spoliation of evidence arguments raised by plaintiff, finding that defendant disposed of its surveillance footage from the date of the accident in the ordinary course of business; Casiano v. Target Corporation, 2008 WL3246836 (E.D.N.Y. 2008) in which the court granted defendant's motion for summary judgment in a slip and fall action involving dried laundry detergent; Casiano v. Target Corporation, 2008 WL3930558 (E.D.N.Y. 2008) in which the court rejected the attempts by plaintiff's expert to demand an $8,000 flat fee for testifying at a deposition and instead imposed a fee of $400 per hour as suggested by defendant; Zabbia v. Westwood, LLC, 18 A.D.3d542, 745 N.Y.S.2319 (2d Dep't 2005), which reversed the denial of summary judgment in a slip and fall action involving black ice; Thornhill v. A.B. Volvo, 304 A.D.2d 651, 757 N.Y.S.2d 598 (2d Dep't. 2003), which affirmed the dismissal of claims due to plaintiff's spoliation of evidence in a products liability action; Horn v. Hernandez, N.Y.L.J. Oct. 15, 2003, at 19 (Sup. Ct. Suffolk County 2003), in which the trial court rejected the argument that the enactment of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) pre-empted the court's authority to compel production of psychiatric records.

Areas Of Practice

General Liability Litigation

Commercial Litigation

Banking Litigation

Insurance Coverage Litigation

Appellate Advocacy

Bar Admissions

Connecticut, 1999

New York, 2000

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 2001

U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 2001

U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York, 2008

Education

St. John's University, School of Law, Jamaica, New York, 1999

Juris Doctor

University Law Scholarship recipient

Honors: Dean's List

State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook,

New York, 1996

B.A. in Political Science

Honors: Dean's List

Professional Associations

New York State Bar Association

Suffolk County Bar Association