Case Studies

AP&S Secures First Circuit Win Affirming Marine Pilots Associations’ Immunity from Vicarious Liability for the Navigational Negligence of Member Pilots

When a vessel’s insurer sought to hold a Massachusetts marine pilots association vicariously liable for the alleged navigational negligence of one of its member pilots, AP&S attorneys, Joshua S. Parks and Colten H. Erickson, relied on more than a century of maritime…

AP&S Limits Discovery and Secures Appellate Win in Long-Tail Aviation Products Litigation

When wrongful-death claims arising from an accident involving a decades-old aircraft exposed an engine manufacturer to litigation in Rhode Island and Mississippi, AP&S attorneys Nicole J. Benjamin, John A. Tarantino, and Daniel J. Procaccini developed and executed an early strategy centered on…

Generic Drug for Treating Infantile Spasms

AP&S Guides a Startup Specialty Pharmaceutical Company in the Commercialization of a Novel Formulation of a Generic Drug for Treating Infantile Spasms

The Challenge: Infantile spasms is a severe type of pediatric epilepsy that impacts more than 1,200 infants per year in the U.S. It usually begins between 1-2 months and peaks between 4-8 months of age. Most babies grow out of them by…

AP&S Guides Centers Health Care to Enter Rhode Island Health Care Community

The Challenge: Centers Health Care, the largest post-acute care provider in New York, owns and operates nursing homes, assisted living facilities, home health agencies, the largest private ambulance company in New York, and a managed care company. Centers decided it wanted to…

AP&S Provides an Assist to FC Stars in Developing a State-of-the-Art Sports Complex

Utilizing its team approach, AP&S guided a nationally recognized youth soccer organization through the process of real estate identification, funding, acquisition, design, permitting, contracting and construction process for the successful development of a state-of-the-art sports complex. The Challenge: FC Stars, LLC (“FC…

AP&S Prevents Certification of Class Action Against Charter One Bank

The Challenge: Charter One Bank was sued by a Vermont customer, who sought to represent a class of plaintiffs aggrieved by the bank’s advertising and debit posting practices. This customer claimed that he had been misled into opening two checking accounts by…

AP&S Leads Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Through Financing of Wentworth by the Sea Hotel and Resort

The Challenge: When Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.’s Hospitality Finance Group extended a commitment to an affiliate of Ocean Properties, Ltd. to finance the acquisition of the 161 guest room and suite Wentworth by the Sea Hotel and Resort, it selected AP&S to…

AP&S Guides Narragansett Bay Commission through Major Wind Turbine Deal

The Challenge: As a quasi-public corporation charged with operating the largest wastewater treatment project in the state, the Narragansett Bay Commission (the “NBC”) is a consumer of large amounts of electricity. The NBC made a commitment to supply all the electric power…