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Gary L. Riveles
Gary L. Riveles
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Gary L. Riveles joined Dughi & Hewit in 1995. He is one of the firm's litigation partners, responsible for representing individuals, insurers, public entities and private companies in complex premises and product liability, medical and hospital negligence, toxic tort and insurance coverage matters and disputes. He frequently appears before state and federal courts, governing/licensing boards and in administrative and quasi-judicial hearings before executive departments and agencies of the government.
Mr. Riveles also heads the firm's appellate department, briefing and arguing approximately 20 applications yearly for leave to appeal, final and emergent appeals and petitions for certification before the state and federal appellate courts. Mr. Riveles successfully briefed or argued the cases Johnson v. Muhlenberg Regional Med., 326 N.J. Super. 203 (App. Div. 1999) (establishing a claimant's obligation to exercise diligence in identifying culpable parties under New Jersey's statute of limitations) Tindal v. Smith, 299 N.J. Super. 123 (App. Div. 1997) (error in causation instruction is not reversible error when the jury found no liability) Proske v. St. Barnabas Med. Ctr., 313 N.J. Super 311 (App. Div. 1998), certif. den. 158 N.J. 685 (1999)(rejecting new tort of negligent spoliation of evidence). Mr. Riveles served a judicial clerkship with the Honorable Leonard S. Sachar, Judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Union County, before joining the firm. |
