Sal F. DeLuca

Partner

phone (516) 357-8100

fax (516) 357-8111

email sdeluca@sjslaw.com

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Sal DeLuca is a partner at Simmons, Jannace & Stagg, LLP. He 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 and intentional torts. Sal has handled appellate matters before the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division in the First and Second Departments.

Sal's reported cases include 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; 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; 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. Sal is a Member of the New York and Connecticut bars, as well as the United States District Courts, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.

Areas of Practice:

General Liability 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 J.D.

Honors: Dean’s List

Honors: University Law Scholarship

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

New York, 1996

B.A. in Political Science

Honors: Dean’s List