Moses Singer secures an important victory for The Carsey-Werner Company

The Carsey-Werner Company produced The Cosby Show from 1984-1992. Bill Cosby has been sued by many women for alleged rape. Several women have also sued The Carsey-Werner Company, accusing The Carsey-Werner Company of negligently hiring and supervising Mr. Cosby during production of The Cosby Show.

The New York Appellate Division, First Department, has now dismissed the first of these cases to reach it. Reversing the decision of the trial-level court, the appeals court held that the plaintiff did not allege a sufficient connection between the alleged rape and any act or omission of The Carsey-Werner Company.

The appeals court applied recent case law from the New York Court of Appeals, New York’s highest court, to conclude that the alleged connection between the rape and Carsey-Werner was “too attenuated” to hold Carsey-Werner responsible, even if the plaintiff was in fact raped by Mr. Cosby.

Kimberly Klein, assisted by David Rabinowitz, Rebecca Zittell Green, Robert McFarlane and Michelle Cho, represented The Carsey-Werner Company in the case.