Larry Buchman of Pillinger Miller Tarallo represented a defendant driver in a civil case for personal injuries who had pled guilty to DWI and vehicular assault in the accident. The pedestrian...
PMT Attorney Lawrence Buchman Delivers a Win
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If the Contract/Insurance Policy Doesn’t Say It Specifically, You Might Not Have It
By Marc H. Pillinger. This is a first for PMT. We have never before reported on two cases together. However, this is a special circumstance as these cases read together are “game changers” when it...
Slip and Fall Scheme Rakes in Over $30m and The Five Men Behind it Have Been Charged with Defrauding NYC Area Businesses and Their Insurance Companies
By Jeffrey T. Miller. A fraudulent slip and fall scheme has led to the indictment of five New York residents being charged with defrauding New York City area businesses and their insurance companies...
Court of Appeals: Showing of absence of comparative negligence not required in moving for summary judgment.
By Edward J O’Gorman and Marc H. Pillinger. On April 3, 2018, New York’s highest state court, in Rodriguez v. City of New York, 2018 NY Slip Op. 02287, held, in a 4 to 3 decision, plaintiff...
Court of Appeals Makes Social Media Network Material Discoverable
By Marc H. Pillinger. A Facebook user can no longer prevent the discovery of private postings on their Facebook page. On February, 13, the Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that the threshold for...
PMT attended the Bronx County Bar Association 115th Installation of Officers and Directors and Awards Dinner
(Left to Right, Stephanie M. Gallo, Kimberly A. Sofia, Talene D. White and Stephanie L. Goldstein) On October 4, 2017, PMT attended the Bronx County Bar Association 115th Installation of Officers...
PMT attended the Spencer Educational Foundation’s 2017 Gala Dinner
(Left to Right, Marc H. Pillinger, Gary Kaplan, Talene D. White, Jeffrey T. Miller and Nicholas Tarallo) On September 14, 2017 PMT attended the Spencer Educational Foundation’s 2017 Gala...
Legislature Makes Forum Shopping Easier
By Marc Pillinger. The New York State legislature recently passed an amendment to CPLR 503(a) that makes venue proper when a case is initiated in a “county in which a substantial part of the events...
Court of Appeals:
Important Additional Insurance Coverage Decision
By Marc Pillinger. On June 6, 2017, the Court of Appeals in New York held that when an insurance policy states that additional insured coverage applies to bodily injury “caused, in whole or in part”...
Culpability and Spoliation:
FRCP Rule 37(E) and New York Law
By Marc Pillinger. Culpability is often a central issue in spoliation claims. In Sarach v M & T Bank Corp., 2016 NY Slip Op 04820 [4th Dept June 17, 2016], a recent Fourth Department case, the...