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...
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...
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...
On October 4, 2017, PMT attended the Bronx County Bar Association 115th Installation of Officers and Directors and Awards Dinner at the Marina Del Rey in Bronx County. PMT is a proud Patron of the...
(Left, Marc H. Pillinger, second to left Gary Kaplan, second to right, Jeffrey T. Miller and right. former executive partner Nicholas Tarallo) On September 14, 2017 PMT attended the Spencer...
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...
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”...
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...