By Jeffrey T. Miller. Brand Medical Supply v. Unitrin Advantage Ins. Co., 2020 NY Slip Op 50687 (App Term 2d Dept) Many kinds of lawsuits require, or at least employ, expert witnesses on a wide...
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COVID-19 Litigation Concerns Resulting from Businesses Reopening
By Jeffrey T. Miller. As states begin to reopen, some businesses are choosing to delay opening their doors. Business owners are considering the risk of a wave of lawsuits that may be filed as a...
Supreme Court Extends Civil Rights Protections to LGBTQ Workers in Landmark Decision
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”) is one of the primary federal statutes prohibiting employment discrimination. Title VII prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of...
Cybersecurity: Be Vigilant and Be Prepared
By Jeffrey T. Miller. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way society lives and conducts business. The rapid and unprecedented shift to remote working has opened businesses to new dangers and...
Time Is Ticking for TikTok – The Countdown to Change In New York’s Privacy Laws.
By Amanda J. DeFeo and Jeffrey T. Miller. The right of privacy has been called the most esteemed right of a civilized man. This right however, as esteemed as it may be, is facing extinction due to...
Case by Case: Are Social Security Numbers Discoverable?
A Social Security Number is discoverable in a personal injury case because it is reasonably calculated to lead to admissible evidence. Claims of privacy and concerns for identity theft will not bar...
Case by Case: Balance of Power: “Liberal Governor” Vetoes Two Progressive Backed Drastic Tort Bills
By Jeffrey T. Miller. For many years, the balance of power in Albany in the Legislature was that the Democrats controlled the Assembly and the Republicans controlled the State Senate. Although the...
Case by Case: Auto Policy Held Primary in Construction Accident
By Jeffrey T. Miller. First Mercury Insurance Co. v State Farm Mutual Auto Ins. Co., 2019 NYSlipOp 51773 (Supreme Court, New York County) (Lebovitz, j) (10/29/2019) In this declaratory judgment...
Case by Case: Our Clients Speak
By Jeffrey T. Miller. Sage Advice and Constant Support We who are in this business of defending our clients when they have an accident can become somewhat immune to the reality that when there is an...
Case by Case: Winds of Change? Second Department Adopts Tougher View of Safe Place To Work
By Jeffrey T. Miller. In November 2017, at Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLP (“PMT”), we predicted that the Court of Appeals under Judge Janet DiFiore would begin to interpret the Labor Law more...









