By Lawrence N. Rogak. 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...
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Case by Case: Our Clients Speak
By John J. Tambascia. 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...
Case by Case: Court of Appeals Rules That Foreign Risk Retention Groups Are Not Subject To Insurance Law
Requiring A Disclaimer As Soon As Reasonably Possible One of the linchpins of insurance coverage in New York is Insurance Law §3420(d)(2) which requires that a disclaimer be made as soon as...
Ice Storm in Progress
Appellate Division Affirms Lower Court’s Grant of Summary JudgmentOn Basis of Plaintiff’s Own Testimony That There Was an Ice Storm in Progress Sometimes with summary judgment motions as with...
Rogak, Lawrence N.
Lawrence N. Rogak Of Counsel ; Lawrence N. Rogak Of Counsel E-mail: lrogak@pmtlawfirm.com Offices: Garden City, NY | Elmsford, NY | New York, NY Larry has been a practicing attorney for 38 years,...
New York Courts to Begin Presumptive Mediation for Civil Cases (ADR)
By Marc H. Pillinger. By the end of this year, New York State Courts are set to have a system in place requiring civil litigation to attempt to be resolved through presumptive mediation, rather than...
Independent medical examination observer notes are privileged
By Marc H. Pillinger. The First Department, Appellate Division, in March 2019, addressed an issue of the first impression and ruled that notes created by an observer of an independent medical exam...
Miller, James C.
James C. Miller Associate ; James C. Miller Associate E-mail: james.c.miller@pmtlawfirm.comOffices: Elmsford, NY Jim has been a practicing trial attorney in New York State for the past 35 years...
Napoli, Anthony M.
Anthony M. Napoli Partner ; Anthony M. Napoli Partner E-mail: anapoli@pmtlawfirm.com Offices: Elmsford, NY Anthony graduated Magna Cum Laude in Cursu Honorum from Fordham University with a...