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PMT Delivers a Win – We Never Give Up
By Thomas M. Bona. Court: Appellate Division – Second Department Judges: Colleen Duffy, Sheris Roman, Joseph Maltese, and William Ford Case Type: Auto-Pedestrian Knockdown Caption: Keys v. PV...
Wish List Granted: Adult Survivors Act Signed into Law
By Marc H. Pillinger. As your trusted advisor, PMT has kept you apprised about the progressive legislative wish list as the legislative session moves toward its June recess. Now the Adult Survivors...
The PMT Advantage – Celebrating 20 Years of Settling Cases
By Thomas M. Bona. Twenty years ago, Marc Pillinger, Jeff Miller, and Nick Tarallo started a law firm in a 750-square-foot office in Elmsford, NY. Their goal was simple: provide results and value...
Cleaning – A Protected Activity Under the Labor Law
By Marc H. Pillinger. Healy v. EST Downtown LLC Decided on April 28, 2022, by the Court of Appeals 2022 WL 1242800 This interesting case arises from an accident while the plaintiff was working to...
After Nuclear Verdicts: Time to Exit the Fallout Shelter and Try Cases
Below, View Our YouTube or Listen to Our Podcast Listen to our PMT Podcast Click HERE to listen on SpotifyClick HERE to listen on Google Podcasts Pillinger Miller Tarallo and St. John’s Tobin Center...
Wish List for Plaintiffs’ Bar Granted: Governor Signs New Laws
By Marc H. Pillinger. In keeping with recent legislative trends, a series of bills championed by the plaintiffs’ bar has passed New York State Legislature and signed by Governor Hochul. One...
On the Horizon: More Construction Defect Claims
By Thomas M. Bona. Everywhere you look, there seems to be construction. Construction is on the rise, from new office buildings in Manhattan to the Salina Mixed-Use Redevelopment in Syracuse to wind...
Signed Into Law: NY Comprehensive Insurance Disclosure Act Amendments (CIDA)
By Marc H. Pillinger, Neil L. Sambursky and Thomas M. Bona. PMT alerted you that on December 31, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Comprehensive Insurance Disclosure Act (“CIDA”) into...
Trial Alert: Kings and Bronx Counties Resume Scheduling Trials
By Marc H. Pillinger. Many adjusters ask when will trials fully resume with the reported decrease in Pandemic and Omicron statistics. Now we know! In Kings County, pretrial conferences are being...