By Lawrence N. Rogak. New York’s Court of Appeals established a new rule as of October 22nd, 2020 for the liability of veterinarians for animal attacks which occur in their facilities: that a...
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Risk Management 2020:
Hot Topics and Cool Solutions
Pillinger Miller Tarallo and St. John’s Tobin Center for Executive Education, its Maurice R. Greenberg School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science (GSRM) proudly present our inaugural...
HOT TOPICS – Ginsburg’s Lasting Green Impact
By Marc H. Pillinger. After a feverish battle with cancer, in the late evening of September 18th 2020, Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away. Ginsburg leaves a lasting legacy on environmental...
NY Governor Suspends Statute of Limitations
By John A. Risi. October 2020 – Update New York Extends the Tolling of Statute of Limitations Until November 3rd…with a Twist Beginning on March 20, 2020, New York State, by way of...
COVID-19 Budget Cuts Will Restrict Access to Courts
By Kenneth A. Krajewski. On September 29, 2020, New York’s Unified Court System Chief Administrative Judge, Lawrence K. Marks, issued a Memorandum to the presiding and administrative judges of the...
All Your Fault: Iconic Department Store Blames Insurers as It Files for Bankruptcy and Closes Down
By Thomas M. Bona. The pandemic has not been kind to retailers as we all know. Because of the dearth of shoppers, numerous well-known retailers such as Lord & Taylors, Neiman Marcus, Pier 1, and...
HOT TOPICS – An Ounce of Prevention: Premises Liability in the COVID-19 Era and What Commercial Property Owners Need to Know
By Jeffrey T. Miller and Thomas M. Bona. As COVID-19 rapidly swept the nation, closing the doors of thousands of businesses since March, owners are anxious to flick on their “OPEN” signs and return...
Case by Case: Recent Court of Appeals Decision – Labor Law: Maybe Things Aren’t Changing After All
By Marc H. Pillinger. The Court of Appeals in the case of Bianca-Neto v. Boston Road II Housing Development Fund Corp., 34 N.Y.3d 1166, 121 N.Y.S.3d 753 (2020), in a 4/3 decision, has arguably used...
The PMT Advantage – Six PMT Attorneys Acknowledged for a High Degree of Peer Recognition and Professional Achievement
What does it mean to have The PMT Advantage on your side? Outstanding lawyers. Period. Each PMT attorney selected to a Super Lawyers list has undergone a multi-phase selection process. Six PMT...
New York Workers’ Compensation Board Clarifies: Workers Can Receive Compensation Benefits if They Get COVID-19 While Working
By Thomas M. Bona and Anthony M. Napoli. The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board has issued guidance and clarified that a worker who contracts COVID-19 while working is entitled to...