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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 scheduled with a trial date about a month later. The trial dates are firm...
PMT Delivers a Win – Fighting the Blame Game: PMT Frees Client of Responsibility
By Jeffery T. Miller. Court: Supreme Court of the State of New York – Onondaga County Case Type: Slip and Fall, General Liability Caption: Grant v. The Westcott, Inc. Index No.: 010329/2018 Decision Date: January 27, 2022 Decision: Summary Judgment Granted During...
Proposed Amendments to the NY Comprehensive Insurance Disclosure Act
By Marc H. Pillinger. PMT alerted you that on December 31, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Comprehensive Insurance Disclosure Act (“CIDA”) into law and greatly expanded a defendant’s insurance disclosure requirements under New York’s CPLR § 3101(f)....
PMT Podcast “From Where I Sit” An Interview with Jeffrey D. Schulman, A Key Driver in Expanding PMT
PMT Podcast “From Where I Sit” – An Interview with Jeffrey D. Schulman, A Key Driver in Expanding PMT You can watch the interview on YouTube. Remember to Subscribe to our channel. Click HERE to view on YouTube. It is easy to think that when you open the doors to...
PMT Your Trusted Advisor: Understanding New York’s Comprehensive Insurance Disclosure Act
By Marc H. Pillinger. PMT is always on your side by keeping you up to date on important changes in New York Law. On December 31, 2021, Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law the Comprehensive Insurance Disclosure Act, New York State Senate Bill S7052. The statute,...
PMT Winning in Court – You can’t hide: PMT uses the plaintiff’s medical evidence to reject an exaggerated claim of traumatic brain injury.
By Jeffrey T. Miller. Court: Supreme Court of New York, Suffolk County Judge: Hon. George M. Nolan Case Type: Automobile MVA, Traumatic Brain Injury Caption: Sara J. Schopp v. Michelle Schneider Feldman as Executrix of the Estate of Jill M. Watts, deceased, and Evan...
PMT Winning in Court – After two appeals, a prior trial, PMT gets a defense verdict in an 21-year-old case.
By Richard J. Freire. Court: Supreme Court of New York, Richmond County Judge: Hon. Lizette Colon Case Type: Labor Law 241(6); hand crush injury while working in a trench during sewer installation. Caption: Joaquim Torres and Maria Torres v. The City of New York and...
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Oppressive Insurance Disclosure Bill Sent to the NY Governor for Action
By Marc H. Pillinger. Last month at our Pillinger Miller Tarallo and St. Johns Greenberg School of Risk Management conference series webinar, we discussed judicial and legislative trends which could adversely impact the insurance industry (Click Here to Watch Video)....
PMT Your Trusted Advisor: Knowing How to Resolve Cases and Teaching Court Mediators
By Jeffrey D. Schulman. At PMT, we pride ourselves as the firm that knows how to resolve cases. We are not the only ones who feel that way. The New York State Court System has recognized our expertise and appointed founders and Executive Partners, Marc Pillinger and...
PMT Delivers a Win – Defending and Winning a Driver’s Nightmare Scenario
By Jeffrey T. Miller. Court: Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Westchester Judge: Hon. David F. Everett Case Type: Motor Vehicle Caption: Analisa Corona-Pappalardo vs. John Stewart Index No.: 57795/18 Decision Date: 12/2/21 Decision: Defendant’s...