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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 remove a bird’s nest from a commercial building’s gutter. He was...
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 for Executive Education and its Greenberg School of Risk Management...
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 bill would require the state’s Division of Human Rights to...
On the Horizon: More Construction Defect Claims
By Jeffrey T. Miller. 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 farms in Cattaraugus and Allegany Counties upstate. And with...
PMT Delivers a Win – Not Feeling It: Court Rejects Plaintiff’s Attempt to Guess at Cause of Fall
By Jeffrey T. Miller. Court: Supreme Court of the State of New York – Rockland County Case Type: Slip and Fall, General Liability Caption: Lisa Simpson v. Sussex Condominium III, et al Index No.: 033373/2019 Decision Date: March 25, 2022 Decision: Summary Judgment...
PMT Madness Bracket 2022
Let the “PMT Madness Bracket” begin! This year’s charity spotlight is on the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. We raised cash at the event plus our online donations puts us over $1000 raised! Please help this worthy organization “Conquer Childhood Cancers”. Click HERE to...
Signed Into Law: NY Comprehensive Insurance Disclosure Act Amendments (CIDA)
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). ...
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)....