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HOT TOPICS – Labor Law: When the Masks Come Off
By Jeffrey D. Schulman. When the Masks Come Off, and the Construction Lights Come on; What Employers Should Prepare For. In the first two days of his presidency, Joe Biden signed several Executive Orders. One Order directed the Occupational Safety and Health...
Case by Case: New York’s Top Court Rules on Effect of Small Claims Judgments
By Lawrence N. Rogak. New York’s Court of Appeals examined a novel question presented to it by a Federal Appeals Court: what is the effect of a judgment in small claims court in subsequent litigation between the same parties on the same issues? The answer is...
PMT Annual Golf Outing Benefiting The Andrew Alati Foundation
PMT would like to thank everyone who participated in our outing on May 13th at New York Country Club After having to postpone our outing last year, people came out in force to support The Andrew Alati Foundation! This year we raised over $40,000 for the Foundation! We...
The PMT Advantage – Achieving the Best Possible Results for Clients
By Richard J. Freire. At PMT, we don’t believe in waiting and hoping for the best possible result for our clients. We make it happen. Commercial buildings in New York City can sometimes have ownership structures and location identifiers that can confuse some...
Update: Workers’ Compensation – New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey
By Charlene Stewart Barnaba and Anthony M. Napoli. PMT continues our effort to keep you informed and assess the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on businesses. Businesses should carefully consider a number of contractual provisions and operational issues that are...
PMT Delivers a Win – This is How We Do It
By Daniel O. Dietchweiler. Court: United States District Court Northern District of New York Judge: Hon. Brenda K. Sannes Case Type: Action to recover funds paid for catastrophic loss Caption: Citizens Insurance Company of America v. Risen Foods, LLC, Petr A. Tkach,...
PMT Always on Your Side – PMT Trial Attorneys Are Ready
By Jeffrey T. Miller. In our world of insurance work, we are all aware that above 90% of cases settle before trial. The reasons for this are simple and obvious: parties to a lawsuit, especially where insurance is involved, want to avoid the unknown and sometimes...
HOT TOPICS – Home Field Advantage: Better Grass?
By Marc H. Pillinger. Formerly known as “ChemGrass,” artificial turf was first invented in 1964 by Monsanto. After its installation in Houston’s Astrodome in 1966, artificial turf gained the famous moniker “AstroTurf.” By the early 2000s,...
PMT Delivers a Win – Client Freed From Lengthy Lead Litigation by Swift Aggressive Action
By Edward J. O’Gorman. Court: Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County Judge: The Honorable Francis A. Kahn III Case Type: Lead Paint Case Caption: Velimir Zic et al. v. The City of New York et al. Index No.: 159201/2012 Decision Date: January 22, 2021...
Settling Cases During and After the Pandemic – Four Perspectives Defense | Plaintiff | Judicial/Mediator | Insurance Company
Pillinger Miller Tarallo and St. John’s Tobin Center for Executive Education, its Maurice R. GreenbergSchool of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science (GSRM) proudly presents: Settling Cases During and After the Pandemic –Four Perspectives Defense |...