Marc Pillinger, executive partner at Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLP has been a practicing attorney for over 35 years. He is a noteworthy and prominent attorney in the areas of Construction, Labor Law...
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PMT Delivers a Win – Persistence Pays Off
Court: Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department Case Type: Construction Caption: Nazrul Islam, Appellant, v. HPENY Housing Development Fund Company,...
Marc Pillinger to speak at the Bronx County Bar Association – February 11, 2020
BRONX COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION Lunch-time CLE Program INDEMNIFICATION: Contractual and Common Law, Risk Transfer is key This Course is Appropriate for Experienced & Newly Admitted Attorney...
Case by Case: Auto Policy Held Primary in Construction Accident
By Lawrence N. Rogak. First Mercury Insurance Co. v State Farm Mutual Auto Ins. Co., 2019 NYSlipOp 51773 (Supreme Court, New York County) (Lebovitz, j) (10/29/2019) In this declaratory judgment...
Case by Case: Winds of Change? Second Department Adopts Tougher View of Safe Place To Work
By Thomas M. Bona. In November 2017, at Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLP (“PMT”), we predicted that the Court of Appeals under Judge Janet DiFiore would begin to interpret the Labor Law more favorably...
Case by Case: Court of Appeals Rules That Foreign Risk Retention Groups Are Not Subject To Insurance Law
Requiring A Disclaimer As Soon As Reasonably Possible One of the linchpins of insurance coverage in New York is Insurance Law §3420(d)(2) which requires that a disclaimer be made as soon as...
Jeffrey Miller was selected as a featured guest on the Breakdown
The Breakdown is an informative and equally entertaining podcast discussion that addresses the insurance issues faced by NY contractors and developers today. Experts across multiple fields sharing...
If the Contract/Insurance Policy Doesn’t Say It Specifically, You Might Not Have It
By Marc H. Pillinger. This is a first for PMT. We have never before reported on two cases together. However, this is a special circumstance as these cases read together are “game changers” when it...
Court of Appeals:
Important Additional Insurance Coverage Decision
By Marc Pillinger. On June 6, 2017, the Court of Appeals in New York held that when an insurance policy states that additional insured coverage applies to bodily injury “caused, in whole or in part”...