2022, Featured, News, MCWG Decisions, Media Coverage
Florida Circuit Judge Bradley G. Harper awarded Mound Cotton’s client a partial dismissal of property damage claims made by an international real estate investment company. Plaintiff alleged that the presence of COVID-19 physically damaged property by attaching itself...
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Wolverine World Wide v. Zurich American Insurance Company, docket No.: 21 CH 4457 (Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Chancery Division July 21, 2022) On July 21, 2022, Judge Pamela McLean Meyerson of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chancery Division, in...
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Special Counsel Andrea Fort presented the “Privacy, Confidentiality, Data Protection and Sanctions Clauses” session at Re Contracts 2022: The Art of Designing Reinsurance Contracts and Programs on July 20, 2022. Hosted by the Reinsurance Association of...
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In Invision Development Group LLC v. Continental Casualty Company, the plaintiff, an entity that performs laser hair removals in Newark, DE, sued its insurer, Continental Casualty Company, for COVID-19 related business income losses under a policy that provided...
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Partner Michael Goldstein will speak about the “History of Bellefonte: Why is this so important to our industry?” at AIRROC’s Summer Membership Meeting on July 21, 2022. He will be joined by co-panelists Sean Keely, partner, Freeborn & Peters; Stephen Schwab,...
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New Jersey Superior Court Judge Steven Polansky awarded a full dismissal of COVID-19 business interruption claims. The policyholder failed to show that the presence of COVID-19 caused physical loss or damage required to qualify for coverage. “”The mere...
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Jonathan Chernow spoke at the NYSBA’s “Insurance Consent To Settle Provisions: How Neutrals Can Help Break The Stalemate” on June 27, 2022. He was joined by Diana Shafter Gliedman, Anderson Kill and Kim Hogrefe, Kim Dean Hogrefe, LLC and discussed...
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Partner Barry Temkin gave a CLE for the New York City Bar, “Current Ethical Issues for In-House Counsel & Those Who Advise Them: Litigation Perspectives,” on June 21, 2022. Joined by Adrienne K. Eason-Wheatley from The Bank of New York Mellon and Karen...
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Attorneys representing the victims of the 2021 Champlain Towers South condo collapse secured $1B+ in proposed settlements with defendants. June 24 will be the one-year anniversary of the collapse. In response to the announcement, Judge Michael Hanzman of the Eleventh...
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Mound Cotton’s Insurance practice group is again ranked in Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer, New York, in Chambers and Partners USA’s 2022 guide to the top lawyers and law firms in the United States. Partner Lloyd Gura is recognized in Band 3. Mound...
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Senior Counsel Jonathan Chernow, who specializes in property insurance issues involving fine art and jewelry, will be a delegate at IFASIC, the International Fine Art and Specie Insurance Conference, from May 25 through 27, in Malta. The conference will include topics...
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Partner and committee member Philip Silverberg spoke at the “Property Damage Roundtable & Discussion” for the Builder’s Risk & Construction Symposium on May 12, 2022. He was joined by co-panelists Lindsey Green Doallo, McGriff; Gary Slowick, Sedgwick; Katy...
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A five-judge panel dismissed $3 million in property coverage claims. Caused by nearby construction, the damage to the policyholder’s building falls under an earth movement exclusion which disqualifies it from coverage. Partner Kevin Buckley, representing Great...
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Sholosh v. National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pitt. PA, et al, 519825/2018 (Sup. Ct., Kings Co. April 25, 2022) This litigation involves Plaintiff’s insurance claims for alleged damage to its building from neighboring excavation and underpinning work. Plaintiff was aware...
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A NY judge dismissed coverage claims against Wesco Insurance Co. The ruling aligns with decisions in a growing majority of cases in which plaintiffs are unable to prove that the presence of COVID-19 caused tangible damage to property. Partner Kevin Buckley,...
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Partners Lloyd Gura, Amy Kallal, Raymond Mastrangelo, and Matthew Lasky will be attending the ARIAS-U.S. Spring Conference on May 11-13 on Amelia Island, Florida. You can find out more information and register here.
2022, News, Articles, Media Coverage
Partner Jeffrey Weinstein and associate Samuel Weiss examine the viability in federal circuit courts of the time-sensitive snap removal — a motion to move from state to federal court, made after a plaintiff has filed a case but before they have properly served the...
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Her team includes Special Counsel Colleen Martindale and Two Associates NEW YORK — Mound Cotton, a leading law firm representing insurance companies, announced today that Lorraine Sylvester, a healthcare liability attorney, joined the firm as a partner. She is joined...
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Lloyd Gura was a panelist on the Reinsurance 101 session at the CLM (Claims and Litigation Management) Alliance Annual Conference in Palm Desert on March 25. With copanelists Mark DiTaranto from AXA XL, Steve Lokus from Navigators, A Brand of The Hartford, and Patrick...
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This article was published on the PLUS (Professional Liability Underwriting Society) Blog on March 14, 2022. Partner Barry Temkin and Robert Usinger, Esq. co-authored “Choice of Counsel and Policy Erosion for Professional Liability Policies Under the New York...
2022, News, MCWG Decisions
Davied Zvi Van Der Velde v. New York Property Insurance Underwriting Association, 2019-11557 (App. Div. 2d Dept., May 18, 2022) Plaintiff sued New York Property Insurance Underwriting Association (“NYPIUA”) for coverage of water damage to premises. Since...
2022, MCWG Decisions
San Jose Sharks, et al. v. Starr Surplus Lines Insurance Company In San Jose Sharks, et al. v. Starr Surplus Lines Insurance Company, et al., the California Superior Court dismissed all claims against MCWG client Starr Surplus Lines on the grounds that Plaintiffs, who...
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Barry Temkin moderated a New York County Lawyers Association (NYCLA) Securities and Exchanges Committee CLE, “So You’re Interested in a Career in Securities Law,” on February 28, 2022. The webinar included a panel of securities attorneys who discussed how...
2022, MCWG Decisions
Clourine Sealy v. National General Insurance Co. et al, 506107/2020 (Sup. Ct., Kings Co. Feb. 10, 2022) In this property insurance coverage dispute the plaintiff sued National General four days before the suit limitation period expired. National General moved to...
2022, News, Articles
It is well-settled that the mysterious disappearance exclusion in an all-risk policy does not exclude from coverage the loss of property caused by theft[1]; rather, it precludes coverage for missing property where there is no physical evidence to show what happened to...
2022, MCWG Decisions
Boomerjack’s Grill & Bar v. The Members of the Owners First Property Association, docket No.: 3:21-CV-01022-X (U.S. Dist. Ct., N.D. Tex. Feb. 3, 2022) On February 3, 2022, Judge Brantley Starr of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas denied a...
Events and Speaking Engagements
Partner Dustin Dubose will be speaking on the panel, “Business Interruption Reinstatement Claims,” at the Loss Executive Association (LEA)’s conference, “Celebrating 91 Years of Educating the Insurance Industry,” on February 3. The panel will provide...
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Associate Kristen Kish spoke about “Abuse/Molestation Claims” on January 26, 2022 at the AIRROC 2022 Claims Trends Webinar: Abuse and Sports Head Injuries. She presented with Nicola Aspinwall, Associate Solicitor, BLM Law, for the NextGen Task Force and...
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This Q&A was published in the December 2021 issues of Mealey’s International Arbitration Report and Mealey’s Coronavirus Law Report. Senior Counsel Michael H. Goldstein was on a Q&A panel for Mealey’s International Arbitration Report and...
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NEW YORK, January 5, 2022 — Mound Cotton announced today that they have elevated three attorneys to partner. Both Tesser and Markowitz work out of the New York office, and Tippit works from the Texas office. “We are honored to welcome Jodi, Stephanie, and Jared into...
MCWG Decisions, 2021
470 4th Ave. Fee Owner, LLC et al v. Wesco Ins. Co., 2021 WL 6097478 (N.Y.Sup.), 2021 N.Y. Slip Op. 32780(U) (Trial Order) (Sup. Ct. NY Co. Dec. 23, 2021) Plaintiffs alleged over $6.1M in damages for the insurance company’s denial of coverage for a new...
MCWG Decisions, 2021
Count Basie Theatre Inc. v. Zurich American Insurance Co., No. 21-615, 2021 WL 5980344 (D.N.J. Dec. 17, 2021) In Count Basie Theatre Inc. v. Zurich, the district court granted Zurich’s partial motion to dismiss, finding no coverage for the plaintiff’s business income...
MCWG Decisions, 2021, Media Coverage
J. Kleinhaus & Sons, LLC v. Valley Forge Ins. Co., 2021 WL 5909978, No. 21 CIV 2202 (JPC), (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 14, 2021) Plaintiff, a diamond dealer, alleged that due to the pandemic and governmental closure orders, it was only able to conduct limited business and...
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Partner Barry Temkin gave a recent CLE on “Legal Ethics on the Silver Screen: Ethics for Insurance Lawyers and Adjusters.” Using excerpts from Hollywood films, Barry’s discussion was based on hypothetical questions arising from the ethical dilemmas...
MCWG Decisions, 2021
Mountain Valley Indemnity Co. v. Hylton et al., 2020 NY Slip Op 34347(U) (Sup. Ct. NY Co. 2020), aff’d 154 N.Y.S.3d 763 (Mem)2021 N.Y. Slip Op. 06768 (1st Dept. Dec. 2, 2021) This is an update to the lower court decision which was reported last year and has...
MCWG Decisions, 2021
Lawrence v. Jose Izalde Franco Gabriciano, Nandez Trucking, Integon General Ins. Co and National General Ins. Co., Index 525877/2020 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co. Dec. 2, 2021) This case arises out of a motor vehicle accident. Plaintiff asserted contractual and bad faith claims...
MCWG Decisions, 2021
VMSB and VM South Beach LLC v. Zurich American Ins. Co., No. 650590/2021 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., N.Y. Cnty. Nov. 10, 2021) In VMSB v. Zurich, Judge Barry Ostrager granted Zurich’s motion to dismiss the complaint, in which the plaintiff, the owner of the Villa Casa Casuarina...
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Mound Cotton is honored to be included in U.S. News-Best Lawyers and Best Law Firms rankings. We are ranked National Tier 2 in Insurance Law and Metropolitan, New York City Tier 2 in Insurance Law. We are also proud that two of our attorneys have been selected by...
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Barry Temkin and Katharine Lechleitner spoke about New York ‘s Prompt Pay Act (PPA) and how it affects construction contractors at the New York City Bar on November 2. They discussed the PPA’s legislative history, common incorrect assumptions about...
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Partner Costantino Suriano spoke on “Leadership Through Claims” at the Gamma Iota Sigma Executive Speaker Series at the Maurice R. Greenberg School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science (GSRM), St. John’s University, on October 22.
News, Events and Speaking Engagements
Partner Amy Kallal was a panelist on “Claims Updates: Molestation and PFAS” at AIRROC’s Legacy Transactions & Networking Forum on October 18. The panel was hosted by Marcus Doran, AIG. Her co-panelists were Sin Senh, Roux and Bill Mandia,...
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In Raymours Furniture Co., Inc. v. Lexington Insurance Co. et al., No. 655167 2020, 2021 WL 4789148 (N.Y. Supr. Ct. N.Y. Cnty. Oct. 14, 2021), Mound Cotton’s clients were awarded a full dismissal with prejudice on the ground that the presence of the COVID-19 virus...
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This article was published in Daily Business Review on October 14, 2021. Partners Wendy Stein Fulton and William Wilson spoke to the Daily Business Review about the firm’s strategy in Florida.
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Partner Amy Kallal and Special Counsel Andrea Fort discuss recent cases involving the efforts to obtain access to arbitration awards which are filed as part of petitions to confirm or vacate. Some courts have allowed third-party access to awards just because the...
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Partner and committee member Philip Silverberg will speak on “Legal Perspectives on Emerging Construction Risks and Perspectives on Covid-Related Issues,” at the Builder’s Risk & Construction Symposium. His copanelist is Mark Katz from Ryan Specialty...
MCWG Decisions, 2021
Mondelez International, Inc. v. Zurich American Insurance Company, Circuit Court of Illinois, Cook County In this litigation arising out of alleged damage to the computer systems of Plaintiff Mondelez International, Inc. (“MDLZ”) from the NotPetya computer malware...
News, Articles, 2021
A domestic corporation is a citizen of its state of incorporation and principal place of business for purposes of diversity jurisdiction.[1] By contrast, the citizenship of other “unincorporated” domestic business entities (such as limited liability companies and...
News, Articles, 2021
Does An Insurer Have An Entitlement to Recoup Defense Costs When No Duty to Indemnify Exists? In a case of first impression for the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, the court chose not to follow prior decisions of its sister court and...
MCWG Decisions, 2021
Chan Tien Yang v. Mountain Valley Indemnity Co. and National General Ins. Co., 725077/2020 (Sup. Ct., Queens Co., Sept 15, 2021) This case involved an insurance claim for alleged property damage as a result of a water pipe bursting. By decision dated September 28,...
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This article was published in Law360 on September 21, 2021: “Mound Cotton Adds Ex-Kiernan Trebach Insurance Partner” by Matt Perez. Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass LLP expanded its Fort Lauderdale, Florida, office this month with the addition of a...
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Ft. Lauderdale, FL — Mound Cotton is expanding its Florida office with the addition of partner Wendy Stein Fulton, a seasoned commercial litigator with experience representing clients in complex insurance coverage, commercial general liability, professional liability,...
MCWG Decisions, 2021
Crescent Hotels & Resorts, LLC v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co. and Interstate Fire & Casualty Company, No. 2021-02974 (Va. Fairfax Cnty. Aug. 18, 2021) In the first Commonwealth of Virginia COVID-19 ruling, Mound Cotton secured a victory on behalf of its client, Zurich...
News, Articles, 2021
The Case Of Cadre v. Proassurance Casualty Company Rule 1:21-1B of the New Jersey Rules of Court governs the practice of law as a limited liability company, and provides in relevant part that “[a]ttorneys may engage in the practice of law as limited liability...
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The New York Law Journal published “NY Prompt Pay Act for Construction Contractors,” written by partner Barry Temkin and coauthor Ken Eccleston, on August 10, 2021. This article provides an in-depth discussion of New York’s Prompt Pay Act, enacted in 2002...
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Partner Jeffrey Weinstein presented “Adjustment/Analysis of 2020 Civil Unrest Claims” at Loss Executives Association (LEA)’s Conference, the 2021 Golf and Education Event. Targeted towards insurance claim managers and adjusters, the course gave an...
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Partner Amy Kallal will be presenting – in person – “Reinsurance 101 for Claims Handlers: What You Need to Know and Why” at the 2021 CLM (Claims and Litigation Management) Alliance’s Annual Conference, on August 12, at 11:30 am. The panel...
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Partner Michael Koblenz, who represents the buyer in a real estate sale in the Hamptons, commented on the it in The Real Deal. He filed a complaint with the Department of State, alleging gross misrepresentation and exaggeration of the circumstances by the agent and...
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William Wilson published new book, NJ Insurance Coverage Litigation – A Practitioners Guide (2021), 3rd ed. With co-author Frank DeAngelis, they provide a broad overview of insurance coverage litigation in NJ involving the enforcement and interpretation of insurance...
News, Articles, 2021
The Indiana Supreme Court Weighs In With the proliferation of computer crime these days, cyber insurance has become a must for businesses. There are many different types of cyber coverage available on the market, and the coverage that an insured purchases will have...
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Partner Matthew Lasky and associate Alexis Stevens will co-present “Privacy, Confidentiality, Data Protection, and Sanctions Clauses” as a Hot Topic at Reinsurance Association of America (RAA)’s Re Contracts: The Art of Designing Reinsurance...
MCWG Decisions, 2021
Farage v. Associated Insurance Management Corp., et al., 2021 NY Slip Op. 50653(U), 2021 WL 2908692 (Sup. Ct., N.Y. Cnty. July 2, 2021) This case involved first-party property insurance coverage for fire damage to an apartment building located in Staten Island, New...
MCWG Decisions, 2021, Media Coverage
Benny’s Famous Pizza Plus Inc. v. Security National Insurance Company, 2021 NY Slip Op. 31963(U), 2021 WL 2772403 (Sup. Ct. Kings Cnty. July 2, 2021) This case involved a business interruption claim for losses arising out of COVID-19 closures. By decision dated...
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Raymond Mastrangelo will speak on a panel discussing “The Scope of an Arbitration Panel’s Authority” at AIRROC’s Summer Membership Meeting on July 14. Joining Raymond on the panel is Ann Field, Senior Managing Director, Head of Client Services...
MCWG Decisions, 2021, Media Coverage
Marilyn’s Kids, Inc. d/b/a Denny’s v. Continental Casualty Company, Civil Action No. 20-8641, 2021 WL 4488598, (D.N.J. June 30, 2021) This case involved a claim for business income losses from COVID-19 under a first-party property insurance policy. The plaintiff, a...
2022, MCWG Decisions, Media Coverage
Shea Properties Management Co., et al. v. The Continental Insurance Company, et al., Case No. SA CV 21-00514, 2021 WL 4815208 (C.D. Cal. June 29, 2021) U.S. District Judge David O. Carter dismissed the complaint in a $4.5 million builder’s risk insurance coverage...
News, Articles, 2021
Maintaining Confidentiality When Petitioning for Relief in Court A long-running dispute between Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Company and one of its reinsurers, Everest Reinsurance Company, recently culminated in the unsealing of an award from an...
News, Articles, 2021, Media Coverage
This article was published on Law360.com (subscription required) on June 10, 2021, in Insurance Authority, and in the daily Insurance newsletter. It was written by Partner Amy Justine Kallal, Special Counsel Andrea Fort, and associate Andrew Romano. On June 9, El...
MCWG Decisions, 2021
Law firm Napoli Shkolnik, PLLC sought coverage under professional liability insurance policies issued by Greenwich Insurance Company and Hudson Excess Insurance Company for a lawsuit filed against it in federal court in Maryland, alleging that it had breached...
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This announcement appeared in PC360: People on the Move. Partner Kathleen DeLaney and Special Counsel Benjamin R. Messing joined earlier this year, as well as two new associates, expanding the firm’s footprint NEW YORK (May 24, 2021): Mound Cotton Wollan &...
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Mound Cotton’s Insurance practice group is ranked in Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer, New York, in Chambers and Partners USA’s 2021 guide to the top lawyers and law firms in the United States, with partner Lloyd Gura recognized in Band 3. Click here to view the...
MCWG Decisions, 2021
ACON Investments v. Various Insurers MCWG represents a market of insurers that provided first-party property coverage to the insured, which made a claim for business interruption coverage arising out of damage to and closure of certain insured locations – grocery...
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Partner Barry Temkin will discuss The Ethics of the Remote Practice of Law, and ABA’s Ethics Opinion 498, at NELA/NY’s (National Employment Lawyers Association) Spring Conference on May 14. With his co-presenter, Jennifer Goldsmith at Ironshore, he will...
News, Articles, 2021
State and federal courts across the country are grappling with insurance coverage litigation, as insureds who suffered business losses due to government-mandated shutdowns look to their property insurers for relief. These cases present the following key issue for...
Events and Speaking Engagements
Partner Barry Temkin will be presenting on “Ethics Issues on Infrastructure Projects” at PLI’s virtual conference, Construction Projects and Infrastructure 2021, on May 13. Some topics he will discuss include: Making the best deal for your client...
MCWG Decisions, 2021
6593 Weighlock Drive, LLC v. Springhill SMC Corp., 71 Misc. 3d 1086 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Onondaga Cnty. 2021) In 6593 Weighlock Drive, the Court dismissed a breach of contract action against Mound Cotton’s client, Zurich American Insurance Company, on the ground that the...
News, Articles, 2021, Media Coverage
Barry Temkin co-authored “ABA Remote Work Guide Raises Bar For Atty Tech Know-How” in Law360 (subscription required) with Jennifer Goldsmith, vice president of professional liability claims at Ironshore, discussing ABA Ethics Opinion 498, a new opinion...
News, 2021
This article was published on Liberty Mutual’s website. You can access it here. This article will consider potential future claims against design professionals that are expected to arise from the Covid-19 pandemic and offer recommendations for how design...
MCWG Decisions, 2021
Peter Max v. Great American Security Insurance Co., No. A-42-19, 2021 WL 922106 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Mar. 11, 2021) In Peter Max v. Great American Security Insurance Co., the New Jersey Appellate Division dismissed an appeal from an order confirming an appraisal...
Events and Speaking Engagements
Amy Kallal will moderate a webinar, “The Powers of Arbitrators in the Virtual Age and Beyond” on March 16. Hosted by ARIAS–U.S., the panelists, including Larry Greengrass from ARIAS-US and certified arbitrators Susan Grondine-Dauwer from SEG-D Consulting LLC and...
MCWG Decisions, 2021
180 Lafayette Corp. v. Wesco Ins. Co., et al., 2021 NY Slip Op 30230(U), 2021 WL 256631 (Sup. Ct., New York Co. Jan. 26, 2021) This case involved an insurance claim for property damage following water damage to plaintiff’s insured building that was caused by a toilet...
News, Articles, 2021, Media Coverage
This article was published in the New York Law Journal on January 15, 2021. In addition to a 2018 ABA ethics opinion which outlines when law firms are ethically obligated to notify clients of data breaches jeopardizing the security of their confidential information,...
Articles, 2021
Much has been written in recent years about lawyers’ duties to preserve the confidentiality of client information under the rules of professional conduct and to take reasonable precautions to strengthen cybersecurity in order to avoid data breaches. Executing those...
MCWG Decisions, 2020
Mountain Valley Indemnity Co. v. Hylton, 2020 NY Slip Op 34347(U) (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Dec. 1, 2020) This case involved an insurance coverage dispute arising out of an underlying action for personal injuries allegedly sustained by the claimant when she tripped and fell on...
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We want to extend a warm welcome to our new partners, Eric T. Krejci and Steven P. Nassi, both resident in the New York office.
MCWG Decisions, 2020
Downstairs Cabaret, Inc. v. Wesco Insurance Co., 187 A.D.3d 1642 (4th Dep’t 2020) This appeal concerned whether an insurance policy includes coverage for actual loss of business income when the declarations do not contain a limit for such loss, and whether an insurer...
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MCWG Partner Matthew Lasky will be a panelist in the ‘Hot Topic Panel – Underwriting in the Time of Covid 19’ at the Re Underwriting 2020 — Underwriting Fundamentals and Current Issues for the Reinsurance Education Institute of the Reinsurance...
MCWG Decisions, 2020
Trim v. New York Property Insurance Underwriting Ass’n, Index No. 718936/2019 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Sept. 23, 2020) The plaintiff sued New York Property Insurance Underwriting Association for additional recovery after NYPIUA paid for damage caused by a covered windstorm. In...
MCWG Decisions, 2020
Napoli Shkolnik, PLLC v. Greenwich Insurance Co., Index No. 657246/2019 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Sept. 18, 2020) Nearly two years after it was sued in federal court in Maryland, the law firm Napoli Shkolnik reported the suit to its professional liability insurers, Greenwich...
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Partners Matthew Lasky and Amy Kallal have prepared updates on two key areas for AIRROC’s Work From Home Webinars that they will present on September 29, 2020. To sign up or find out more about the webinars, ‘Vaping: What’s Hiding Behind the Puff of...
MCWG Decisions, 2020
Passport Resorts LLC v. AmRisc, LLC, H046354, 2020 WL 4932287 (Cal. Ct. App. Aug. 21, 2020) Mound Cotton prevailed on an appeal of the denial of a motion to compel arbitration. The insured operated a luxury hotel in Big Sur, California. In February 2017, severe...
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This article was originally published in the New York Law Journal on July 20, 2020. Expert Opinion The SEC and U.S. Justice Department are investigating suspicious stock trades made by U.S. Senator Richard Burr in February 2020, which might have been based in part...
MCWG Decisions, 2020
Stein v. National General Insurance Co., 2020 N.Y. Slip Op. 31814(U), 2020 WL 3124237 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. June 9, 2020) This case involved the insured’s claim for water damage to his apartment caused by a broken pipe. After he reported the claim, the insurer, National...
MCWG Decisions, 2020
Pan Am Equities, Inc. v. Lexington Ins. Co., 959 F.3d 671 (5th Cir. 2020) Lexington Insurance Company was involved in a $6.8 million Hurricane Harvey-related dispute regarding the application of a “Named Storm” deductible as opposed to a “Flood” deductible. Pan Am...
Articles, 2020, Media Coverage
On June 30, 2020 registered securities broker-dealers must begin their compliance with new SEC Regulation Best Interest and Form CRS Relationship Summary/Form ADV Part 3, which were announced by the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 5, 2019.[1] These new...
MCWG Decisions, 2020
Pacquette v. Tower Insurance Co., Index No. 5001153/19 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. May 12, 2020) The plaintiffs waited almost four years after a loss to commence an action against their insurer. Tower Insurance Company moved to dismiss the complaint on the ground that it was filed...
Events and Speaking Engagements
Partner Costantino Suriano spoke at and organized the fourth annual Loss Executive Association (LEA) seminar, held at St. John’s Maurice R. Greenberg School of Risk Management (SRM), for the school’s students. To graduate, these students must take an educational...
MCWG Decisions, 2020
Williams v. New York Property Insurance Underwriting Association, 183 A.D.3d 410 (1st Dep’t 2020) The Appellate Division, First Department, affirmed the grant of summary judgment to New York Property Insurance Underwriting Association, which argued that it had...
Articles, 2020, Media Coverage
Partner Matthew Lasky’s article, “Data Protection: Harmonizing Tensions Between the NAIC’s ‘Insurance Data Security Law’ & Traditional Access-To-Records Provisions” was published in the Journal of Reinsurance 2020, Volume 27, Number...
MCWG Decisions, 2020
Hayden Asset VIII, LLC v. Public Service Mut. Ins. Co., No. 161751/2014, 2020 WL 1275533 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Mar. 11, 2020) In this case, the insured made a claim for water damage as a result of a frozen sprinkler rupture. After the loss, the insured sold the property. A...
MCWG Decisions, 2020
Brosamer & Wall, Inc. v. Zurich American Insurance Co., No. C 19-01872, 2020 WL 1031139 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 3, 2020) Mound Cotton won a significant victory on behalf of Zurich American Insurance Company in a case brought by its insured, Brosamer & Wall, Inc. The...