Manjit L. Multani v. Castlepoint Insurance Company This case involved an insurance claim for alleged fire damage to a home that was configured as a five-family dwelling, but insured as a one- or two-family dwelling. Multani commenced this action to...
Adirondack Insurance Exchange v. Mario DiMarco v. Michael G. Montag Insurance Agency, Inc. d/b/a MGM Associates of Rochester a/k/a MGM Insurance Associates This case involved an insurance claim for alleged fire damage to one of two adjacent residential...
Lincoln Fritz & Kenneth Fritz v. Edward A. Kurmel Brokerage, Ltd. and Mountain Valley Indemnity Company This case involved an insurance claim for alleged fire damage to a home located in Brooklyn, New York. While investigating the claim, it was...
Florida Circuit Court Grants Mound Cotton’s Clients Dismissal of COVID-19 “Special Perils” Claim Mound Cotton’s clients were dismissed with prejudice from a COVID-19 coverage action seeking “Special Perils” coverage. The...
Indiana Court Grants Judgment for MCWG’s Client in COVID-19 Coverage Action On Friday, Mound Cotton’s client Zurich American Insurance Company won its motion for a judgment on the pleadings in a COVID-19 coverage action brought by piano manufacturer...
In Fontainebleau Florida Hotel, et al. v. Westchester Surplus Lines Insurance Co., et al., No. 2021-016874-CA-01 (Fla. 11th Cir. Ct. June 25, 2023), Mound Cotton’s clients were granted reargument and were awarded judgment on the pleadings on the ground...
Hayden Asset VIII LLC v. Public Service Mutual, case number 161751/2014 (New York Supreme Court) Mound Cotton’s client recently received a favorable ruling from a New York state judge in a case involving water damage claims made by the owner of a...
Enforcement of Arbitration Agreement
Vose Avenue Apartments Urban Renewal, LLC v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s London, et. al, No. 2:22-cv-05691-SDW-JRA (D.N.J. Mar. 8, 2023) (Wigenton, J.) All thirteen of Mound Cotton’s clients were dismissed from a Hurricane Ida coverage action...
No Direct Physical Loss or Damage
Benihana v. Allied World et al., case number 650495/2022 (Manhattan Supreme Court) In this COVID-19 coverage matter, the court was asked to consider whether Benihana could demonstrate “direct physical loss or damage” to property in...
No Physical Loss or Damage
Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. et al. v. Factory Mutual Insurance Co. et al., case number 2022-02068 (New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, First Department) Madison Square Garden and related entities appealed a lower court ruling in favor of...
