New York’s Top Court Weighs Child Victim Act Lawsuit Standards February 14, 2025 By Michael Hill Lawyers sparred before New York’s top court Wednesday over how specific a man alleging sexual abuse decades ago needs to...
New York High Court Upholds Uber Arbitration Mandate For Previously-Filed Injury Case November 26, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson In a 5-2 decision, New York State’s high court this week upheld Uber’s “clickwrap” agreement requiring arbitration of all disputes...
Town’s Highway Supervisor Not Exempt From Liability for Crash October 22, 2024 A New York town’s highway superintendent is not protected from liability for a collision with another vehicle because he was...
New York’s High Court Upholds Insurance Mandate for Medically Necessary Abortions May 23, 2024 New York can continue to require companies with health insurance plans to cover medically necessary abortions, the state’s highest court...
New York’s High Court Backs Insurer’s Denial of COVID-19 Business Interruption Claim February 16, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson New York state’s highest court has affirmed that there must be direct physical loss or damage, not just presence of...
New York High Court: Insured’s ‘Mutual Mistake’ Argument Came Too Late November 1, 2022 By Jim Sams New York’s highest court reversed a $4.5 million judgment against an insurer that denied a fire damage claim by the...
New York’s Top Court Overturns $16.5 Million Talcum Powder Cancer Verdict April 28, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson The New York Court of Appeals has nixed a $16.5 million jury verdict won by the estate of a woman...
Insurance Fraud Case in New York May Impact First Party No-Fault Benefits February 14, 2019 By Lindsay Korn and Elizabeth Driscoll A high-profile insurance fraud case on appeal in New York is being closely watched by fraud fighters across the country...
New York’s High Court Rules on Joint Duty to Warn of Asbestos Danger June 30, 2016 New York’s highest court has upheld court judgments against a steam valve manufacturer, citing its failure to warn of the...
New York Court Examines Scope of Scaffold Law in 2 Injury Cases April 8, 2015 By Young Ha The New York Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, ruled on two injury cases on April 2, examining whether...