Three Year Statute of Limitation of Claims Against Design Professionals Accrues Upon Termination of Relationship

The Appellate Division, Second Department upheld the trial court’s award of summary judgment to an architectural firm, where the cause of action accrued more than three.............read more

Second Department Upholds Application of Employee Exclusion to Named Insured and Additional Insured

In an appeal brought by our attorneys in Campoverde v. Fabian Builders, LLC, 83 A.D.3d 986, 922 N.Y.S.2d 435 (2d Dept 2011), the Appellate Division, Second Department, reversed an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County, and adopted our argument that neither.........read more

Southern District Reaffirms Additional Insured’s Independent Duty to Request Coverage

The Southern District reaffirms that a party seeking additional insured coverage has an independent and implied obligation to comply with the notice provisions of the insurance policy under which it is seeking.........read more

Additional Insured Coverage Blanket Endorsement

We are pleased to announce that we successfully convinced the Second Department in Burlington Ins. Co. v. Utica First Ins. Co., 2010 NY Slip Op 01906, to reverse the Nassau County trial court’s decision and agree with the First Department’s decision in Rodless Properties v Westchester Fire Insurance Company..........read more