New York, NY
Insurance Lawyer at New York, NY
Practice Areas: Insurance, Appeals
OUTCOME: Affirmed
NYS Court of Appeals upheld the no-prejudice rule for late notice of occurrences, claims, and lawsuits under commercial general-liability insurance policies
OUTCOME: Affirmed for NYS
On five-member team that represented New York State in Quill v. Vacco, in which the United States Supreme Court upheld against an equal-protection challenge New York State’s prohibition on physician-as ... sisted suicide.
OUTCOME: Held: NJ had sovereignty over the acreage.
Represented New York State before a Special Master appointed by the U.S. Supreme in State of New York v. State of New Jersey, a case of original jurisdiction in the Supreme Court.. The issue was sovere ... ignty over 24 of the 27 acres comprising Ellis Island. I argued New York's summary judgment motion on Ellis Island and gave the opening legal argument in the first trial held in the U.S. Supreme Court in nearly 200 years. I also worked on the brief before the nine judges who heard the matter after the trial.
OUTCOME:
Petition For A Writ of Certiorari in State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. The Honorable John Speroni
OUTCOME: Reversal in favor of State Assemblyman and U.S. Congressman
Represented New York State in X-Men v. Pataki, which reversed the district court’s denial of State Assemblyman'S and United States Congressman’s motions for summary judgment, finding that these legisla ... tors enjoyed qualified immunity for statements made outside legislative arena that allegedly violated plaintiffs’ constitutional rights.
OUTCOME: Reversal in favor of NYS
Represented New York State in Aliza K. v. OMH, which reversed the Appellate Division, First Department’s holding that plaintiff had a due process, equal protection right to a hearing before being trans ... ferred from a low-security to a high-security psychiatric institution.
OUTCOME: Struck down retaliatory-tax statute
Represented New York State in United Services Automobile Association v. Curiale, where the Court struck down New York State retaliatory-tax statute on equal-protection grounds.
OUTCOME: Reversal of $18,000,000 verdict against GNY
First Department decision reversing an $18,000,000 verdict against Greater New York Mutual Insurance Company and ordered a new trial on damages
OUTCOME: Reversal of $12,000,000 verdict against GNY
Second Department decision reversing $12,000,000 verdict against insured and bad-faith claim against GNY.
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