Brian Ade was a member of the panel in a November 13 program sponsored by the Bergen County Bar Association Construction Law Committee.  The program was entitled “Arbitration: What You Need to Know to Protect Your Client.”   Brian spoke about common insurance issues in construction litigation and arbitration.

Rivkin Radler Partner William M. Savino became a recipient of Long Island Business News’ Hall of Fame Award. The award recognizes the most distinguished leaders in the Long Island business community. Induction into the Hall of Fame is a high honor for those who demonstrate a commitment to excellence: past, present and future.

Savino, who

Rivkin Radler is pleased to announce that Anne Murray has been named among Long Island’s Top 50 Women in Business by the Long Island Business News.  Anne is a Partner of the Insurance Coverage Practice Group.  Launched in 2000, the Top 50 program honors the Island’s premier professional women for their exceptional accomplishments, business acumen,

Rivkin Radler is pleased to announce that the Firm has been named to the U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” list for 2020. The Firm was ranked in the following regions and practice areas:

Metropolitan Tier 1

Long Island: Insurance Law, Litigation-Healthcare

Metropolitan Tier 2

Albany: Health Care Law

Long Island: Appellate Practice,

Alan Eagle and Siobhain Minarovich will be presenters at the New York State Bar Association’s program, “Construction Site Accident Claims and Litigation 2019 NYC.”

Eagle and Minarovich will present, “Insured Coverage Issues and the Construction Accident” at the New York State Bar Association on Oct. 25, 2019.

Program Description:

Litigating construction site accidents can be

Michael Troisi, Frank Misiti and Laura Mulholland secured  pre-answer dismissal of a tortious interference with contract claim asserted against our insurance company client.

Plaintiffs asserted that our client tortiously interfered with a contract entered into between plaintiffs and their supplementary uninsured motorist (SUM) insurer, based on our client having “rushed to send” a settlement check,

The Third Circuit affirmed an award of summary judgment that product liability claims alleging faulty workmanship do not amount to an “occurrence” under insurance policies that define an “occurrence” as “an accident, including continuous or repeated exposure to substantially the same general harmful conditions.”

The decision represents a victory to Great American Assurance Company and

Michael P. Welch and J’Naia L. Boyd were successful in obtaining a dismissal of plaintiff’s complaint in its entirety.

In this action, brought in the Western District of New York, plaintiff claimed that it was the mortgagee under a homeowner’s insurance policy and entitled to coverage for fire damage to the property. Welch and Boyd argued

Uniondale, New York – August 15, 2019 – The prestigious Best Lawyers in America has included Rivkin Radler LLP in its U.S. rankings for 2020.  Attorneys from the firm’s Albany, Hackensack and Uniondale offices were included. The lawyers listed, their offices and the categories of law in which they are listed, are as follows:

Albany,

Ken Novikoff, Alan Eagle and Jason Gurdus obtained a verdict in favor of Seneca Insurance Company and its insureds against another carrier in a trial before Judge Carol Bagley Amon in the United States District Court, Eastern District of New York.  The other carrier refused to pay $1 million under its policy for an underlying