Brian S. Conneely and William M. Savino published an article for The Suffolk Lawyer entitled, “Suffolk Courts Validate School Districts’ Use of RFPs for School Bus Contracts.”

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Alan Eagle and Janice Greenberg were victorious in their motion for summary judgment filed in Supreme Court, Queens County, and obtained a declaration of no coverage on behalf of an insurer in connection with a property damage lawsuit filed by a cooperative apartment building against an insured contractor.  The lawsuit sought amounts paid to repair

Sean McAloon will be speaking at the ABA TIPS Property Insurance Law Committee Spring Meeting in Las Vegas, NV from April 7 – 10. Sean is a Vice Chair of the Property Insurance Law Committee and his topic will be, “Bad Faith Issues in Catastrophic Losses/Big Bad Faith Cases.” He and Jeffrey Cohen of Carlton Fields

Alan Rutkin was a speaker at an FDCC program entitled, “Cybersecurity: Protecting Your Clients and Your Firm in A Dangerous World.”  Alan spoke on coverage issues arising from the Internet.

Michael Kotula and Michael Jones obtained summary judgment from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in an asbestos bodily injury coverage matter.  The Court held that the Asbestos Exclusion barred coverage for all claims, including claims that alleged asbestos and other non-asbestos related injuries.  Additionally, the Court held that

Henry Mascia and Frank Valverde will present “Immigration Law for Businesses” at an upcoming event before the Long Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce being held at Firm on March 24, 2016.

The presentation will describe Rivkin Radler’s corporate immigration practice, which includes:

• Compliance with E-Verity and Form I-9 requirements for employment eligibility verification
• Applications

Anne Murray and Frank Valverde obtained summary judgment for an insurance client in a case where a claimant was seeking over $2.1 million on a default judgment obtained against the client’s purported additional insured in an underlying New York Labor Law action.  Despite various challenges, they successfully argued that the claimant could not meet his

William Savino has been re-elected to the Board of Directors of the Insurance Federation of New York, Inc. for 2016.

The Insurance Federation of New York is a highly diverse group of professionals, brought together by the following common denominators:

• A mutual interest in the viability of New York as a sound economic environment for

Robert Maloney appointed Vice Chair of the ABA TIPS Automobile Liability Committee for the current term (9/15-9/16).  The committee deals with all manner of legal issues relating to automobiles and its goal is to be a substantive resource for those practicing in these areas, whether it is personal injury, product liability or coverage. To that end Robert,

Alan Eagle and Joanne Engeldrum obtained summary judgment on behalf of the Firm’s Insurer client declaring that the Insurer had no duty to defend or to indemnify three alleged insureds under a $3 million business auto policy based upon the Mechanical Device Exclusion.  The three alleged insureds sought coverage for an underlying wrongful death case.