The beginning of the new year seems an appropriate time to update some of the insurance fraud issues discussed in this column over the past year.

As noted here last January, the Court of Appeals decision in State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Co. v. Mallela established that a violation of a licensing requirement by a

The attached decision, issued on December 20, 2010 by Judge Lewis Kaplan, granted summary judgment to Fireman’s Fund and dismissed plaintiff’s Complaint. Rivkin Radler attorneys Michael Troisi, Michael Versichelli and Michael Welch represented Fireman’s Fund.

Plaintiff, Sharon Lissauer, sustained losses as a result of the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme. Over the course of many

Losses From Madoff’s Ponzi Scheme Not Covered Under Homeowners Policy

After allegedly losing millions of dollars in Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, Sharon Lissauer brought suit against Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company to recover that money under her homeowners policy. In its decision dismissing the complaint, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of

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Health Law Bulletin – April/May 2010

Ernst & Young had been retained as an auditor for a now defunct workers’ compensation self-insurance group.  The rehabilitator appointed pursuant to Kentucky’s Insurers Rehabilitation and Liquidation Law (“IRLL”) asserted tort claims on behalf of the group against Ernst & Young in state court.  Ernst &

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Ring Around the Collar

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Patchen v. Government Employees Insurance Company, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

On January 7, 2011, United States District Court Judge Arthur Spatt granted GEICO’s motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ Complaint. Rivkin Radler attorneys Evan H. Krinick, Michael P. Versichelli and Michael P. Welch represented GEICO. The case presented an important issue that has

The plaintiff in this case was a former driver of Southern Shuttle Services, Inc.’s airport shuttle vans, a shared-ride airport shuttle, which transported passengers to and from three South Florida airports (Miami International Airport, Palm Beach International Airport, and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport). The plaintiff, like other shuttle drivers, was paid commission and tips, but

No Coverage For Mold Case Where Alleged Injury Outside Policy Period

The underlying plaintiff’s allegation of exposure to mold during the policy period did not trigger any duty to defend or to indemnify where the injury allegedly occurred after the policy period. As the court reasoned, New York follows the “injury-in-fact” test that “rests

The plaintiff argued that his employer, Advanced Healthcare, had violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it allegedly terminated him on January 30, 2009. The plaintiff claimed he was a qualified individual with a disability under the ADA because his renal cell carcinoma (which was in remission at the time of the alleged termination)