New York Indemnity Law
Graham Chase Robinson v. Robert De Niro, et al.
New York City, New York employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants Fair Labor Standards Act violations Theories. <br> <br> Plaintiff Graham Chase Robinson initiated this action on October 3, 2019 by filing a complaint against Canal Productions, Inc. and Robert De Niro, asserting various claims, including claims for gender discrimination and retaliation under federal a... More...
$0 (11-10-2023 - NY)Johnny Hincapie v. City of New York, et al.
On September 2, 1990, Brian Watkins, a tourist from Utah, was stabbed to death on a New York City subway platform. In the immediate aftermath of the attack, officers from both the New York Police Department ("NYPDâ€) and Transit Police Department ("Transit PDâ€) interviewed and arrested a host of witnesses and suspects. Several suspects were prosecuted, convicted, and sentenced to length... More...
$0 (07-21-2022 - NY)Lehman XS Trust v. Greenpoint Mortgage Funding, Inc.
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Second_Circuit.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Second_Circuit.svg.png"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> In 2006, Lehman, not a party to this appeal, purchased aggregated pools of�... More...
$0 (02-12-2019 - NY)<H2> Zenith Medical, P.C. v. Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance <P> <font color="red"><a href="http://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28536&z=74103&s=OK" target="_new">Morelaw Internet Marketing for Legal Professionals</a> <br> We Turn Your Successes Into Marketing <br> Call Today! <br> 888-354-4529 </font>
Buffalo, NY - Zenith Medical, P.C., As Assignee of Anthony Alecki, L. Alexander, Michele Allen, Latoya Allen, Rashid Arfat, Damon Askew, Debra Grayson Askew, Donna Barth, Michael Beiring, Amber Booker, Jesse Brewster, Emily Brown, Ronald Carlton, J.Clinkscales, Monique Cooley, et al sued Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance, Allstate Indemnity Company, Allstate Indemnity Company and Allstate Prope... More...
$0 (05-10-2018 - NY)<b>KARINE GEVORKYAN, ARTHUR BOGORAZ, INNA MOLDAVER, AND SAM MOLDAVER v. IRA JUDELSON</b>
In 2011, Plaintiff-Appellant Arthur Bogoraz was arrested in Puerto Rico and ultimately indicted in Kings County, New York in connection with an alleged multi-million dollar insurance fraud. His bond was set at $2,000,000. Bogoraz, with the assistance of his wife and family friends, sought to obtain a bail bond to secure his pretrial release. After two agencies declined to issue a bond, Plaintif... More...
$0 (11-22-2016 - NY)Garnett v Strike Holdings LLC
<br> <br> Defendants Strike Holdings LLC and Strike Long Island, LLC (collectively, Strike) operated an indoor recreation facility that contained a go-kart racing track. On December 27, 2003, plaintiff rode as a passenger in a two-seat go-kart driven by her then boyfriend, third-party defendant, Lawrence Nadler. While driving on the track, they were allegedly bumped twice by other go-karts, allege... More...
$0 (09-01-2015 - NY)United States of America v. Ross H. Mandell and Adam Harrington
Defendant-Appellants Ross Mandell and Adam Harrington appeal from judgments of conviction entered on May 7, 2012, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Paul A. Crotty, Judge), following a five-week jury trial. The jury found both Mandell and Harrington guilty of all four of the counts charged against them: (1) conspiracy to commit securities fraud, wire fraud, ... More...
$0 (05-16-2014 - NY)Renata Wadsworth v. Allied Professionals Insurance Company, A Risk Retentional Group, Inc.
The federal Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986, 15 U.S.C. § 3901, et seq. ("the LRRA†or "the Actâ€), contains sweeping preemption language that sharply limits the authority of states to regulate, directly or indirectly, the operation of risk retention groups chartered in another state. Id. § 3902(a). A provision of New York's insurance law requires that any insurance policy iss... More...
$0 (04-04-2014 - NY)Gonzalez v 40 W. Burnside Ave. LLC
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Norma Ruiz, J.), entered August 11, 2011, as amended by order entered May 16, 2012, which granted defendants-respondents' (collectively, the owners) motion to dismiss the complaint as against them and denied plaintiff's cross motion for leave to depose nonparty James Reilly, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, the motion denied, the cross motion gra... More...
$0 (06-20-2013 - NY)Mehdi Ali v. Federal Insurance Company
This insurance case raises two issues. First, we consider our appellate jurisdiction. Although we usually may not review voluntary dismissals of claims or denials of motions for summary judgment, this case presents the unusual situation in which we are asked to review the voluntary<br><br>3<br><br>dismissal of a claim following the denial of a motion for summary judgment. Our review is appropriate... More...
$0 (06-04-2013 - NY)United States of America v. Richard Jones and Ronald Mallay
2 Richard James and Ronald Mallay appeal from judgments<br> 3 of conviction based on their participation in a wide-ranging<br> 4 conspiracy that involved fraudulently obtained life insurance<br> 5 policies for members of their extended families and others in the<br> 6 Guyanese and Guyanese-American community, and, in several<br> 7 instances, murder of the insured in order to collect on those<br> 8... More...
$0 (05-01-2013 - NY)United States v. Richard James and Ronald Mallay
2 Richard James and Ronald Mallay appeal from judgments<br> 3 of conviction based on their participation in a wide-ranging<br> 4 conspiracy that involved fraudulently obtained life insurance<br> 5 policies for members of their extended families and others in the<br> 6 Guyanese and Guyanese-American community, and, in several<br> 7 instances, murder of the insured in order to collect on those<br> 8... More...
$0 (03-28-2013 - NY)Thomas E. Lyons v. Lancer Insurance Company
7 Plaintiffs Thomas E. Lyons ("Mr. Lyons") and Celeste M. Lyons (collectively<br> 8 "Lyons"), who were awarded a judgment in August 2006 in a state-court negligence action (the<br> 9 "Negligence Action Judgment") against T.F.D. Bus Company ("TFD" or "T.F.D."), one of whose<br> 10 buses had struck a vehicle operated by Mr. Lyons, appeal from a judgment of the United States<br> 11 District Court for... More...
$0 (05-21-2012 - NY)In the Matter of Randy Raynor v. Landmark Chrysler
In this dispute between an employee (claimant) and his employer and its workers' compensation insurance carrier (the carrier), we are asked to interpret Workers' Compensation Law §§ 27 (2) and 15 (3) (w) amended by the Laws of 2007, as they relate to an award for a non-scheduled permanent partial disability made after the effective date for an injury sustained years earlier.<br><br>We conclu... More...
$0 (11-15-2011 - NY)Frederick J. Harrington, Jr. v. Atlantic Sounding Co., Inc.
Plaintiff-Appellee Frederick J. Harrington, Jr., 31 ("Harringtonâ€) filed this action in the United States District 32 Court for the Eastern District of New York (Nina Gershon, 33 Judge), against Defendants-Appellants Atlantic Sounding Co., 34 Inc., Weeks Marine, Inc. (Atlantic Sounding's corporate parent), 35 and the vessel MV CANDACE (collectively, "Defendantsâ€) pursuant -3- 1 to the ... More...
$0 (04-16-2010 - NY)NGM Insurance Company v. Blakely Pumping, Inc.
22 NGM Insurance Company ("NGMâ€) appeals from a judgment of the<br> 23 United States District Court for the Southern District of New<br> 24 York (Young, J.) declaring that NGM is obligated to defend and<br> 25 indemnify Blakely Pumping, Inc. ("Blakely Pumpingâ€), against<br> 26 liability arising out of an auto accident involving Brian Blakely<br> 27 ("Blakelyâ€), an officer and emp... More...
$0 (02-01-2010 - NY)World Trade Center v. Swiss Re, et al.
<P>Governor Eliot Spitzer and State Insurance Superintendent Eric R. Dinallo announced today that Silverstein Properties and seven insurance companies have reached a $2 billion settlement of all outstanding insurance claims arising from the destruction of the World Trade Center. The agreement, the largest in regulatory history, ends almost six years of legal battling and removes the last major obs... More...
$2000000000 (05-24-2007 - NY)<a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/nyctap/I07_0019.htm" target="_new">Lena C. Tedesco, Executrix of the Estate of Frank Tedesco, Deceased, v. A.P. Green Industries, et al.</a>
<P>We hold that a dissolved corporation may, as part of winding up its affairs, bring a third-party claim for indemnity or contribution in an action arising out of pre-dissolution events. <P> Facts and Procedural History <P> Insulation Distributors, Inc. (IDI) was a distributor of products containing asbestos, and as a result became a defendant in a number of lawsuits. In this case, IDI was su... More...
$0 (02-22-2007 - NY)<a href="http://www.nycourts.gov/ctapps/decisions/nov04/142_185_186kopn.pdf" target="_new">Aldo Rubeis, et al. v. The Aqua Club, Inc., d/b/a V.I.P. Tennis & Beach Club, Ltd., et al.</a>
<P> An employer's liability for an on-the-job injury is generally limited to workers' compensation benefits, but when an employee suffers a "grave injury" the employer also may be liable to third parties for indemnification or contribution. In the three actions before us, we are again asked to define the scope of an enumerated "grave injury" in Workers' Compensation Law § 11--this time "an... More...
$0 (11-30-2004 - NY)<a href="http://www.nycourts.gov/ctapps/decisions/dec04/155opn04.pdf" target="_new">David J. Tonking, et al. v. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, et al.</a>
<P> This case involves a dispute over the scope of an indemnification clause in a renovation contract between the owner of a building and a contractor. The agreement obligated the contractor to indemnify the owner and, among others, the owner's <P>- 2 - No. 155 <P>1Plaintiff obtained summary judgment on his Labor Law § 240 (1) claim against Port Authority and Bovis. Plaintiff received wor... More...
$0 (12-02-2004 - NY)<A href="https://www.tourolaw.edu/2ndCircuit/200301/02-7305.html" Target="_new">Jessica Howard LTD., v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., et al.</a>
Plaintiff-appellant Jessica Howard Ltd. ("Jessica Howard") appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Allen G. Schwartz, J.) holding that the contract damages owed by defendant-appellee Norfolk Southern Railway Co. ("Norfolk Southern"), which has conceded liability for the partial loss of Jessica Howard's shipment of ladies' garments during t... More...
$0 (01-08-2003 - NY)<a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/ny/ctap/I03_0007.htm" target"_new">Pecker Iron Works of New York, Inc. v. Traveler's Insurance Company</a>
This case involves the relative obligations of two liability insurance carriers covering the same risk. The outcome turns on whether the insurance policy in question extends primary or merely excess coverage to "additional insureds." We conclude that the policy provides primary coverage, and therefore affirm the order of the Appellate Division. <P> At the time of the injury giving rise to the pr... More...
$0 (02-13-2003 - NY)<a href="https://www.tourolaw.edu/2ndCircuit/July02/00-7736.html" target="_new">Thomas Baker, et al. v. Health Managment Systems, Inc., et al.</a>
Defendant-appellant Phillip Siegel appeals from an order entered on May 12, 2000 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Richard M. Berman, Judge), granting in part his application for indemnification from defendant-appellee Health Management Systems, Inc. ("HMS") (and other individual defendants), but denying his application for reimbursement of attorneys' fees ... More...
$77000 (07-31-2002 - NY)<a href="https://www.tourolaw.edu/2ndCircuit/January02/00-9553.html" target="_new">Kathleen Gibbs-Alfano and Thomas Alfano v. The Osining Boat & Canoe Club, Inc., et al.</a>
This case presents the thorny issue whether New York and federal law permit town council members to obtain indemnification under a license agreement. They allegedly failed to investigate charges of racial discrimination levied against the town's licensee, a private "boat and canoe" club. Both the council members and the club, separately and without admitting liability, settled the claims against t... More...
$0 (01-31-2002 - NY)<a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/ny/ctap/I02_0051.htm" target"_new">Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. v. Allstate Insurance Company, et al.</a>
Central to this appeal by an insured against its insurers are two important law questions: first, whether the insured (or the insurers) should have the burden of proving that the damage was (or was not) the result of an "accident" or "occurrence" within the meaning of the policies, and second, how any liability should be allocated. This case presents something of a time capsule in that nineteenth ... More...
$0 (05-02-2002 - NY)<a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/ny/ctap/I02_0051.htm" target"_new">Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. v. Allstate Insurance Company, et al.</a>
Central to this appeal by an insured against its insurers are two important law questions: first, whether the insured (or the insurers) should have the burden of proving that the damage was (or was not) the result of an "accident" or "occurrence" within the meaning of the policies, and second, how any liability should be allocated. This case presents something of a time capsule in that nineteenth ... More...
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