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April 30, 2002
New York - April 30 - A federal judge in New York has denied UnumProvident Corp.'s request to dismiss a lawsuit that alleges the company gave employees financial incentives to deny claims and seeks to…
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December 10, 2001
In what may amount to a David-and-Goliath type fight, some restaurant operators claim they lost business because of terrorist attacks and want insurance companies to pay up.Feeling betrayed by their insurance…
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November 12, 2001
David Sutton is tired of waiting for his insurance check to arrive. It’s been eight weeks since he hired an insurance adjuster to handle the claim for his lingerie store, New York Stocking Exchange,…
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October 11, 2001
Earlier this year, when the New York State Department of Insurance rolled out its new Emergency Insurance Operation Center, no one could have known how soon and how severely the department would be tested.The…
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September 26, 2001
In a ruling that contradicts a previous state court decision and may affect several pending lawsuits totaling almost $75 million in alleged damages, an Eastern District judge has dismissed a claim brought…
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September 21, 2001
As workers continue to disentangle a vast web of fallen steel and rubble, the insurance industry itself this week prepared to grapple with the impact of an unprecedented human and financial disaster from…
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September 19, 2001
Surrogate judges in Nassau and Suffolk have set up streamlined procedures for the handling of estates left by victims of the World Trade Center attack, even in cases where death certificates may be impossible…
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September 05, 2001
But as one political insider stated, "[r]unning against Dillon is like running against God," and Democratic hopeful Charles Ferzola, a former assistant district attorney in Mr. Dillon’s…
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August 06, 2001
Several months after 50-year old anesthesiologist Sidney A. Smith suffered a severe hand injury in October 1996, it became obvious, he says, that he could no longer place arterial lines, perform lumbar…
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January 29, 2001
MINEOLA -- Nassau County Court Judge Abbey L. Boklan did not mince words earlier this month when she threw out a larceny conviction due to ineffective counsel rendered to a man charged with insurance fraud.…
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September 01, 2000
Created to protect pension funds from unscrupulous employers, ERISA is a federal law that has become a favorite strategic weapon in the battle by insurance companies to deny policyholder claims. …
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March 22, 2000
NEW YORK trial lawyers are looking to a case involving a little more than $11,000 in sanctions to give them new leverage in dealing with a hard-nosed insurance giant, Allstate Insurance Co.But defense…
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February 04, 2000
Legal BriefsThe Garden City law firm of Quadrino & Schwartz has won a tax dispute between its client, Barclay Townhouse and the Town of Hempstead. Barclay Townhouse will no longer have to pay…
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November 15, 1999
Some insurers are denying coverage under long-term-disability policies on the basis of a Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE) conducted by physical therapists.FCE tests are designed to simulate the demands…
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