In this time of medical and economic uncertainty, one thing is for sure – lawsuits alleging injury and damage from the coronavirus pandemic are inevitable. While the country remains in lockdown – schools and businesses are shut down, employees are working from home and everyone is practicing social distancing and self-quarantine – lawsuits have already

Frank Raia wrote an article entitled “Play Ball!” for Best’s Review, A.M. Best’s monthly insurance magazine. Frank discusses the challenge that colleges and universities face defending a lawsuit when a student gets injured participating in a school-sanctioned sports activity.

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Stuart Gordon and Frank Izzo have authored an article, “Transgender Woman’s Employment Discrimination Judgment Was Nondischargeable, New York Bankruptcy Court Decides,” for Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law.

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Eric Strober’s article, “Insurers and Defendants Take Note: There Has Been a Monumental Change to Negligence Litigation in New York” was published in the Eye of the Experts column in FC&S Legal.

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Brian Feld’s article, “Mutation and Evolution: The Effect of the BAP1 Gene on Asbestos Litigation,” appeared in the December 29, 2017, newsletter of DRI’s Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Committee.

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Daniel Furshpan’s article, “How to Successfully Impeach a Witness with Deposition Testimony,” appeared in the September 25, 2017, issue of Trials and Tribulations, the newsletter of DRI’s Trial Tactics Committee.

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Preparing for and delivering a winning oral argument is a skill innate to some, but to most others, it is honed by years of practice and experience. Whether arguing an appeal or motion for summary judgment in a lower court setting, this guideline is intended to provide young lawyers with basic rules for effective and

The U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon has ruled that a pollution exclusion in a commercial general liability insurance policy excluded coverage for claims arising from alleged carbon monoxide poisoning.

The Case

Plaintiffs sued Victory Construction LLC, d/b/a Premier Pools and Spas of Oregon, alleging negligence in the installation and ventilation of a

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has affirmed a decision by a federal district court in Illinois that the “your work” exclusion in a commercial general liability insurance policy precluded coverage for a lawsuit against the insured subcontractor stemming from its allegedly defective installation of windows.

The Case

Metro North Condominium Association

First Department Holds that Worker Is Entitled to Partial Summary Judgment under Labor Law § 240(1) For Injuries Sustained in Fall from Prime Mover

In Somereve v. Plaza Constr. Corp., 2016 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 1231 (1st Dep’t 2016), plaintiff was injured when operating a prime mover to hoist a load of bricks onto a