Insurance

Representative Experience

• Represents an excess insurer in the bankruptcy confirmation hearing involving more than 80,000 sexual abuse claims against the Boy Scouts of America.
• Representing an excess insurer in New York Supreme Court on insurance coverage claims by the National Football League arising from the MDL Class Action concussion litigation settlement. 
• Serving as lead counsel to a major property and casualty insurer in successfully rescinding a commercial property policy based on misrepresentation.
• Serving as lead trial and appellate counsel for a specialty insurer in successfully defending a multi-million dollar additional insured claim. 
• Obtaining judgment in favor of an errors & omissions insurer finding no coverage for mortgage broker’s fraudulent conduct.
• Defending a domestic insurer in six-week London Market arbitration regarding insurance coverage for pharmaceutical product liability lawsuits.
• Representing insurers in environmental coverage litigation arising from the cleanup of the Lower Passaic River Basin. 
• Representing a Korean insurer in coverage litigation in the District of New Jersey arising out of a self-start microwave oven MDL in Michigan against General Electric Company. 
• Representing a domestic insurer in the Superior Court of Connecticut arising out of myriad claims against the manufacturer of OxyContin®.
• Representing insurers in a multi-million dollar four-month trial involving claims for coverage arising from asbestos respirator claims. 
• Representing an insurer in pharmaceutical antitrust litigation.
• Representing insurers through trial involving a large tile flooring manufacturer and underlying asbestos claims. 
• Obtaining denial of class certification and summary judgment in favor of a title insurer alleged to have improperly denied coverage for a property condition. 
• Representing insurers in the asbestos federal class action Georgine v. Amchem Products, and collateral litigation for more than 10 years. 
• Representing many of the largest domestic annuity issuers in litigation across the country in trial court and appellate proceedings involving the opposition to attempted transfers of structured settlement payment rights.
• Representing a ceding company in litigation in the District of New Jersey and the Third Circuit on a reinsurance treaty wording dispute. 
• Representing a leading insurer in coverage litigation with a quasi-governmental entity in the Eastern District of New York involving more than $130 million in environmental and bodily injury liabilities. 
• Representing an insurer in litigation with the world’s largest agricultural chemical producer in connection with a $105 million settlement related to alleged water contamination from its herbicide.
• Representing an insurer in litigation with a Fortune 100 manufacturing company seeking coverage for asbestos liabilities. 
• Obtaining summary judgment for an insurer in an additional insured dispute, affirmed by the New Jersey Appellate Division. 
• Serving as lead counsel to a specialty insurer in liability transfer agreement litigation addressing environmental remediation in excess of $20 million.
• Obtaining the dismissal, in favor of arbitration, of an order to show cause against a home warranty insurer. 
• Representing a domestic insurer in federal court regarding the scope of liability coverage for claims in 38 states against a national trucking company.
• Representing a surplus lines broker in an arbitration brought by an insurer seeking contribution for the insurer’s settlement of a bad faith claim under a vacant building policy. 
• Regularly counseling insurers on claims arising from construction defects and construction accidents, including requests for additional insured status and contractual indemnification. 
• Representing several insurers in coverage litigation brought by a Fortune 10 oil company seeking coverage for asbestos bodily injury claims. 
• Successfully arguing the expected or intended exclusion for workplace intentional tort claims. 
• Obtaining summary judgment for an auto insurer, affirmed by the New Jersey Appellate Division, recognizing a limitation on the “permissive use” doctrine. 
• Representing an excess insurer in an environmental coverage trial resulting in a jury verdict for the insurers affirmed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. 
• Advising numerous domestic life insurers with respect to regulations governing cross-border product issuance and sales to foreign nationals. 
• Representing European insurers in coverage and bad faith claims, resulting in a defense verdict after a two-week jury trial. 
• Obtaining summary judgment in favor of an insurance broker alleged to have secured improper and insufficient insurance on behalf of its client. 
• Representing insurers in silicone breast implant, tobacco, latex, and vaccine preservative claims. 
• Representing an insurer and acting as liaison counsel in an $850 Million asbestos dispute in New York. 
• Served as trial counsel for an excess insurer in the month-long bankruptcy confirmation hearing involving some 80,000 sexual abuse claims against the Boy Scouts of America.