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| Feeney & Associates, PLLC |
| 503 Route 111 |
| Hauppauge, NY 11788 |
| Tel: (631) 366-3300 |
| Fax: (631) 366-0632 |
| contact@Feeney-Law.com |
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| Travelers v. Ray |
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| (2nd Dept 2008) |
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| Judgment for Petitioner. Supplementary Underinsured Motorist claim of Respondent dismissed, where the aggregate SUM limits were equal to the aggregate limits of the tortfeasor vehicle, resulting in a complete offset from the SUM limits. |
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| Martel v. Chupka |
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| (2nd Dept. 2006) |
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| Judgment for the Defense. Plaintiff's case dismissed pursuant to CPLR 3126 for repeated disregard for discovery demands and court orders. |
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| Continental Insurance v Marshal |
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| (2nd Dept 2004) |
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| Judgment for Plaintiff. Supplementary Underinsured claim of the defendant dismissed, where defendant failed to ascertain the insurance status of the alleged tortfeasor and to notify the carrier of her underinsured claim for approximately 22 months after the accident and more than one year after first being diagnosed with multiple disc herniations and a pinched nerve. |
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| Viggiano v. Encompass Insurance |
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| (2nd Dept 2004) |
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| Judgment for the Defendant. Defendant satisfied its prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law, where plaintiff failed to exercise its independent right to notify Encompass of the accident and failed to prove that the delay in providing notice was reasonable. |
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| Firemen's Insurance v. Sorto |
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| (2nd dept 2003) |
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| Judgment for the Plaintiff. Defendants notice of an uninsured motorist claim six months after the accident was held untimely. |
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| American Casualty Insurance v. Geico |
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| (2nd Dept. 2002) |
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| Judgment for the Plaintiff. Plaintiff proved at trial that the defendant insurance carrier improperly deleted a vehicle from its policy, where the carrier had knowledge that an additional driver on its policy was the owner of that vehicle and failed to notify the additional driver that his vehicle was taken off the policy. |
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| Transportation Insurance v Cafaro |
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| (2nd Dept 2002) |
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| Judgment for the Plaintiff. The Court upheld the denial of coverage by the plaintiff of defendants underinsured motorist claim. Although the denial did not comport with the timely disclaimer requirements of Insurance Law 3420, the court found the insurance law provision inapplicable since the accident occurred in Aruba. |
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| Allstate Insurance v. Moya |
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| (2nd Dept 2001) |
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| Judgment for the Plaintiff. Plaintiff was entitled to discovery prior to being compelled to proceed to arbitration. |
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| Continental Insurance v. Josephson |
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| Judgment for Plaintiff. Petition to stay granted where defendant failed to demonstrate she acted diligently in ascertaining the insurance coverage on the adverse vehicle. |
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| American Casualty Insurance v. Silverman |
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| (2nd Dept. 2000) |
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| Judgment for the Plaintiff. Service of a Petition to Stay arbitration served as timely notice of disclaimer by the company and defendants notice of an underinsurance claim more than 18 months after the accident was untimely. |
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| Transportation Insurance v. Mueller |
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| Judgment for Plaintiff. The offset provision of its underinsured motorist policy was enforceable and the Plaintiff was entitled to a complete offset precluding recover under its policy. |
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| Indemnity Insurance v. Charter Oak |
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| (2nd Dept 1997) |
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| Judgment for Plaintiff. Defendant insurance carrier was equitably estopped from denying coverage where it undertook the defense of the Plaintiff's insured for three years and represented the insured in all pre-trail matters through to certification of the case before it realized that the date of loss was outside its policy period. |
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| Sandstrom v. Selden Fire Dept. |
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| (2nd Dept 1995) |
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| Judgment for the Defendant. Any alleged negligence of defendant in responding to the accident scene was in furtherance of a municipal function and plaintiff failed to prove a special relationship, which is required in order to impose liability on a public entity. |
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