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MSSSV Gets Reimbursed $9,000 After 3 Week First Amendment Trial
We won a defense verdict for the Village of Lloyd Harbor & its officials in a hard-fought 3 week First Amendment retaliation lawsuit. (See Firm News March 2011) Now, Eastern District Judge Kathleen A. Tomlinson has awarded the Village over $9,000, representing its costs in obtaining transcripts of the plaintiff's deposition and trial testimony. The Federal Judge found that the complexity of plaintiff's claims involving seven (7) alleged acts of retaliation over a period of three (3) years required MSSSV to obtain the transcripts and that the plaintiff must reimburse the Village for those costs. Bartels v Village of Lloyd Harbor. Michael A. Miranda tried the case, with able assistance from Kelly C. Spina.[More]

MSSSV Wins Co-Insurance Coverage Dispute
In Philadelphia Insurance Company v. Harleysville, we recently prevailed on a co-insurance dispute after a $350,000 jury verdict was rendered that another insurer refused to share. The other insurer also refused to contribute to any defense-sharing. The other insurer argued that Philadelphia was somehow estopped from claiming its co-insurance rights because it had allowed the matter to go into default as to a co-insured managing agent. In actuality, as we pointed out, the default was originally vacated by the trial court only to be reversed by the Second Department. As such, independent factors caused the default- -not the claims handling of our client. The Court thus applied the co-insurance equivalent shares rule as both insurers had identical “other insurance” clauses. Michael A. Miranda and Anne K. Zangos presented the winning arguments on summary judgment.[More]