Member Glenn A. Jacobson, as President of the Jewish Lawyers Guild, hosted the thirty-fifth annual Jewish Lawyers Guild Annual Dinner, held on March 31st at the New York Hilton. At the event, attended by over 900 members of the Bench and Bar, the Guild presented its Golda Meir Memorial Award to the Honorable Ann Pfau,…

We are pleased to announce that the Texas Department of Insurance has approved Abrams, Gorelick as a continuing education provider for insurance agents and adjusters. We have always provided educational instruction for our clients on useful and relevant topics, and will continue to do so with the added benefit that many of these presentations will…

Jules v. Polny Restaurant Corp. d/b/a Sophie’s and Brandt Collins, Supreme Court, Kings County, No. 32067/07, January 14, 2001 Abrams Gorelick member Irwin D. Miller recently obtained a defense verdict in a personal injury action arising out of an altercation between two patrons of a defendant restaurant. The client ejected the plaintiff from its premises…

Edge Capital IV, LLC v. USAA Casualty Insurance Company, Supreme Court, Nassau County, April 6, 2011 In a Short Form Order, dated April 6, 2011, the Honorable Thomas Adams, AJSC, dismissed a breach of contract Complaint against the defendant insurer based upon undisputed documentary evidence. Abrams Gorelick member Michael E. Gorelick and associate Thomas R.…

Abrams Gorelick partners Michael Gorelick and Glenn Jacobson have again been named as N.Y. Metro Area “Super Lawyers”, and Steven DiSiervi and Alexandra Rigney have been named as “Rising Stars” for 2014 by Super Lawyers Magazine.

Astoria Island Restaurant Corp. v. QBE Insurance Corp., 36-02 35th Avenue Development, LLC, and 42-18 Development, LLC, Index No. 15607/2010 (Sup.Ct. Queens Cty. 2014) In a seven-page decision, the Hon. Sidney F. Strauss held that Plaintiff’s claims against its Commercial Property insurer were barred by multiple policy exclusions. Tenant Insured brought suit against its Insurer…

Virgil Alessi v. G-Squared R.E., Inc., et al., Supreme Court, New York County, March 2, 2011 Dismissing a slip-and-fall Complaint by a patron of the Ritz Bar & Lounge against its operators, Justice Milton A. Tingling recently granted Abrams Gorelick clients’ Motion for Summary Judgment. Plaintiff generally claimed that he had slipped on some unidentified…

Abrams Gorelick partners Glenn A. Jacobson and Gabrielle Puchalsky were featured in a recent article published in Law360 which discussed current issues in first party coverage litigation arising out of Superstorm Sandy. Jacobson and Puchalsky commented upon the recent decision in Wakefern v. Lexington Ins. Co., in which a New Jersey court held that a…

Sturm v. Myrtle Catalpa, LLC, et al., Index No. 1433/2013 (Sup.Ct. Queens Cty. 2014) The Honorable Sidney F. Strauss granted summary judgment dismissing the Complaint as to all defendants in a personal injury action concerning a trip and fall accident. Defendants met a difficult burden of demonstrating that the alleged sidewalk defect was trivial as…

Hanover Insurance Company a/s/o Louis Glick & Company v. David Andrew Krivine and Ofer Mimouni, Supreme Court New York County, August 11, 2010 Following a seven-day trial, a jury returned a verdict in favor of Abrams Gorelick client Hanover Insurance Company, awarding it ownership of a diamond that had been reported lost by a policy…