Property Litigation
Our property claims practice often begins shortly after our clients receive claim notification. Often we are retained to interpret policy language or advise as to the extent of the carrier’s coverage responsibilities. Additionally, our clients frequently engage the firm to investigate suspicious or inflated claims. Our first party team has developed a broad range of experience in all facets of claim investigation, from conducting examinations under oath to conducting forensic claim investigations. We are well known throughout the industry as a firm which uses all of the available investigative tools to assess the validity of a claim. Our considerable talents in this area have saved the insurance industry hundreds of millions of dollars over the 40 years of our practice.
Representative Published Cases:
- Grigalba v. Floro – NJ Sup. App. Div. 2013
- Puhlovsky v. Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company, — N.J. Super. – (App. Div. 2012)
- Bello v. Merrimack Mutual Fire Insurance Co., — N.J. Super. – (App Div. 2012)
- Ward v. Merrimack Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 332 N.J.Super. 515, 753 A.2d 1214 (App. Div. 2000) (Ward I)
- Rastelli Bros., Inc. v. Netherlands Ins. Co., 68 F.Supp.2d 451 (D.N.J. 1999) (Rastelli III)
- Rastelli Bros., Inc. v. Netherlands Ins. Co., 68 F.Supp.2d 448 (D.N.J. 1999) (Rastelli II)
- Rastelli Bros., Inc. v. Netherlands Ins. Co., 68 F.Supp.2d 440 (D.N.J. 1999) (Rastelli I)
- Ward v. Merrimack Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 312 N.J.Super. 162, 711 A.2d 394 (App. Div. 1998) (Ward II)
- Braun v. Township of Mantua, 270 N.J.Super. 404, 637 A.2d 238 (Law Div. 1993)
- Elberon Bathing Co., Inc. v. Ambassador Ins. Co., Inc., 77 N.J. 1, 389 A.2d 439, 8 A.L.R.4th 519 (1978)