(February 2024) Tom Sherwood defeated an insured’s breach of policy action, successfully arguing on summary judgment that the subject title policy unambiguously insured only one lot, not two lots as the insured claimed. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed the insured’s action, finding that the policy’s one-time inclusion […]
(January 2024) As co-chair of the Nassau County Bar Association Appellate Practice Committee, Amy Abbandondelo moderated a continuing legal education seminar with Associate Justice Mark C. Dillon of the Appellate Division, Second Department. Justice Dillon provided valuable insight into the Court’s decision-making processes, as well as the court’s substantial delays in hearing and determining appeals that currently […]
(December 2023) Amy Abbandondelo presented a continuing legal education program to the Nassau County Bar Association Real Property Committee on the fundamentals of prosecuting and defending actions seeking the partition of real property, including the newly enacted New York Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act.
(November 2023) Jim Truitt successfully defended against an adversary’s appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from a decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York that granted our client summary judgment dismissing the case against it. In affirming the District Court’s decision, the […]
(November 2023) Amy Abbandondelo successfully argued before the Appellate Division, Second Department, persuading the appellate court to modify the lower court’s decision denying in part our client’s motion to amend its complaint to join an additional defendant and to assert a claim for fraudulent misrepresentation. The Appellate Division held that the proposed fraudulent misrepresentation claim […]
(October 2023) As co-chair of the Nassau County Bar Association Appellate Practice Committee, Amy Abbandondelo moderated a continuing legal education program with Associate Justice Sallie-Manzanet-Daniels of the Appellate Division, First Department. Justice Manzanet-Daniels presented best practices for argument before the First Department.
(July 2023) Robyn Fearon successfully vacated a money judgment that was improperly entered in favor of a landlord upon our client’s default in a landlord/tenant proceeding. The money judgment arose from a settlement agreement executed by a third party who claimed authority to bind our client. Robyn demonstrated that our client did not consent to […]
(July 2023) Having actively served as a member in the New York State Land Title Association’s Law Committee since 2020, Amy Abbandondelo has been promoted to Vice-Chair of the committee.
(June 2023) Jim Truitt and Amy Abbandondelo obtained summary judgment on behalf of a title insurer dismissing an insured’s action alleging breach of the subject title policy. The insured sought coverage for its neighbor’s alleged adverse possession of a 5’ x 15’ portion of the second-floor of the insured’s building, resulting from the neighbor’s predecessor’s […]
(April 2023) Tom Sherwood and Robyn Fearon obtained dismissal of an action that the owner of a commercial condominium unit commenced against our client (the owner of an adjacent commercial condominium unit in the same building) to remove a wall that the sponsor built during the construction of the units. The wall extended into the […]
