Costantino P Suriano

March 13, 2017 | FC&S Insurance

“Undertaking.” What does that mean in the liability trial context? Perhaps most practitioners do not have to worry about the vagaries of the…

By Costantino P. Suriano and Daniel Markewich

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February 28, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Costantino P. Suriano and Daniel Markewich consider a hypothetical lawsuit that a New York liability insurer has defended where the judgment does not exceed the policy limits but the insurer has a sound basis for asserting that part of the judgment is excluded from coverage. Can the insurer obtain a stay of enforcement pending appeal without court order only by filing an undertaking pursuant to CPLR 5519(a)(2) in the full amount of the judgment against the insured, including that portion as to which coverage is disputed?

By Costantino P. Suriano and Daniel Markewich

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January 10, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Costantino P. Suriano and Daniel Markewich discuss the circumstances under which contractual legal fees in a lawsuit brought by a building owner against an insured contractor might be covered under a CGL policy in New York.

By Costantino P. Suriano and Daniel Markewich

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April 30, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Costantino P. Suriano and Frank J. DeAngelis, members of Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass, write that some commentators say that the forum selection clause contained in the Costa Concordia cruise paperwork would not be enforceable because of the gross negligence of the captain, but case law overwhelmingly supports the enforceability of such clauses. In addition, plaintiffs face the prospect of a limitation in the amount that can be recovered in a suit arising out of the Costa Concordia accident, due to the Athens Convention.

By Costantino P. Suriano and Frank J. DeAngelis

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