Evan H Krinick

August 21, 2023 | New York Law Journal

During this past term, the Court of Appeals decided a number of important insurance law questions and cases involving insurance carriers that established precedents for insurers and for other parties. The opinions of the court in the four cases discussed here were written by different judges.

By Evan H. Krinick

12 minute read

August 19, 2022 | New York Law Journal

The Court divided in all four of its notable insurance decisions this past term—and Judge Wilson dissented in two of them, both on the policyholder side.

By Evan H. Krinick

11 minute read

November 04, 2021 | New York Law Journal

At around one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the Justice Department had publicly charged close to 500 defendants with criminal offenses based on fraud schemes connected to the pandemic involving attempts to obtain over $569 million from the U.S. government and others. Even now, criminal prosecutions have continued at a seemingly accelerating pace—including throughout New York. Evan H. Krinick and Michael A. Sirignano explore exemplary cases in this edition of their Insurance Fraud column.

By Evan H. Krinick and Michael A. Sirignano

10 minute read

September 02, 2021 | New York Law Journal

In this edition of their Insurance Fraud column, Evan H. Krinick and Michael A. Sirignano discuss 'U.S. v. Rose', in which prosecutors alleged that Anthony Rose, a/k/a "Todd Chambers" and his co-conspirators bribed 911 operators, medical personnel, and police officers for the confidential information of tens of thousands of motor vehicle accident victims.

By Evan H. Krinick and Michael A. Sirignano

8 minute read

August 20, 2021 | New York Law Journal

This article discusses significant insurance-related decisions from this past term, which help steer policyholders, carriers, and the courts themselves in this important area of law.

By Evan H. Krinick

11 minute read

July 01, 2021 | New York Law Journal

As Evan H. Krinick and Michael A. Sirignano discuss in this Insurance Fraud column, fraud with regard to compounded drugs—customized medications that are tailored to the needs of individual patients—and the associated costs to federal health care programs and private insurance plans, remains rampant in New York and across the country.

By Evan H. Krinick and Michael A. Sirignano

9 minute read

May 06, 2021 | New York Law Journal

The focus on COVID-19-related fraud does not mean that local, state and federal authorities in New York will pay any less attention to insurance fraud than they have in the past. Indeed, as Evan Krinick discusses in this edition of his Insurance Fraud column, if recent actions are any indication, government efforts to fight insurance fraud are just as strong now as they were in 2019.

By Evan H. Krinick

9 minute read

March 04, 2021 | New York Law Journal

In this edition of his Insurance Fraud column, Evan H. Krinick writes that this year—and many years to come—undoubtedly will see a remarkably high number of whistleblower lawsuits and government-initiated actions filed under the FCA in an effort to clamp down on fraud and abuse.

By Evan H. Krinick

11 minute read

February 23, 2021 | New York Law Journal

In the last year or so, the Court of Appeals has issued five decisions in commercial cases by a 4-3 vote. In reviewing the identity of the judges on each side in the five cases, trends can be identified.

By Evan H. Krinick and Henry M. Mascia

8 minute read

December 30, 2020 | New York Law Journal

A review of federal, state, and local government actions filed during 2020 reveals that significant fraud against local municipalities, government agencies and departments, and government insurance funds continues, to the detriment of government coffers and, ultimately, of all taxpayers. Evan H. Krinick explores some examples in this edition of his Insurance Fraud column.

By Evan H. Krinick

10 minute read