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Jared Zola

Jared Zola

August 12, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Policyholders' Rights to Recover Attorney's Fees From Insurers

Robin L. Cohen, a partner at Dickstein Shapiro, and Jared Zola, an associate at the firm, write that that insurers must abide by their duty of good faith and fair dealing by paying valid claims rather than simply denying them is self-evident. But, they say, a recent Northern District, along with two Court of Appeals decisions, gives some more teeth to that axiom.

By Robin L. Cohen and Jared Zola

10 minute read

March 02, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Court of Appeals Enforces 'Follow Form' Provision of Excess Insurance Policy

Dickstein Shapiro partner Jared Zola discusses how the Court of Appeals' favoring annualized insurance policy limits is a major victory for all policyholders and how the magnitude of a recent ruling could be more profound for an insured facing potential long-tail liabilities with a large insurance program containing many multi-year policies.

By Jared Zola

6 minute read

April 06, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Reexamining Insurance Coverage for Business Interruption

Jared Zola and Andrew N. Bourne of Dickstein Shapiro discuss how the natural disasters in Japan tie in with the recent Park Electrochemical decision and its importance in establishing coverage under a domestic all-risk property policy for an insured's economic loss incurred as a result of its foreign supplier's inability to deliver goods.

By Jared Zola and Andrew N. Bourne

7 minute read