Jeffrey L Schulman

July 26, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Jeffrey L. Schulman and Jared Zola, partners at Dickstein Shapiro, review a recent decision where the Court of Appeals held that it need not determine whether cited policy exclusions negated an insurer's duty to indemnify the underlying legal malpractice judgment, because "by breaching its duty to defend, [the insurer] lost its right to rely on these exclusions in litigation over its indemnity obligation."

By Jeffrey L. Schulman and Jared Zola

9 minute read

December 30, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Dickstein Shapiro's Jared Zola, Jeffrey L. Schulman and Andrew N. Bourne review a Southern District case arising out of a tragic crane collapse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in May 2008 that reaffirmed that, absent a showing by the insurer that a construction loss is attributable to the insured builder's negligent work, a "faulty workmanship exclusion" will not bar coverage.

By Jared Zola, Jeffrey L. Schulman and Andrew N. Bourne

6 minute read