Robert D Chesler

Robert D Chesler

January 23, 2020 | New Jersey Law Journal

Courts Reaffirm Pro-Policyholder Insurance Principles in 2019

Fundamental rules of New Jersey insurance law construction should be at the heart of every insurance coverage case, as demonstrated by the four leading cases construing New Jersey insurance law in 2019.

By Robert D. Chesler and Nicholas M. Insua

7 minute read

July 05, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

Insurance Coverage in the Wake of NJ's Extended Statute of Limitations for Child Sex Abuse

Companies must prepare to find their insurance policies and pursue their coverage claims.

By Robert D. Chesler and Pamela D. Hans

7 minute read

August 27, 2018 | FC&S Insurance

Gulf Increases Between NY and NJ Insurance Coverage Law

In the space of three months, the highest courts of New York and New Jersey took diametrically and dispositively opposed positions with respect to a critical…

By Robert D. Chesler

8 minute read

August 23, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal

Gulf Increases Between NY and NJ Insurance Coverage Law

The 'Honeywell' and 'Keyspan' decisions starkly demonstrate the fundamental difference in insurance philosophy between the two states.

By Robert D. Chesler

8 minute read

April 09, 2018 | FC&S Insurance

Insurance Broker Liability: A Tale of Two States

New York and New Jersey courts have adopted radically different approaches to the liability of insurance brokers to their customers. In New York, a broker…

By Robert D. Chesler and Carrie Maylor DiCanio

5 minute read

April 05, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Insurance Broker Liability: A Tale of Two States

New York and New Jersey courts have adopted radically different approaches to the liability of insurance brokers to their customers.

By Robert D. Chesler and Carrie Maylor DiCanio

5 minute read

November 06, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Insurance Coverage for Opioid Litigation

The State of New Jersey and the City of Newark have joined the long and growing list of states, counties, municipalities and Indian Nations that are suing pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors as a result of the opioid epidemic.

By Robert D. Chesler

19 minute read

August 14, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Chipping Away at the Insurance Bedrock

Insurance companies are attempting to chip away at an edifice that has stood without judicial challenge for over 50 years: that insurance polices are contracts of adhesion.

By Robert D. Chesler

16 minute read

February 15, 2017 | Legaltech News

Inside the Current 'Wild West' of Cyber Insurance Coverage

Data breaches seem to have become a routine risk for most companies, but finding the correct insurance coverage is anything but routine.

By Robert D. Chesler, Anderson Kill and Marc D. Schein, Marsh & McLennan

12 minute read

November 28, 2016 | New Jersey Law Journal

Major Developments in 2016 to NJ Insurance Coverage Law

An overview of recent insurance decisions that represent major changes in or clarifications to the law which affect every practitioner.

By Robert D. Chesler and Christina Yousef

19 minute read