After an attorney sued her insurance carrier for failing to fully cover damages to her home from Hurricane Sandy, the carrier has been ordered to continue paying for her housing expenses during the litigation.

In Tumelty v. The Chubb Corp., 3207/14 Nassau County Supreme Court Justice Antonio Brandveen said Miriam Tumelty, a solo practitioner, has shown that dropping those benefits while the suit is pending might “result in irreparable harm to the plaintiff and the family.”

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