WFKC in the News
The firm of Wilkofsky, Friedman, Karel & Cummins has received press and accolades for our decisions, victories
and how we have helped our clients through the years. Click below for some of our noteworthy
accomplishments.
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Jonathan
Wilkofsky receives Paul L. Cordish Writing Award from NAPIA as author of The
Law and Procedure of Insurance Appraisal
Interview
with Jonathan J. Wilkofsky, ESQ.
Executive Director, NY Public Adjusters Association(NYPAA)
Managing Partner, Wilkofsky, Friedman, Karel & Cummins
Fury
at "CON"tractor - NY Post article December 21, 2001
New
York Jury Verdict Reporter - December 5,2001. Property Damage - Water from
sprinklers set off by fire in loft apartment building causes damage to Artwork
and Furnishings.
Scottsdale
Insurance Company has just settled a water damage claim for $2.5 million
dollars immediately after several of its employees testified under oath of the
existence of a bonus program by which company employees received monetary
rewards for keeping claim payments to a pre-determined amount.
Baruch
Fekete v. GA Insurance Company, Supreme Court, Kings County. After four
hours of deliberation a Brooklyn, New York jury awarded the full amount of
Plaintiff’s building claim, demolition and debris removal claim, and twelve
months of lost rents for a building collapse due to hidden damages caused by
termites.
Testimony
of Jonathan Wilkofsky to the N.Y. State Assembly Insurance Committee at a
hearing on the implications of the September 11, 2001 tragedy on the insurance
industry
Letter
to Jonathan Wilkofsky re: Stabroek Market of Georgetown Inc.
Insurance
Case — Denial of Claim after Burglary — Verdict for Plaintiff
- Verdict: $824,000 plus approximately $400,000 in interest Jury: all female. A
post-trial motion Is pending.
A Kings County, New
York jury awarded Goldex, Ltd. $1.2 million on June 3, 1999 after only 30
minutes of deliberations. The award was almost $100,000 more than the plaintiff
had claimed at the beginning of the trial.
A Brooklyn, New York
jury determined that Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and one of its agents,
Salvatore Rizzo, had forged its customers handwriting and signatures on several
insurance applications only to later deny a claim for the full policy limit when
the building burned down.
New
York Judge: Insurer Must Pay Real Estate Firm $10 Million For Roof Damage-
Mealy's Insurance Law Weekly, March 16, 1998
Insurer
seeks declatory judgment for refusal to pay claim for property damage - The New York Jury Verdict Reporter, February 23, 1998
Building
Owner Entitled To Coverage For Asbestos Damage - Mealy's Litigation Report,
February 3, 1998
Gas
Explosion at Waste Recycling Station — Improperly Installed and maintained
pipeline was source of gas leak - The New York Jury Verdict Reporter,
February 2, 1998
Insurer
Liable For $10 Million For Asbestos, Gradual Seepage Theory Rejected by Trial
Judge- New york Law Journal, January, 30 1998
Judge
Rejects Insurer Version Of Building Roof Collapse Based On Smell Of Water; Calls
Suit Almost ‘Frivolous’- Insurance Advocate, January 24, 1998
Revive
bill that would give claimants a fair shot, The Saratogian, August 24,1997
Are
we really insured? Nassau Community Newspaper Group, August 21, 1997
Insurance
bill wrongly held back, Poughkeepsie Journal, August 19, 1997
Insurance
Bill Killed by Joseph Bruno, The Crain's Insider, August 12,1997
The
Week That Was, Insurance Bill Held Back by Joseph Bruno - The Post Standard, August 9, 1997
Insurance
companies would have to pay if claims unjustly denied, Herald Journal, August 6,
1997
Consumer
Advocates Attack Weaker Bill, The Post Standard, August 6,1997
AIA
Hits N.Y. Unfair Claims Settlement Bill, National Underwriter, August 4, 1997
Bruno
offers own insurance bill, Times Union, August 2, 1997
Politics
thwarting help for real folks, Observer Dispatch, July 29, 1997
The
great gold rush on State Street, Times Union, July 29, 1997
Bossism
bottles up insurance bill, The Reporter Dispatch, July 23, 1997
Not
what it seems - Albany Hall of Mirrors - Citizens Against Unfair Insurance
Practices formed - Daily News, July 20, 1997
Covering
claims, Daily Freeman, July 15, 1997
Insurance
bill deserves passage, The Daily Gazette, July 12, 1997
Two
N.Y. Consumer Groups Charge Sen. Bruno Bias, Political Payoffs, Insurance
Advocate, July 12, 1997
Angry
homeowners blast Bruno for stand against insurance bill, Democrat and Chronicle,
July 8, 1997
Critics
attack Bruno over insurance bill, The Daily Gazette, July 8, 1997
Bruno
criticized on insurance lawsuit bill, Gannett News Service, July 7, 1997
Group
claims majority leader protecting insurance industry, The Recorder, July 6, 1997
Senate
action awaited on insurance bill, The Legislative Gazette, June 16, 1997
Insurance
reform bill in jeopardy, State, June 11, 1997
State
senator renews push for insurance legislation, The Reporter Dispatch, May 24,
1997
Feldman,
DeFrancisco push bill to require policy payoffs, The Legislative Gazette, May
12, 1997
Bill
would encourage insurance carriers to settle in good faith, Associated Press,
May 7,1997
Insurer
Lawsuit Bill Gets Support, The Post Standard, May 7, 1997
Tougher
insurer rules sought, Capital Region, May 7, 1997
Bill
would help consumers with insurer lawsuits, The Reporter District, May 30, 1996
Denial
of claims spurs bill for tougher controls, Time Union, May 26, 1996
Assembly
Passes Bill To Give Policyholders Direct Suit Access For Claims, Insurance
Advocate, May 11, 1996
He's
taking on the insurance industry, Herald Journal Metro, April 12, 1996
Information
to contact Citizens Against Unfair Insurance Practice, Gannett Suburban
Newspapers, March 26, 1996
Fallout
from fire leads to creation of lobbying group to challenge insurance, Gannet
Suburban Newspapers, March 24, 1996
Baldswinsville
couple's lawsuit leads to offer for settling claim,Syracuse Herald American,
October 3, 1993
Court
awards attorney's fees in insurance deception case, New York Law Journal,
October 6, 1992
Insurers
lose court decision in fire dispute, The Daily News, October 3, 1992
An
insurer already assessed $150,000 in punitive damages...., New York Law Journal,
January 21, 1992
Jury
hurts Nationwide's in B'ville, Syracuse Herald Journal, November 29, 1991
Insurer
ordered to pay punitive damages, Gannett Suburban Newspaper, November 26, 1991
Punitive
Damages awarded against home insurer in New York,The Wall Street Journal,
November 26, 1991
Family
claims it was burned by insurance Nationwide faces several complaints, Syracuse
Herald Journal, July 30, 1991
Federal
Judge Allows Punitive Damage Suit On Claims Practices To Go Forward, Insurance
Advocate, January 5, 1991