Web Changes

This is where we'll announce the most recent additions to our web site. If you've visited us before and want to know what's changed, take a look here first.

Media Coverage of Wilkofsky, Friedman, Karel & Cummins and our activities.

• Jonathan Wilkofsky receives Paul L. Cordish Writing Award from NAPIA as author of The Law and Procedure of Insurance Appraisal
• Interview
  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- MEALEY’S INSURANCE LAW WEEKLY, March 16, 1998
• INSURANCE CLAIM — INSURER SEEKS DECLARATORY JUDGMENT FOR REFUSAL TO PAY CLAIM FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE - AWARD ON COUNTERCLAIM FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT - The New York Jury Verdict Reporter, February 23, 1998
• Building Owner Entitled To Coverage For Asbestos Damage - MEALEY’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, The Crain's Insider, August 12,1997
• The Week That Was, 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, 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

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