Appellate Advocacy

The Firm has handled appeals in each of its areas of practice-defense, coverage and subrogation and has amassedvolumes of appellate victories in the Court of Appeals as well as the Appellate Departments throughout New York state in each of these areas with over 50 decisions reported in various legal publications. The Firm offers quality appellate advocacy litigation services on matters requiring review beyond the trial courts and our attorneys have significant experience in analyzing cases to select the most promising issues for presentation on appeal.

The following is a partial list of reported appeals:

• Badillo v. Tower Insurance Co. of N.Y., 92 N.Y. 2d 790, 689 N.Y.S. 2d 363 (Court of Appeals, 1999);
  
  
• Saleh v. 5th Ave. Kings Fruit & Vegetables Corp., 92 A.D3d 749, 939 N.Y.S.2d 102 (2d Dep't 2012).
  
  
• Diamond State Insurance Company a/s/o Gentry Apartments v. Utica First Insurance Company, 67 A.D. 3d 613 (1st Dep't 2009)
  
  
• Tower Insurance Company a/s/o Natalie Soleymanzadeh v. Robert Murello, 68 A.D. 3d 977 (2nd Dep't 2009)
  
  
• Marietta Quarless v. Allegra French Dengler, 48 A.D. 3d 438, 851 N.Y.S. 2d 620, (2nd Dep't 2008)
  
  
• Tower Insurance Company of New York v. Old Northern Blvd. Restaurant Corp., 245 A.D. 2d 241, 666 N.Y.S. 2d 636 (1st Dep't 1997)
  
  
• Susan Silver v. Quality Taste Restaurant, Inc., 11 A.D. 3d 239 (1st Dep't 2004)
  
  
• Alicia Campis Dominguez v. Ronald DiMasi, 15 A.D. 3d 527, 789 N.Y.S. 2d 898 (2nd Dept' 2005)
  
  
• Johnny Parsuram v. I.T.C. Bargain Stores, Inc., 16 A.D. 3d 471, 791 N.Y.S. 2d 616 (2nd Dep't 2005)
  
  
• Kenneth Williams v. ATA Housing Corp., 19 A.D. 3d 406, 796 N.Y.S. 2d 128 (2nd Dep't 2005)
  
  
• Prospero Cueller v. Betanes Food Corp., 24 A.D. 3d 201, 806 N.Y.S. 2d 25 (1st Dep't 2005)
  
  
• Samuel Boateng v. Four Plus Corporation, 22 A.D. 3d 323, 802 N.Y.S. 2d 418 (1st Dep't 2005)
  
  
• Verizon New York, Inc. v. Reckson Associates Realty Corp., 19 A.D. 3d 291 (1st Dep't 2005)
  
  
• Mohammed Hannan v. S&G, LLC, 27 A.D. 3d 619, 811 N.Y.S. 2d 445 (2nd Dep't 2006)
  
  
• Etya Resina v. House of Jeans, 232 A.D. 2d 619 (2nd Dep't 1996)
  
  
• Ray Hindin v. Dean Maffei, 251 A.D. 2d 545, 674 N.Y.S. 2d 731 (2nd Dep't 1998)
  
  
• Arelis Tosov v. C&B Venture Corp., 261 A.D. 2d 535, 690 N.Y.S. 2d 627 (2nd Dep't 1999)
  
  
• Gloria Gaynor v. City of New York, 259 A.D. 2d 733, 687 N.Y.S 2d 421 (2nd Dep't 1999)
  
  
• Marie Castellana v. Stad Meat Corp., 257 A.D. 2d 642 (2nd Dep't 1999)
  
  
• Angie Cioffredi v. P.T. Karikas Corp. d/b/a Great Bay Diner, 273 A.D. 2d 267 (2nd Dep't 2000)
  
  
• Carmen P. Ortiz v. City of New York, 271 A.D. 2d 419, 707 N.Y.S. 2d 837 (2nd Dep't 2000)
  
  
• Roseanne Lotito v. General Mills Restaurants, Inc., 272 A.D. 2d 300, 707 N.Y.S. 2d 877 (2nd Dep't 2000)
  
  
• Farmview Realty Corp. v. Tower Insurance Company of New York, 289 A.D. 2d 284, 734 N.Y.S. 2d 592 (2nd Dep't 2001)
  
  
• Gloria Cantalupo v. John Anthony's Water Café, Inc., 281 A.D. 2d 382, 721 N.Y.S. 2d 397 (2nd Dep't 2001)
  
  
• Juana Montejo v. Espinal Grocery, 286 A.D. 426, 729 N.Y.S. 2d 901 (2nd Dep't 2001)
  
  
• Shawna Perez Roman v. Fundex Capital Corporation, 289 A.D. 2d 464, 735 N.Y.S 2d 410 (2nd Dep't 2001)
  
  
• Irina Belotserkovskaya v. Café "Natalie", 300 A.D. 2d 521, 752 N.Y.S. 2d 554 (2nd Dep't 2002)
  
  
• Ioannis Belessis v. Broadway Corner, Inc., 307 A.D. 2d 245, 762 N.Y.S 2d 277 (2nd Dep't 2003)
  
  
• Kim West v. Bernardo DeJesus, 306 A.D. 2d 402, 760 N.Y.S. 2d 885 (2nd Dep't 2003)
  
  
• Linda Testagrosa v. Brookwood Communities, Inc., 307 A.D. 2d 921 (2nd Dep't 2003)
  
  
• Cynthia J. Price v. County of Suffolk, 13 A.D. 3d 509, 787 N.Y.S. 2d 106 (2nd Dep't 2004)
  
  
• John Ortiz v. Steven Smith, 8 A.D. 3d 250, 777 N.Y.S. 2d 654 (2nd Dep't 2004)
  
  
• Matthew Tsavalos v. N.P.E. Restaurant Corp., 8 A.D. 3d 472, 778 N.Y.S. 2d 292, (2nd Dep't 2004)