BMMP's Ingrid Angulo took first place in the St. John's School of Law Dispute Resolution Society's 1L Internal Negotiation Competition. With her teammate Paul Papatoniou, both Class of 2025, Ingrid (second from left) did a great job at this unique dispute resolution forum hosted in affiliation with the Hugh L....
Supreme Court, Richmond County, Dismisses Labor Law Claims Against Homeowner
The personal injury plaintiff, an HVAC contractor, alleged New York Labor Law claims against our client, alleging that a flying object that struck him created strict liability against the defendant homeowners. BMMP's William J. Mitchell filed a Motion to Dismiss the complaint, arguing that the defendant homeowners were exempt from such...
Supreme Court, New York County, Dismisses Claim of the Owner of an Over-Occupied House
On December 21, 2022, Judge Debra James granted our pre-answer motion to dismiss the complaint by a property owner seeking insurance coverage because the property owner over-occupied the subject house. In Xin Wang Chen v. Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Company, et al., BMMP's William J. Mitchell presented undeniable and...
New Jersey’s Supreme Court Upholds Insurer’s Right to Void Policy Based on the Policy’s Anti-Assignment Clause
In Jian Shen v. Hyundai Marine & Fire Ins. Co., BMMP’s William J. Mitchell argued that the insured lost her insurable interest in the property once she conveyed that property to an LLC, even though she controlled the LLC. The Supreme Court of the State of New Jersey denied the plaintiff's petition...