Legal Alerts

Hurwitz Fine Insurance Coverage Member Dan D. Kohane and Associate Ryan P. Maxwell authored an article for NYIA in the Q1 2023 edition of the Your NY Connection magazine, “Calling Balls and Strikes, In Lawyerly Fights.”

Hurwitz Fine Insurance Coverage Member Dan D. Kohane authored an article on March 28, 2023 in Law360’s Expert Analysis section titled “NY Rulings Show Shift In Insurance Priority Approach.” 

Hurwitz Fine Commercial Real Estate and Economic Development Attorney Evan Y. Bussiere was quoted in the 3/10/23 Business First cover story, "Where the C-Suite Calls Home." In the article, Evan discusses factors that come into play when a company maintains a corporate headquarters in Western New York. 

Hurwitz Fine is proud to announce that it has two finalists for the 2023 ATHENA Awards®, President/Managing Partner Jody E. Briandi and Member Anastasia M. McCarthy.

Hurwitz Fine Litigation Chair Michael F. Perley has been named a Fellow of The New York Bar Foundation.

The bill was delivered to the Governor at the very end of 2022, and expired on January 30, 2023, without the Governor signing the bill into law. 

Hurwitz Fine Member V. Christopher Potenza was elected to the Harmonie Group Board of Directors. The Harmonie Group is an an-invitation-only international network of law firms, vetted for their standards, ethics and values in handling complex litigation for corporations, third party administrators and insurance companies. 

Kaitlin A. Sines has joined Hurwitz Fine P.C. in the firm’s Buffalo office, focusing her practice on automobile liability and asbestos defense. She is experienced in many areas of personal injury, including automobile and trucking litigation, premises liability, products liability, and labor and employment disputes. 

Hurwitz Fine Insurance Coverage Member Brian D. Barnas received the New York State Bar Association's Sheldon Hurwitz Young Lawyer award. Presented by the Torts, Insurance, and Compensation Law Section, this award recognizes an attorney's outstanding contributions to the practice of law in the field of insurance and will be presented at the association’s annual meeting in New York.

Hurwitz Fine President/Managing Partner Jody E. Briandi was elected to the WNY Women’s Foundation Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2023, for a three-year term.

Hurwitz Fine has welcomed three associates who were all admitted to the bar on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, and will be joining the firm’s Insurance Coverage and General Litigation teams! All three of the individuals have spent the last several months at the firm as associates-pending-admission, and we are excited to officially welcome them as attorneys!

Hurwitz Fine President/Managing Partner Jody Briandi sat down with several other WNY women lawyers at the Buffalo Business First Table of Experts "Women in Law" panel.

2022 was an exciting year for Hurwitz Fine! We celebrated 45 years—our sapphire anniversary— with a new name and tagline, a new look and new practice areas. We continue to look toward the future with the evolution of our name and visual identity and provide innovative solutions to our clients. We are so proud of what we have accomplished thanks to our attorneys, staff, colleagues and clients!

On December 16, 2022, New York State amended New York Labor Law Section 201 to require employers to make mandatory workplace postings available to applicants and employees electronically. This means that in addition to posting physical notices, digital versions of the federal and state notices must also be made available through the employer’s website or by email.

Each December, Hurwitz Fine's Safety & Wellness Committee partners with a local organization to host our annual Adopt-a-Family Drive. This year, we partnered with WNY Heroes, a veterans' assistance organization, to bring some holiday cheer to two local, in-need families. 

On December 16, 2022, Hurwitz Fine attorneys Scott D. Kagan and V. Christopher Potenza were published in the New York State Bar Association's Torts, Insurance & Compensation Law Section Journal for their comprehensive article, “The Ups and Downs of Elevator and Escalator Litigation.”

Elizabeth G. Adymy and V. Christopher Potenza were published in Law360 on December 9, 2022 for their expert analysis article on "NY Panel's COVID Nursing Home Case Order Spurs Questions."

A defense verdict was obtained by Hurwitz Fine Member David R. Adams for a general contractor and masonry contractor in a three-week unified jury trial. The case involved an accident at a construction site with allegations of negligence and violations of New York Labor Law § 241(6) and § 200. The importance of this victory is that this statute is considered, in many cases, to establish close to strict liability in construction accidents against the contractor and subcontractors. 

On November 24, 2022, New York’s Adult Survivors Act’s one-year lookback window opened for individuals who were sexually assaulted as adults to file claims against their abusers, even if the statute of limitations has already expired.  Businesses must be proactive in preventing future abuse claims, and assessing and investigating potential past liability.