THE MAYERSON FIRM PLLC

While insurance-coverage law has developed into a rarefied specialty practice, lawyers who handle the defense of liability cases cannot punt on considering coverage issues—or they risk malpractice claims by their disgruntled clients. The New York Appellate Division confirmed that defense counsel may face such a claim for failing to investigate the possibility of excess coverage—even where defense counsel has been retained by another insurance company for the benefit of the in