Legal Opinion
MVB Collision v. Allstate Insurance
Nassau County District Court
Decided May 5, 2010PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
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Michael A. Ciaffa, J.
Posthearing Decision on Champerty
The court’s prior decisions in this case addressed, at some length, the difficult and complex legal issues presented by defendant’s champerty defense. In its decision dated June 10, 2009 (25 Misc 3d 168 [2009]), the court ruled that it could not determine the validity of the champerty defense without a hearing. A subsequent decision, dated July 16, 2009 (24 Misc 3d 1223[A], 2009 NY Slip Op 51580[U] [2009]), set forth the “burden-shifting protocol” that would be applied at the hearing. The court’s third decision, dated…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc. v. Love Funding Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 2009
- M.V.B. Collision Inc. v. Allstate InsuranceNew York District Court · 2009
3Cited by1 opinion
- M.V.B. Collision, Inc. v. Allstate InsuranceAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 2012