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MECHANIC'S LIENS - WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT
Gerald and Stuart Zisholtz provide a simplistic overview of the New York lien law in the fourth edition of "Mechanic's Liens - What's it All About". Please click the link below to read this enlightening and easy to understand pamphlet. For a hard copy of this pamphlet, please contact Zisholtz & Zisholtz.
KEY COURT OF APPEALS DECISION
American Building Supply Corporation v. Petrocelli Group, Inc.
Stuart Zisholtz argued in the New York Court of Appeals. The decision changed the law in finding that insurance brokers have a duty to the insured to provide proper insurance when specifically demanded.
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