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Month: August 2024

BofA Hit With Suit Alleging ‘Exploitative’ Trust Insurance Costs

Posted on August 29, 2024

August 29, 2024 By Ganesh Setty, Law360   Stephen Rosenthal, an attorney representing Weinraub, told Law360 by email that Bank of America overcharged the trust of which Weinraub is a beneficiary by vastly overpaying for property insurance on the house his father left in the trust. Because the bank bought insurance through a “master trust […]

Podhurst Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers 2025

Posted on August 19, 2024

August 15, 2024 Best Lawyers®, a nationally acclaimed peer review for top law professionals, has recognized seven Podhurst Orseck attorneys as ‘Best Lawyer’s for the 2025 edition. From aviation law and appellate to personal injury and commercial litigation, learn more about the recognized lawyers and their practice areas here. Those Recognized: Robert C. Josefsberg Bet-the-Company […]

Judge Rules Against Insurer in $127M Suit Over Aircraft ‘Theft’

Posted on August 13, 2024

August 13, 2024 By: Lisa Willis, Daily Business Review While not associated with this case, Miami attorney Pablo Rojas is on the legal team from Podhurst Orseck in Miami, counsel for Miami-based Carlyle Aviation Partners in their Florida lawsuit against various aviation insurers over unpaid claims for aircraft lost as a result of Russia’s invasion […]

Judge Rules Against Insurers In Suit Over Aircraft Leased To Russia Airlines

Posted on August 12, 2024

August 12, 2024 A California judge denied insurers’ motion for summary judgment in insureds’ lawsuit seeking coverage for its $127,810,258.48 in losses arising from aircraft that was leased to Russian airlines and not returned following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, concluding that the insurers have failed to demonstrate that the insureds did not suffer a physical […]

Mrs. Robinson and the Struggle to Establish Personal Jurisdiction Over Nonresident Product Manufacturers

Posted on August 07, 2024

by Stephen F. Rosenthal and Christina H. Martinez, Previously Published in the FJA Journal: July/August 2024 Issue The authors of Robinson Helicopter Co., Inc. v. Gangapersaud, 346 So. 3d 134 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2022), may have been listening to Simon & Garfunkel’s “Mrs. Robinson” as they wrote, since “[e]very way you look at this, you […]