Led by Attorney Gregory S. Peterson, our firm is sensitive to the rigidity of the legal services marketplace and puts forward new, creative ways to help our clients succeed and reap the benefits afforded them under the law.
Successfully filed an action to compel appraisal after the homeowner elected to go to appraisal under the homeowners’ insurance policy and the insurer refused.
Represented and settled a homeowner's insurance case where we alleged that an insurance company refused to pay an appraisal award after the homeowner demanded appraisal and an award was reached by the umpire, resulting in a six-figure settlement.
Represented and settled a case where the insurance company representative told the insured to mitigate the water loss and then refused to pay for more than half of the mitigation, resulting in a six-figure settlement.
Represented and settled multiple cases against oil delivery companies where we alleged they caused an oil tank to explode at the respective homes.
Represented and settled a homeowners insurance case where we alleged the insurance company underpaid the homeowner by six figures.
Represented and settled a homeowners insurance case where a water loss in the basement caused by water entering the chimney was denied based on the insurer’s engineer’s determination that the cause of loss was groundwater entering the property from improper pitching around the foundation.
The attorneys at Peterson Law Group, LLC were retained by a summer camp that sustained damages to much of its property due to a fire. The insurer filed a motion for summary judgment in New York Supreme Court just prior to Peterson Law Group’s retention. Our attorneys filed a juggernaut opposition to the motion for summary judgment, which led to a substantial settlement weeks later.
Represented a pharmacy in a coverage dispute over whether its policy expired prior to or after a fire at the insureds property, resulting in a 6-figure settlement
Represented an insured resulting in full policy coverage after a coverage dispute arose after a theft occurred at the insureds home.
Represented an insured resulting in full policy coverage and a successful settlement after a coverage dispute arose shortly after the insureds detached garage caught fire.
Negotiated a six-figure settlement on behalf of a insured after a coverage dispute arose shortly after his home caught fire and burned.
Disputed a denial of coverage for a commercial car wash resulting in full policy coverage after the insurance company's engineer originally determined that, among other things, the building failed to maintain heat.
Disputed a denial of coverage and obtained full policy coverage for a commercial insured who's insurance company's engineer originally determined that, among other things, the building, a) was "vacant" as per the policy language, b) failed to maintain heat, and c) had poorly pitched sprinkler piping system.
Negotiated a six-figure settlement on behalf of a large multi-state holding corporation in a highly complex and contested coverage dispute over what property fell under the policies exclusion of coverage for "underground pipes, flues and drains" after a fire occurred on its premises.