Insurance Litigation

Insurance Litigation is an area of law that is of particular interest to New York / New Jersey lawyer Sanford F. Young. Early in his career, Mr. Young encountered cases where insurance companies were happy enough to collect years of premiums, but unjustly denied legitimate claims when their insured needed their insurance the most. Mr. Young is intolerant of these practices and enjoys taking aggressive action to protect his clients’ rights and benefits under their insurance policies.

Any time an insurance company wrongfully denies a just claim, undervalues the loss, or otherwise acts in bad faith with a policyholder, it is important to locate a skilled insurance litigation lawyer. Sanford F. Young will aggressively pursue and protect his clients’ claims, whether under a life, homeowner’s, property, automobile, underinsured motorists, uninsured motorists, liability, errors and omissions (malpractice), casualty, fire, theft, disability, health, or business insurance policy. He is always prepared to take on insurance companies and their attorneys.

Mr. Young often jokes that he enjoys reading insurance policies as his bedtime reading. Mr. Young understands insurance and is adept at interpreting and analyzing insurance policies which are not written for ease of comprehension and typically contain numerous loopholes, exceptions, and omissions devised by carriers and their lawyers to avoid paying their insureds’ valid claims.

Property Loss and Income Valuations

Many insurance disputes involve the amount and valuation of the insured’s loss. Mr. Young and his firm handle cases where the insurance company is not willing to fairly compensate insureds who are entitled to be paid for the full value of their lost property, lost income, or lost business. Public adjusters are not able to represent and fight for their clients in court. The Law Offices of Sanford F. Young, P.C. will not hesitate to sue your insurance company to win just compensation.

Mr. Young also Represents Insurance Brokers and Agencies

Mr. Young also represents insurance agencies and brokers, or their customers, in disputes involving claims for commissions, bad faith, broker/agency malpractice, fraud, and failure to issue or maintain policies. Among his reported victories, he won a multimillion-dollar award against John Hancock Insurance Company in a case that was reported in the New York Times (August 14, 2003).

To see a sampling of the Insurance Litigation results Sanford F. Young, P.C. has won for clients, please click here.

Contact Our New York Lawyers

If you are seeking advice or representation for a litigation matter or any civil appeal, please contact the Law Offices of Sanford F. Young. Our firm serves clients in New York City, the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area, throughout New York State, and Northern and Central New Jersey, and can be reached by calling 212-227-9755, by e-mail, or by filling out the in-take form on our Contact Us page. Our offices are located in the financial district of Manhattan, near Wall Street, across from New York’s City Hall, and around the corner from the World Trade Center site, and easily accessible by public transportation or car.