Louis T. Cornacchia III has over eighteen years of experience in civil and criminal litigation from inception through trial in State and Federal Court.
Louis handles various types of cases including trucking accidents, vehicular negligence, premises liability, construction law, insurance coverage matters, arbitration, appeals, first and third party actions, subrogation actions, criminal defense, and contracts. Prior to joining London Fischer LLP, Louis was the managing attorney for the metropolitan offices of a private defense firm. Louis was also the attorney of record for one of the largest insurance carriers in New York which wrote for-hire commercial policies. He has also served as senior trial counsel for an internationally renowned property and casualty insurance carrier.
Louis prides himself on always being available to his clients and working for and with his clients from the inception of a matter, developing resolution strategies, until its successful conclusion.
Notable Decisions/Results
Pulgarin v. Richmond, 219 A.D.3d 1356 (2 Dept. 2023), establishing defendants’ entitlement to a plaintiff’s cellphone metadata. Cited repeatedly.
Lylam v. Pham, 219 A.D.3d 601 (2 Dept. 2023), defendants granted summary judgment post-trial vacating verdict and the court’s disregard of plaintiff’s improperly altered deposition errata sheet. Cited repeatedly.
McPhaul-Guerrier v. Leppla, 201 A.d.3d 920 (2 Dept. 2022), the seminal case holding that in a chain collision accident, the operator of the middle vehicle may establish prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law by demonstrating that the middle vehicle was properly stopped behind the lead vehicle when it was struck from behind by the rear vehicle and propelled into the lead vehicle. Cited over 55 times.
Matter of Merchant v. State Farm Ins Company-SUM, 181 A.D.3d 803 (2 Dept 2019), respondent’s petition to confirm the arbitration award affirmed the offsetting of the award by the amount of recovered from the insurance company which covered the other vehicle involved in the automobile accident..
Matter of MAPFE Ins. Co. of NY v. Callahan, 164 A.D.3d 1243 (2 Dept. 2018), petition to stay arbitration affirmed where respondent failed to comply with the conditions precedent of the insurance policy..
Trial
Victoria Griss and Leonid Griss v. Mike Masonry Corp. and Mirieal Sanchez, Index No.: 151766/2019, Richmond County Supreme Court April 8, 2021. Defense verdict on the grounds that neither plaintiff sustained a serious injury pursuant to New York Statue Insurance Law 5102(d).
Ho Lim Kang v. David Gavrielov, Index No.: TS-350055-19, Civil Court of the City of New York, County of Queens May 24, 2019. Defense verdict on the grounds that the plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury pursuant to New York Statue Insurance Law 5102(d).
Mohamed A. Yasin v. Wing Shing Chen, Eric Chan, Mendeleey Boris and Pavel Safoklov, Index No.: 503640/2013, Supreme Court, County of Queens, January 26, 2018. Defense verdict on the grounds that the plaintiff did not sustain a serious injury pursuant to New York Statue Insurance Law 5102(d).
London Fischer wins affirmance of summary judgment on liability in the Appellate Division
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February 2, 2022
London Fischer wins affirmance of summary judgment on liability in the Appellate Division
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