After Devastating Fire, Condo Board Is Sued Over Insurance Coverage (NY)

Many co-op and condo boards are becoming aware of the need for air-tight liability insurance to protect them from the blizzard of personal-injury lawsuits generated by the state’s Scaffold Law. But a case now wending its way through the courts illustrates the equal importance of adequate insurance coverage for the building itself.   Read the entire article……………………………….

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