Recent News:


11/09
RECENT EMPLOYMENT LAW NEWS: We recently filed a lawsuit on behalf of an individual who kept getting ridiculed by management at a trucking company on the basis that he was Jewish. Suit was filed against the company for creating a hostile work environment based on the relentless taunts made against our client.

Upon a motion filed by defense counsel, the Sussex County Superior Court Judge dismissed the claim on the grounds that our client had agreed to arbitrate any employment disputes. We were successful in the Appellate Division to reverse the Judge’s decision and thus we can proceed with the lawsuit against the trucking company. [view]

06/09
Highlights At Oratory
Mock Trial: Back On Top As Union County Champs
After a one-year hiatus, Oratory reached the top of the pack again and was named Union County Champs. This means a spot in the Central Region Championship; and although they lost the second round, they hold their heads high with the title of county champs. Here is the article .

05/09

After three years of an intense litigation battle, the case of Foote v. Budd Lake Volunteer Fire Department was recently tried in Federal Court, with the jury finding in favor of the defendant Fire Company. Mr. Scirocco was the trial attorney for the Fire Company. Here is the article from the Daily Record .

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News:

For the last five years Robert Scirocco has coached the Oratory Prep Mock Trial Team. Oratory Prep is a Catholic School located in Summit, New Jersey. The team in February 2009 won the annual Mock Trial Competition in Union County. For the last five years that Robert Scirocco has coached the team, Oratory Prep has won the county championship four times. The team recently celebrated its victory with a banquet held at the Rock Spring Country Club in West Orange, New Jersey.

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Last January Robert Scirocco spoke to the NAIW of Northern New Jersey, an organization of insurance brokers and agents, in Paramus, New Jersey.  At this appearance, he discussed the pitfalls that confront these practitioners.  He also presented “Scirocco’s 9 Rules of Broker Coverage and Liability.” 

They are as follows:

1. If you promise the customer insurance coverage, get it.
2. Ignorance of available coverage is no defense.
3. Disclose unprotected risks.
4. Make a reasonable investigation into company financial stability.
5. Broker may be responsible for loss to a third party.
6. The broker pays for loss directly and cannot hide behind the insurance company.
7. Even if insured did not read the policy, broker may be responsible.
8. Don’t provide coverage that does not cover the risk.
9. The best defense is always a material misrepresentation by the insured.