Environmental Firm's 3rd-Party Action Against Home Insurer Fails

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. - A New York judge has dismissed third-party claims by an environmental testing firm against an insurance company that hired an allegedly negligent mold remediator. Tessler v. Delta Environmental Consultants Inc., No. 014329/06 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., Nassau Cty.).

Nassau County (N.Y.) Supreme Court Justice Daniel Palmieri said May 19 that a settlement between the insured homeowners and American Insurance Co. (sued as Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.) encompassed any claims for contribution by other parties sued by the homeowners.

Bernard and Shelley Tessler sued Delta Environmental Consultants Inc. and Maxons Restoration, alleging property damage and personal injury from their …