March 14, 2014
Sandy victims, frustrated by pennies on the dollar offers, sue en masse Source – Asbury Park Press, March 14, 2014 Since they bought their oceanfront home in Point Pleasant Beach 12 years ago, Carla and Vincent Vitale have spent almost $100,000 on insurance premiums. So when flood waters from superstorm Sandy damaged the heating and […]
March 4, 2013
By TARA SIEGEL BERNARD, NYTimes.com Published: March 1, 2013 With Hurricane Sandy moving in, Andrea and Stephen Kondaks gathered candles, water and flashlights, and then put on their fishing waders. There was nothing left to do but wait, and watch, as the oily water slowly seeped into the hallway of their house, two and a […]
November 12, 2012
By RON LIEBER, New York Times Published: November 9, 2012 There is a sort of honeymoon period that occurs after a big storm like Hurricane Sandy, when insurance executives appear on the local news offering reassuring words. Their brightly painted vans pull into residential neighborhoods amid the standing water and debris. Everyone is hopeful. Handshakes […]