Hilary M. Henkind engages in both property and liability insurance coverage litigation, as well as general commercial and insurance litigation. She represents insurers in claims involving natural catastrophes, terrorism, professional liability, complex environmental contamination, mold, insurance brokersā liability, fraud, and business interruption. Ms. Henkind is admitted to the bars of New York and Massachusetts. In addition, she has participated in litigation in the federal courts of California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, and Virginia.
Ms. Henkind graduatedĀ magna cum laudeĀ from Boston University School of Law, where she was an editor of theĀ American Journal of Law and Medicine,Ā ²¹²Ō»åĢżcum laudeĀ from Union College. She received a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation in 1996, and received a Certificate of Achievement for attaining the highest cumulative grades of all Boston Chapter 1996 designees.
Accolades
HONORS AND AWARDS
- Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation, received 1996; received Certificate of Achievement in recognition of attaining the highest cumulative grades of all Boston Chapter 1996 designees
Newsroom
Client Alerts
- New York Law Journal ā Applicability of Pollution Exclusions to PFAS
Bylined Articles
- āāTonoga v. New Hampshireā and the Applicability of Pollution Exclusions to PFAS,ā with Ananda Zhu, New York Law Journal, October 4, 2022
- āLooking At The Limitations Of The Delay Exclusion,ā Law360, June 14, 2017
- āLet Me Be Direct: Direct is Not an Ambiguous Term,ā FC&S Legal, March 3, 2014
- āCoverage Implications Related to the Eruption of Icelandās Eyjafjallajokull Volcano,ā co-authored with Francis Montbach, Costantino Suriano, Frank DeAngelis, and Marc Haas, Journal of Reinsurance, Volume 17, Number 3, Summer 2010
- āGetting Rid of Mold, Fungus and Rot,ā Mealeyās Litigation Reports: Mold, November 2002
- āSomethingās In The Air,ā Global Reinsurance, 2001
- āSeeing is Believing,ā co-authored with Wayne Glaubinger, Bestās Review, December 2001
- āSki Injury Litigationā and āBreach of an Insurerās Duty to Defend,ā The Standard, New Englandās Insurance Weekly
Representative Matters
Various COVID-19 insurance coverage decisions, including:
- Carrols Rest. Group v. Am. Guar. & Liab. Ins. Co., No. 815430/2021 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., Erie Cty., Nov. 4, 2022)
- Rainbow USA Inc. v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co., 163 N.Y.S.3d 387 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., Kings Cty. 2022)
- 6593 Weighlock Drive, LLC v. Springhill SMC Corp., 174 N.Y.S.3d 386 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., Onondaga Cty. 2021)
- Crescent Hotels and Resorts, LLC v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co., 108 Va. Cir. 402 (2021)
- Millennium Inorganic Chemicals, Ltd. v. National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA, 2014 WL 642993 (4th Cir.)Ā ā summary judgment granted in a case involving contingent business interruption coverage and discussing whether an entity was a ādirectā supplier of the insured.
- Jane Street Holding, LLC v. Aspen American Ins. Co., 2014 WL 28600 (S.D.N.Y.), affād 581 Fed. Appx. 49, 2014 WL 5287051 (2d Cir.)Ā ā obtained summary judgment on breach of contract and bad-faith claim involving Sandy flood damage.
- Ranger Pipelines, Inc. v. Lexington Ins. Co., 2013 WL 1809003 (N.D. Cal.) ā motion to dismiss granted on suit limitation ground.
- Five Star Electric Corp. v. Zurich American Ins. Co., 101 A.D.3d 802, 956 N.Y.S.2d 115 (2d Dept. 2012) ā obtained summary judgmentĀ on a breach of contract claim against an electrical subcontractor involved in the construction of CitiField.
- Huey, et al. v. Super Fresh/Sav-A-Center, Inc., E.D. La. ā obtained defense verdict in Katrina breach of contract and bad-faith action involving damage to a supermarket.
- Royal Indem. Co. v. Retail Brand Alliance, Inc., 33 A.D.3d 392, 822 N.Y.S.2d 268 (1st Dept. 2006) ā affirmed order granting summary judgment to insurer for a retail storeās extended business interruption claim following destruction of World Trade Center.
Credentials
Education
“³.¶Ł.,Ģżmagna cum laude, Boston University School of Law, 1992; Editor,Ā American Journal of Law and Medicine
µž.³§.,Ģżcum laude, Union College, 1989
Admissions
New York, 1993
Massachusetts, 1992
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2014
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2013
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2010
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2001
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1997
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1997
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 1993
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 1993