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John B. Galligan

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Office New York

Phone (212) 908-1276  Fax (212) 509-9400

Email jgalligan@cozen.com

 
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John B. Galligan is head of the New York subrogation group. He litigates a variety of civil cases in state and federal court while focusing his practice in the areas of catastrophic property damage claims, product liability and commercial litigation. John is an experienced trial attorney who has also successfully represented clients before the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department.  He has handled a number of high profile and significant matters against manufacturers, governmental entities and utilities.

John is currently representing a number of subrogating carriers as a member of the plaintiffs' steering committee in multi-million dollar litigation arising out of a 2007 steam pipe explosion in New York City.  He is also representing multiple subrogation clients related to claims arising out of a tragic gas explosion in Harlem on March 12, 2014 and an extensive water main rupture in the Greenwich Village section of New York City on January 15, 2014.  

John has written articles and lectured to clients and organizations addressing a wide range of subrogation and litigation topics.  He has also worked on a number of pro bono matters, including procurement of reparations for Holocaust survivors and the handling of uncontested divorces. 

John received his Bachelor of Arts from American University.  He earned his law degree, summa cum laude, at American University's Washington College of Law, where he was a member of the American University Law Review. During his third year in law school, John worked for the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia where he wrote appellate briefs and argued before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

 

Prior to joining Cozen O'Connor, John litigated felony and misdemeanor jury trials to verdict as an Assistant District Attorney in Bronx County.  He also worked in the Appellate Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Disctrict of Columbia during his final year of law school. 

Secured a favorable global resolution at mediation of a years-long dispute stemming from a fire, the cause of which was hotly disputed, at a Long Island mansion for which the insurer had paid $19 million. This resolution was reached on the heels of the court denying the defendants' motion for summary judgment on the issue of whether the insurer had voluntarily covered the loss, thereby rendering the matter inappropriate for subrogation recovery. With the case scheduled for trial, the defendants agreed to settle.

Secured a global settlement on a property subrogation claim we handled for approximately a dozen carriers in a case flowing from a 2021 water loss at New York City’s 3 WTC building caused by the internal failure of a copper water line installed within a new HVAC condenser unit which was manufactured by one defendant and installed by another. The settlement represents a recovery of approximately 85 percent of the replacement cost value of the claim. 


Cozen O’Connor Names Six New Shareholders

July 20, 2015

– Cozen O’Connor promoted six members to shareholder of the firm: Philip Carroll (Chicago), William Davis (New York), John B. Galligan (New York), Kendall Hayden (Dallas), Andrew Kay (D.C.) and Vincent Pozzuto (New York).

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