Background
Mr. Saxe is a skilled commercial litigator with more than 25 years of
experience. Since 1990, he has focused his practice on insurance coverage
issues, disputes, litigation, and trials on behalf of policyholders, handling
cases involving insurance coverage for comprehensive general liability,
directors & officers, employment practices liability, professional
liability, builders risk, subguard, first-party property damage (including
storm damage and collapse claims), additional insured and business interruption
claims. Mr. Saxe has handled cases involving coverage for construction defects,
completed operations, product liability, property damage and bodily injury
related to mold and asbestos, bodily injury related to construction, "sick
building" syndrome, environmental claims, business interruption,
employment disputes, patent infringement, contempt, RICO, unfair practices,
breach of fiduciary duty, bad faith and professional malpractice. Mr. Saxe is
well-versed in issues relating to late notice, allocation, subrogation,
contribution, indemnification, and the duty to defend.
Mr. Saxe has successfully tried numerous jury and court trials in state and
federal courts, has litigated cases before the federal, state trial and
appellate courts in Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland,
District of Columbia, Massachusetts, California, Washington State, Texas,
Florida, Delaware, Indiana and Michigan, and has successfully mediated and
arbitrated many disputes. Mr. Saxe has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at
Quinnipiac University School of Law where he has taught courses in Insurance
Law. He is also a frequent lecturer nationally on insurance coverage
topics.