John E. Sparling

Partner

Education

St. Joseph's College (B.A., 1984); Hofstra University School of Law (J.D., 1987). Medaille Scholarship

Professional Associations

Member, Staff Writer, 1985-1986 and Associate Editor, 1986-1987, Hofstra Law Review. Member: New York State and American Bar Associations. (Member, Committees on Litigation, Tort and Insurance Practice and Real Property, Probate and Trust Law)

Admitted to Practice

Admitted to bar, 1988, New York and United States District Court, Southern, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of New York.

Areas of Practice

Insurance defense litigation, including insurance coverage and declaratory judgment actions. Litigation of large catastrophic fires, floods, construction and building claims. Litigation specializing in the area of construction claims and products liability, including the representation of tractor and agricultural product manufacturers and manufacturers of power press equipment on a national and local basis, and manufacturers of, among other things, automobiles, motors, heating and ventilating equipment, aluminum bus bars, chairs and stools, tampons, excavation, construction and industrial machinery, boats and boating equipment, knitting machines, kerosene heaters, traffic signals, Street lights, flue gas desulfurization units, forklifts, snowmobiles and snowthrowing equipment, printing presses, fire extinguishers, fabric and sleepwear, golf carts, chainsaws, medical devices, and a myriad of consumer products; defense of toxic tort claims including manufacturers of asbestos, silicone and latex products and chemicals. Trials and Appeals in all courts.

Decisions and Updates

London Fischer LLP Obtains Summary Judgment Decision In Labor Law And Insurance Coverage Action.

London Fischer LLP Obtains Dismissal In Construction Accident Litigation.

Appellate Victory in Multi-Million Dollar Labor Law Case

London Fischer LLP involved in Global Settlement of over 10,000 9/11 Recovery Worker Claims

London Fischer Speaks At Annual CLM Conference In New Orleans

London Fischer LLP Chosen To Give Property Insurance Coverage Lecture

London Fischer Involved in Lobbying Effort to Pass 9/11 Health and Compensation Act (ZADROGA BILL)

London Fischer LLP Wins Summary Judgment On Labor Law 240 Brain Injury Case