Donald G. Sweetman
dsweetman@gkar-law.com
Don Sweetman graduated from Seton Hall University Law School in 1984, after obtaining his B.A. from Rutgers University in 1980. Upon graduation, he served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Walter R. Barisonek, Judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Union County (1984-1985). He is a litigator with considerable trial experience in the state and federal courts of New Jersey and New York. Don joined Gennet, Kallmann, Antin and Robinson in 2000, and became a partner of the firm in 2003.
He has been counsel in litigated matters which resulted in important reported decisions, including, American Motorists Insurance Company v Keep Services, Inc., 63 A.D.3d 865 (2nd Dept. 2009), involving agent liability and limitations on the defense of ratification; Insurance Company of The State of Pennsylvania v Just Management, 55 A.D.3d 676 (2nd Dept. 2008), concerning proof of liability by circumstantial evidence; New York Career Institute v Hanover Insurance, 6 Misc. 3rd 734 (2005), where the New York Supreme Court held losses due to action of civil authority subject to coinsurance requirements; Sonny Boy Realty v The City of New York, 8 A.D.3d 171 (1st Dept. 2004), holding the City of New York subject to liability for losses to a lessor's property; Winding Hills Condominium Association, Inc, v, North American Speciality Insurance Co., 332 N.J. Super 85 (App. Div. 2000), where the Appellate Division declined to apply the "continuous trigger" theory of causation to first-party insurance; Affiliated F.M. Insurance v. Kushner Cos., 265 N.J. Super 454 (Law Div. 1993), a case involving back-dating of insurance coverage and imputed knowledge to a partnership; Stone v. Royal Insurance, 211 N.J. Super 246 (App. Div. 1986), concerning concurrent causation in the context of first-party coverage; and, Fricke v. Geladaris, 221 N.J. Super 49 (App. Div. 1987), involving survival of tort actions and interlocutory appeals.
Mr. Sweetman has obtained multi-million dollar recoveries on behalf of firm clients and has served as lead counsel in the successful defense of numerous insurance coverage, warehouse, transit and property damage actions of similar significance. He is a member of the State and Federal Bars of New Jersey, The State Bar of New York, the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the State Bar of Connecticut. He is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association, New York State Bar Association and the Transportation Lawyers Association.
Don Sweetman graduated from Seton Hall University Law School in 1984, after obtaining his B.A. from Rutgers University in 1980. Upon graduation, he served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Walter R. Barisonek, Judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Union County (1984-1985). He is a litigator with considerable trial experience in the state and federal courts of New Jersey and New York. Don joined Gennet, Kallmann, Antin and Robinson in 2000, and became a partner of the firm in 2003.
He has been counsel in litigated matters which resulted in important reported decisions, including, American Motorists Insurance Company v Keep Services, Inc., 63 A.D.3d 865 (2nd Dept. 2009), involving agent liability and limitations on the defense of ratification; Insurance Company of The State of Pennsylvania v Just Management, 55 A.D.3d 676 (2nd Dept. 2008), concerning proof of liability by circumstantial evidence; New York Career Institute v Hanover Insurance, 6 Misc. 3rd 734 (2005), where the New York Supreme Court held losses due to action of civil authority subject to coinsurance requirements; Sonny Boy Realty v The City of New York, 8 A.D.3d 171 (1st Dept. 2004), holding the City of New York subject to liability for losses to a lessor's property; Winding Hills Condominium Association, Inc, v, North American Speciality Insurance Co., 332 N.J. Super 85 (App. Div. 2000), where the Appellate Division declined to apply the "continuous trigger" theory of causation to first-party insurance; Affiliated F.M. Insurance v. Kushner Cos., 265 N.J. Super 454 (Law Div. 1993), a case involving back-dating of insurance coverage and imputed knowledge to a partnership; Stone v. Royal Insurance, 211 N.J. Super 246 (App. Div. 1986), concerning concurrent causation in the context of first-party coverage; and, Fricke v. Geladaris, 221 N.J. Super 49 (App. Div. 1987), involving survival of tort actions and interlocutory appeals.
Mr. Sweetman has obtained multi-million dollar recoveries on behalf of firm clients and has served as lead counsel in the successful defense of numerous insurance coverage, warehouse, transit and property damage actions of similar significance. He is a member of the State and Federal Bars of New Jersey, The State Bar of New York, the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the State Bar of Connecticut. He is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association, New York State Bar Association and the Transportation Lawyers Association.