John B. Massopust

John has extensive commercial litigation experience crossing many practice areas. He has specialized in complex property and business interruption claims for many of the largest insurance companies, e.g., the World Trade Center disaster. John is also co-lead counsel in numerous landowner right-of-way trespassing cases against railroads, telecommunications companies, and utility companies for unlawful installation of fiber-optic lines. He has been actively involved in state and federal court litigation in approximately 20 states and is a frequent speaker at national programs on topics of interest to the property insurance industry.

Professional Affiliations

• Loss Executives Association
• American Bar Association
• Minnesota State Bar Association
• Hennepin County Bar Association

Noteworthy

John was Managing Partner of the firm from 1995 to 1998.  He is also AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

Representative Matters

Allianz Insurance Company v. World Trade Center Properties LLC
(Insurance coverage action, including two month jury trial, and related appraisal involving destruction of World Trade Center complex on 9/11 and claims in excess of $7 billion for property damage and time element losses)

Fiber Optic Class Action Litigation  (More than fifty coordinated class actions in which class members alleged trespass by multiple telecommunication company defendants on class members' property via the construction of natiowide fiber optic networks, and sought hundreds of millions of dollars in damages)