To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw March 25, 2011. Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law In the Matter of Madeline Acosta, No. 36 In a dispute over the scope of Correction Law Section 75, dismissal by trial court…
In an earlier posting on this blog we reported that on February 23, 2010 a divided Panel of the Appellate Division, First Department, New York Supreme Court ruled in People v. Correa (2010 NY Slip Op. 01533) that the 2004 merger of the criminal courts in the Bronx into a…
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May 12, 2009 To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, GOVERNMENT BENEFITS, HEALTH LAW Khrapunskiy v. Doar, No. 52 In an action by disabled legal resident aliens who were ineligible for SSI payments due to their non-citizenship,…
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To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. February 11,17, 2009. CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, EVIDENCE People v. Williams, No. 22mem09 The order of the Appellate Division is affirmed where there is no legal reason to upset the court’s exercise…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. December 18, 2008 CONTRACTS, FAMILY LAW, INTERNATIONAL LAW Kipnis v. Kipnis, No. 213 A prenuptial agreement executed under French law is enforceable in New York and prohibits wife from claiming portion of…
November 25 and December 2, 2008. To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. CONTRACTS, ETHICS & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, PROPERTY LAW & REAL ESTATE Moran v. Erk, No. 176 Where a real estate contract contains an attorney approval contingency providing…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. CIVIL PROCEDURE, CIVIL RIGHTS, LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW Crawford v. Liz Claiborne, Inc., No. 145 “In a suit under the Human Rights Law alleging that plaintiff’s employer discriminated against him based on…