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Jason Grant is a staff writer covering legal stories and cases for the New York Law Journal, the National Law Journal and Law.com, and a former practicing attorney. He's written and reported previously for the New York Times, the Star-Ledger, the L.A. Times and other publications. Contact him at [email protected]. On Twitter, pls find him @JasonBarrGrant
June 29, 2017 | New York Law Journal
A former cab driver has been awarded $6.6 million two months after a liability jury found that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey failed to shut down sprinklers at John F. Kennedy International Airport, causing a road to freeze and cars to crash.
By Jason Grant
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June 28, 2017 | New York Law Journal
A former upstate town justice cannot be held liable for allegedly mishandling court fees and failing to keep accurate books because his actions were cloaked with judicial immunity, a state appeals court has ruled.
By Jason Grant
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June 28, 2017 | New York Law Journal
A New York appeals court has ruled that the mother of a woman severely injured at a music festival can discover ticket sales records and compel the defendants, who are represented by the same legal counsel, to address conflicts of interest.
By Jason Grant
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June 27, 2017 | New York Law Journal
A state appeals court ordered a new trial Tuesday in the negligence case of a man injured in a sinkhole, ruling that the trial judge committed reversible error by precluding certain evidence and directing verdicts for the defendants.
By Jason Grant
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June 26, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Christina Swarns, a capital defense lawyer and litigation director for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, has been chosen to lead the Office of the Appellate Defender in New York.
By Jason Grant
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June 23, 2017 | New York Law Journal
A Manhattan judge properly imputed income in a divorce to an Ivy League-educated wife who stopped full-time lawyering in 1999, since she maintained her law license, engaged in professional activities and did consulting work, an appeals court has ruled.
By Jason Grant
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June 22, 2017 | New York Law Journal
A Manhattan appeals court threw out a $1.35 million verdict on Thursday, saying a trial judge committed reversible error when she decided from the bench that a breach of contract occurred, thereby stripping the issue from the jury.
By Jason Grant
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June 21, 2017 | New York Law Journal
A Manhattan judge has struck a defendant's answer in a media-based breach of fiduciary duty and unfair competition suit, after finding that 2,000 emails, including attorney-client privileged information possessed by plaintiffs, had been hacked and stolen.
By Jason Grant
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June 21, 2017 | New York Law Journal
In a retrial that allowed additional plaintiff-side expert testimony, a Manhattan jury has awarded $14 million to a former New York Times interior designer…
By Jason Grant
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June 20, 2017 | New York Law Journal
A state appeals court on Tuesday shut down Paul Napoli's bid to pursue defamation and defamation per se counterclaims against Denise Rubin, a former employee who is pursuing a $1 million sex discrimination lawsuit against the ex-firm and Napoli himself.
By Jason Grant
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