By ALM Staff | March 8, 2022
The ruling and a summary by the Law Journal's decision editors can be found here.
By Charles Toutant | February 8, 2022
The car accelerates if, and only if, the driver told it to do so, and it slows or stops when the driver applies the brake, Tesla said.
By Jason Grant | February 7, 2022
"It's always an interesting situation, where many people choose to attack lawyers for getting paid for their work," said Benedict Morelli in an interview. "No one worries about all of the financial people, the real estate people, who make hundreds of millions and billions."
By Andrew Denney | February 4, 2022
Justin Timperio, who was wounded at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital by a former employee who smuggled an AR-15 into the facility, has a pending suit in the Southern District of New York.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Brian J. Shoot | February 3, 2022
In this edition of his Construction Accident Litigation column, Brian J. Shoot addresses two unrelated issues that have produced anomalous rulings concerning the scope of Labor Law §§200, 240 and 241(6). One issue is whether a defendant contractor's affirmative creation of a hazardous condition can give rise to liability under Labor Law §200 even where the defendant did not have any supervisory authority over the activities of the site worker who sustained the resultant injury. The second issue concerns an activity that plainly constitutes "construction" within the scope of Labor Law §241(6) and yet has lately been deemed not to be "construction" for the purposes of Labor Law §240.
By ALM Staff | January 28, 2022
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
By Jason Grant | January 27, 2022
Manhattan-based lawyer Benedict Morelli and his client, Mark Perez, have been in a dispute for more than a year over what the contingency amount should be for post-trial and appellate work done, according to court records.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Damaris E. Torrent | January 26, 2022
In this second installment of the series, Acting Justice Damaris Torrent continues her discussion of some of the more interesting appellate personal injury cases of 2020 and 2021.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Robert Kelner, Gail Kelner and Joshua Kelner | January 24, 2022
In its recent decision in 'Gilliam v. Uni Holdings', the First Department held that "the condition of one's body is not the type of evidence that is subject to a spoliation analysis." In this edition of their Trial Practice column, Robert Kelner, Gail Kelner and Joshua Kelner discuss the winding road of decisions that led to 'Gilliam' and the significance of 'Gilliam' itself.
By Meghann M. Cuniff | January 14, 2022
Avenatti was initially allowed to stay out of jail pending trial, but a federal judge in California revoked his bond in January 2020 over new alleged financial crimes, leading to 94 days of solitary confinement.
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