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Von Essen v. New York City Civil Service Commission
Firefighter Is Limited, in Seeking Judicial Review Of �15-113 Punishment, to Article 78 RemediesSheriff's Raid Can't Pry Client Files From Disbarred Lawyer's Grip
Sheriff's deputies last week raided the office of disbarred New York attorney Kenneth Heller, but came up largely empty in their search for 43 boxes of files from his biggest case, a $7.6 million wrongful-death verdict later reversed on appeal. The plaintiff's new lawyers have tried for 2 1/2 years to recover the files from Heller, who has demanded as much as $12 million in fees before turning them over. Heller was disbarred in 2004 for a pattern of improprieties predating the wrongful-death case.Office Raid Doesn't Yield Case Files
A disbarred attorney has refused to turn over files for a wrongful-death case he had handled; a raid of his office didn't uncover the missing records.Video of Hurt Worker Shows How Surveillance Can Backfire
After a commuter railroad company decided not to show a videotape of a former employee using a walker, Robin Hairston's attorney used the tape to impeach a defense witness, and a New York judge found for the plaintiff in the job injury case. "Defendant was hoisted by its own petard in videotaping plaintiff," wrote the judge. With videotaping on the rise, defense attorneys nationally face similar hazards.The State of New York v. Philip Morris Inc.
Justice Lacks Authority to Conduct Sua Sponte Inquiry Into $625 Million Tobacco Fee AwardMahwah Toxic Dump Litigation Designated as Mass Tort
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