• Castellanos v. Arbabzadeh

    Publication Date: 2019-04-16
    Practice Area: Labor Law | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk
    Judge: Justice David T. Reilly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Plaintiffs: Brian P. Neary, P.C., Huntington, New York.
    for defendant: Attorney for Defendant Arbabzadeh: Nicolini, Paradise, Ferretti & Sabella, Mineola, New York. Attorney for Defendant Alem: Law Office of James Mermigis, P.C., Syosset, New York.

    Case Number: 15-0082

    Triable Issues Raised if Decedent Was Sole Proximate Cause of His Fatal Injuries

  • West v. Quintanilla

    Publication Date: 2019-04-15
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boyd
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17-0454

    The parties, former business partners, entered into three agreements: a trading agreement, a purchase agreement, and an oral agreement.

  • W.D. v. Cnty. of Rockland

    Publication Date: 2019-04-15
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Rockland
    Judge: Justice Rolf Thorsen
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: The Petitioners were represented by: Jonathan Goldman of Susan and Associates.
    for defendant: The Respondent was represented by: Brigitte M. Nahas Botta of the Rockland County Attorney's Office.

    Case Number: 031783/2019E

    Parents of Unvaccinated Children Establish Entitlement to Preliminary Injunction

  • Williams v. Madvapes Holdings

    Publication Date: 2019-04-15
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Products Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Queens
    Judge: Justice Robert J. McDonald
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 705934/2016

    Manufacturer, Distributor Denied Summary Judgment in Injury Suit of Exploding Vape Battery

  • Kijek v. West

    Publication Date: 2019-04-12
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Westchester County
    Judge: Justice Lewis Lubell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiffs: Siegel & Coonerty, LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Defendants Pro Se: Lynn and Stanley West, Pound Ridge, NY. Attorneys for Defs. Board of Managers of Lakeside of Bedford Condominium and Katonah Management Group: Marshall, Dennehy, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, Esqs., Rye Brook, NY. Attorneys for Defs. Jane McConnell and Jason Welsch: Abamont & Associates, Garden City, NY.

    Case Number: 66639/16

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  • Baines v. Daily News LP

    Publication Date: 2019-04-04
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Alan Marin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 401845/2013

    Court Seeks Submissions if Plaintiff Limited-Purpose Public Figure in Defamation Action

  • Conley v. Pate

    Publication Date: 2019-04-02
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Melvin King, Jr., (King Law Group), Dublin, Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, (Department Of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ecleynne Mercy, (Mercy Law P.C.), Atlanta, Timothy Orman McCalep, (The Law Office of Timothy McCalep PC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S18A1121

    Court reverses habeus petition on 20-year sentence for statutory rape

  • Boswick v. Bronte

    Publication Date: 2019-04-02
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk
    Judge: Justice Sanford Berland
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiff's Attorneys: Harris, St. Laurent & Chaudhry, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Dayton & Voorhees, Esqs.: East Hampton, NY.; Defendant's Attorneys: Spears & IMES, LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: SPV LLC, 18-608872

    Lender Fails to Refute Borrower's Evidence That Credit Agreement Violated Usury Statutes

  • 438 West 20 Street LLC v. Bares

    Publication Date: 2019-04-01
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice O. Peter Sherwood
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 654331/2015

    Contract Bars Fraud Claim and Obviates Any Claim That Misrepresentations Were Made

  • Overton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-04-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Rupp Cribbs, Veronica M. O'Grady, (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Atlanta, appellant.
    for defendant: David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Scott Orion Teague, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S18A1273

    Defendant's felony murder conviction affirmed over challenges to trial court's failure to charge jury on involuntary manslaughter