New York Civil Law

New York Civil Law calls itself "a forum for New York appellate law, civil procedure, insurance coverage and defense, and other interesting issues."

Author: Matthew Lerner is a partner at Goldberg Segalla in Albany, N.Y. He also contributes to Practicing Law in the 21st Century.

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Recent Posts from New York Civil Law

Editor's Note -- Posts Suspended Until After Summer 2009
As you may have noticed, I have not recently posted to this weblog. For temporary reasons beyond my control, I will be unable to update the posts to this weblog until after summer 2009 (hopefully,…
Appellate Division, First Department Decides Case Regarding Emails within Settlement Context
In a holding I have not seen before, the Appellate Division, First Department held in Williamson v.Delsener that email exchanges between the plaintiff and defendant satisfied the statute of frauds and indicated that the parties…
New York Court of Appeals Hears Oral Argument on Important No-Fault Issues
On February 11, 2009, the New York Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in LMK Psychological Servs. v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., addressing two important issues regarding New York's No-Fault Law. I attended…
New York Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman Takes the Center Seat on the New York Court of Appeals
On February 11, 2009, the New York Senate confirmed Governor Paterson's appointment of Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman of the New York Court of Appeals. Chief Judge Lippman sat for argument yesterday for his first day,…
Support Your Troops -- Bunkers in Baghdad
My friend and colleague Joe Hanna created a not-for-profit corporation that collects and sends new and used golf balls, clubs, and equipment to our troops serving in Iraq and Afganistan. The corporation is Bunkers in…
New York Court of Appeals Hears Oral Argument on Certified Questions Concerning Products Liability
Next week, the New York Court of Appeals will hear oral argument in Jaramillo v. Weyerhaeuser. Jaramillo concerns a certified question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit concerning whether an…
Appellate Division, Third Department Grants New Trial Regarding Ex Parte Communications With Plaintiff's Treating Physician
The New York Court of Appeals recently held in Arons v. Jutkowitz that a plaintiff who puts his or her physical or mental condition at issue must execute HIPAA-compliant authorizations. This ruling allows defense counsel…
New York Civil Law's Twitter Feed
What's that new widget on the right side of New York Civil Law, you ask? I have imported my Twitter feed into this blawg. My posts on Twitter -- "tweets" -- hope to serve as…
New York Court of Appeals Grants Leave to Appeal on Scaffold Law Issuest
Last week, the New York Court of Appeals granted leave to appeal in Affri v. Basch. As what can be discerned from the terse Appellate Division decision, the issue surrounds the homeowner's exception to Labor…
Webcast of New York Governor's Nomination of Justice Lippman to Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
Watch this webcast of Governor Paterson's announcement of his nomination of Jonathan Lippman as the next Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals. Here is the Governor's press release. Webcast begins at 11:15…