Centre Lane Partners, LLC v Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Flom LLP 2017 NY Slip Op 07221 Decided on October 17, 2017 Appellate Division, First Department illustrates two rules. One of the rules is the borrowing statute, and the second is one that is both out-of-state and foreign to NY jurisprudence.
The borrowing statute, in…
An elderly couple sells some real estate and want to insulate the proceeds for estate planning purposes, specifically Medicare planning. They have to make the transaction such that they keep the proceeds and shield them from a 5 year look-back review by Medicare. As a reader of this blog, you surmise that something goes wrong. …
Wright v Kok-Min Kyan 2017 NY Slip Op 32057(U) September 28, 2017 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: 805475/2016 Judge: Eileen A. Rakower is a medical malpractice case that explains what to do when service of the summons and complaint has gone awry.
“Plaintiffs served the Summons with Notice upon Lenox Hill Hospital by…
It looks like Plaintiff came to dislike Supreme Court, New York County. It wanted out, even after the Court dismissed on summary judgment, without prejudice. They had the chance to re-file there, but instead took the case to Westchester County. Forum shopping? We don’t know. But EB Brands Holdings, Inc. v McGladrey, LLP 2017…
We’re proud to present our “Judiciary Law § 487 Suffers an Earthquake” article from today’s New York Law Journal. It discusses the recent sweep of JL § 487 law, including Bounkhoun v. Barnes et al., Case No. 15-cv-631A, which now awaits a decision by District Judge Joseph Arcara whether to accept the recommendation.
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Privity is an essential element of standing to bring a legal or other professional malpractice claim. Lack of privity reduces the ability to sue (some other person’s attorney) to fraud, malice or collusion. So privity is ultra-important. What happens when a stockholder wishes to sue the corporations attorney? In that case the claim is either…
Last week we reported a stunning decision in the Melcher case which gutted its damage claim. Today, Christine Simmons in the New York Law Journal reports that the trial is stayed pending an appeal. It will be the third appeal in the case which has gone up to the AD, to the New York Court…
Sometimes flamboyant, often visionary, architects are different from the general masses. Celebrity architects often have unique personal style, including unusual eyeglasses. That all aside, architects are granted a higher standard of proof against them in negligence actions, as is described in New York Mar. & Gen. Ins. Co. v Perotto Assoc. Eng’g, P.C., 2017…
Legal malpractice cases encapsulate the entire world. In this short story, money, fashion, greed and cruelty combine into a fairy tail of tragedy. Oleg Cassini was wildly successful. He died in 2006 with an estate of about $ 60 Million. He had a child from an earlier marriage with actress Gene Tierney, which ended…
Last week we reported on the reappearance of Dupree v. Vorhees in the Judiciary Law § 487 pantheon. Today, we see that Melcher v Greenberg Traurig LLP 2017 NY Slip Op 31727(U)
August 15, 2017 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: 650188/2007 Judge: O. Peter Sherwood has similarly bobbed up.
Melcher has a fascinating…
