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New York Law Journal Decisions of Interest October 21, 2008

By David Badertscher, PLL

<font size="1"> <p><font size="2">If you are already an online subscriber to this service you should be able to click on any of the links provided below, sign in, and access any of the decisions listed which interest you.</font></p> <p><a href="http://www.nylj.com" target="_blank"><font size="2">http://www.nylj.com</font></a><font size="2"> </font></p> <p><font size="2">Subscription required for online access unless otherwise noted:</font></p> <p><font size="2">APPELLATE DIVISION<br/>FIRST DEPARTMENT<br/>Criminal Practice<br/><font>Panel Relies on Case Facts to Uphold Denial of Expert Evidence on Reliability of Eyewitness Identification</font> <br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425351427&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>People, respondent v. Quentin Abney, defendant-appellant</i></b></a></font> </font></p> <p><font size="2">NEW YORK COUNTY<br/>Contracts<br/><font>Jeweler Fails to Establish Claim for Conversion, Only Establishes Partial Account Stated on Items</font> <br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425348183&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>M.K. Jewelry Inc. v. Kohen</i></b></a></font> <br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 20, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>NEW YORK COUNTY<br/>Criminal Practice</b></font><br/><font>Certificate of Readiness Served on Prior Counsel Is Found Ineffective to Toll Speedy-Trial Clock</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425348270&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>People v. Jeffrey Stewart</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 20, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>KINGS COUNTY<br/>Insurance Law</b></font><br/><font>Insurer Fails to Present Evidence to Establish Defense of Lack of Medical Necessity</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425348241&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>A Plus Medical PC v. Government Employees Ins. Co.</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 20, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>KINGS COUNTY<br/>Criminal Practice</b></font><br/><font>Admission Without More Ruled Insufficient; Accusatory Instrument Jurisdictionally Defective</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425348212&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>People v. Keyia Walker</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 20, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>WESTCHESTER COUNTY<br/>Criminal Practice</b></font><br/><font>Court Not Authorized to Make Finding of Innocence; Charges Are Dismissed in Interest of Justice</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425348075&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>People v. Duanny Lara</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 20, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>ALBANY COUNTY<br/>Family Law</b></font><br/><font><font color="red">Free With Registration:</font> Court Rules Grandmother Has No Standing To File Termination of Paternal Rights Petition</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425348133&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Matter of Paul C. Jr. v. Paul C. Sr.</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 20, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, SECOND CIRCUIT<br/>Criminal Practice</b></font><br/><font>Mobster's Conviction Upheld; Error in Overruling Objection to Witness 'Lay Opinion' Testimony Harmless</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425348038&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>United States v. Patrick DeFilippo</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 20, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, SECOND CIRCUIT<br/>Labor Law</b></font><br/><font>Panel Upholds Board Ruling That Stock Award After IPO Was Gift Not Subject to Bargaining</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425347980&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>UNITE HERE v. National Labor Relations Board</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 20, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Antitrust</b></font><br/><font>Court Partly Dismisses Complaint Over Transfer Of N.Y. Rangers' Web Site to NHL-Operated Server</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425348009&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Madison Square Garden LP v. National Hockey League</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 20, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Damages</b></font><br/><font><font color="red">Free With Registration:</font> Use of Statistics on Race to Set Damages Rejected; 'Biological Fiction', Unconstitutionality Noted</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425348104&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>McMillan v. City of New York</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 20, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. BANKRUPTCY COURT<br/>NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Bankruptcy</b></font><br/><font>Trustee Loses Bid to Deny Debtors Discharge; Fraudulent Intent for Omissions Not Shown</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425347951&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>In re: D'Amico</i></b></a></font></font></p></font>

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on October 21, 2008 (boomark / email).