New York Law Journal Decisions of Interest October 29, 2008
By David Badertscher, PLL
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<p><font size="2">APPELLATE DIVISION<br/>FIRST DEPARTMENT<br/>Criminal Practice<br/><font><font color="red">Free With Registration:</font> One Defendant's Acquittal Did Not Require Acquittal Of Other Two Co-Defendants on Gang Assault Charges</font> <br/><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRUASQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVS" target="_blank"><b><i>People, respondent v. Matthew Sanchez, defendant-appellant</i></b></a></font> </font></p>
<p><font size="2">NEW YORK COUNTY<br/>Landlord/Tenant Law<br/><font>Petition For Classification as Resident of Household Remitted; Termination of Section 8 Subsidy Arbitrary</font> <br/><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRUASQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVU" target="_blank"><b><i>Matter of Gill v. Hernandez</i></b></a></font> <br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 29, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>NEW YORK COUNTY<br/>Civil Practice</b></font><br/><font>Blog 'Publisher' Protected by Communications Decency Act, Wins Dismissal of Defamation Suit</font><br/><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRUASQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVW" target="_blank"><b><i>Von Kuersteiner v. Schrader</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 29, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>BRONX COUNTY<br/>Insurance Law</b></font><br/><font><font color="red">Free With Registration:</font> Defendants Fail to Show Plaintiff Did Not Sustain 'Serious Injury' by Experts' Conflicting Testimony</font><br/><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRUASQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVY" target="_blank"><b><i>Quintero v. Prince</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 29, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>APPELLATE DIVISION<br/>SECOND DEPARTMENT<br/>Landlord/Tenant Law</b></font><br/><font>State Appellate Panels Split as to Rights Of Tenants in Illegal Loft Leases</font><br/><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRUASQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVA" target="_blank"><b><i>Caldwell v. American Pacakge Co. Inc.</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 29, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>KINGS COUNTY<br/>Labor Law</b></font><br/><font>Proof of A Collapse of A Safety Device Constitutes Prima Facie Showing Labor Law
240(1) Violated</font><br/><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRUASQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVB" target="_blank"><b><i>Cangialosi v. Gotham Construction Co. LLC</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 29, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>KINGS COUNTY<br/>Real Property</b></font><br/><font>City Did Not Own/Control Subject Premises Where Infants Allegedly Sustained Injuries, Not Liable</font><br/><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRUASQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVC" target="_blank"><b><i>Wali v. City of New York</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 29, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>NASSAU COUNTY<br/>Land Use and Planning</b></font><br/><font>Developer Granted Dismissal of Speculative Declaratory, Injunctive Relief Claims</font><br/><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRUASQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVD" target="_blank"><b><i>Great Neck Environment Alliance v. Kreitzman</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 29, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>APPELLATE DIVISION<br/>THIRD DEPARTMENT<br/>Public Utilities</b></font><br/><font>PSC Must Reconsider Deduction From Rates of Funds Home Depot Paid for Water System's Construction</font><br/><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRUASQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVSR" target="_blank"><b><i>Matter of Home Depot USA Inc. v. New York State Public Service Commission</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 29, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, SECOND CIRCUIT<br/>Business Law</b></font><br/><font>Circuit Declines to Adopt Bright-Line Rule Barring 'Foreign-Cubed' Securities Lawsuits</font><br/><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRUASQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVSS" target="_blank"><b><i>Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd.</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 29, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>International Law</b></font><br/><font>Court Rejects Indictee's Claim That Extradition Violates Treaty, Principle Akin to Double Jeopardy</font><br/><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRUASQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVST" target="_blank"><b><i>United States v. Gilberto Salinas Doria</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 29, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Alternative Dispute Resolution</b></font><br/><font>Drivers Must Arbitrate Claims Against 'Black Car' Firm; Arbitrator Must Decide Adhesion Contract Issue</font><br/><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRUASQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVSU" target="_blank"><b><i>Kowalewski v. Samandarov</i></b></a></font></font></p></font>
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