New York Law Journal Decisions of Interest November 25, 2008
By David Badertscher, PLL
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<p><b><font size="2">Tuesday, November 25, 2008</font></b></p>
<p><!-- entering multi --><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- November 25, 2008 --><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>APPELLATE DIVISION<br/>SECOND DEPARTMENT<br/>Civil Practice</b></font><br/><font>Defense of Failure to State Cause of Action Can Be Properly Raised in Answer</font><br/><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRBCRQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVS" target="_blank"><b><i>Butler, plaintiff-respondent v. Catinella defendant, third-party plaintiff, plaintiff-appellant</i></b></a></font></font></p>
<p><font size="2">NEW YORK COUNTY<br/>Real Property<br/><font>Condemnee Denied Motion For Additional Interest Due To Its 'Unreasonable' Tardiness</font> <br/><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRBCRQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVU" target="_blank"><b><i>Matter of NYS Urban Development Corp.</i></b></a></font> <br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- November 25, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>NEW YORK COUNTY<br/>Trusts and Estates</b></font><br/><font><font color="red">Free With Registration:</font> Counsel Allowed to Withdraw Contingent on Her Commencing Article 81 Guardianship Proceeding</font><br/><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRBCRQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVW" target="_blank"><b><i>Cheney v. Wells</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- November 25, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>KINGS COUNTY<br/>Civil Practice</b></font><br/><font>Affidavits of Service Improper; Court Sets Aside Foreclosure Auction Sale of Premises</font><br/><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRBCRQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVY" target="_blank"><b><i>HSBC Bank USA NA v. Fleurimond</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- November 25, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>KINGS COUNTY<br/>Damages</b></font><br/><font>NYCTA Entitled to Recover Damages For Loss Of Use Despite Using Reserve Bus, Not Renting</font><br/><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRBCRQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVA" target="_blank"><b><i>New York City Transit Authority v. Horner</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- November 25, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>KINGS COUNTY<br/>Insurance Law</b></font><br/><font>Insurer Fails to Timely Submit Verification Request, 30 Day Pay/Denial Period Not Tolled</font><br/><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRBCRQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVB" target="_blank"><b><i>Five Boro Psychological Services PC v. Autoone Ins. Co.</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- November 25, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>NASSAU COUNTY<br/>Consumer Protection</b></font><br/><font>Telephone Consumer Protection Act Lawsuit Over 100 Unwanted Phone Calls Rejected</font><br/><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRBCRQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVC" target="_blank"><b><i>Pollock v. Island Arbitration & Mediation Inc.</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- November 25, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Criminal Practice</b></font><br/><font><font color="red">Free With Registration:</font> Assault Convict Denied Habeas Relief on Ineffective Counsel Claim; 'Strickland' Test Not Satisfied</font><br/><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRBCRQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVD" target="_blank"><b><i>Dedushaj v. Graham</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- November 25, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S DISTRICT COURT<br/>SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Creditors' and Debtors' Rights</b></font><br/><font>Credit Report Firm Granted Partial Judgment; Issue Exists If FRCA Procedures, Duties Breached</font><br/><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRBCRQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVSR" target="_blank"><b><i>Gorman v. Experian Information Solutions Inc.</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- November 25, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Business Law</b></font><br/><font>Even if Portfolio Included in Fund's NAV, Liabilities Exceeded Assets When IFSI Became Administrator</font><br/><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRBCRQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVSS" target="_blank"><b><i>The Pension Comm. of the Univ. of Montreal Pension Plan v. Banc of America Securities Inc.</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- November 25, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Civil Practice</b></font><br/><font>Bus's Maker/Lessor Not Nominal Defendant in Suit Against Greyhound; Case Remanded to State Court</font><br/><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRBCRQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVST" target="_blank"><b><i>Novovic v. Greyhound Lines Inc.</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- November 25, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Criminal Practice</b></font><br/><font>Second Circuit Must Consider Application for Relief From Fraud Conviction as Successive
2255 Petition</font><br/><font><a href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRBCRQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVSU" target="_blank"><b><i>Cianfarano v. United States Government</i></b></a></font></font></p></font>
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