New York Law Journal Decisions of Interest December 4, 2008
By David Badertscher, PLL
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<p><font size="2">APPELLATE DIVISION<br/>SECOND DEPARTMENT<br/>Evidence<br/><font>Town's Properly Admitted 1995 Aerial Photo Supports Adverse Possession Claim?s Dismissal</font> <br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426453971&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Corsi v. Town of Bedford</i></b></a></font> </font></p>
<p><font size="2">NEW YORK COUNTY<br/>Torts<br/><font><font color="red">Free With Registration:</font> Factual Issues Exist on Whether Treatment Deviated From Standard Dental Practice</font> <br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426453711&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Streimer v. Biondo</i></b></a></font> <br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- December 04, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>KINGS COUNTY<br/>Legal Profession</b></font><br/><font>Lawyer May Be Found in Criminal Contempt For Her 'Wilful Disobedience' to Pay Sanction</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426456426&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Astrada v. Archer</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- December 04, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>QUEENS COUNTY<br/>Civil Practice</b></font><br/><font>Bank Fails to Provide Reasonable Excuse For Failure to Enter Judgment After Default</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426453897&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Great Eastern Bank v. Kim</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- December 04, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>NASSAU COUNTY<br/>Trusts and Estates</b></font><br/><font>Marriage of 90 Year-Old Alleged Incapacitated Person, 53-Year-Old 'Wife' Declared Null, Void</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426454000&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Matter of I.I.R.</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- December 04, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>NASSAU COUNTY<br/>Real Property</b></font><br/><font>Property Owner Denied Motion to Dismiss Claim For Imposition of Constructive Trust</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426453836&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Hagerman v. Hagerman</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- December 04, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>SUFFOLK COUNTY<br/>Contracts</b></font><br/><font>Plaintiff Not Entitled to Compensation As He Never Performed Work Per Agreement</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426454190&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Fishbein v. Chaimovitz</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- December 04, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Contracts</b></font><br/><font>Claim, Counterclaim Dismissed in Suit Alleging Housing Authority's Breach of Security Pact</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426453865&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Andrews Int'l Inc. v. New York City Housing Authority</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- December 04, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Civil Rights</b></font><br/><font>Constitutional Rights Claims Over State Troopers' Warrantless Entry, Search Survive Dismissal Bid</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426453807&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Rivera v. Leto</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- December 04, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Contracts</b></font><br/><font><font color="red">Free With Registration:</font> No Rational Jury Could Find That Company Intended to Be Bound by Oral Agreement</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426453770&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>McElroy v. Gemark Alloy Refining Corp.</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- December 04, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Civil Practice</b></font><br/><font>Court Finds Party Indispensable, Rejects Bid to Moot Suit's Dismissal by Drop of Claims Against Party</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426453941&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Global Detection and Reporting Inc. v. Securetec Detektions-Systeme AG</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- December 04, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Employment</b></font><br/><font>Benefit Plan's Language Allowed Administrator To Offset LTD Benefit by Amount of SSDI Benefits</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202426453740&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Fortune v. Group Long Term Disability Plan for Employees of Keyspan Corp.</i></b></a></font></font></p></font>
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