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U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, SECOND CIRCUIT
Immigration Law
Court Remands, Urging BIA to Clarify Persecution Standard in Chinese Asylum Case
Jiang, petitioner v. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, respondent

NEW YORK COUNTY
Torts
Small Claims Action Fails Against Sothebys; Court Finds No Legal Basis Exists for Liability
Kitchen v. Sothebys

NEW YORK COUNTY
Landlord/Tenant Law
Proof Insufficient Under 'Griggs' to Warrant Trial To Evict Tenant for Chronic Nonpayment of Rent
Free With Registration:Uptown Realty Unlimited LLC v. Flores

KINGS COUNTY
Real Property
Dismissal for Failure to State Cause in Complaint Alleging Fraud in Mortgage Rescue Scheme Denied
Free With Registration:Mathurin v. Lost & Found Recovery LLC

KINGS COUNTY
Real Property
Sidewalk Defect Caused by Tree Root Does Not Bar Application of Sidewalk Law; City Not Liable in Suit
Falco v. Jennings Hall Senior Citizen Housing Development Fund Inc.

NASSAU COUNTY
Contracts
Stipulation of Settlement May Be Given Binding Effect, Enforceable by Motion or Plenary Action
Melro Electronic Devices Inc. v. C.M.C. Collision Inc.

RICHMOND COUNTY
Insurance Law
Court Will Not Second-Guess Treating Physician On Necessity of Tests to Diagnose, Treat Patient
Cambridge Medical PC v. Government Employees Ins. Co.

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, SECOND CIRCUIT
Criminal Practice
Relief Vacating Conviction Upheld but Bar Against Retrial for Depraved Indifference Murder Vacated
DiSimone v. Phillips

U.S. DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Civil Rights
State Prisoner May Add Wardens, Prison Doctors To Complaint Alleging Hepatitis C Contraction
Mabry v. New York City Department of Corrections

U.S. DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Civil Practice
Proposed Claim Untimely Under State False Claims Law's Limits Period, Would Not Relate Back to 2000
United States ex rel. Romano v. New York-Presbyterian Hospital

U.S. DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Civil Practice
Judgment on Pleadings Denied; 'Tellabs' Scienter Standard Met in Claims on Prior Dismissal Order
In re Tower Automotive Securities Litigation

U.S. DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Civil Practice
Court Uses Its Discretion to Decline Relation; Refers Gambino Case for Random Assignment
United States v. Joseph Agate