On April 10, 2013, in Pinsky v. Botnick,?a NY appeals court denied the paternal grandmother of four young children the right to visitation. The father of the children passed away…
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On April 24, 2013, the New Jersey Supreme Court in Edward Nicholas v. Dr. Christopher Mynster, held that a plaintiff?s medical malpractice expert should have been barred from offering testimony…
The U.S. Supreme Court decided the case Missouri v. McNeely on Wednesday, ruling that states may not automatically draw blood from DWI suspects. Missouri argued that the natural metabolization of…
A recent NY Appellate Division case upheld a disclaimer of liability coverage for an accident that occurred on an undisclosed three story addition to a one-story building.? The court based…
In New York, a general contractor is ordinarily not liable for the negligence of a subcontractor. This is because under normal circumstances a general contractor does not control how the…
Last week a federal judge ordered the Food and Drug Administration to make the Plan B emergency contraceptive pill available to young teens and girls without a prescription.? The ruling…
Tenants at the Gardens at Maplewood apartment complex in EssexCounty were unpleasantly surprised when they learned that they were not entitled to a rent reduction when building services were interrupted…
In 2008 Warren Hospital?s intranet was hacked by one or more individuals who then circulated defamatory messages to the hospital?s employees.? The hospital and several employees who were defamed then…
On March 31, 2013, the New York Court of Appeals in White v. Farrell held that the measure of damages for a buyer?s breach of contract to sell real property…
It is unlikely that there will be a sweeping declaration that same-sex marriage must be allowed throughout the United States. Nevertheless, following last week?s oral arguments before the Supreme Court,…