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Recent Articles from Denise M. Champagne
Understanding science, law of head trauma
Increasing interest in concussions is not just happening in sports, but highlights many legal concerns as well, which will be addressed in a new program Nov. 11 at The Rubin […]
Former plant owner’s estate liable for site cleanup
The estate of a former plant owner will have to pay its current owners for any costs incurred so far and in the future to clean up an adjacent old […]
Baby-killing mother seeks to overturn conviction
A mother convicted of killing her infant daughter in 2001 by setting fire to their residence is trying to get her conviction overturned. Racheal Casey, 38, is represented on appeal […]
Fracking case comes down to standing
Clarification is being sought from the state Court of Appeals on a rule requiring injury to someone in a case involving land issues be different from the general public at […]
Modica & Associates marks 20th anniversary
Rochester attorney Steven V. Modica likes to tell people he was probably the most reluctant solo practitioner. “It wasn’t something I set out to do,” he said. That was 20 […]
Threatened inmate denied sex offender risk reduction
The sex offender risk level of a Niagara Falls man will not be lowered because he felt he was unable to attend a hearing on the matter for fear of […]
Patients exposed to shared injections denied class action
Class action status is being rejected for more than 1,900 Olean General Hospital patients who were notified in January 2013 the insulin injection pens used on them may have also […]
Waterloo justice sentenced in fake toilet attack
A former village justice in Seneca County was sentenced Tuesday to six months in the county jail for lying about being attacked with a toilet tank lid in August 2013, […]
Murder conviction stands in Buffalo bus driver’s killing
A second-degree murder charge will stand against a Buffalo man convicted on circumstantial evidence of firing the shot that killed another man sitting on his porch, waiting for a ride […]
Syracuse attorney disbarred, others disciplined
An order of disbarment has been entered in the Appellate Division, Fourth Department against Syracuse attorney Wayne I. Ohl for violating a suspension order. Ohl was suspended by the court […]
Monroe County man’s resisting arrest charge dismissed
A resisting arrest conviction has been dismissed against a Monroe County man initially charged with disorderly conduct for standing on a Rochester street corner. The Appellate Division, Fourth Department agreed […]
Robbery conviction tossed, murder counts stand
An underlying robbery charge, used to convict a Buffalo man of murder, has been thrown out by the Appellate Division, Fourth Department. Now Brandon Harper’s lawyer is going to try […]
Case Digests
- Second Circuit – Sentencing: United States v. Jimenez
- Fourth Department – Adult Survivors Act: Van Hooser v. Etasam Inc.
- Fourth Department – Ineffective assistance of counsel: People v. Turner
- Fourth Department – Ineffective assistance of counsel: People v. Thanthima
- Second Circuit – Sentencing: United States v. Dralle
- Fourth Department – Ineffective assistance of counsel: People v. Serrano
- Second Circuit – Habeas Corpus: Brown v. James
- Fourth Department – Comptroller authority: Scanlon v. Miller-Williams
- Fourth Department – Confidential witness: People v. Sanchez
- Second Circuit – Interest-on-escrow accounts: Cantero v. Bank of America, N.A.; Hymes v. Bank of America, N.A.
- Fourth Department – Relation back doctrine: Poindexter v. The State of New York
Law News
- Phillips Lytle names new local office leader
- Court annuls New York State’s wetland regulations for failure to comply with SEQRA
- Driver who caused fatal MVA sued by victim’s mother
- NY Court of Appeals resolves Appellate Division inconsistency
- Oneida County attorney disbarred after Trump pardon
- New trial ordered in child sex abuse case
- Rochester, Monroe County to pay $1.75M to officer blinded in stabbing
- Drug conviction reversed over faulty indictment
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