Appellate Division, Third Department Municipal Liability Proximate Cause Hill v. Carpenter 508629 Appealed from Supreme Court, Montgomery County Background: The appeal is from an order that granted Montgomery County’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint against it. The plaintiff ...

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Appellate Division, Third Department Gratuitous Bailments Santiago v. United Cerebral Palsy of Ulster County Inc. 509472 Appealed from Supreme Court, Ulster County Background: The appeal is from an order that denied the defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint. ...

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Appellate Division, Third Department Real Property Easement by Prescription — Hostile Possession Chaner v. Calarco 507790 Appealed from Supreme Court, Columbia County Background: In 1974, plaintiff and Benjamin Autieri obtained title to a three-acre parcel in Columbia County and, over ...

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State Supreme Court Justice Henry J. Scudder, presiding justice of the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, on Tuesday will face a challenge from a downstate candidate in his bid for re-election. Stephen J. Lynch of Suffolk County ...

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Appellate Division, Third Department Easements Lew Beach Co. v. Carlson 508547 Appealed from County Court, Sullivan County Background: The appeal is from a decision that, among other things, granted the plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment declaring it has a prescriptive ...

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Appellate Division, Third Department Premises Liability Schools Merrill v. Elmira Heights Central School District 509599 Appealed from Supreme Court, Chemung County Background: The appeal is from a ruling that denied the defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint. The ...

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Appellate Division, Third Department Election Law Gubernatorial Elections Matter of Thompson v. Cohn 510568 Appealed from Supreme Court, Albany County Background: The appeal is from a Sept. 29 judgment of the supreme court in Albany County, which granted the petitioner’s ...

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Appellate Division, Third Department Workers’ Compensation Matter of Proulx v. Burnett Process 508835 Appealed from the Workers’ Compensation Board Background: This decision concerns appeals from four decisions of the Workers’ Compensation Board between May and August of 2009, which, among ...

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Appellate Division, Third Department Workers’ Compensation Depression — Suicide Matter of Smith v. Cornell University 508834 Appealed from the Workers’ Compensation Board Background: This appeal is from a decision that the death of claimant’s decedent was causally related to his ...

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Appellate Division, Third Department Unemployment Insurance Employer-Employee Relationship Matter of Wells v. Madison Consulting Inc. 506898 Appealed from the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board Background: This appeal concerns two decisions of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, which ruled that Madison Consulting ...

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Appellate Division, Fourth Department Divorce Purchase of Insurance — Pension Proceeds Richter v. Richter 1121 Appealed from Supreme Court, Onondaga County Background: The appeal is from a decision that equitably distributed the parties’ marital property. The defendant was directed to ...

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Appellate Division, Fourth Department Municipal Planning Environmental Impact — Sewer System Matter of Ontario Heights Homeowners’ Association v. Town of Oswego Planning Board 1006 Article 78 Proceeding; Supreme Court, Oswego County Background: The supreme court dismissed the petition and the ...

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