ALBANY — New York’s top court on Tuesday reinstated a breach-of-contract lawsuit by a dozen banks challenging MBIA’s state-approved restructuring of its bond-insurance business, concluding the state insurance superintendent’s approval doesn’t prohibit creditor and common-law claims.

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Last week the New York State Court of Appeals ruled in Cragg v. Allstate Indemnity Corp. that an insurer who tried to avoid paying wrongful death benefits to the non-resident father of a deceased child from a homeowner’s policy would have to pay the wrongful death benefit.

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Questions regarding written jury verdict sheet instructions in a Rochester homicide case will be heard by the New York State Court of Appeals.

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Judge Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick, senior associate judge of the New York State Court of Appeals, is the recipient of the New York State Bar Association’s 2011 George Bundy Smith Pioneer Award.

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The City of Buffalo does not have to compensate union members for salary increases lost during a pay freeze. The New York State Court of Appeals Wednesday reversed two lower court decisions that gave employees three additional salary steps missed during the freeze.

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The attorney-client privilege did not protect e-mails that an employee sent to her attorney in anticipation of a discrimination lawsuit, the California Court of Appeal has ruled in affirming a defense verdict.

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ALBANY — Slices, hooks and other errant shots are a common hazard on the links and a golfer can’t expect to get a warning shout of “Fore!” every time a ball comes his way, New York’s top court ruled Tuesday in dismissing a personal injury lawsuit.

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The New York State Court of Appeals has dismissed a motion by former Saratoga Family Court Judge Gilbert L. Abramson to vacate an October determination that he be removed from office.

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Parties in future matters before the Court of Appeals will be required to file documents on digital disks, effective Dec. 8. The Court of Appeals has announced it has amended its Rules of Practice which include reducing the number of paper copies for records ...

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ALBANY — New York's top court has reinstated a lawsuit against parents whose daughter hosted a party after high school dance where minors got drunk and one was later injured in a suburban Buffalo car crash.

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New York’s persistent felony offender sentencing law is constitutional according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which on Monday overturned a June ruling by one of its own panels.

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The New York State Court of Appeals has denied leave to Emin Eddie Egriu of Buffalo whose nominating petitions were invalidated. Egriu, 48, sought to challenge Rep. Louise Slaughter of Fairport ...

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