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Sterling settlement OK’d
The Monroe County Legislature on May 14 authorized a $7,055,000 settlement in a lawsuit filed against the county by Frank Sterling, who was exonerated in 2010 after he was wrongfully convicted of murder. Sterling was convicted in 1992 of killing Viola Manville, a 74-year-old Hilton woman. DNA testing later implicated Mark Christie, who is serving […]
Media file suit to challenge execution secrecy
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Associated Press and four other news organizations filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging the secret way in which Missouri obtains the drugs it uses in lethal injections, arguing the state’s actions prohibit public oversight of the death penalty. The lawsuit asks a state court judge to order the Missouri Department of […]
County can be sued for failing to protect developmentally disabled woman
The estate of a developmentally disabled North Collins woman, tortured and killed by her half-brother and mother, can proceed with a lawsuit against Erie County and the Erie County Sheriff’s Office for failing to protect her. The Appellate Division, Fourth Department on Friday reinstated most of the dismissed claims on behalf of Laura Cummings who […]
Arent Fox files lawsuit in Medley Centre project
New York City law firm Arent Fox LLP has filed suit against Japanese companies Nomura Credit & Capital Inc. and NCCMI Inc., claiming they reneged on contractual obligations and lending commitments to a public-private project in Monroe County that included the Medley Centre Mall. The lawsuit was filed Friday in Monroe County Supreme Court on […]
Lawsuit: Male stripper did show at nursing home
WEST BABYLON (AP) — A lawsuit claims an elderly woman was subjected to an unwanted performance by a male stripper when she was living at a New York nursing home. The lawsuit was filed last month by the relatives of the 85-year-old former patient at the East Neck Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in West Babylon, […]
Student can proceed with suit over house party
Student residents of an off-campus house at the College at Brockport were responsible for maintaining the property in a safe condition, but did not have a duty to protect a party attendee from his own voluntary intoxication, an appeals court has decided. The Appellate Division, Fourth Department, in a lengthy 4-1 decision issued Friday, modified […]
Court: Gamblers can’t sue officer in another state
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a Georgia police officer could not be sued in Nevada over the seizure of two travelers’ money at an Atlanta airport. In a unanimous decision, the justices said a lawsuit against officer Anthony Walden could not go forward in a Nevada court because none of his […]
Judge: Decision in A-Rod suit must be public
NEW YORK — A federal judge said Alex Rodriguez cannot file portions of arbitrator Fredric Horowitz’s decision under seal as part of a lawsuit seeking to overturn the one-year suspension from baseball given to the New York Yankees third baseman. U.S. District Judge William H. Pauley III denied a request by Rodriguez’s lawyers Monday that […]
Lawsuit: Super Bowl tickets too expensive
NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey man has sued the National Football League, accusing it of pricing average football fans out of the Super Bowl. Josh Finkelman, of New Brunswick, said the NFL only made 1 percent of all tickets available to the public for purchase at face value. He said that means most fans […]
Suit challenging laptop searches tossed
NEW YORK — A New York City judge has thrown out a lawsuit by a photojournalism organization and others challenging laptop computer searches at U.S. borders. Judge Edward Korman granted the government’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit on Tuesday. Civil rights lawyers had sued in Brooklyn federal court in 2010 on behalf of the National […]
Defunct company sues over fracking delay
ALBANY — A bankrupt company that hoped to drill for gas in New York is suing the Cuomo administration over what it calls an unreasonable delay in deciding whether to allow hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. A trustee for Norse Energy USA said he filed a lawsuit Tuesday in state Supreme Court in Albany naming […]
Injured skier claims Song Mountain liable
A woman who broke her hip at an Onondaga County ski resort nearly seven years ago is trying to get her claim re-instated. Michelle Rudderow represents Christina J. Tone, who was injured Feb. 25, 2007, when she fell or jumped off a triple chair lift at Song Mountain Ski Center in Tully, now known as […]
Case Digests
- Court of Appeals – Speedy trial: People v. Justice A.
- Fourth Department – Traffic stop: People v. McMillon
- Second Circuit – Fair Labor Standards Act: Abbott v. Comme Des Garcons, Ltd.
- Second Circuit – Plea agreements: Cook v. United States
- Fourth Department: Statute of limitations: Marino v. Weiler
- Fourth Department – Nail and mail service: Rebutting presumption of service L&W Supply Corporation v. Built-Rite Drywall Corp, et al
- Fourth Department – Mental Hygiene Law: Charles L. v. State of New York
- Second Circuit – Medicaid and Medicare certification: U.S. ex rel. Quartararo v. Cath. Health Sys. Of Long Island Inc.
- Fourth Department – Waiver of indictment: People v. King
- Fourth Department – Speedy trial: People v. Jordan
- Fourth Department – Rosario material: People v. Dennard
- Second Circuit – Magnuson-Stevens Act: State of New York v. Raimondo
Law News
- Split court affirms gun conviction
- N.Y. Court of Appeals reverses gun conviction
- NY board approves cannabis lawsuit settlements, paves way for retail dispensaries
- NY Court of Appeals reverses murder conviction because of illegal police search
- NY Court of Appeals reverses gun conviction over ineffective counsel
- Split court affirms gun conviction, finding search and arrest were legal
- NY appeals court vacates drug conviction over illegal police search
- Split Court of Appeals strips Police Accountability Board of disciplinary power
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