Appellate Division, Fourth Department – Wrongful Death – Conscious Pain and Suffering – Protective Order Rice v. Corasanti CA 14-00703 Appealed from Supreme Court, Erie County   Background: The plaintiffs seek damages for fatal injuries sustained by the decedent when she ...

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Appellate Division, Fourth Department – Wrongful Death – Guardians for Children – Standing   Freeland v. Erie County, et al. CA 13-01411 Appealed from Supreme Court, Erie County   Background: The underlying actions arose from the suicide of the decedent while ...

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Appellate Division, Fourth Department Wrongful Death Foreseeability — Summary Judgment Schnorr v. Emeritus Corporation, et al. CA 13-01986 Appealed from Supreme Court, Onondaga County Background: The plaintiff administrator of the estate of her father commenced an action for personal injuries ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Municipal Liability — Wrongful Death Confidential Informant — Special Relationship Velez v. City of New York 12-1965-cv Judges Lynch, Lohier and Carney Background: The plaintiff commenced an action on behalf of her son ...

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New York State Court of Claims Wrongful Death Standing House v. State 120559 Judge Minarik Background: The claimant commenced an action for wrongful death after Jonathan M. Flower died of a heroin overdose while an inmate at the Attica Correctional ...

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New York State Court of Appeals Wrongful Death Pre-verdict Interest Toledo v. Christo No. 224 Judge Ciparick Background: The issue on appeal was whether the trial court, in awarding pre-verdict interest, properly discounted future wrongful death damages back to the ...

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Appellate Division, Fourth Department Wrongful Death Psychiatric Malpractice Wulbrecht v. Jehle M.D., et al. CA 11-00509 Appealed from Supreme Court, Erie County Background: The plaintiff, as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, commenced a medical malpractice and wrongful ...

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Appellate Division, Fourth Department Wrongful Death Special Relationship — Proximate Cause Hernandez, et al. v. Town of Hamburg, et al. CA 10-01296 Appeal from the Supreme Court, Erie County Background: The plaintiff, as administratrix of the estate of her son’s ...

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BUFFALO — Families of at least five passengers killed in the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 near Buffalo have reached settlements with the airlines involved.

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Annuity payments that a debtor was entitled to under the terms of a wrongful death settlement are not part of his bankruptcy estate, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled in affirming judgment.

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