New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
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Lawsuit claiming giant throne was tripping hazard fails at appeals court
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) – A large throne is an open and obvious hazard, a New York appeals court has ruled in rejecting a personal injury lawsuit. -
Would-be judge ordered to accept $500K in Home Depot melee case or risk new trial
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - A lawyer who claimed his judicial career was doomed after he was falsely detained by a Home Depot security guard over an altercation with a female customer had a $1.8 million jury verdict reversed on appeal. -
'Scandalous' details in sex abuse lawsuits to be included, as court rules against N.Y. Archdiocese
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - Lawsuits over childhood sex abuse necessarily contain details that are graphic and uncomfortable but shouldn’t be stripped from the complaint under a law prohibiting “scandalous or prejudicial matter” from lawsuits, a New York appeals court ruled in a case involving allegations against a Catholic-school basketball coach. -
Personal injury lawsuit revived over step stool that was trashed after accident
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - A New York appeals court threw out a jury verdict in favor of manufacturer Newell Rubbermaid, giving the plaintiff a second chance to prove she was injured when a step stool collapsed underneath her. -
New York appeals court revives sexual assault lawsuit against doctor
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) – The alleged victim of sexual assault by her doctor will get another chance to hold him and his practice liable. -
Widow of man who jumped off George Washington Bridge can sue for lack of suicide barriers
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - The widow of a man who parked his car on the George Washington Bridge, scaled a barrier onto a locked walkway and plunged to his death can sue the New York Port Authority for failing to maintain the bridge in a “reasonably safe condition,” an appeals court has ruled, reversing a lower court’s dismissal of the lawsuit.