Cases of Interest
When commencing a medical malpractice lawsuit in New York State, plaintiffs, and especially, plaintiff’s attorneys, must be aware of the necessity of filing a proper and timely Notice of Claim where applicable, or they may forever lose the ability to bring suit. This hard lesson was brought home again in a newly decided case in the First [...]
New Cases of Interest, and Fictional Medical Malpractice
When it comes to the discovery process in New York, probably the most frequently invoked word in decisions by judges is “liberal,” as in, New York favors a liberal, open-ended exchange of information among parties to a lawsuit. And this is with good reason. Justice is better served when the parties are better educated about [...]
Elliot Spitzer, redux
Conspiracy theorists, rejoice! For in today’s NY Times, we learn from Danny Hakim that a congressional committee is investigating the motives behind U.S. Attorney Michael J. Garcia’s investigation into Spitzer’s romp with up-and-coming rap artist/whore Ashley Dupree.
The idea here is that Spitzer came down hard on Wall Street during his tenure as New York’s Attorney [...]