

Second Circuit: Qualified Immunity Denied as District Court record not sufficient to justify Child P
The show of authority by Child Protective Services is daunting. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Child Protective...


Plaintiff's Affidavit Claiming Ownership of the Note not sufficient - Material Issue of Fact Pre
Long Island Foreclosures are at an all time high. There are many Foreclosure Defense attorneys throughout Suffolk and Nassau county...


Triable issues of fact exist in Civil Rights Case regarding whether Probable Cause Existed, New York
Mr. Mendez was walking down the street in the Bronx to meet a woman. After inquiring of a passing citizen on the street, several police...


Civil Rights Depositions of Eleven Officials will go forward - Protective Order Denied, New York Cit
Civil Rights and New York Police Lawsuits sometimes involve a systemic problems of police misconduct or overarching problems with...


Second Department - Mohel's Medical History not Subject to the New York Freedom of Information L
A recent case again touches upon exemptions to the public's right to know. In New York, the Public's Right to Know is a statutory civil...
Federal District Court allows Tolling of Statute of Limitations for a Mentally Ill Man who suffered
The New York Law Journal reports that "A mentally ill man who lost his leg after members of a Korean church tied him down with duct tape...

Claim against Rikers Island Guards allowed to Proceed: Plaintiff alleges that Rikers Island Guards B
The Plaintiff, Axel Rentas, was an inmate at Rikers when he alleged that officers used excessive force against him and then fabricated...


Police escape liability from personal injury lawsuit as a result of a Car Accident
Strange enough, an unlicensed driver was given access to a police vehicle. Why you ask? The Defendant worked at the Fordham car wash. The...


Court Should have considered unopposed affidavit of Plaintiff in Personal Injury Rear End Accident
The Plaintiff here submitted, in support of his motion for summary judgment, an affadivt stating he was stopped when his car was hit in...


Bank fails to set forth Facts, Evidence and Law in Moving Papers as Required by NY CPLR 2214 - Relie
HSBC Bank commenced a mortgage foreclosure in New York State Supreme Court, Kings County New York on or about April 17, 2008. "The...