Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Mark’s December 29, 2020 Administrative Order includes several new rules that will be extended from the Commercial Division to other civil courts, including Supreme Court, the...more
Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Mark’s December 29, 2020 Administrative Order includes several new rules that will be extended from the Commercial Division to other civil courts, including Supreme Court, the...more
Two recent New York Appellate Division Second Department decisions articulated the standards of review for appeal of orders entered upon the default of the appealing party for its failure to oppose a motion in two different...more
The First Department has limited the role of testimony as to custom and practice in establishing what a defendant physician did in a specific instance in medical malpractice cases in Guido v. Fielding, 190 A.D.3d 49 (2020)....more
In recent rulings, New York’s Second Department has clarified the standard to strike pleadings for violation of Court Orders. Contrasting the Tolkoff and Onyenwe cases shows how the Court distinguishes between a violation of...more
The Second Department of the Appellate Division, New York State Supreme Court, has limited the role of testimony as to custom and practice in establishing what a defendant physician did in a specific instance in medical...more