Indemnitee Status May Be Established by “Additional Insured” Listing in an Insurance/Indemnity Rider; Labor Law § 241(6) Turns on Whose Work Created the Code Violation Case: Almer v Summit Glory...
PCS-Cooperation Clauses Do Not Authorize Unilateral Relocation Under an Incorporated-Not-Merged Parenting Agreement 1. Introduction Matter of Liebetreu v. Sennett (2026 NY Slip Op 04075) arises from...
Revenue Purchase Agreements Are Not Usurious Loans Where Repayment Is Contingent: Reconciliation, No Finite Term, and No Bankruptcy Recourse Case: NewCo Capital Group LLC v SPE Trading, Inc. (App...
Radiologist’s Limited Duty on Follow-Up Testing: No General Obligation to Recommend a Biopsy Absent an Assumed Duty Case: Rashada v Ahmed, 2026 NY Slip Op 04061 (App. Div., 4th Dep’t June 26, 2026)...
Grand Jury Integrity Standard: No Justification Charge Without Supporting Evidence; Prior-Conviction Element May Be Presented for Penal Law § 265.03 (3) 1. Introduction In People v Anderson (2026 NY...
People v. Crews: Holistic “Bay Factors” Due-Diligence Review Sustains Discovery Compliance and CPL 30.30 Readiness Despite Belated BWC Disclosure 1. Introduction In People v Crews (2026 NY Slip Op...
Ambiguous Additional-Insured Contract Scope Bars Summary Judgment and Requires Discovery Rulings Before Determining the Duty to Defend 1. Introduction In County of Erie v Selective Ins. Co. of Am.,...
Post‑Crime Psychiatric Diagnosis Is Relevant to Penal Law § 40.15 and Cannot Be Precluded as “Speculative” When Grounded in Pre‑Incident Records 1. Introduction In People v Williams, 2026 NY Slip Op...
People v. Shaw: People v Gonzalez Governs Third-Party Consent Voluntariness After a Payton Arrest; People v Borges Attenuation Can Purge the Taint 1. Introduction In People v Shaw (2026 NY Slip Op...
Mandatory-Arbitration Case-Closures Are a SAPA “Rule”: Limits on DOL Enforcement Discretion Require Rulemaking 1. Introduction Matter of Gui Zhu Chen v. Reardon (2026 NY Slip Op 04014) is a Third...
Remittal Required When the Trial Court Fails to Decide a CPL 30.30 Motion Challenging the Validity of a Certificate of Compliance 1. Introduction In People v Presley (2026 NY Slip Op 04012 [3d Dept...
Discovery Sanctions After a So-Ordered Stipulation: Willfulness May Be Found, But Dismissal Must Still Be Proportionate 1. Introduction Connors v ASM Global Parent, Inc. (2026 NY Slip Op 04016 [3d...
Municipal PFAS Claims May Seek Alternative Clean Water and Stigma Damages Despite DEC Remediation—No CPLR 3211 Dismissal on Double Recovery, Speculation, or Primary Jurisdiction 1. Introduction In...
Matter of Chu: Serious-Crime Status Requires a Statutory “Necessary Element” or Plea-Record Facts; Foreign Discipline Still Supports New York Disbarment 1. Introduction Matter of Chu (2026 NY Slip Op...
FOIL After § 50-a Repeal: No Blanket Privacy Redactions for Unsubstantiated Officer-Complaint Names; Remedy Is Individualized Review on a Definite Timeline 1. Introduction Matter of New York Civ....
Zeledon v. Zeledon: Unserved Pro Se Letters Do Not Toll CPLR 5015(a)(1) and Lengthy Delay Defeats Vacatur Even in Matrimonial Defaults 1. Introduction Case: Zeledon v Zeledon, 2026 NY Slip Op 04022...
Assigned Counsel in Family Ct Act Article 6 Visitation: No Denial Absent Knowing Waiver or Egregious Forfeiture 1. Introduction Matter of Carlene R. v Heather A. (2026 NY Slip Op 04015 [3d Dept June...
Santacruz v. 58 Gerry St. LLC — Conflicting Accident Accounts Defeat Labor Law § 240(1) Summary Judgment and Anti-Subrogation Limits Additional-Insured Indemnity (with a Potential Excess-Coverage...
Retrial After a Fundamentally Defective First Trial Is Not Barred by Double Jeopardy When the First-Trial Evidence Was Legally Sufficient Introduction In People v Hoffler (2026 NY Slip Op 04004), the...
Joint Legal Custody Preserved, But One Parent May Receive Tie-Breaking Authority After Good-Faith Impasse Introduction In Matter of Alyssa P. v Jeffrey P. (2026 NY Slip Op 04017), the Appellate...