New York Law Journal Decisions of Interest October 21, 2008
By David Badertscher, PLL
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<p><font size="2">APPELLATE DIVISION<br/>FIRST DEPARTMENT<br/>Criminal Practice<br/><font>Panel Relies on Case Facts to Uphold Denial of Expert Evidence on Reliability of Eyewitness Identification</font> <br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425351427&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>People, respondent v. Quentin Abney, defendant-appellant</i></b></a></font> </font></p>
<p><font size="2">NEW YORK COUNTY<br/>Contracts<br/><font>Jeweler Fails to Establish Claim for Conversion, Only Establishes Partial Account Stated on Items</font> <br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425348183&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>M.K. Jewelry Inc. v. Kohen</i></b></a></font> <br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 20, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>NEW YORK COUNTY<br/>Criminal Practice</b></font><br/><font>Certificate of Readiness Served on Prior Counsel Is Found Ineffective to Toll Speedy-Trial Clock</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425348270&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>People v. Jeffrey Stewart</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 20, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>KINGS COUNTY<br/>Insurance Law</b></font><br/><font>Insurer Fails to Present Evidence to Establish Defense of Lack of Medical Necessity</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425348241&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>A Plus Medical PC v. Government Employees Ins. Co.</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 20, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>KINGS COUNTY<br/>Criminal Practice</b></font><br/><font>Admission Without More Ruled Insufficient; Accusatory Instrument Jurisdictionally Defective</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425348212&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>People v. Keyia Walker</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 20, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>WESTCHESTER COUNTY<br/>Criminal Practice</b></font><br/><font>Court Not Authorized to Make Finding of Innocence; Charges Are Dismissed in Interest of Justice</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425348075&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>People v. Duanny Lara</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 20, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>ALBANY COUNTY<br/>Family Law</b></font><br/><font><font color="red">Free With Registration:</font> Court Rules Grandmother Has No Standing To File Termination of Paternal Rights Petition</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425348133&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Matter of Paul C. Jr. v. Paul C. Sr.</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 20, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, SECOND CIRCUIT<br/>Criminal Practice</b></font><br/><font>Mobster's Conviction Upheld; Error in Overruling Objection to Witness 'Lay Opinion' Testimony Harmless</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425348038&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>United States v. Patrick DeFilippo</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 20, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, SECOND CIRCUIT<br/>Labor Law</b></font><br/><font>Panel Upholds Board Ruling That Stock Award After IPO Was Gift Not Subject to Bargaining</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425347980&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>UNITE HERE v. National Labor Relations Board</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 20, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Antitrust</b></font><br/><font>Court Partly Dismisses Complaint Over Transfer Of N.Y. Rangers' Web Site to NHL-Operated Server</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425348009&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Madison Square Garden LP v. National Hockey League</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 20, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Damages</b></font><br/><font><font color="red">Free With Registration:</font> Use of Statistics on Race to Set Damages Rejected; 'Biological Fiction', Unconstitutionality Noted</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425348104&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>McMillan v. City of New York</i></b></a></font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- October 20, 2008 --></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. BANKRUPTCY COURT<br/>NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Bankruptcy</b></font><br/><font>Trustee Loses Bid to Deny Debtors Discharge; Fraudulent Intent for Omissions Not Shown</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202425347951&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>In re: D'Amico</i></b></a></font></font></p></font>
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