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APPELLATE DIVISION
FIRST DEPARTMENT
Torts
Ladder Did Not Provide Elevated Worker Adequate Safety Device; ?Scaffold Law? Claim Reversed
Cohen, plaintiffs-appellants v. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, defendants-respondents

NEW YORK COUNTY
Business Law
New York Does Not Recognize Separate Cause Of Action to Pierce Corporate Veil; Claim Dismissed
Boczar v. Greene

NEW YORK COUNTY
Constitutional Law
Court Allows Judges' Suit Alleging Violation Of Separation of Powers Doctrine to Proceed
Larabee v. Spitzer

KINGS COUNTY
Creditors and Debtors Law
Conveyance of Property May Only Be Fraudulent If Nursing Home a ?Creditor? Prior to Conveyance
Ruby Weston Manor v. Vidal

KINGS COUNTY
Civil Practice
Court Grants Limited Discovery to Ascertain If Defendants 'Doing Business' in State
Bankrate Inc. v. Mainline Tavistock Inc.

KINGS COUNTY
Criminal Practice
Complaint Did Not Allege Disruptive, Tumultuous Behavior; Disorderly Conduct Charge Dismissed
People v. Thaddeus Reed

QUEENS COUNTY
Juvenile Law
Court Finds Five-Year-Old Victim of Alleged Sex Offenses Is a Vulnerable Witness
In Matter of Noel O.

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, SECOND CIRCUIT
Employment
Court Finds ERISA 'Anti-Cutback' Rule Not Violated By Earnings Limit Applied to Welfare Benefit Plan
Robinson v. Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund

U.S. DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Damages
Applying Circuit Methodology After Remand, Court Awards Photojournalist $677,684 for Lost Images
Grace v. Corbis Sygma

U.S. DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Motor Vehicles
FTCA Suit Against DHS Dismissed Due to Claim's Improper Presentment, Failure to Exhaust Remedies
Davis v. United States

U.S. DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Civil Practice
Stay of Action Lifted After Court Finds 'First-Filed' Rule No Longer Applicable to Suits in Iowa, New York
All American Telephone Co. Inc. v. AT&T Inc.

U.S. DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Insurance Law
Insurer Properly Denied Coverage to Wholesaler Sued After Retaining Jewelry Designer's Samples
Accessories Biz Inc. v. Linda and Jay Keane Inc.