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Injuries from Subduing Mentally Disturbed Person Not Accidental

In confirming the denial of a police officer’s application for accidental disability retirement benefits, the Third Department noted that the injuries suffered when subduing a mentally disturbed person were the result of a risk inherent in the duties of a police officer and did not constitute “a sudden, fortuitous, out of the ordinary and unexpected event that [did] not result from an activity undertaken in the performance of regular or routine employment duties” … . In the Matter of Carpenter v DiNapoli, 515251, 3rd Dept. 3-21-13

 

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DEFENDANT REHABILITATION AND RECOVERY SERVICES DID NOT DEMONSTRATE IT DID NOT HAVE A DUTY TO PREVENT A PERSON UNDER ITS SUPERVISION AND CARE FROM HARMING MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC; PLAINTIFF WAS KIDNAPPED AND RAPED BY A PERSON WITH A VIOLENT PAST WHO WAS UNDER DEFENDANT’S CARE AND SUPERVISION (THIRD DEPT). ​
NO RECORD OF JUDGE’S DISCUSSION OF A JURY NOTE WITH COUNSEL, MURDER CONVICTION REVERSED; DEFENDANT AUTHORIZED HIS AGENT TO SHOW HIS LETTER TO HIS ATTORNEY TO A THIRD PARTY, NO ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE; SENTENCES CANNOT BE CONSECUTIVE FOR CRIMES WITH THE SAME ACTUS REUS (THIRD DEPT).
Party Moving for Summary Judgment May Not Submit Expert Affidavits With the Identity of the Expert Redacted
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Trial Court’s Decision to Conduct Trial in Defendant’s Absence Without Consideration of the Factors Mandated for Consideration by the Court of Appeals Required Reversal

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