In affirming the trial court’s determination defendants’ motion for summary judgment was untimely, the Fourth Department explained the applicable law: “Where . . . a court does not set a date by which summary judgment motions must be made pursuant to CPLR 3212 (a), such a motion must be made no later than 120 days […]
The Fourth Department determined defendant’s motion to dismiss the action based upon plaintiff’s failure to serve a complaint after a demand should have been granted: “To avoid dismissal for failure to timely serve a complaint after a demand for the complaint has been made pursuant to CPLR 3012 (b), a plaintiff must demonstrate both a […]
The Fourth Department explained the proof requirements where the defendant claimed the entire amount in a deferred compensation account should not have been deemed marital property: According to defendant, the court improperly presumed that all of the funds in that account accumulated during the marriage, and he therefore contends that we should remit the matter […]
In affirming Family Court’s dismissal of a paternity petition, the Fourth Department explained that the doctrine of equitable estoppel, urged to bar the mother from denying petitioner is the father of the child, did not apply: “[T]he Court of Appeals has recently reiterated that a nonbiological, nonadoptive parent does not have standing to seek visitation […]
In finding defendant had stated a legally cognizable counterclaim for breach of a domestic partnership agreement, the Fourth Department explained: With respect to domestic partnership agreements, “New York courts have long accepted the concept that an express agreement between unmarried persons living together is as enforceable as though they were not living together . . […]
In affirming Family Court’s finding of neglect based upon the children’s exposure to bloody violence involving the mother and her boyfriend, the Fourth Department noted that police reports should not have been admitted in evidence because they were not properly certified: The mother correctly contends that Family Court erred in admitting police records in evidence […]
The Fourth Department dismissed as duplicative causes of action sounding in fraud and breach of fiduciary duty in complaints against dentists also alleging malpractice, negligence, breach of General Business Law section 349 and 350, and failure to obtain informed consent, all based on dental treatment provided to children: We agree with defendants that the court […]
The Fourth Department determined competing experts raised a question of fact about whether the post-discharge arrangements for psychiatric treatment of plaintiff’s decedent were adequate. Plaintiff’s decedent committed suicide 16 days after he was released from defendant psychiatrist’s in-patient care: …[P]laintiff submitted the affidavit of her unidentified expert, wherein the expert stated that the proper standard […]
In reversing Supreme Court, the Fourth Department determined the “storm in progress” doctrine warranted summary judgment to the defendant in a slip and fall case. In addition, the Fourth Department determined the plaintiff failed to raise a question of fact about whether the defendant created the dangerous condition, noting that the failure to remove all […]
The Fourth Department determined the defendant funeral home could not be held liable for the plaintiff’s fall on an icy sidewalk in front of the home. There was no statute or ordinance imposing liability on the abutting landowner (as opposed to the municipality), the funeral home did not derive a special use from the sidewalk, […]
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