Church Members Prohibited From Soliciting Donations In Front Of Grocery Store by Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard on 5/16/2012 Church members can be permanently barred from soliciting donations outside a stand-alone grocery store, under a recent court of appeal ruling (Ralphs Grocery Company v. Missionary Church of the Disciples of Christ (---...more
Criminal Charges and Civil Suits Possible in Deadly Blaze by Lawyers.com on 4/20/2012 A deadly blaze erupted in an abandoned warehouse in Philadelphia last week, killing two firefighters and injuring two others when a wall fell on them while they were extinguishing the fire. Yesterday the city announced a...more
Illinois Court Considers Liability in Mall Slip and Fall by Howard Ankin on 4/3/2012 When someone slips and falls in a public place in Illinois such as a mall, in order to prevail in a personal injury lawsuit, the person who fell must establish that the owner of the property was somehow responsible for the...more
California Court Addresses Payment of Self-Insured Retention by Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP on 1/13/2012 In its recent decision in National Fire Ins. Co. of Hartford v. Federal Ins. Co., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 641 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 4, 2012), the United States District Court for the Northern District of California had occasion to...more
New Westchester County NY - Application for Index Number by Lawrence McElroen on 1/10/2012 As of January 17, 2012, the following case types must be commenced electronically via the NYSCEF System in Westchester County: • Article 75 (arbitration) • Commercial, including Commercial Division eligible • Consumer...more
Coverage for the Thailand Floods: Learning Lessons From Earlier Catastrophes by Reed Smith on 11/1/2011 As the flooding news from Thailand drags on, businesses must look to the lessons that past disasters can teach us - the Sendai earthquake and tsunami last March (the "Sendai Event"), Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and even...more
An Open Letter to Rockland County, NY Attorneys from Hudson Valley Bank by Lawrence McElroen on 10/1/2011 This is an open letter to Rockland County, NY attorneys from Hudson Valley Bank....more
An Open Letter to Rockland County NY Attorneys from Hudson Valley Bank by Lawrence McElroen on 9/30/2011 This is an open letter to Rockland County, NY attorneys from Hudson Valley Bank....more
New York Case Law Shorts, September 22, 2011 by Johnny D. Hall, Esq. on 9/22/2011 Out-of-possession Landlord, employee, slip and fall, control, right of entry...more
Texas Insurance Law Newsbrief: Special Report: Texas Wildfires & Valued Policy Claims by Martin, Disiere, Jefferson & Wisdom, LLP on 9/19/2011 In this Special Report, the TILN looks at valued policy law in Texas and "liquidated" claims for policy proceeds. We anticipate that the claims arising from the fires will bring these issues to the forefront for insurers and...more
Amusement Park Safety by Howard Ankin on 8/29/2011 Amusement park ride accidents can cause serious injuries or even death. If the rides are not adequately maintained or the safety rules in place are not followed, serious accidents can occur. In fact, according to...more
Carelessness To Blame For Many Carnival Ride & Water Park Accidents by Jonathan Rosenfeld - Nursing Home Abuse on 8/19/2011 Several years ago, my office represented a boy who fractured his legs after he was thrown from a water slide at a large water park to the concrete pavement below. Our investigation into the matter revealed that the boy...more
Commercial Betterment: Why client money shouldn´t grow on trees. by Adrian Reyes on 7/20/2011 Conventional Damages analyses are further complicated in cases of commercial loss where the compensation of the loss may result in a net gain to the Plaintiff. The law in Ontario as laid out by the Court of Appeal in James...more
Inspiration and risk management by International Lawyers Network on 7/11/2011 At the risk of being disowned by my History of Art student daughter, I have to admit that installation art doesn't engage me much. The lawyer in me kicks in and I start thinking about what could go wrong. For example,...more
Milian v DDRM Third Amended Complaint by Melvin Wright on 7/6/2011 Third Amended Complaint for money damages for serious injuries caused by catastrophic failure of awning structure on the rear of a strip shopping center due to negligent maintenance of the awning and the roofing system....more