Court of Appeals of New York - November 2012 Opinion Summaries

Cividanes v. City of New York

Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In plaintiff's suit against the City of New York for sustaining injuries to her ankle when she stepped off the bus and fell into a hole, the judgment...

Metz v. State of New York

Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In plaintiffs' suit against the State of New York alleging that it had been negligent in certifying an unsafe passenger capacity of a public vessel,...

Dupree v. Giugliano

Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Health Law
In plaintiff's medical malpractice suit against her former physician, arising from their nine-month affair, the judgment of the Appellate Division is...

People v. Vandover

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
The Appellate Term's dismissal of defendant's charges for driving while intoxicated is affirmed where: 1) there is support in the record for the...

People v. Watson

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's conviction for facilitating the sale and possession of cocaine is affirmed where based on the plain language of the facilitation statutes...

People v. Townsley

Criminal Law & Procedure
The Appellate Division's denial of defendant's request for coram nobis relief, claiming ineffective assistance of appellate counsel, is affirmed where...

In the Matter of Soares

Criminal Law & Procedure, Judges & Judiciary
The Appellate Division's decision to issue a writ of prohibition proscribing enforcement of a county judge's orders disqualifying a county district...

People v. Gavazzi

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a conviction of a defendant for child pornography-related offense, the Appellate Division's grant of defendant's motion to suppress is affirmed...

Pappas v. Tzolis

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiffs' suit against their former business partner alleging, inter alia, breach of fiduciary duty involving the sale and lease of a building,...

In the Matter of Lazzari

Administrative Law, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a town's challenge to a county's determination regarding an employee's fitness to resume work before the town reinstated him to his position under...