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Sims v. Stanton

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's civil rights suit against a police officer for sustaining serious injuries as a result of the officer's act of kicking down the front...

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...

Ackerson v. City of White Plains

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In action alleging false arrest, malicious prosecution and 1983 claims following arrest for 3rd degree menacing, summary judgment for defendants is...

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...

Garrett v. Howmedica Osteonics Corp.

Product Liability, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's product liability action involving an implanted prosthetic device, trial court's grant of defendants' motion for a summary judgment is...

Long v. Fairbank Reconstruction Corp.

Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's third-party complaint against a beef slaughtering and processing company, alleging that defendant had supplied plaintiff with tainted...

Holstein v. Cmty. Gen. Hosp. of Greater Syracuse

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Following a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff in her malpractice suit against the hospital, appellate division's denial of the hospital's motion...

Grucci v. Grucci

Family Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's suit against his ex-wife for malicious prosecution, trial court's dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where there was sufficient...

Barabin v. AstenJohnson, Inc.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiffs' suit against manufacturers of dryer felts, claiming that his mesothelioma was caused by occupational exposure to asbestos contained in...