New York Law Journal: Decisions of Interest October 2, 2008
By David Badertscher, PLL
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<p><font size="2">APPELLATE DIVISION<br/>SECOND DEPARTMENT<br/>Torts<br/><font>Consulting Pulmonologist Not at Fault in Patient's Death Due to Post-Operative Esophageal Perforation</font> <br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202424951959&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Myers, respondent v. Ferrara et al., defendants, appellant</i></b></a></font> </font></p>
<p><br/><font size="2">NEW YORK COUNTY<br/>Contracts<br/><font>Court Rules Developer Waived Exceptions to Title; Defendants Entitled to Retain Down Payment</font> <br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202424955654&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Beagle Developers LLC v. Long Island Beagle Club II Inc.</i></b></a></font> <br/><br/></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>NEW YORK COUNTY<br/>Real Property</b></font><br/><font>Court Finds City Took Required 'Hard Look' At Zoning Change in Manhattanville</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202424951921&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Tuck-it-Away Associates LP v. City of New York</i></b></a></font><br/><br/></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>KINGS COUNTY<br/>Labor Law</b></font><br/><font>Pipe Falling 33 Inches Found Not De Minimus; Worker Entitled to Labor Law
240(1) Protections</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202424951892&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Romero v. Trump Village Apartments Two LLC</i></b></a></font><br/><br/></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>NASSAU<br/>Contracts</b></font><br/><font>Cablevision Granted Dismissal; Agreement Did Not Prevent Use of Subsidiary to Deliver Internet Services</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202424957321&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Lawlor v. Cablevision Systems Corp.</i></b></a></font><br/><br/></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>NASSAU COUNTY<br/>Administrative Law</b></font><br/><font>Private Investigator's Motion to Annul Decision Revoking Pistol License, Reinstating Same Denied</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202424951856&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Matter of Leto v. Mulvey</i></b></a></font><br/><br/></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>ERIE COUNTY<br/>Business Law</b></font><br/><font><font color="red">Free With Registration:</font> Court Rules Former Member of LLC Lacks Standing to Bring Derivative Suit</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202424955623&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Billings v. Bridgepoint Partners LLC</i></b></a></font><br/><br/></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, SECOND CIRCUIT<br/>Taxation</b></font><br/><font><font color="red">Free With Registration:</font> Net Capital Losses Cannot Be Used in Calculating Alternative Minimum Tax Net Operating Loss</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202424955563&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Palahnuk v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue</i></b></a></font><br/><br/></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Constitutional Law</b></font><br/><font>Court Rejects Helicopter Firm's Claim That Heliport's Operator Breached Due Process, Equal Protect Rights</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202424955435&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>New York Helicopter Charter Inc. v. Air Pegasus Heliport Inc.</i></b></a></font><br/><br/></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Insurance Law</b></font><br/><font>Employer's Letter Notified Husband of Insurance Conversion Right; ERISA, Plan Requirements Met</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202424955406&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Gilbert v. LaSalle Bank Corp.</i></b></a></font><br/><br/></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>International Law</b></font><br/><font>Iraqi's TVPA Claims From Hussein Regime's Wheat Purchases Dismissed; Australia Is Adequate Forum</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202424955534&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Mastafa v. Australian Wheat Board Limited</i></b></a></font><br/><br/></font><font size="2"><font color="#265a8e"><b>U.S. DISTRICT COURT<br/>EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK<br/>Contracts</b></font><br/><font>Collector's Rescission, Fraudulent Inducement Claims Over Diane Arbus Photos Survive Dismissal Bid</font><br/><font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202424955593&pStyle=decision" target="_blank"><b><i>Ogunsanya v. Langmuir</i></b></a></font><br/></font></p></font>
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