FEATURE ARTICLE:
"DECISION" IS TREATED AS "ORDER" UNDER NEW
MOTION RULE: WHAT OBLIGATIONS ATTEND ENTRY AND SERVICE, AND WHAT CONSEQUENCES
UNDER THE 60-DAY "ABANDONMENT" RULE?
 THE
NEW FILING SYSTEM
Commencement in "Service" Court, Then Transfer to "Filing" Court.
When Deemed "Commenced?
Can Second Action Add New Claim?
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GENERAL
PRACTICE POINTS
USE OF EMPLOYEE'S DEPOSITION:
Recent (June 1, 1993) Amendment Expands Use
of Employee's Deposition at Trial
BILL OF PARTICULARS OMISSION:
Failure to Mention Permanent Neck Injury Costs
Plaintiff $30,000 Verdict, and the Lawyer a Malpractice Suit
FORUM NON CONVENIENS:
Plaintiff Suing Defendant in N.Y. on Foreign
Claim Can't Complain When Defendant Interposes Related Counterclaim
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SUBSTITUTED SERVICE:
Failure to Say "Personal and Confidential"
on Envelope Mailed to Place of Business Voids Service
GUARDIANS REPLACE COMMITTEES:
"Guardian" Terminology Substituted for "Committee"
and "Conservator"
FEDERAL
JURISDICTION:
MEASURING DIVERSITY OF CITIZENSHIP:
In No-Fault Action, Claim Is Against Insurer
Only; Insured's Citizenship Doesn't Have to Be Considered
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