FEATURE ARTICLE:
 THE
NEW FILING SYSTEM
FURTHER PITFALLS IN SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS: FILING
OF MERE "PROPOSED" ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE DOES NOT COMMENCE SPECIAL PROCEEDING
UNDER NEW FILING SYSTEM
CONTENT OF SERVED vs. FILED
PAPERS:
Papers Served Should Be Identical to Papers
Filed
ATTEMPTED JUDGE SHOPPING:
In Counties with Few Judges, Tendering Clerk
Several Cases in Calculated Sequence in Attempt to Get "Preferred"
Judge Gets Foiled
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GENERAL
PRACTICE
BILL OF PARTICULARS:
Plaintiff Must Furnish Figure for Special Damages;
Merely Listing Documents or Referring to Medical Bills Won't Do
CONVERTING FROM WRONG FORM:
Improperly Brought Proceeding Is Converted
Into "Appeal"
SOME
NEW LAWS
SMALL CLAIMS COURTS:
Small Claims Jurisdiction Raised to $3000 (from
$2000)
POETIC JUSTICE?:
Legislature's Needless Relettering of Subdivisions
Throws Off Its Own Work Product, Too
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BACKLOG
ITEMS
REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS:
Foreign Child Support Judgment Rendered on
Default Enjoys Local Registration That Other Judgments Don't
DISGUISING PLAINTIFF IN CAPTION?:
P Can Maintain Anonymity in Caption as Long
as Identification Is Offered to D
FEDERAL
JURISDICTION
May New York's Mail Method of Service Be Used
in Federal Court, Whose Own Mail Method Has Been Repealed?
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