FEATURE ARTICLE:
FURTHER PROBLEMS WITH ATTEMPTED USE OF "MAIL
DROP" SERVICE
• Availability of Court-Ordered Service
Under Paragraph 5 Affected
• Relationship of Claim to "Mail
Drop" Address
• Need Defendant Be Using Mail Drop
Address at Service Time?
• Is CPLR 308 (with Paragraph 6 Included)
Altogether Inapplicable to Corporations?
• If Service Fails, Is There a 120-Day
Period for New Service?
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 NEW
LAWS
OCA Clarification About Size of Type in Legal
Documents
GENERAL
PRACTICE
DEFAULT APPLICATIONS:
Dispute About Whether Verified Complaint Can
Serve as Affidavit of Merits on Default Application
SETTLEMENT TACTICS:
Defendant Not Entitled to Discovery of Agreement
Among Plaintiffs About Their Unity in Settling
APPEALS WITH MULTIPLE PARTIES:
Each Winner Should Serve Its Own Notice of
Entry in Order to Start Appeal Time Running Against Itself
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BACKLOG
ITEMS
FEDERAL "SUPPLEMENTAL" JURISDICTION:
Six Months for State Court Action After Claim
Dismissed for Want of Federal Jurisdiction Runs from Issuance of Written
Order, Not Earlier Oral Decision Announcing It
ATTORNEY'S LIABILITY:
Lawyer Who Misleads Sheriff to Believe He Represents
H and W Is Liable to W for Her Share of Execution Proceeds
ANSWER IN SPECIAL PROCEEDING:
If Order to Show Cause Is Used in Special Proceeding
and Sets No Specific Time for Answer, Answer Is Okay Up to Return
Day
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