FEATURE ARTICLE:
"DEEMED DISMISSED" FEATURE OF FILING SYSTEM
ABOLISHED; COURT GIVEN DISCRETION TO EXTEND TIME FOR SERVICE--PART
II
- Requirement to File Proof of Service
Eliminated
- No Automatic "Deemed Dismissed"; Court
Now Allowed to Extend Time for Service
- Extending the Time for "Good Cause"
- Service in Foreign Country
- How Long a Time Extension?
- Does Extension under CPLR 306-b Violate
Rule About Extending Statute of Limitations?
NEW "COMMENCEMENT" RULE (CPLR 306-b)
SCHEDULE OF TREATMENT OF SUBJECT CAPTIONS
Other Prior Law Features -- and Problems
-- That Remain in the Picture
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 NEW
LAW
ENFORCING SUPREME COURT JUDGMENTS:
In Ambiguous Statute, City Marshals Apparently
Get Power to Enforce Supreme Court Judgments
GENERAL
PRACTICE
ACTION FOR LAWYERS' FEES:
New York Labor Lawyer Acting for New Jersey
Union Allowed to Sue for Fees in New York
VACATING DEFAULTS:
If D Contests P's Application for Default,
and Loses, D Must Appeal Now; D Doesn't Have Year to Move to Vacate
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PREFERENCES:
When Personal Representative Is Substituted
for Deceased Plaintiff, Preferred Position Granted Deceased Is Retained
BACKLOG
ITEMS
DELAY IN PAYING SETTLEMENT:
Failure to Pay Settled Sum Within 21 Days Brings
Full Bill of Costs Against Defendant
LAWYER IMPLEADING DOCTOR?:
Lawyer Sued for Malpractice for Letting Medical
Malpractice Claim Lapse Has No Contribution Claim Against the Medical
People
IDENTIFYING MEDICAL EXPERT:
Use of Summary Judgment Motion to Flush Out
Name of P's Identifying Expert in Med Mal Case
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