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JANUARY 2000
 
Overview of topics...

Lead Note:

PROVING "GRAVE INJURY" IN TORT CASE SO AS TO SUSTAIN IMPLEADER OF EMPLOYER: WHOSE BURDEN, PLAINTIFF'S OR DEFENDANT'S? WHOSE DECISION, COURT'S OR JURY'S?--Part 1

New Laws:

 

  • "Electronic Signature" Project Gets Started
  • What Form to Follow for the Various Acknowledgments Required by the CPLR

General Practice:

 

  • Party Against Whom Default Threat for Nondisclosure Is Ineffective Can Face Contempt
  • Trial Court in First Department Applies "Deviates Materially" Standard in Reviewing Verdict
  • No Recognition for Foreign Country Judgment Rendered During Chaotic Political Times
  • Should P Automatically Notify Own InsurerThat Other Side's Coverage Is Inadequate?

Backlog Items:

 

  • No-Pet Clause Enforcible in Supreme Court, Not Restricted to Summary Proceeding in Lower Court
  • D Has No Obligation to Furnish P Copies of Records D Secures from Treating Physician

 ARTICLE HEADLINES

FEATURE ARTICLE:
PROVING "GRAVE INJURY" IN TORT CASE SO AS TO SUSTAIN IMPLEADER OF EMPLOYER: WHOSE BURDEN, PLAINTIFF'S OR DEFENDANT'S? WHOSE DECISION, COURT'S OR JURY'S?--Part 1

 NEW LAWS

ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES:
State "Office for Technology" Gets Electronic Signatures Project Under Way

FORM OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT:
What Form to Follow for the Various Acknowledgments Required by the CPLR
 
 GENERAL PRACTICE

NONDISCLOSURE PUNISHMENT:
Party Against Whom Default Threat for Nondisclosure Is Inadequate Can Be Held in Contempt

REMITTITUR STANDARD:
Trial Court in First Department Also Follows "Deviates Materially" Standard, Not "Shocks the Conscience"

FOREIGN JUDGMENT DENIED RECOGNITION:
Finding Its Judicial Procedures Tainted During Chaotic Political Times, Court Denies Recognition to Liberian Judgment

 
UNDERINSURED MOTORIST COVERAGE:
Should Tort Plaintiff Notify Own Carrier That Other Side's Coverage Is Inadequate Whether It Is or Not?

 BACKLOG ITEMS

ENFORCING NO-PETS CLAUSE:
While Lower Court Is Preferred for Summary Proceeding, Equity Action Is Okay to Enforce No-Pet Clause in Supreme Court

CPLR 3101(a) VERSUS 3121(a):
D Has No Obligation to Furnish P Copies of Medical Records D Secures from P's Treating Physician
         
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