FEATURE ARTICLE:
NEW LAW
AMENDMENT—ALREADY EFFECTIVE—
ALLOWS FILING OF PETITION ALONE TO CONSTITUTE COMMENCEMENT
GENERAL PRACTICE
TIME FOR ANSWERING PAPERS:
Failure to Answer Summary Judgment Motion
by Serving Papers at Least 7 Days Before Return Date Results in Grant
of the Motion
SETTLEMENT IN TORT CASE:
Defaulting Defendant B Is Not Entitled
to Deduction for Settlement Made by Co-Tortfeasor A
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POWERS OF JHO:
Judicial Hearing Officer Can Make Fact
Findings on Which Contempt May Be Based, But Must Leave Conclusions
to Court
COURT-RULE ARBITRATION:
Loser in Court-Rule Arbitration Must Seek Trial
de Novo Within 30 Days, And Confirmation of Award by Winner Is Not
Required
ANTHRAX IMPACT ON PRACTICE?:
Do CPLR 308 Service Requirements About Mailing
Conflict with Post Office's Warning About "Personal and Confidential"
Mail?
LIS PENDENS:
Case Shows How Double Bonding Step in Lis Pendens
Case Works, and How Amount of Each Bond Is Figured
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ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS:
Specific Notice to Judgment
Debtor, Required for Restraining Notice and Execution, Applies Also
to "Turnover" Direction
BACKLOG ITEMS
MEDICAL EXPERTS:
Treating MD Can Testify on Causation Although
P Doesn't Identify Him as Expert
FAILURE TO CERTIFY PAPERS:
Dismissal for Failure to Certify Paper
Is Not Res Judicata of Merits
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