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FEATURE ARTICLE:
FIRST MAJOR N.Y. CASE ON ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY REVIEWS PROBLEMS
OF RETRIEVING STORED DATA, SHOWS HOW TECHNOLOGY CAN DIG OUT SUPPOSEDLY
ERASED DATA, AND DISCUSSES WHO PAYS THE COSTS
 Special
Note:
MAY SERVICE OF PROCESS BE MADE IN COURTHOUSE?
KEEPING COMPLAINT CONFIDENTIAL?
By Starting Action
with CPLR 305(b) Notice Instead of Complaint, Need Later-Served
Complaint Be Filed?
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General
Practice Points:
CLAIM AGAINST ARCHITECT
Contract Claim Against Architect Is Found to Be Essentially Malpractice and Barred
After Three Years
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
Case Shows That Virtually Intentional Conduct Is
Needed for Punitive Damages
AMENDMENT TO ADD CLAIM
Physician's Affidavit Needed on Motion to Amend Personal
Injury Complaint to Add Wrongful Death; Death Certificate Won't
Do
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MORE ON E-DISCOVERY
Federal Advisory Committee Publishes
Proposed Rules on Electronic Discovery; Calls for Comment
Backlog
Items:
COURT OF CLAIMS JURISDICTION
Though Driver of Jury Bus Is Subject to Tort Suit in Supreme
Court, Juror Commissioner, as Bus Owner, Is Suable Only in
Court of Claims
TIME TO MOVE TO REARGUE
Is Motion to Reargue Deemed Timely While Appeal Is Pending?
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