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May, 2007
 

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LEAD NOTE :

  • LAW OFFICE FAILURE HELD NO EXCUSE FOR DELAYED ENTRY OF JUDGMENT; $750,000 FORFEITURE IS RESULT IN SPLIT APPELLATE DIVISION DECISION

SPECIAL NOTES:

  • Time Claim Accrues; Plaintiff's Admission of Accrual Date in Complaint Binds Co-Plaintiff and Bars Latter's Claim, Too
  • Court Says Attorney Can't Withdraw Merely Because He Thinks
    Client's Claim Is Weak

GENERAL PRACTICE:

  • "High-Low" Agreement Stipulating Inner and Outer Limit at Damages Trial Is "Settlement" for CPLR 5003-a Purposes, Requiring P to Tender Release Before Earning Interest
  • D's Participation in Action for Long Period Before Making Objection to Filing Fee Omission Waives It
  • In Disciplinary Proceeding, Appellate Division Not Only Disbars Lawyer, But Also Holds Him in Contempt with 10-Day Jail Sentence
  • Stipulation Between P and D Adding X as Defendant Fails Because Not Filed Till Statute of Limitations Expired
  • Failure to Give Advance Notice of Motion as Required by Commercial Rule Does Not Divest Court of Jurisdiction to Hear It

BACKLOG ITEMS:

  • Traverse Hearing Held Necessary for Vacating Default Even If Defendant Offers No Affidavit of Non-Service

 ARTICLE HEADLINES


Feature Article:

LAW OFFICE FAILURE HELD NO EXCUSE FOR DELAYED ENTRY OF JUDGMENT; $750,000 FORFEITURE IS RESULT IN SPLIT APPELLATE DIVISION DECISION

General Practice:

TORT SETTLEMENTS
"High-Low" Agreement Stipulating Inner and Outer Limit at Damages Trial Is "Settlement" for CPLR 5003-a Purposes, Requiring P to Tender Release Before Earning Interest

WAIVING FILING FEE OMISSION
D's Participation in Action for Long Period Before Making Objection to Filing Fee Omission Waives It

 

 


DISBARMENT PROCEEDINGS
In Disciplinary Proceeding, Appellate Division Not Only Disbars Lawyer, But Also Holds Him in Contempt with 10-Day Jail Sentence

ADDING DEFENDANTS
Stipulation Between P and D Adding X as Defendant Fails Because Not Filed Till Statute of Limitations Expired

ADVANCE NOTICE OF MOTION?
Failure to Give Advance Notice of Motion as Required by Commercial Rule Does Not Divest Court of Jurisdiction to Hear It

Special Notes:

TIME CLAIM ACCRUES
Plaintiff's Admission of Accrual Date in Complaint Binds Co-Plaintiff and Bars Latter's Claim, Too

 


WITHDRAWAL BY ATTORNEY
Court Says Attorney Can't Withdraw Merely Because
He Thinks Client's Claim Is Weak

Backlog Items:

VACATING DEFAULTS
Traverse Hearing Held Necessary for Vacating Default Even If Defendant Offers No Affidavit of Non-Service

 

         
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