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 Feature Article:
RENEWING NEW YORK JUDGMENT TO SECURE NEW LIEN
Renewal Suit Must Be Brought Early Enough So That New Judgment Is Granted Within Allotted Time
General Practice:
DISCLOSURE RESISTANCE
Res Judicata Does Not Bar Second Action When First Was Dismissed for P's Disclosure Resistance
EFFECT OF PLAINTIFF'S DEATH
When P Dies During Action, D Can't Force P's Lawyer to Get Administrator Appointed for P
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"DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE"
Seeming Admission in P's Statement to Hospital About Where He Was Injured Doesn't Make It "Documentary" So As to Support Dismissal All by Itself
SERVICE BY E-MAIL
Acknowledging P's Fruitless Efforts to Locate D for Service, Court Orders E-Mail Service
"LIBEL TERRORISM" BILL
Legislature Passes Bill to Deter Libel Claimants from Suing in Foreign Courts to Try to Inhibit Free Speech in New York
Special Note:
EXTENSIVE REVIEW BY SECOND DEPARTMENT OF REQUIREMENTS FOR GETTING EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE LATE NOTICE OF CLAIM
Extension Denied Because "Essential Facts Constituting the Claim" Not Initially Set Forth
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Backlog Items:
FUTURE PAIN AND SUFFERING
P's Court Award of $150,000 Not Canceled by P's Death Next Day
LONG DELAYED SERVICE
Lawyer's Telling P That Service Had Been Made on D and a Default Taken — All Lies — Prompts Court to Excuse Four-Year Delay
DELAYED SERVICE IN FEDERAL COURT
Contrast Between Federal and State Rule on When to Grant Extension of 120-Day Period for Service of Summons
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