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      Issue Number 248

August, 2012
 

Overview of topics...

LEAD NOTE:

  • Extending Filing Deadlines; Summary Judgment Motion Papers for Which Time for Service Expired on Saturday Held Timely If Filed on Following Monday

GENERAL PRACTICE:

  • Without Court Leave, Plaintiff in Foreclosure Has No Right to Recover Marketing Expenses Incurred After Receiver's Appointment But Not Necessary for Maintenance
  • Altering Judgment to Strike "With Prejudice" Phrase Is Substantive, Not Mere "Clerical" Error Reparable under CPLR 5019(a)
  • When Basis of Jurisdiction Against Foreign Defendant Is Its Doing Business ("Presence") in New York, Only Pre-Action Facts Count for Jurisdiction; Hence Discovery of Post-Action Facts Is Denied
  • Although Taken Without Notice to D, P's Deposition Linking D to Damage-Causing Product May Be Considered by Court to Resist D's Summary Judgment Motion
  • Even When Lender Elects to Sue on Note Rather Than Mortgage, Court Scrutinizes Case to Protect Homeowner

BACKLOG ITEMS:

  • No "John Doe" Allowed; Plaintiff's Unexcused Delay in Seeking to Identify Medical Technician Alleged to Have Injured Her Brings Dismissal
  • Affixing Process to Church, an Unincorporated Association, Is No Good Because None of the Individuals Authorized to Receive Service Were Named or Served

 


 ARTICLE HEADLINES


Feature Article

EXTENDING FILING DEADLINES
Summary Judgment Motion Papers for Which Time for Service Expired on Saturday Held Timely If Filed on Following Monday

arrow General Practice Points

RECEIVER'S POWERS
Without Court Leave, Plaintiff in Foreclosure Has No Right to Recover Marketing Expenses Incurred After Receiver's Appointment But Not Necessary for Maintenance

CORRECTING JUDGMENTS
Altering Judgment to Strike "With Prejudice" Phrase Is Substantive Doing, Not Mere "Clerical" Error Reparable Under CPLR 5019(a) 


 


DISCOVERY AS TO JURISDICTION
When Basis of Jurisdiction Against Foreign Defendant Is Its Doing Business ("Presence") in New York, Only Pre-Action Facts Count for Jurisdiction; Hence Discovery of Post-Action Facts Is Denied

USING INADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE?
Although Taken Without Notice to D, P's Deposition Linking D to Damage-Causing Product May Be Considered by Court to Resist D's Summary Judgment Motion

MORE ON MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE
Even When Lender Elects to Sue on Note Rather Than Mortgage, Court Scrutinizes Case to Protect Homeowner

 

 


arrow Backlog Items:

"JOHN DOE" USE BARRED
Plaintiff's Unexcused Delay in Identifying Medical Technician Alleged to Have Injured Her Brings Dismissal

UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS
Affixing Process to Church Is No Good Because None of the Individuals Authorized to Receive Service Were Named or Served


         
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