Damaris E Torrent

February 23, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Despite the language in Brash v. Richards that the Governor's executive orders "constitute a toll of such filing deadlines," a recent case from Kings County has stated that in fact, the case "imposed a suspension, not a toll."

By Damaris E. Torrent

7 minute read

January 26, 2022 | New York Law Journal

In this second installment of the series, Acting Justice Damaris Torrent continues her discussion of some of the more interesting appellate personal injury cases of 2020 and 2021.

By Damaris E. Torrent

8 minute read

October 04, 2021 | New York Law Journal

As a recent Court of Claims appointee, Judge Damaris Torrent offers up what she admittedly calls a "subjective compendium" of some of the most interesting personal injury cases in 2020 and 2021.

By Damaris E. Torrent

11 minute read

September 18, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Damaris E. Torrent, an assistant deputy counsel at the New York State Judicial Institute, writes that the history of litigation relating to the status of American American Indian lands in New York has taken a number of twists and turns, with watershed cases reaching the U.S. Supreme Court on three notable occasions.

By Damaris E. Torrent

8 minute read