Joel Stashenko

May 28, 2009 | New York Law Journal

A jury's finding that a driver had operated his car negligently does not preclude Schenectady County from being found 100 percent liable for the severe brain injuries the driver suffered when his vehicle plunged into a drainage ditch alongside a county roadway, a Third Department panel has concluded. To hold Vincenzo Popolizio at least partly liable, the county would have had to show that his negligence was so "inextricably interwoven" with his injuries as to support a finding that his fault was a proximate cause of those injuries, the court held.

By Joel Stashenko

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September 24, 2007 | New York Law Journal

By Joel Stashenko

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March 16, 2009 | New York Law Journal

By Joel Stashenko

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September 19, 2008 | New York Law Journal

A parent who surrendered custody of her son has no standing to petition for visitation of the children fathered by the son later in life, an upstate Family Court judge has determined. Judge W. Dennis Duggan of Albany County has held under the meaning of Domestic Relations Law §72(1) that a parent who gives up custody of her child ceases to be the "grandparent" of any offspring that child eventually has. The state statute allows grandparents to seek visitation of their grandchildren under narrow circumstances.

By Joel Stashenko

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May 13, 2008 | New York Law Journal

By Joel Stashenko

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December 18, 2008 | New York Law Journal

By Joel Stashenko

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December 09, 2008 | New York Law Journal

By Joel Stashenko

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April 15, 2010 | New York Law Journal

By Marcia Coyle and Joel Stashenko

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April 15, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Court administrators from around the state have now weighed in with their proposals for reductions in personnel to meet a $70 million cut in the Judiciary's budget. Chief Administrative Judge Ann Pfau said all administrative judges have submitted plans to meet the budget targets. She said the reductions in staff would likely be decided within about one month.

By Joel Stashenko

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June 05, 2008 | New York Law Journal

By Joel Stashenko

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