John Caher

June 16, 2014 | New York Law Journal

A Troy man whose case sparked an award-winning documentary based on the video of his interrogation has been acquitted at retrial of charges that he murdered his four-month-old son.

By John Caher

2 minute read

June 16, 2014 | New York Law Journal

A bus company that dropped off a physically disabled child a block away from her school during a snowstorm can be held liable for damages for injuries she allegedly suffered when she fell inside the school, a Bronx judge has held.

By John Caher

4 minute read

June 13, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Criminal defendants blocked from the Court of Appeals because their attorney failed to file a timely leave application cannot gain access to the high court through a writ of error coram nobis, the panel said on Thursday.

By John Caher

7 minute read

June 13, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Clarifying the rules of discovery in lead paint and toxic tort cases, the Court of Appeals on Thursday held that plaintiffs do not have to establish causation at the earliest litigation stages by providing detailed medical records supporting each allegation of harm.

By John Caher

6 minute read

June 12, 2014 | New York Law Journal

A labor union representing nearly 40 percent of the state court system's workforce has overwhelmingly approved a new contract providing a 6 percent pay raise over the next two years.

By John Caher

2 minute read

June 12, 2014 | New York Law Journal

The state parole board's sole reliance on an inmate's crime, without factoring in his rehabilitative efforts or the fact that the panel's own risk assessment tool concluded he is unlikely to re-offend, warrants a rare reversal of the agency's determination, an upstate judge has held.

By John Caher

2 minute read

June 12, 2014 | New York Law Journal

A politically connected defendant in a municipal fraud case upstate is alleging that Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office broke the law by tipping off the media about a sealed indictment and orchestrating a prejudicial "perp walk."

By John Caher

6 minute read

June 11, 2014 | New York Law Journal

A district attorney can step aside from a case by demonstrating reasonable grounds why disqualification is appropriate, the Court of Appeals held Tuesday.

By John Caher

7 minute read

June 10, 2014 | New York Law Journal

The state tax department's error in garnishing $193 from the account of a debtor who declared bankruptcy will cost it $13,625 in legal fees.

By John Caher

2 minute read

June 09, 2014 | New York Law Journal

A team of lawyers in the state Attorney General's Office will receive a national "best brief award" for an amicus submitted in a U.S. Supreme Court case this term.

By John Caher

2 minute read