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October 02, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Thomas A. Moore, a senior partner at Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore, and Matthew Gaier, a partner at the firm, analyze a recent Court of Appeals ruling that high-low agreements may not be entered into secretly between a plaintiff and a defendant in a multidefendant litigation without the knowledge of the nonparticipating defendants and that it is up to the trial court to exercise its discretion to determine the extent, if any, that the agreement may be disclosed to the jury.

By Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier

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June 02, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Thomas A. Moore, senior partner of Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore, and Matthew Gaier, a partner at the firm, write: The statute of limitations regarding medical malpractice in this state is one of the most unjust in the country. The overwhelming majority of jurisdictions have a "discovery rule," which prevents the statute of limitations from expiring if patients do not have reason to know that they suffered injury as a result of malpractice. New York has no such rule. As a result, victims of malpractice often find that the statute of limitations has expired before they could ever have learned that there had been improper treatment, or that they suffered an injury.

By Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier

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September 07, 2004 | New York Law Journal

Thomas A. Moore, a senior partner, and Matthew Gaier, a partner, of Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore write about opinions on claims of emotional distress by mothers.

By Thomas A. Moore And Matthew Gaier

11 minute read

August 03, 2010 | New York Law Journal

In their Medical Malpractice column, Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier, partners of Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore, review cases addressing the juxtaposition of exclusionary rules of evidence with a litigant's right to demonstrate a witness' bias in a malpractice action, either bias toward the plaintiff if the witness was a defendant who has since settled or toward the defense if the physician witness is insured by the same liability carrier as a defendant.

By Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier

14 minute read

June 06, 2007 | National Law Journal

In a recent speech at the University of Virginia, Hunton & Williams partner Thurston Moore thanked the law school students who volunteered in the firm's pro bono program. The students assisted Hunton & Williams pro bono lawyers in representation of victims of domestic violence as well as immigrants seeking asylum from persecution in their countries of origin. As Moore reminded the students, Thomas Jefferson held the conviction that lawyers have a special obligation to serve the public interest.

By Thurston R. Moore

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October 19, 2001 | Law.com

Credit Suisse First Boston is reportedly trying to negotiate a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the bank's allocation of shares in hot technology initial public offerings, according to the Financial Times. The investment bank indicated that it's interested in negotiations, but that no negotiations have started, nor have the terms of any settlement been proposed.

By Heidi Moore

3 minute read

February 04, 2002 | New York Law Journal

A lthough it has been the law of this state for more than 15 years, it is only in recent years that the impact of CPLR Article 16 has begun to be felt. Hastily passed in the middle of the legislative morass of tort reform in the mid-1980s, Article 16 was posited as a limited encroachment on the common law rule of joint and several liability. 1 Section 1601 provides that a defendant may only be held jointly and severally liable for noneconomic damages if he is held more than 50 percent liable. Defendants rem

By Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier

12 minute read

June 07, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Thomas A. Moore, senior partner of Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore, and Matthew Gaier, a partner at the firm, write that women whose babies are injured by medical malpractice prior to birth may recover for their emotional distress if the malpractice results in a miscarriage or stillbirth, but not if the child survives and has his or her own viable cause of action for injuries.

By Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier

11 minute read

April 06, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Thomas A. Moore, senior partner of Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore, and Matthew Gaier, a partner at the firm, write: Because there can sometimes be numerous health care providers involved in the subject treatment in a medical malpractice action, a defense counsel may be blessed with many potential "empty chairs" to try to blame in order to reduce the apportionment to his client. This risk compels plaintiffs to cast a wide net in naming defendants in malpractice suits, and necessarily increases the number of defendants named - an ironic result from legislation passed as "tort reform."

By Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier

14 minute read

June 03, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Thomas A. Moore, senior partner at Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore, and Matthew Gaier, a partner at the firm, write that it has been eight years since they last addressed Medicaid liens. During that time there have been important changes in the law that have substantially altered the landscape with regard to such liens. The most important development has been the U.S. Supreme Court's opinion in Ahlborn, which overturned onerous state decisional law.

By Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier

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