Roy L Reardon

March 08, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Roy L. Reardon and Mary Elizabeth McGarry, partners at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, discuss recent decisions of the Court, including: determining that multiple plaintiffs' personal injury claims arising out of asbestos exposure constituted multiple "occurrences" and could not be grouped together to exceed a per-occurrence primary insurance policy limit; finding that actions to recover treble damages on antitrust claims brought under the Donnelly Act may not be maintained as class actions; and More.

By Roy L. Reardon and Mary Elizabeth McGarry

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January 09, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Roy L. Reardon and Mary Elizabeth McGarry, partners at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, review recent decisions in which the Court held that when a product's only function is to satisfy the consumer, the plaintiff must prove that there is a safer alternative design that fulfills that function; real estate contracts with an attorney-approval contingency may be disapproved by counsel for any reason; absent a treaty mandating exclusive means of service of process, service in a signatory country may be effectuated by satisfying the requirements for in-state service, pursuant to CPLR 313; and the new depraved indifference standard should be retroactively applied in direct appeals.

By Roy L. Reardon and Mary Elizabeth McGarry

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July 07, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Roy L. Reardon and Mary Elizabeth McGarry, partners at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, write that the long-arm jurisdiction statute played a role in three cases from the state's High Court that they discuss this month. They also report on two rulings concerning judicial misconduct.

By Roy L. Reardon and Mary Elizabeth McGarry

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June 09, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Roy L. Reardon and Mary Elizabeth McGarry, partners of Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, write that the Court of Appeals' recent decision in a trio of no-fault cases has caused consternation in the plaintiffs' personal injury bar.

By Roy L. Reardon and Mary Elizabeth McGarry

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March 16, 2011 | New York Law Journal

In their New York Court of Appeals Roundup, Roy L. Reardon and Mary Elizabeth McGarry review decisions involving a "follow-the-form" clause in an excess insurance policy, an "other insurance" clause and whether options to renew leases violate the rule against perpetuities.

By Roy L. Reardon and Mary Elizabeth McGarry

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January 07, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Roy L. Reardon and Mary Elizabeth McGarry, partners at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, analyze rulings on: the respective powers in the budget process of Governor George E. Pataki and the Legislature; a matrimonial opinion on the equitable distribution of a spouse's death benefits; and a domestic violence self-defense decision regarding when a person attacked with deadly force in his home may respond in kind.

By Roy L. Reardon and Mary Elizabeth McGarry

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May 08, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Roy L. Reardon and Mary Elizabeth McGarry, partners at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett discuss three recent decisions: one on the duties owed to a client by a buyer's real estate agent; another on the standing of members of an LLC to bring a derivative suit on its behalf; and, the third dealing with a time bar for compensation for an emotional distress claim for AIDS phobia.

By Roy L. Reardon and Mary Elizabeth McGarry

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May 06, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Roy L. Reardon and Mary Elizabeth McGarry, partners at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, analyze recent decisions on insurance coverage and the "castle doctrine," which provides that a person need not retreat before responding to attack with lethal force if he is in his home.

By Roy L. Reardon and Mary Elizabeth McGarry

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March 12, 2003 | New York Law Journal

By Roy L. Reardon And Mary Elizabeth Mcgarry

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April 09, 2003 | New York Law Journal

By ROY L. REARDON AND MARY ELIZABETH McGARRY

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