Timothy R Capowski Jonathan P Shaub

November 13, 2020 | New York Law Journal

The Punitive 'Failure To Take Responsibility' Trope Must Be Entirely Policed Out of Tort Actions for Compensatory Damages

In this article the author's focus on the most insidious and all-too-prevalent improper summation trope: the plaintiff's attack based on the defendant's purported "failure to take responsibility."

By Timothy R. Capowski, Jonathan P. Shaub, Joseph J. Belgane and Jennifer A. Graw

13 minute read

October 19, 2020 | New York Law Journal

The Bar's Most Common Repeated Mistakes in Applying CPLR 5501(c)

Timothy Capowski, Jonathan Shaub and Jennifer Graw write: "The largest impediment to accurately valuing cases arises from the myth that the Appellate Division is endorsing larger and larger awards, thereby signaling an abandonment of anything but lip-service to CPLR 5501(c). There is no such trend."

By Timothy R. Capowski, Jonathan P. Shaub and Jennifer Graw

16 minute read

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