The first quarter of 2015 was harsh in terms of weather and the workload at the Appellate Divisions. However, as opposed to the snow, the caseload did not pile up as the judges dutifully shoveled away at their cases. As the last shovel-full melts from our memories, we review some of the quarter’s leading decisions rendered by the state’s intermediate appellate judges, during which the Appellate Division justices exercised measured deference to trustees, administrative agencies and the Legislature, while also expanding access to the courts to redress commercial and tortious wrongs.
First Department
Jurisdiction. “Just a phone call away” has been given new meaning by C. Mahendra (NY) v. National Gold & Diamond Ctr.,1 in which the First Department held that “long-arm” jurisdiction may be exercised over a defendant conducting business in New York by telephone.
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