Case Digests

Silverman v. D'Arco, 107586/11

Publication Date: 2017-04-25
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Landlord Tenant Law
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Appellate Division, First Department
Judge: Before: Friedman, J.P., Sweeny, Kapnick, Gesmer, JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For respondent: Paul N. Gruber of counsel, Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, P.C., New York.
for defendant: For appellant: Sanford F. Young of counsel, Law Offices of Sanford F. Young, P.C., New York. For amici curiae: Edward Josephson of counsel, Legal Services NYC, Brooklyn.
Case Number: 107586/11

Tenant Advocates Hail Court's Rare Do-Over in Eviction

Matter of Time Warner Cable News NY1 v. New York City Police Department, 150305/2016

Publication Date: 2017-04-24
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Government
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Supreme Court, New York County, IAS Part 2
Judge: Judge Kathryn Freed
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: 150305/2016

Appeals Granted in NYPD Body Camera Footag

Reif v. Nagy, 161799/15

Publication Date: 2017-04-21
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Commercial Law
Industry:
Court: Appellate Division, First Department
Judge: Before: Friedman, J.P., Sweeny, Renwick, Andrias, Manzanet-Daniels, JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For ARIS Title Insurance Corporation, appellant: Jonathan M. Freiman of the bar of the State of Connecticut, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel, Wiggin and Dana LLP, New Haven, CT. For respondents: Raymond J. Dowd and Samuel Blaustein of counsel, Dunnington, Bartholow & Miller, LLP, New York. For ARIS Title Insurance Corporation, amicus: Adam Farbiarz of counsel, Wiggins and Dana LLP, New York.
for defendant: For Richard Nagy and Richard Nagy Ltd., appellants: Thaddeus J. Stauber of counsel, Nixon Peabody LLP, New York.
Case Number: 161799/15

Panel Allows Stolen Artwork Claims to Move F

Smith v. Rudolph, 302983/09

Publication Date: 2017-04-20
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Personal Injury
Industry:
Court: Appellate Division, First Department
Judge: Before: Friedman, J.P., Renwick, Feinman, Gische, JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For respondent: Brian C. Mardon of counsel, Spiegel & Barbato, LLP, Bronx.
for defendant: For appellants: Timothy J. O'Shaughnessy of counsel, Lawrence Heisler, Brooklyn.
Case Number: 302983/09

Panel Calls Out Defense Attorney in Affirming Order for New

Mei Xing Yu v. Hasaki, 16-CV-6094

Publication Date: 2017-04-13
Practice Area: Labor Law | Civil Appeals
Industry:
Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
Judge: District Judge Jesse Furman
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: 16-CV-6094 (JMF)

NY Judge Blocks 'End Run' Around Settlement Scrutiny in Labor

Matter of Haug v. State University of New York, 522632

Publication Date: 2017-04-10
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Education Law | Civil Rights
Industry: Education | State and Local Government
Court: Appellate Division, Third Judicial Department
Judge: Before: Peters, P.J., Lynch, Devine, Clark and Aarons, JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner: Lloyd G. Grandy II of Counsel, Carlisle Law Firm, PC, Ogdensburg.
for defendant: For Respondents: Brian D. Ginsberg of counsel, Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, Albany.
Case Number: 522632

Appeals Court Reverses SUNY Student's Expulsion in Se

O'Brien v. Port Authority, No. 27

Publication Date: 2017-04-03
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Labor Law
Industry: Construction
Court: New York State, Court of Appeals
Judge: Judges Abdus-Salaam, Stein and Garcia concur. Judge Rivera 
dissents in an opinion in which Judges Fahey and Wilson concur.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Simone, for appellants.
for defendant: David H. Perecman, for respondent.
Case Number: No. 27

Split Court Finds WTC Worker Not Covered by 'Scaffol

Cortes v. Mujica, 524614

Publication Date: 2017-03-30
Practice Area: Civil Appeals
Industry:
Court: Appellate Division, Third Department
Judge: Before: McCarthy, J.P., Lynch, Devine and Mulvey, JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: 524614

Anonymous v. Omnicom Group, 16-748

Publication Date: 2017-03-29
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Robert A. Katzmann, Ch.J., Debra Ann Livingston, C.J., and Margo K. Brodie, D.J.*
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant Matthew Christiansen: Susan Chana Lask, Law Offices of Susan Chana Lask, New York, NY.
for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Omnicom Group Incorporated, DDB Worldwide Communications Group Incorporated, Peter Hempel, and Chris Brown: Shira Franco and Judith Kong, on the brief, Howard J. Rubin, Davis & Gilbert LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Joe Cianciotto: Rick Ostrove, Leeds Brown Law, P.C., Carle Place, NY. For Amicus Curiae Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, in support of Plaintiff-Appellant: P. David Lopez, General Counsel; Jennifer S. Goldstein, Associate General Counsel; and Margo Pave, Assistant General Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Office of General Counsel, Washington, D.C., on the brief, Barbara L. Sloan, Attorney, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Office of General Counsel, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union; New York Civil Liberties Union; 9to5, National Association of Working Women; A Better Balance; American Association of University Women; California Women's Law Center; Coalition of Labor Union Women; Equal Rights Advocates; Gender Justice; Legal Momentum; Legal Voice; National Association of Women Lawyers; National Partnership for Women and Families; National Women's Law Center; Southwest Women's Law Center; Women Employed; Women's Law Center of Maryland; Women's Law Project, in support of Plaintiff-Appellant: Lenora M. Lapidus, Gillian L. Thomas, Ria Tabacco Mar, and Leslie Cooper, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY; Erin Beth Harrist, Robert Hodgson and Christopher Dunn, New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae 128 Members of Congress, in support of Plaintiff-Appellant: Peter T. Barbur, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae National Center for Lesbian Rights, in support of Plaintiff-Appellant: Shannon P. Minter and Christopher F. Stoll, National Center for Lesbian Rights, San Francisco, CA. For Amicus Curiae Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., in support of Plaintiff-Appellant: Michael D.B. Kavey, Brooklyn, NY; Omar Gonzalez-Pagan, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., New York, NY; Gregory R. Nevins, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., Atlanta, GA.
Case Number: 16-748

Discrimination Claim Based on Gender Stereotypes Is R

Stevens v. Rite Aid, 15-277

Publication Date: 2017-03-23
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Employment Litigation | Civil Rights
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Newman, Lynch, and Droney, C.JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellant-Cross-Appellee Rite Aid Corporation: John C. Sullivan, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Dallas, TX, Michelle Seldin Silverman, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Princeton, NJ, on the brief, Allyson N. Ho, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Dallas, TX.
for defendant: For Appellee-Cross-Appellant Christopher Stevens: Daniel B. Berman, Robert C. Whitaker, Robert J. Thorpe, Hancock Estabrook, LLP, Syracuse, NY, on the brief, Janet D. Callahan, Hancock Estabrook, LLP, Syracuse, NY.
Case Number: 15-277(L),

Cite as: Stevens v Aid, 15-277, NYLJ 1202781798377, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided March 21, 2017)CASE NAMEChristopher Stevens, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v