New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Michael Hoenig | January 5, 2018
Complex Litigation columnist Michael Hoenig revisits the issue of admissibility of computer-generated animations purporting to reconstruct a series of events or an accident.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Kevin G. Faley and Lina C. Rossillo | December 27, 2017
Kevin G. Faley and Lina C. Rossillo write: In many personal injury cases, the award of damages often centers on the jury's calculation of loss of future earnings. Loss of future earnings is awarded where the jury finds that a plaintiff has suffered a reduction in his or her ability to earn money as a result of an injury.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Shira Forman | December 26, 2017
In her Litigation 101 column, Shira Forman writes: How would you do if faced with the same legal pop quiz as Matthew Petersen? Review this primer on the litigation concepts that eluded one would-be jurist.
By Josefa Velasquez | December 22, 2017
A look back at some of the major events and rulings from New York's top court, the Court of Appeals, in 2017.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Alan R. Levy | December 20, 2017
Alan Levy discusses how New York courts have been struggling recently with what has become a commonplace use of non-attorney staff and outside legal service providers known as "IME Watchdogs" to accompany plaintiffs to their Independent Medical Examinations.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Jordan M. Engelhardt and Muhammad U. Faridi | December 18, 2017
Jordan M. Engelhardt and Muhammad U. Faridi write: The CPLR does not define the phrase “documentary evidence.” Commentators on the CPLR have attempted to fill the void by offering their own take on the issue. And the First and Second Departments have split on whether certain types of paper qualify as “documentary evidence.”
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Michael J. Hutter | December 6, 2017
Proving a witness' bad character for truthfulness is a basic impeaching strategy. Evidence columnist Michael J. Hutter discusses one impeachment method: use of a character witness who testifies that the witness has a bad reputation for truthfulness.
By Laura A. Ward | December 1, 2017
Once you read 'The Form of the Question', your eyes will be opened to the many possible objections you may have missed in the past, or failed to preserve for appeal.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Robert S. Kelner, Gail S. Kelner and Joshua D. Kelner | November 27, 2017
In this Trial Practice column, Robert S. Kelner, Gail S. Kelner and Joshua D. Kelner discuss some of the case law governing the use of circumstantial evidence.
By Charles Toutant | October 27, 2017
The judge in the corruption trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, is expected to rule Monday on a defense motion for a mistrial.Thursday's…
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