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Civil Court shenanigans

Unique Physical Rehab, PT, P.C. v Global Liberty Ins. Co. of N.Y., 2021 NY Slip Op 50325(U)(App. Term 2d Dept. 2021) Pre-pandemic Civil Court “In this

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Interest of justice vacatur

New Age Acupuncture, P.C. v Global Liberty Ins. Co.. 2020 NY Slip Op 51225(U)(App. Term 2d Dept. 2020) “In our view, the Civil Court improvidently exercised

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Inquests

Castaldini v Walsh, 2020 NY Slip Op 04822 (2d Dept. 2020) “A defaulting defendant “admits all traversable allegations in the complaint, including the basic allegation of

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Improvident to examine papers

Elusma v Jackson, 2020 NY Slip Op 04920 (2d Dept. 2020) “The Supreme Court improvidently exercised its discretion in considering the plaintiffs’ opposition papers, which were

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DJ following a default

Actual Chiropractic, P.C. v Global Liberty Ins. Co. of N.Y., 2020 NY Slip Op 50185(U)(App. Term 2d Dept. 2020) “On the instant appeal, defendant has annexed

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More Defaults

Market St. Surgical Ctr. v Autoone Ins. Co., 2019 NY Slip Op 52054(U)(App. Term 2d Dept. 2019) “Pursuant to CPLR 5015 (a) (1), a court may

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A primer on 5015(a)(1)

Pierre J. Renelique Physician, P.C. v Allstate Ins. Co., 2019 NY Slip Op 29225 (App. Term 2d Dept. 2019) “As the basis for its claim of

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Law Office Failure

Bank of N.Y. Mellon v Faragalla, 2019 NY Slip Op 05641 (2d Dept. 2019) It is not every day the Second Department outlines the law office

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Trial De Novo defaults

Global Liberty Ins. Co. v Haar Orthopaedics & Sports Med., P.C., 2019 NY Slip Op 02317 (2d Dept. 2019) (1) ” The plaintiff, a no-fault insurance

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Another way to take a default

Citimortgage, Inc. v Gill, 2018 NY Slip Op 06512 (2d Dept. 2018) Most practitioners are accustomed to the downstate method of taking a default: making a motion

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Meritorious defense not needed

Naber Elec. v Triton Structural Concrete, Inc., 2018 NY Slip Op 02562 (1st Dept. 2018) “Although the affidavit of merit provided by defendants’ executive lacked any detail

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