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Pomona Med. Diagnostics v GEICO Ins. Co., 2011 NY Slip Op 78799(U)(1st Dept. 2011) Leave denied. I reviewed the record.  It was not the right case

Somebody – namely me – served a notice of appeal on the wrong attorney, yet timely filed the said notice of appeal.  CPLR 5520(a) to the

People v Thomas (William), 2011 NY Slip Op 51338(U)(App. Term 1st Dept. 2011) “Defendant appeals from a judgment of the Criminal Court of the City of

Ave T MPC Corp. v Auto One Ins. Co., 2011 NY Slip Op 51292(U)(App. Term 2d Dept. 2011) “A no-fault provider establishes its prima facie entitlement

I just appeared in District Nassau, and I was just reminded that there actually is a degree of professionalism left in no-fault practice.  You actually feel

Comprehensive Health Center, Inc. v. United Auto. Ins. Co., 56 So.3d 41 (Fl. Cir. Ct. 2011) Both sides agree that Telusnor did not appear for the

So you rear-end somebody in an MVA.  Many of us have done it or will do it.  Consider it the law of averages.  You now are

I promised when more brain cells became active, I would respond to Sun’s post from last week on the main blog.  Here is the post with

Sometimes, I forget how surreal this practice is.  I was in Civil Court today – those who saw me know which one.  I argued an acupuncture

I apologize for not being too on the ball over the last few days with the posts.  I have been involved in this crazy Yellowstone case

People v Agostini, 2011 NY Slip Op 03752 (4th Dept. 2011) Great line from the Fourth Department “[d]efendant contends that he was denied a fair trial

Update on this one – Remand in Family Court today.  Using my no-fault interest calculator, which I converted to normal use for my deep calculations, this

IME no-show and EUO no-show cases.  A Civil court sitting in the Second Department followed Unitirn v. Bayshore, and justified its application better than the First

Keeping in my quest – aside from some of the amusing, interesting yet irrelevant comments that find their way on here – to try to keep

Malpeli v Yenna, 2011 NY Slip Op 00654 (2d Dept. 2011) This is a wacky case to say the least.  The facts as can be discerned

A-Quality Med. Supply v Geico Gen. Ins. Co., 2010 NY Slip Op 20502 (Civ. Kings 2010) So let me get this straight.  The failure to produce

Dave wrote an interesting article in the today’s law journal. I would pay close attention to his observations about the new fee schedule.  Also, while I

Our frequent poster Mr. Zuppa has successfully beaten back an Article 13-A  civil forfeiture action based upon an obscure yet potent technicality.  Yet, if you read

Golden Age Med. Supply, Inc. v Clarendon Natl. Ins. Co., 2010 NY Slip Op 52010(U)(App. Term 2d Dept. 2010) “Defendant argues first that the complaint should

AAA Chiropractic, P.C. v MVAIC, 2010 NY Slip Op 51896(U)(App. Term 2d Dept. 2010) “The Civil Court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment, finding that plaintiff