After plaintiff's initial legal malpractice action was dismissed as premature because the underlying litigation was still pending, a New York appellate court affirmed the trial court's dismissal of ...
Defendant as Plaintiff’s Expert Witness: Part 2 In Part 2 of his two-part series, Robert Genis explores how plaintiffs can examine defendants as expert witnesses, including the breadth of permissible ...
From Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain's opinion Tuesday in Gonzalez v. Bad Boy Entertainment (S.D.N.Y.): Plaintiff Alfredo P. Gonzalez, who appears pro se and is currently incarcerated in the Centennial ...
Even if they involve similar facts or injuries, no two medical malpractice cases are alike. Juries are laypeople who must consider testimony from medical experts and other witnesses and determine ...
Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...
The existence of a valid and binding written or oral contract between the parties. The plaintiff’s performance, partial performance (in some cases), or excuse for nonperformance of its contractual ...
From Doe v. Combs, decided yesterday by Judge Lewis Kaplan (S.D.N.Y.): Plaintiff "John Doe" claims that Sean Combs, a well-known rapper and record producer, sexually assaulted him, and that several ...
Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...
In Part I of his two-part series, Bob Genis reviews how the plaintiff s in negligence and malpractice cases can strategically require the defendant to appear at trial during the plaintiff’s direct ...