10/20/2026 3:50:07 PM Just Pick Up the Phone: Why Calls Beat Email in Claims and Litigation By Brian Taylor WHY PHONE CALLS BEAT BEING A KEYBOARD WARRIOR You email opposing counsel asking for a specific document that was omitted from their...
10/13/2026 8:59:25 PM Too Late to Amend, Too Late to Move: Second Department Enforces Post-Note of Issue Deadlines By Artie Venti In the recently decided Cambero-Minaya v 211 Schermerhorn Development, LLC (2026), the Second Department affirmed the lower court's...
10/13/2026 4:32:03 PM Second Department Reaffirms: Debris Isn't a Hazard When Cleaning It Up Is the Job By Brian Greenfield In Nunez v 672 Parkside, LLC (2026), the plaintiff was assigned to clean the first floor of a Brooklyn job site. While carrying a cabinet...
10/8/2026 3:36:02 PM Second Department Holds Liability Preclusion Too Severe for Negligent Surveillance Footage Spoliation By Artie Venti The Second Department in Alvarez v. 100-10 67th Road Condominium (2026) determined that sanctions were warranted for defendants for not...
10/8/2026 3:23:32 PM What's the Scope? First Department Dismisses Indemnification Claim Because Work Never Defined in Contract By Artie Venti In Juarez v. Avacon Management LLC d/b/a Avacon Builders Developers (2026), the First Department affirmed the lower court's dismissal of...
10/6/2026 2:28:46 PM Admit Scope of Employment, Keep the Personnel File: Second Department Reverses Discovery Order in Lewis v NYCTA By Brian Greenfield The Second Department just reversed a Kings County order that opened up a bus operator's personnel file, the policy manual, and four more...
10/5/2026 3:56:53 PM Sole Proximate Cause Survives: First Department Reverses Plaintiff's § 240(1) Win Where Foreman Controlled Trench Bracing By Artie Venti In the recently decided Veliu v. Verizon New York Inc. (2026), the First Department reversed a New York County Supreme Court decision...