4/27/2026 7:55:48 PM Official Immunity Denied for Contractor in Tree Removal Trespass Claim By Emily Uhl In Terfehr v. Buffalo-Red River Watershed District, the Minnesota Court of Appeals continues to narrowly tailor official discretionary...
4/23/2026 2:21:51 PM No Duty to Third Parties: Second Department Dismisses Claim Against Streetlight Contractor By Brian Greenfield In an April 8, 2026, decision, the Appellate Division, Second Department, in Weiss v. Fran Corp., 2026 NY Slip Op 02147, reversed the...
4/17/2026 5:04:30 PM New First Department Decision Limits Labor Law § 240(1) Exposure in Trench Excavations By Brian Greenfield In Veloso v. City of New York, decided April 9, 2026, the Court unanimously affirmed summary judgment dismissing the plaintiff's...
4/10/2026 4:33:04 PM Recent First Department Decision: Storm-in-Progress Doctrine Reaffirmed in Interior Slip-and-Fall Context By Brian Greenfield In Alvizurez v. North State Realty Associates LLC, the First Department reversed two Bronx County orders and granted summary judgment to...
4/8/2026 3:26:31 PM First Department Reinforces Limits of Labor Law § 240(1) in Electrical Blast Ladder-Fall Case By Brian Greenfield A recent First Department decision, Arias v. Brooks Holdings Corp., decided March 26, 2026, is worth attention for anyone handling New...
4/3/2026 6:30:08 PM Risk Management for Security Guard Companies: Operational Protocols to Avoid Litigation By Brian Taylor Over the last decade, the implementation of numerous safety mechanisms in vehicles has reduced the number of motor vehicle accidents...
4/2/2026 3:27:33 PM Three Takeaways from a PFAS Litigation and Regulatory Developments Conference By Logan Nantais Recently, I attended the 2026 Perrin Conferences PFAS Litigation and Regulatory Developments Conference, where industry leaders and...
3/12/2026 7:58:57 PM Special Employment and Workers' Compensation Exclusivity in Payroll Service Arrangements By Brian Greenfield The Appellate Division, Second Department, recently issued a significant decision addressing special employment and Workers' Compensation...
3/4/2026 8:23:01 PM When an Insured Misrepresents the Value or Quantity of Stolen Property: Legal Standards and Practical Considerations By Lauren Birkenstock Misrepresentation in First-Party Property Claims Misrepresentation of the value or quantity of allegedly stolen property remains one of...
12/17/2025 8:13:44 PM Lawyers & AI: Structural Support for the Evolving Practice of Law By Adeel Jamaluddin There's been much published on lawyers and AI. My colleagues recently offered insights on how AI models can be applied in litigation and...
10/16/2025 6:30:57 PM Stage an Accident on a Construction Site in NYS? Still NOT a Felony By Adeel Jamaluddin Fraud in the New York construction industry in the form of staged accidents, exaggerated claims, and unnecessary or excessive treatment...
9/19/2025 2:30:04 PM Gabapentin, Cognitive Decline, and Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries, Oh My! By Brian Taylor How many cases have you come across with low back pain being treated with Gabapentin? How many of these cases have claims of mild TBI or...