FEATURE ARTICLE:
FIRST DEPARTMENT JUSTICES DIVIDE ON WHETHER
UNINTENTIONAL TORTFEASOR CAN HAVE CPLR ARTICLE 16 REDUCTION BASED
ON CONDUCT OF INTENTIONAL TORTFEASOR
GENERAL PRACTICE
MORE ON "REGULATION 68":
Insurance Department Re-Promulgates Regulation
Reducing No-Fault Times from 90 to 30 and 180 to 45 Days
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SANCTIONS FOR CAUSING MISTRIAL:
Lawyer's Repeated Sneers and Faces Made in
Response to Court's Rulings Bring Mistrial, and Cost of It, Some $13,000,
Is Assessed Against the Offending Lawyer
REMEDY FOR IMPROPER VENUE:
Isn't Change of Venue Instead
of Dismissal the Only Proper Remedy for Defective Venue?
NOTICE OF CLAIM:
Federal Court Lacks Jurisdiction of Motion
Affecting GML 50-e Notice of Claim Even Though Action Itself Is in
Federal Court; Application Must Go to State Court
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COMPUTER PRINTOUT RECORDS REJECTED:
Mere Computer Printout Records of Process Server
Don't Suffice to Establish Service
INSURER'S REFUSAL TO SETTLE CAN'T GROUND BAD
FAITH CLAIM IF PLAINTIFF NOT SHOWN WILLING TO SETTLE FOR POLICY LIMIT
AFTER LIABLITY BECAME "CLEAR"
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