FEATURE ARTICLE:
DEPARTMENTAL DISPUTE: SECOND DEPARTMENT HOLDS
THAT SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON LIABILITY IN PERSONAL INJURY CASE DOES NOT
ESTABLISH "SERIOUS INJURY" TO SUPPORT COURT ACTION
GENERAL PRACTICE
LETTER OF ENGAGEMENT RULE:
New Rule, Which Just Took Effect March 4, 2002,
Is Amended to Include Insurers, Clarify Notice re Arbitration, and
Exclude Cases of Extrtastate Representation
SERVICE OF SUMMONS BY EMAIL?:
Federal Court Allows Email Service on Foreign
Defendant; Can That Be Done in New York Practice?
"PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENT" WOES:
Where Trial Counsel Fails to Show or Get Substitute
After Much Indulgence, Court Imposes Heavy Sanctions But Keeps Case
Alive
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TORT SETTLEMENTS:
Policies of Federal Civil Rights Statute May
Deny Nonsettling Tortfeasor Reduction for Settlement Made by Other
Tortfeasor
TELEPHONE DEPOSITIONS:
Court Discusses Role of Telephone Testimony
by Witness That Party Could Have But Didn't Depose
BACKLOG ITEMS
RELATION BACK DOCTRINE:
In Suit Against Wholly Unliable Husband, No
Relation Back Will Be Allowed for Claim Against Owner/Driver Wife
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TAKING DEFAULT JUDGMENT:
What Are the Parties' Obligations When Only
One of Two Defendants Defaults in a Tort Case? Simply Returning D's
Late Answer Is Not the Answer
ADDING PARTIES:
Reminder About Steps Needed to Add Party to
Pending Action
EXPLOITING CHANGE IN LAW?:
Motion to "Renew" Based on Change in Law, While Not Strictly
Time Limited, Can't Be Used to Revive Concluded Case
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