New York's General Obligations Law (GOL) §5-1512 provides that a power of attorney executed in another state is valid in New York as long as it is in compliance with the law of the state where it was executed. Matter of Christina G. (Josephine K.) http://www.courts.state.ny.us/reporter/3dseries/2015/2015_25083.htm
Premises Liability: Bunk Bed Head Bump
Maria L., was employed as a housekeeper and babysitter for about a year. She hit her head on a ceiling beam at the home while coming down a bunk bed ladder. Maria L. sued for injuries. She admitted that she was aware of the ceiling beam and its location in
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PARDALIS & NOHAVICKA TRADEMARK LAW: CONVERSE SUES EVERYONE
Shoemaker Converse is suing a range of companies including Wal-Mart and Ralph Lauren for infringing on one of its 100-year-old designs. The company is complaining that its rivals have copied the iconic Chuck Taylor design which was first released in 1917. Converse has filed legal papers in New York complaining
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Pardalis & Nohavicka Insurance Coverage Update: "Primary Residence" Is Material Representation
Insured premises damaged by fire. Claim was put in and the insured was notified that the carrier was disclaiming coverage because the application for insurance contained a misrepresentation regarding whether the premises would be owner-occupied and that the misrepresentation was material. The court sustained the disclaimer even though the application
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Pardalis & Nohavicka Crim Law Update: Meth-Cook Burns, Co-Cook Convicted.
Defendant and the victim were at a cabin upstate and had used methamphetamine. In the hours before the fire erupted, defendant went to the basement to make a batch of crystal meth. Defendant went upstairs and placed a plastic pitcher of lantern fuel on a wood stove. Defendant then became
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