Insurer Of Fire-Damaged Property Owner Denied Recovery Against Lessee Hands Across Long Island, Whose Client (Mentally Challenged Resident) Caused Fire Smoking In Bed. Court rules that that lessee owed no duty to plaintiff's insured to stop the resident from smoking cigarettes in the apartment or to monitor his conduct in
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Pardalis & Nohavicka Premises Liability Law Update: Wedding Fail
The bride was injured when a floral arch fell on top of her while she was sitting at a table during the wedding reception at King Star Restaurant. The bride sued the restaurant. Trying to get out of the case on liability, King Star was required to establish that it
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Pardalis & Nohavicka Criminal Trial Law Update: Don't Count on Evidentiary Errors/Beware of Phone Call Data Spill
Teddy was convicted of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree. He appealed. He lost, even though the Court committed the following errors: 1. It declined to give a missing-witness charge with respect to the People's failure to call the complaining witness and the People failed to demonstrate
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Pardalis & Nohavicka Employment Discrimination Law Update: Eastern District Judge Chen (photo), Denies College's Motion to Dismiss Sexual Harassment Claim Brought by Male Against Female
In Garcia v. College of Staten Island, our client, John Garcia, a campus peace officer in the Office of Public Safety at the college, sued the college for hostile work harassment based on the sexually explicit verbal comments and physical gestures made by a female peace officer, Robertson. Robertson rubbed
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Pardalis & Nohavicka Maritime Law Update: Prevailing Party Must Calculate Marine Contract Attorneys' Fees Using Lodestar Method, Not Contingency
TJD International breached two shipping contracts it entered into with Mediterranean Shipping Company. MSC sued TJD on the admiralty side of the Southern District of New York and got a judgment on default. The marine contracts provided for attorneys' fees to the prevailing party. The MS attorneys attempted to recover
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