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Summary Judgment
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New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
A Motion in Limine Succeeds; A Motion for Summary Judgment Fails
A motion in limine is an advisory pre-trial evidentiary ruling. A motion for summary judgment is a dispositive motion which seeks to limit a claim or a recovery. In Mazzurco v…
Westchester Commercial Division Blog
When a Personal Guarantee Doesn’t Qualify for CPLR 3213 Treatment
By Brian Cohen
CPLR 3213 enables litigants to efficiently and quickly enforce instruments for the payment of money only or a previously rendered judgment. The rule is a powerful tool for resolving business…
Westchester Commercial Division Blog
Rule 19-a Statements: What Westchester Commercial Division Litigants Need to Know
By Gregory Blue
Commercial Division Rule 19-a says that, on a summary judgment motion, the Court may direct the filing of “a separate, short and concise statement, in numbered paragraphs, of the material…
CEB Blog
Need More Time to Oppose a Summary Judgment Motion?
Once you receive a summary judgment motion filed against your client, you have about two months to file and serve your opposition papers. That sounds like plenty of time, but…
Bill Madden's Blog
Summary judgment application based on agreement between experts in conclave & breach issue concerning referral to specialist
By Bill Madden
Ngo v Elysee [2019] NSWCA 123 saw the NSW Court of Appeal consider a breach of duty / causation argument and also consider the inappropriateness of bringing a summary judgment…
Ohio Appellate Insights
What’s On Their Minds: Are Deposition Transcripts Used For Summary Judgment Taxable As Costs ? Dan W. Vossman v. AirNet Systems, Inc. et al.
Update: On March 12, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here. “Isn’t each motion for summary judgment set for…
Blaneys Appeals
BLANEY’S APPEALS: ONTARIO COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (MAY 6 – 10, 2019)
Jump To: Table of Contents | Civil Decisions | Short Civil Decisions | Criminal Decisions | Ontario Review Board Good evening. Here are this week’s summaries of the civil decisions…
Chicago IP Litigation
Cursory Arguments Cannot Support Summary Judgment
Lecat’s Ventriloscope v. MT Tool & Mfg., No. 16 C 5298, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Nov. 20, 2018) (Castillo, C.J.). Chief Judge Castillo granted in part each parties’ cross-motion for…
Recreation Law
Hightower-Henne v. Gelman, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4514
Hightower-Henne v. Gelman, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4514 Tracy L. Hightower-Henne, and Thomas Henne, Plaintiffs, v. Leonard M. Gelman, Defendant. Civil Action No. 11-cv-01114-KMT-BNB UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE…
Drug & Device Law
Errata Sheet Errors
By Bexis
Have you ever left a deposition feeling confident that you obtained the testimony you hoped to receive, and it’s time to move for summary judgment? Then (whether within the time…