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		<title>Is Getting The Right Panel Key to Appeal In NY&#8217;s First Department ?</title>
		<link>http://blog.wcmlaw.com/2012/05/is-getting-the-right-panel-key-to-appeal-in-nys-first-department/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 12:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert F. Ball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In New York&#8217;s Appellate Division, First Department, forget precedent, the key is getting the right Court panel. In Maniscalco v. New York City Transit Auth., the plaintiff, a pedestrian, was struck by the defendant&#8217;s side-view mirror, as she crossed the street within the crosswalk with the light in her favor. The plaintiff moved for and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Big Legal Problem in NYC? Bad Trees.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert J. Cosgrove</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you think of New York City, capitol of the universe, you probably think of such things as skyscrapers, crowds, hot dogs and the Yankees.  But what you probably don’t think of is trees.  Yet it is trees that are causing an increasing number of legal headaches for the Big Apple.  NYC has approximately 2.5 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Immunity For Utility&#8217;s Negligent Placement Of Pole</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert F. Ball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Seals v. County of Morris , the New Jersey Supreme Court held that Jersey Central Power &#38; Light was not immune from liability for its negligent placement of an electrical pole. The Court held that if a government entity directed the utility where to place the pole, then N.J.S.A. 48:3-17.1 conferred immunity on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Young People Understand, and Ignore, Risk of Texting While Driving</title>
		<link>http://blog.wcmlaw.com/2012/05/young-people-understand-and-ignore-risk-of-texting-while-driving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 21:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Ricci</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While it is unclear whether a funded study was necessary for this conclusion, a recent Consumer Reports survey has found the following two statements to be true: First, young people (ages 16 to 21) fully understand the increased danger of texting while driving. Second, that same age demographic nevertheless continues to text while driving. Moreover, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NY Upholds Dismissal of Claim by Passenger in Stolen Car</title>
		<link>http://blog.wcmlaw.com/2012/05/ny-upholds-dismissal-of-claim-by-passenger-in-stolen-car/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 20:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Ricci</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Kalafatis v. Royal Waste Management, the plaintiff was a passenger in a stolen vehicle that ran a red light and collided with the co-defendant’s truck. The co-defendant’s motion for summary judgment was granted. The plaintiff appealed and moved to re-argue. The lower court granted the plaintiff’s motion to reargue and, accordingly, the plaintiff never [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NY:  Cross That Snow Mound At Your Own Risk</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 13:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Ricci</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Quintana v. The New York City Housing Authority, the plaintiff was injured when he slipped and fell while attempting to climb over a mound of snow created along the curb of the sidewalk by NYCHA’s snow plow. The First Department held that, in the absence of evidence that the mound obstructed the crosswalk or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not Enough Judges in NJ?</title>
		<link>http://blog.wcmlaw.com/2012/05/not-enough-judges-in-nj/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 11:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert J. Cosgrove</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Litigation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Litigation can be slow enough, but, in NJ, it&#8217;s likely to get even slower.  There are as many as 60 judicial vacancies in NJ.  This seems unlikely to change in light of NJ&#8217;s budget deficits and (potentially) Governor&#8217;s Christie&#8217;s role as a vice-presidential candidate.  As if there wasn&#8217;t enough to worry about in litigation&#8230; For [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-Assignment Provisions Preempted by Bankruptcy Code in the Creation of Asbestos-Related Trusts</title>
		<link>http://blog.wcmlaw.com/2012/05/anti-assignment-provisions-preempted-by-bankruptcy-code-in-the-creation-of-asbestos-related-trusts/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.wcmlaw.com/2012/05/anti-assignment-provisions-preempted-by-bankruptcy-code-in-the-creation-of-asbestos-related-trusts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 17:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl D. Fuchs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a recent Third Circuit decision, asbestos defendants may properly transfer their insurance rights to personal-injury trusts created under § 524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code. In the case of In re: Federal-Mogul Global, Inc., Federal-Mogul, one of the nation’s largest automobile part manufacturers, had previously filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the wake of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Insurer Has Duty to Defend Allegations of Negligence, Despite Insured’s Admission of Intentional Conduct in Criminal Proceedings.</title>
		<link>http://blog.wcmlaw.com/2012/05/insurer-has-duty-to-defend-allegations-of-negligence-despite-insureds-admission-of-intentional-conduct-in-criminal-proceedings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 14:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl D. Fuchs</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coverage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Am. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Sec. Income Planners &#38; Co., a federal district court in New York recently held that the American Auto Insurance Company had the duty to defend negligence claims against Security Income Planners &#38; Co., LLC, despite plea allocution by the insured’s president and CFO where he admitted to intentional conduct. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Capacity to Generate Income May Impose Duty on Commercial Owner in NJ</title>
		<link>http://blog.wcmlaw.com/2012/05/capacity-to-generate-income-may-impose-duty-on-commercial-owner-in-nj/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.wcmlaw.com/2012/05/capacity-to-generate-income-may-impose-duty-on-commercial-owner-in-nj/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 15:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl D. Fuchs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Ethel Gray v. Caldwell Wood Products, New Jersey’s Appellate Court has held that a commercial property owner of a vacant building has a duty to maintain the vacant building’s abutting sidewalk.  Plaintiff slipped and fell on the sidewalk abutting defendant’s vacant commercial building that had allegedly not been cleared of snow and ice. Defendants [...]]]></description>
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