Second Circuit Upholds Constitutionality of NY and Connecticut’s Assault Weapons Bans
Posted: October 23, 2015 Filed under: Appeals, Firearms Defense | Tags: Appeals, Assault Weapons Ban, SAFE Act, Second Amendment, Second Circuit Leave a commentOn October 19, 2015, the Second Circuit issued an opinion regarding the constitutionality of the SAFE Act/Act Concerning Gun Violence Prevention legislation in New York and Connecticut, upholding the lower court’s decision that a seven round magazine limit was arbitrary but otherwise affirming the constitutionality of the legislation. Read the rest of this entry »
New Jersey Appellate Division Holds That a Defendant is Only Required to Produce Surveillance Evidence After the Plaintiff Has Been Deposed
Posted: September 8, 2015 Filed under: Appeals, General Liability, New Jersey Practice | Tags: Depositions, Discoverability, Impeachment Evidence, New Jersey Appellate Division, Plaintiff, Surveillance Evidence, Work Product Doctrine Leave a commentOn September 3, 2015, the New Jersey Appellate Division reiterated the notion that trial courts should take a balanced approach when it comes to the discoverability of surveillance evidence obtained for purposes of litigation.
In Mernick v. McCutchen, the Appellate Division was tasked with assessing whether surveillance videos of a plaintiff were protected from discovery due to the work product doctrine. The plaintiff was injured in a car accident, and after the plaintiff filed her lawsuit, the defendants took surveillance videos of the purportedly injured plaintiff. In their discovery responses, the defendants acknowledged that they possessed the surveillance videos but refused to produce the videos until after the plaintiff had been deposed. As a result, the plaintiff’s counsel refused to produce his client for deposition until the videos were provided. Read the rest of this entry »
Table Saw Manufacturer’s Failure to Include Automatic Guard is Not a Design Defect Under New York Law
Posted: July 10, 2015 Filed under: Appeals, New York Practice, Product Liability | Tags: Alternative Design, Automatic Safety, Blade Guard, Interlock, Product Liability, Risk Utility Analysis, Table Saw Leave a commentOn July 8, 2015, New York’s Second Department held that a design defect claim cannot be based upon a table saw manufacturer’s failure to include an automatic guard.
In Chavez v. Delta International Machinery Corp., 2014-05235, 2015 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5769 (N.Y. App. Div. [2d Dep’t] July 8, 2015), the trial court denied the branch of the defendant’s motion for summary that sought to dismiss all claims based upon allegations that a table saw was defective for not including an automatic safety device – an interlock device that would prevent the saw from operating unless the blade guard was properly in place. Read the rest of this entry »
