Hone v. City of Oneonta, 2018 NY App Div LEXIS 58 (3d Dept 2018) The Appellate Division, Third Department modified and affirmed the lower court’s order partially dismissing Plaintiff’s Amended…

Ahmad v. East Ramapo Central School District, No. 7:09-cv-01440 (S.D.N.Y 2016) After a three-week trial, a federal jury convened by the Southern District of New York returned a unanimous verdict…

Shepard v. Warren County, et al., Index No. 63173 (Sup. Ct. Warren County Jan. 2018) After conducting the 50-h examination of the inmate Plaintiff, April Laws filed a pre-discovery motion…

Hafez v. City of Schenectady, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49918 (N.D.N.Y. 2018) The federal court for the Northern District of New York granted a pre-discovery motion to dismiss a civil…

Lanning v. City of Glens Falls, 908 F.3d 19 (2d Cir. 2018); affirming 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 32878 (N.D.N.Y. 2017) The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit,…

O’Brien v. Yugartis, 54 F. Supp. 3d 186, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 132445 (N.D.N.Y. Sept. 22, 2014) The federal court for the Northern District of New York granted a motion…

After successfully obtaining dismissal of Plaintiff’s federal Section 1983 claims with the United States District Court, Northern District of New York, April J. Laws moved the New York State Supreme…

Mullahey v. Zurlo, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18375 (N.D.N.Y. Feb. 9, 2017) The federal court for the Northern District of New York granted a pre-discovery motion to dismiss filed by…

Prior v. Clinton County, No. 8:15-cv-00009 (N.D.N.Y. 2017) This action was brought by a pro se inmate, asserting allegation of excessive force and deliberate medical indifference. After conducting an exhaustion…

Wittmer v. Oneonta, No. 5:14-cv-01217 (N.D.N.Y. 2017) The federal court for the Northern District of New York granted complete summary judgment, dismissing Plaintiff’s 1983 and 1988 claims of excessive force…