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12 Mar 2019, 4:00 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
  In Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, LLP v Preserve Assoc., LLC  2019 NY Slip Op 29056  Decided on February 28, 2019  Supreme Court, Albany County Platkin, J. we see the unusual situation in which a law firm waits 13 years or so to collect a huge legal fee, and does so in a way that allows immediate summary judgment on the amount. [read post]
14 Apr 2023, 4:52 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Supreme Court faulted plaintiff for waiting until 2020 to commence this action to recover monies owed as a result of a legal representation that ended in 2015 but, as prejudgment interest only compensates the judgment creditor for the loss of use of money he or she was owed and is not a penalty, the “responsibility for the delay [in bringing suit] should not be the controlling factor in deciding whether interest is to be computed” (Love v State of New York, 78 NY2d 540,… [read post]
24 Jul 2023, 4:14 am by Peter J. Sluka
” That brings us to the subject of this week’s post, Laurilliard v McNamee Lochner, P.C., 79 Misc 3d 1220(A) (Sup Ct Albany Co 2023), a decision by Albany County Supreme Court Justice Richard Platkin that revisits Gallagher and its reasoning. [read post]