21 Cited authorities

  1. Haywood v. Drown

    556 U.S. 729 (2009)   Cited 340 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that once a State creates a court of general jurisdiction, as all three of our States have, the State must hear and adjudicate § 1983 claims
  2. Fry v. Village of Tarrytown

    89 N.Y.2d 714 (N.Y. 1997)   Cited 269 times
    Holding that, under CPLR former 304, filing a proposed but unexecuted order to show cause had no legal effect and did not satisfy the commencement requirements
  3. In re Brooklyn Navy Yard Asbestos Litigation

    971 F.2d 831 (2d Cir. 1992)   Cited 208 times
    Holding that joint participation pursuant to an agreement — express or implied — to commit a tort is necessary to impose liability on those acting in concert
  4. Liff v. Schildkrout

    49 N.Y.2d 622 (N.Y. 1980)   Cited 185 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a spouse's cause of action for loss of consortium is a derivative one and does not exist "independent of the injured spouse's right to maintain an action for injuries sustained."
  5. Chianese v. Meier

    98 N.Y.2d 270 (N.Y. 2002)   Cited 89 times
    Holding that actual notice of a particular recurring safety issue that was reasonably within the defendant's power to correct was sufficient to establish constructive notice of the specific recurrence
  6. Ellington Constr v. Zoning Bd.

    77 N.Y.2d 114 (N.Y. 1990)   Cited 79 times
    Finding petitioner had vested right where town approved petitioner's plan and petitioner installed various improvements on the land prior to amendments to applicable zoning ordinance
  7. Bay Ridge v. State of N.Y

    44 N.Y.2d 49 (N.Y. 1978)   Cited 113 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Noting that a cause of action for indemnity generally does not accrue until the indemnitee makes a payment requiring indemnification
  8. Morales v. County of Nassau

    94 N.Y.2d 218 (N.Y. 1999)   Cited 55 times
    Rejecting expressio unius as a basis for “creat[ing] an entirely new exemption that is not suggested by the language of the statute or its history”
  9. Ballard v. HSBC Bank USA

    6 N.Y.3d 658 (N.Y. 2006)   Cited 37 times
    In Ballard, the petitioner failed to include a return date in her notice of petition as required by CPLR 403 when seeking review of a determination by the New York State Division of Human Rights.
  10. Duffy v. Chautauqua County

    225 A.D.2d 261 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)   Cited 26 times
    In Duffy, two construction workers were injured and a third killed when a bridge collapsed while the three workers were driving a truck over it.
  11. Section 362 - Automatic stay

    11 U.S.C. § 362   Cited 29,426 times   174 Legal Analyses
    Concluding that cause exists to lift the stay because no bankruptcy purpose would be served by keeping the stay in place