28 Cited authorities

  1. Espinal v. Melville Snow Contractors

    98 N.Y.2d 136 (N.Y. 2002)   Cited 1,907 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that contract requiring snow removal service to plow when snow accumulation reached three inches was "not the type of 'comprehensive and exclusive' property maintenance obligation contemplated" by previous case law
  2. Palka v. Servicemaster Mgt.

    83 N.Y.2d 579 (N.Y. 1994)   Cited 686 times
    Holding third party liable where third party's all-inclusive maintenance contract rendered it the only guarantor of "a safe and clean . . . premises."
  3. Hamilton v. Beretta U.S.A. Corp.

    96 N.Y.2d 222 (N.Y. 2001)   Cited 390 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that handgun manufacturers do not owe a duty of reasonable care in the marketing and distribution of their handguns to persons injured or killed through the use of illegally obtained handguns, but leaving open the question of retailers' liability
  4. Barna v. Travis

    239 F.3d 169 (2d Cir. 2001)   Cited 206 times
    Holding that the New York State parole process creates no legitimate expectation of release; and, therefore, an inmate seeking release is not afforded the full panoply of procedural due process protection
  5. Stiver v. Good

    2007 N.Y. Slip Op. 9062 (N.Y. 2007)   Cited 143 times
    Holding defendant cannot be said to have launched an instrument of harm because there is no evidence that condition was made less safe
  6. Kennedy v. McKesson Co.

    58 N.Y.2d 500 (N.Y. 1983)   Cited 201 times
    Holding that "when there is a duty owed by defendant to plaintiff, breach of that duty resulting directly in emotional harm is compensable even though no physical injury occurred"
  7. Holdampf v. A.C. & S., Inc.

    2005 N.Y. Slip Op. 7863 (N.Y. 2005)   Cited 98 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding no duty, and noting that “foreseeability bears on the scope of a duty, and not whether it exists in the first place”
  8. Sharpe v. St. Luke's Hosp

    573 Pa. 90 (Pa. 2003)   Cited 61 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding under Pennsylvania law that a hospital that collected drug-testing samples under contract with an employer owed a negligence duty to an employee who submitted samples
  9. Lapidus v. State of New York

    57 A.D.3d 83 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)   Cited 46 times
    Providing examples of ministerial duties, such as a Clerk's docketing of a judgment or a court officer's recording of a judicial order
  10. Landon v. Kroll Lab. Specialists, Inc.

    91 A.D.3d 79 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)   Cited 38 times   1 Legal Analyses

    2011-11-22 Eric LANDON, etc., appellant, v. KROLL LABORATORY SPECIALISTS, INC., respondent. Robert N. Isseks, Middletown, N.Y., and Bloom & Bloom, P.C., New Windsor, N.Y. (Kevin Bloom of counsel), for appellant. Anderson & Ochs, LLP, New York, N.Y. (Mitchel H. Ochs of counsel), for respondent. DANIEL D. ANGIOLILLO Robert N. Isseks, Middletown, N.Y., and Bloom & Bloom, P.C., New Windsor, N.Y. (Kevin Bloom of counsel), for appellant. Anderson & Ochs, LLP, New York, N.Y. (Mitchel H. Ochs of counsel)

  11. Section 170.10 - Forgery in the second degree

    N.Y. Penal Law § 170.10   Cited 257 times

    A person is guilty of forgery in the second degree when, with intent to defraud, deceive or injure another, he falsely makes, completes or alters a written instrument which is or purports to be, or which is calculated to become or to represent if completed: 1. A deed, will, codicil, contract, assignment, commercial instrument, credit card, as that term is defined in subdivision seven of section 155.00, or other instrument which does or may evidence, create, transfer, terminate or otherwise affect