Finding that even though plaintiff's letter states a different amount of damages than the complaint, plaintiff still meets the first identicality requirement because the letter put defendant on notice of a potential lawsuit for damages
Holding that plaintiff failed to allege that defendants were engaged in an "enterprise" because the complaint alleged only that the "Defendants engaged in a mortgage lending enterprise."
Dismissing product liability claims for injuries allegedly caused by cigarettes because of the Surgeon General's warning and because of the well known dangers of cigarette smoking
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Finding that, per N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 1024, New York law provides a more forgiving principle for relation back in the context of naming John Doe defendants described with particularity in the complaint