causes Archives - Law Offices of Michael Singer, P.C. https://lawsinger.com/tag/causes/ Personal Injury Attorneys Mon, 10 Nov 2014 22:43:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 DOG BITES: Landlord Liability https://lawsinger.com/dog-bites-landlord-liability/ Fri, 31 Oct 2014 14:14:29 +0000 http://03ed697.netsolhost.com/?p=1391 New Yorkers love dogs.  But living in a large urban area where many residents have dogs has a potential downside- dog bites.  Sometimes a dog will escape an apartment or leave a property and, whether being frightened or simply aggressive, ends up biting someone.  Unfortunately, many of the dog owners in NYC are renters, do […]

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]]> DOG BITE CASES: Proof of Vicious Propensity https://lawsinger.com/dog-bite-cases-proof-of-vicious-propensity/ Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:26:38 +0000 http://03ed697.netsolhost.com/?p=1106 For nearly 200 years, the law of New York has been that the owner of a domestic animal who either knows or should have known of that animal’s vicious propensities will be held responsible for any harm the animal causes as a result of those propensities. See e.g. Vrooman v Lawyer, 13 Johns 339 [1816]; […]

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]]> SEARCH WARRANTS: Claim of False Arrest when search warrant executed in a public versus private location https://lawsinger.com/false-arrest-clients-arrested-during-the-execution-of-a-search-warrant-in-a-public-versus-private-location/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:47:26 +0000 http://myersgaliardo.com/1/?p=384 We often come across cases in which the client was “in the wrong place at the wrong time”.  Perhaps the most glaring example of poor timing is being present in a location when the police issue a search warrant looking for contraband.  Assuming the warrant was not fraudulently obtained, the court has sanctioned the search. […]

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]]> CAR STOPS – “Failure To Signal” new predicate for car stops https://lawsinger.com/car-stops-failure-to-signal-is-the-new-default-predicate/ Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:25:20 +0000 http://myersgaliardo.com/1/?p=351 Any criminal practitioner in recent years has seen a proliferation of the latest “catch all” predicate police allege for making a car stop: the defendant failed to signal.  It is a clever predicate in that, unlike the allegation of mechanical issues such as a broken tail light, it is nearly impossible to disprove. Moreover, in […]

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