JACOBUS v. TRUMP, 2017 NY Slip Op 30028 (NY 1/9/2017)

2017 NY Slip Op 30028(U) CHERYL JACOBUS, Plaintiff, v. DONALD J. TRUMP, COREY LEWANDOWSKI, and DONALD J. TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT, INC., Defendants. Supreme Court, New York County. Docket No. 153252/16, Mot. Seq. No. 001. January 9, 2017. Counsel: Jay R. Butterman, Esq., Butterman & Kahn, LLP., 219 East 31st St., New York, NY 10016, 212-308-7697, […]

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Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co., 248 N.Y. 339 (1928)

Issues: Negligence, Proximate Causation, Torts

Helen Palsgraf, Respondent, v The Long Island Railroad Company, Appellant. Court of Appeals of New York Argued February 24, 1928 Decided May 29, 1928 248 NY 339 CITE TITLE AS: Palsgraf v Long Is. R.R. Co. [*340] OPINION OF THE COURT CARDOZO, Ch. J. Plaintiff was standing on a platform of defendant’s railroad after buying […]

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Hamer v. Sidway, 124 N.Y. 538 (1891)

Issues: Consideration, Contracts Law, Unilateral Contracts

Hamer v. Sidway 124 N.Y. 538;?27 N.E. 256 Court of Appeals of New York, Second Division. April 14, 1891. Appeal from an order of the general term of the supreme court in the fourth judicial department, reversing a judgment entered on the decision of the court at special term in the county clerk’s office of […]

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