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Robert Liotta, a senior court officer in New York City, has won workers' compensation benefits for his involvement in the rescue and cleanup efforts following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Liotta registered as a participant eligible for benefits under a workers' compensation law enacted for those involved in World Trade Center operations. Initially, his claim was denied, but it was later reversed by the appellate division of the New York State Supreme Court. The court found that Liotta's activities on that day, including evacuating buildings and clearing streets for emergency vehicles, qualified him for benefits. [Extracted from the article]

Examines the psychology of the guilty and the law of compensation arising from conscience in a homicide case involving a father and daughter in New York State. Father's fatal shooting of his son-in-law whom the daughter married despite his objections; Acquittal of the father; Testimony of the daughter in defense of her father despite her love for her killed husband; Comments by the father after his acquittal which revealed the state of his conscience; Analysis of human nature, forgiveness and punishment; Analysis of judgment in John Galsworthy's play "Justice."

A discussion of New York's faithless servant doctrine, a forfeiture law that applies to disloyal employees, and the difficulties of applying the doctrine to the compensation structures of fund managers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on New York's Exempt Income Protection Act (the EIPA), which bans private right of actions for damages against banks. Topics include the awarding of monetary damages for banking violations, common law claims against banks by private individuals, and the issuance of restraining notices by banks.

The article discusses municipal antitrust trials which are rising in New York City. According to the author, at least 200 similar suits are pending. Many have been filed by people who think their bids for public contracts were unfairly rejected. Others argue that a city has no power to restrict their right to do business, even if that right is contingent on the use of city resources. All this shocks city officials, who had long assumed they were immune from such litigation. The U.S. Conference of Mayors wants limits to municipal antitrust liability and the threat of treble damages that accompanies antitrust claims.

Focuses on an inaugural message from Governor Nathan Lewis Miller to the New York Legislature. Comment on the partisan theory of the government; Need for a governor of the people of New York rather than of the Republican party and the privileged; Proposal of amendments by the Knight-Brady Committee to the bill on the recodification and revision of the labor law; Information on the workmen's compensation law; Creation of several confidential positions for Republicans; Abdication of the power to enforce the labor laws.

The article presents a perspective on 1980 transit strike in the New York City. According to the author, the transit strike reminded the American people the existence of certain forceful legal concepts in the country. It determines a harm or loss for which the law offers no compensation to working Americans.

The article reports that the New York City Transit Authority has been ordered by a jury to pay $13 million in damages to a homeless man and the family of his late brother. The plaintiff James Clarke and his brother Earl Clarke came in contact with electrified city subway tracks in March 1986. James fell onto a live rail and when Earl tried to rescue him, he died. The jury found the Transit Authority guilty for not keeping the subway station safe for homeless people.

The article offers information on several issues related to the U.S. Isidore Zimmerman of New York City has sued New York for 25 years of wrongful imprisonment for the murder of a police detective. Zimmerman urged the New York legislature to pass a special law allowing him to sue; and he demanded a compensation of 10 million dollar. The Vitullo Evidence Collection Kit, devised by Louis Vitullo, is being used in several hospitals in Illinois to collect evidence in rape cases.

The article reports on the lawsuit filed by Queens, New York City salesman Joseph William Collins against socialite C. Blevins Davis asking the court for 250,000 U.S. dollars for his efforts to aid Davis socially. Collins also claimed damages because Davis assaulted him twice. According to Collins, he spent a great amount of time grooming Davis for future triumphs.

The article examines whether a subcontractor is entitled to additional compensation if the work could not be completed on a specific time frame. It says that the general contractor (GC) proposes a specific start and completion date and includes a specific amount of money in its bid for General Conditions which may include jobsite trailers and field and office supervision. According to the ruling of New York Supreme Court, subcontractors that do not limit the contract language by actually writing in the duration dates are not entitled to compensation.

Waddell & Reed Inc., an Overland Park, Kan., financial services company, has received a lot of attention for its involvement in high-profile conflict resolution proceedings. The ADR Brief discusses the firm's arbitrations, as well as a recent mediation which tried to settle several arbitration and litigation matters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses a court case wherein Alan Newton, who was wrongfully convicted, was cleared of rape conviction in New York City and awarded 18.5 million dollars by a jury. It says that Newton filed a suit against the city and police officers Jack J. Trabitz and Patrick J. McGuire for allegedly violating his rights. It tells that the suit was dismissed and Newton will not receive his compensation after the U.S. District Court granted the city's motion to set aside the jury verdict.

The article reports on the lawsuit filed by the Southport, Connecticut-based developer Summit Greenfield against New Castle officials in New York for a sham project approval process. It notes that the developer seeks compensatory and punitive damages from state and federal courts for blocking their Chappaqua Crossing project and depriving them of the property's economic use. The company's attorneys argued that town has taken the private property and must pay just compensation to the owner.

The author relates his experience of doing a thesis regarding how New York state compensates victims of wrongful conviction. It states that due to cost cutting measures, the practice of investigative journalism in various papers is declining, but that such leaves many opportunities for those in colleges. Using various programs such as Wiki and Access, public records and personal interviews, the author and his team found that the compensation system is greatly flawed, and suggests further study into the matter.

The article reports on a land compensation ruling which favors U.S.A. Central Station Alarm Corp. president Bart A. Didden and his business partner Domenick D. Bologna. New York Supreme Court Judge John R. LaCava has ordered the village of Port Chester to pay 31 million dollars and 600,000 dollars in accrued interest to compensate both Didden and Bologna. However, both of them questioned whether the developer of the village, G&S Investors of Manhattan, can afford the payment.

The article reports on the approval of the compensation bill by the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee for workers that were injured in the terrorist attack in New York City on 2001.

The article reports that the annual report of the Environmental Protection and Spill Compensation Fund has been released by the state of New York's Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. The report revealed a payout of almost $34 million, the highest in five years, compared with $26.5 million, during the 2005-2006 fiscal year.

The article reports on the significance of a new state law in New York. The new law has a major implication for self-insured workers'-compensation trusts. The new law will permit for some internal borrowing on the state level to assist in reducing the large assessments. Moreover, the law will also include some new oversight provisions aimed at ensuring the remaining trusts are well funded.

The article reports on the case won by members of the National Lawyers Guild which canceled provisions that restrict access to the Great Lawn of Central Park in New York City. The plaintiffs, which include the National Council of Arab Americans (NCA) and the Act Now to Stop War & End Racism (A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition), are given the authority to demand for a feasibility study from the government. The settlement also requires the city to pay $25,000 for damages.

The article discusses a court case wherein the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division upheld the dismissal of the trial court of the compensation claims of Michael Wolfson against the State University of New York. In the Wolfson v. Preventative Med. Clinical Serv., the Appellate Division stated grievance process is sole method for resolving complaint.

Is a fireman's life worth less than a banker's? America weighs compensation for victims of the September 11th 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, D.C. In the desperate days after the collapse of the World Trade Center and the attack on the Pentagon, America's Congress enacted an emergency compensation plan. This would not only recompense victims of the attacks but also spare America's airlines litigation costs, likely far to exceed their insurance cover. However, the plan has already raised many questions about how to compensate victims of such attacks. On April 14th it will be challenged in a federal court in lower Manhattan, not far from where the twin towers stood. The fund has tried to meld the notions of private tort law, used in common insurance cases, which seeks to "make victims whole" and to discourage future incidents by placing a cost on harm, with the quite different ideas that motivate government help, namely the financial needs of the recipient and the desire to minimize the disparity between rich and poor. After other terrorist attacks--the bombings of a federal building in Oklahoma City, two American embassies in Africa and, in 1993, of the World Trade Center itself--government played only a minimal role in trying to compensate the bereaved. Members of America's armed forces pay $20 a month for life-insurance polices paying out $250,000 in the event of their deaths.

Reports that a jury in State Supreme Court in Suffolk County, New York awarded the family of a twin girl who born ten weeks premature and suffers from cerebral palsy. Amount awarded to the family; Prediction of Leon Lazer, a professor at Touro Law Center in New York about the award; Points on which the case was based.

Focuses on the district court's decision in New York state permitting punitive damages to replace compensatory damages in a sexual harassment suit. Cases illustrating the decision's legal justification.

QBE has paid out a $10m settlement to the state of New York after being accused of profiting from overpricing "forced" home owners' insurance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the appreciation of the Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. (PIANY) with New York state Governor Eliot Spitzer for signing the compensation reform bill into law. The historic workers' bill was fast-tracked for speedy action and was passed in both the Assembly and the Senate on March 6, 2007.

The author reflects on the agenda of Governor Eliot Spitzer in Albany, New York. He pointed out that Spitzer is not the first governor who have belligerent agenda as he took his office. He reiterated that Spitzer is impatient for delay as well as the political refinements followed by everyone. Spitzer acquired both houses and interests to agree to Worker's Compensation Law reform in less than 60 days. Spitzer's public approval ratings will remain high though he will not win popularity.

The article presents information on a judgment pronounced by a New York federal court that asked former Haitian warlord, Emmanuel Toto Constant, to pay three women plaintiffs a total of $19 million. The three plaintiffs alleged that Toto asked his henchmen to rape them in front of their children. The court concluded that Toto was guilty on grounds of extrajudicial killing and crimes against humanity.

The article reports that the New York State Office of Court Administration is set to frame new rules to ban legal advertisements by curbing the ones that ensure compensation to victims of accident, restricting attorney advertising and regulating law firm Web sites. The lawyers of New York are prepared to challenge these new rules, if they are not in accordance with their proposals.