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On December 21, 2022, Acting State Supreme Court Justice Stephen Braslow sentenced a Mattituck man to 4 to 12 years in prison for driving drunk in a February 2021 crash that killed a pedestrian in Riverhead. The Suffolk District Attorney’s Office alleged that...
SCAFFOLD LAW LADDER LAW ROUNDUP Section 240(1) of New York’s Labor law is known as its “Scaffold” Law. It is unique among Labor Laws in requiring a finding of strict liability against Owners and General contractors who run afoul of its provisions. Under the Scaffold...
Objections to a Will generally take one of several forms. the most common of these are Lack of Testamentary Capacity, Improper Execution and Undue Influence. These materials consider Undue Influence. Undue Influence in New York Undue influence occurs when the testator...
LIFTING A DEFAULT AND UNFREEZING A COMPANY BANK ACCOUNT We were successful today in unfreezing a company's bank account and halting collection activities against them. A frozen bank account often comes on like a bolt out of the blue. If a debt collector or Plaintiff's...
Charitable Trusts Charitable trusts are often formed in the memory of a departed or because of a passionate commitment to to a cause or charity. They are easy to create, and the form for such a trust can be found on the IRS website at...
We were successful this week in discharging a residential mechanic’s lien
Robosigning is a term created and popularized in connection with scandals involving the mortgage foreclosure crisis. It did not have an official legal definition, but refers to the process of “mass signing” forged or fraudulent documents relating to mortgage...
Jonathan Gill of Creedon & Gill P.C. has been awarded the Who's Who Directories Top Attorney in North America for 2021-2022. This award signifies legal excellence across the country. Click here to read more.
In situations where the client is a prime or sub contractor, it is challenging to sort through construction contracts to tease out provisions favorable, dis-favorable, pit falls or traps. If the following 15 provisions are bargained for or red lined into a...
The following overview and information sheet is provided for informational purposes. It is not intended as a “do it yourself guide” or templated. Drafting a Power of Attorney document, because it can gives someone almost unfetted power to act as if they were another...