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The Appellate Division, Second Department, overturned Kings County Supreme Court decisions on improper default judgment, liability for structural sidewalk repairs, fault in a vehicle accident, and validity of a property sale contract due to improper notice. It also reversed a Suffolk County decision on the forfeiture of a security deposit for failing to provide a timely itemized statement. Eagle photo by Mario Belluomo

Latest decisions from the Appellate Division, Second Department

June 25 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

Appellate Court denies default judgment against 641 Midwood, LLC The Appellate Division, Second Department, has overturned a Kings County Supreme Court decision that granted a default judgment against 641 Midwood, LLC, in a property dispute. The appellate court found that the lower court improperly granted the default judgment despite mitigating factors. Eli Biton initiated the […]

Police released additional surveillance images of a group suspected of vandalizing a Brooklyn Heights co-op building on June 12. This still frame was grabbed from a video. Photo: NYPD

NYPD releases new images of Brooklyn Heights hate crime suspects

June 24 | Mary Frost

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — The New York Police Department has released new surveillance images showing members of a group suspected of vandalizing the Brooklyn Heights home of the president of the Brooklyn Museum on June 12. The video shows six individuals, most wearing masks and hats or hoods, as they enter and depart an elevator in […]

Errol Louis and Bruce Ratner. Brooklyn Eagle photos by John McCarten

New book describes vital role of early detection and preventive medicine

June 20 | Wayne Daren Schneiderman

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Cancer: just hearing the word conjures up images of heartache, pain and even helplessness. It’s the number two killer in the U.S. behind heart disease. Despite the tens of billions of dollars spent on cancer research and treatment, most resources in the fight against the dreaded disease are devoted to late-stage treatments. […]