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Recent cases out of the Appellate Division, Second Department included decisions on a wide range of issues: Affirmation of the right to amend a complaint to include punitive damages in a Child Victims Act case. Confirmation of a higher risk level for a sex offender due to aggravating factors. Modification of a judgment on amending a complaint in a medical malpractice case. Upholding of the dismissal of a foreclosure over statute limitations. Reversal of a property sale order to require a detailed assessment of rights first. Upholding a judgment in a fraudulent inducement case against an estate. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Rob Abruzzese

Latest decisions from the Appellate Division, Second Department

May 8 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

AD confirms right to amend complaint for punitive damages in Poly Prep abuse case The Appellate Division, Second Department, has affirmed a decision by the Kings County Supreme Court in the case of Richard Rubin v. Poly Prep Country Day School. The appellate court upheld the lower court’s decision to allow an amendment to add […]

Anthony Vaughn Jr. was officially elected by the Brooklyn Bar Association to be its next president. Vaughn will be installed during a ceremony at the Eastern District of New York’s courthouse in Downtown Brooklyn on June 6. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Robert Abruzzese

Historic milestone: Anthony Vaughn set to become first Black man to lead Brooklyn Bar Association

May 8 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

More than 77 years after Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier by donning a Brooklyn Dodgers jersey, the Brooklyn Bar Association (BBA) is set to make its own historical stride by inducting Anthony Vaughn Jr. as its first Black male president. Vaughn’s presidency follows the impactful tenures of Lynn Terrelonge, the first Black […]

Recent Appellate Division, Second Department, decisions covered a range of issues from modifying criminal convictions based on the evidence of defendants' mental states or intentions to affirming family court decisions on parental rights and child welfare, examining the courts' careful consideration of psychological and circumstantial evidence in legal judgments. Seen here is the Second Department’s courthouse in Brooklyn Heights. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Rob Abruzzese

Latest decisions from the Appellate Division, Second Department

May 7 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

Family court’s decision on child abuse, upholding custody changes and conditions for mother affirmed The Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department, has affirmed decisions from the Family Court of Kings County concerning Magali M. C., who was found to have allowed abuse against three children under her care. The case, which brought to light allegations against […]