Litigation (Non-Arizona) Archives - Page 9 of 46

Billionaire Wins Court Fight that He Was Not a Resident of New York City & Saves $27 Million in NYC Taxes

Forbes: “A divided three-member New York State Tax Appeals Tribunal has upheld an administrative judge’s finding that billionaire hedge fund pioneer Julian H. Robertson Jr. wasn’t a resident of New York City in 2000, saving him $27 million in tax. . . . The appeals decision and the $27 million hinged on Robertson’s whereabouts on just two days. According to the previously unreported 62-page decision issued last month, before taking an apartment in the city in 1996, Robertson was warned by advisors not to spend more than 183 days in the city, or he’d be taxed as a city resident.”

New York Court Allows Lawsuit to Proceed Against Child Who Was 4 When She Allegedly Rode Her Bike Into a Woman Who Died

New York Times: “a judge has ruled that a young girl accused of running down an elderly woman while racing a bicycle with training wheels on a Manhattan sidewalk two years ago can be sued for negligence. . . . [The child] struck an 87-year-old woman . . . [who suffered] a hip fracture that required surgery. She died three weeks later.”

See UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh’s article called “The Negligent 4-Year-Old” in which he writes:

“But I’m inclined to say that the wiser move for a state legal system would be to set the absolute bar to liability for the child (setting aside the possibility of the parent’s being liable for negligent supervision) at a considerably higher age — maybe seven, or maybe even older. Otherwise, the result is more litigation with no real likelihood that we’ll have any sensible jury decisions in such litigation.”

See another New York Times story called “Reflecting on a Lawsuit Against a 4-Year-Old.”

Man Seeks Millions from Town over Softball Injury

GreenwichTime.com: “Catalano was hit after a player at a men’s adult softball game threw a ball, which passed around or over the backstop behind home plate, striking the side of his face. The impact required Catalano to undergo facial surgery and develop injuries affecting his right eye, as well as his senses of hearing, smell and taste, according to the lawsuit. . . . Catalano is seeking damages of several million dollars, according to town lawyers.”

Hells Angels Sue Saks, McQueen Design Over Trademark

Bloomberg: “The Hells Angels motorcycle group sued fashion design house Alexander McQueen and retail chain Saks Inc. for trademark infringement for selling handbags, jewelry and clothing using the club’s death-head design.”

Title IX Soccer Settlement in NYC Puts Girls and Boys on the Sidelines

More harm caused by Title IX – hundreds of high school soccer players no longer able to play soccer because of a lawsuit filed by the New York Civil Liberties Union on behalf of three girl players. Girls played soccer in the spring and boys played in the fall. The three plaintiffs said that requiring girls high school soccer in the spring discriminated against girls because it harmed their chances of playing college soccer. The reason the boys and girls did not play at the same time is because the schools did not have enough soccer fields for the sexes to play at the same time. The three girls won and now boys and girls must play soccer in the fall. The result is fewer soccer players. See the story in Saving Sports that states:

“boys teams forfeited 84 soccer matches and girls squads forfeited 82 matches a year ago, and 300 fewer girls played soccer after the realignment took effect last fall. Nearly a month into the 2010 season, Sprance has counted 59 girls forfeits and 45 for boys. Two boys programs and two girls programs have already been dropped, and Sprance estimated that more than 500 girls will have stopped playing soccer as a result of the season switch.”