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| Court: | New York Court of Appeals |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Securities Law |
| Title: | Wyly v. Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman, LLP |
| Date: | 05/07/09 |
| Case Number: | 62 |
| Summary: | In an objection to a class action settlement in a securities fraud action, the denial of Objector's request for documents reflecting the pre-trial investigation by Plaintiffs' counsel is affirmed, where Objector had already received access to other documents produced in discovery and had made no showing of fraud in the settlement. |
| Court: | New York Court of Appeals |
| Topic: | Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Class Actions |
| Title: | Sperry v. Crompton Corp. |
| Date: | 02/22/07 |
| Case Number: | 4 |
| Summary: | Because the treble damages provision in General Business Law section 340 serves as a penalty for purposes of CPLR 901(b), such damages are not recoverable in a class action. |
| Court: | New York Court of Appeals |
| Topic: | Class Actions, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law |
| Title: | Goldman v. Metro. Life Ins. Co. |
| Date: | 11/21/05 |
| Case Number: | 149, 150, 151 |
| Summary: | Grant of defendants' motions to dismiss is affirmed in a putative class action against insurers where defendants did not breach insurance contracts by setting a policy date prior to an effective date, and the insureds must pay for days that are not covered in the first year of their policy. |
| Court: | New York Court of Appeals |
| Topic: | Class Actions, Family Law, Juvenile Law |
| Title: | NICHOLSON v. SCOPPETTA |
| Date: | 10/26/04 |
| Case Number: | No. 113 |
| Summary: | New York law does not permit a presumption that removal is appropriate based solely on the child's witnessing of domestic violence. |