In Zadok v. Lomner, No. 151526/2024, 2025 WL 675168 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Mar. 03, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s false imprisonment claim. The court summarized, and applied, the law as follows: In an action for false imprisonment, four elements must be established: (1) the defendant intended…
Read More Tenant Sufficiently Alleges False Imprisonment ClaimIn a recently-filed lawsuit, captioned J.C. v. Robert Allen Zimmerman a/k/a Bob Dylan (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Cty. Index No. 951450/2021), the plaintiff – proceeding pseudonymously – asserts (under the Child Victims Act and pursuant to CPLR 214-g and 22 NYCRR § 202.72) that the defendant sexually abused her over a six-week period between April and…
Read More Child Victims Act Sex Abuse Lawsuit Against Bob DylanIn Orellana v. Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc., 2016 Slip Op 31206(U) (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Cty. June 27, 2016), the court preliminarily enjoined Macy’s “from demanding payment of civil penalties from individuals suspected of shoplifting while they are in Macy’s custody.” This case addresses the intersection between two sections of New York law: General Business Law §…
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