George M. Heymann

Aug 25, 2024 | law.com | George M. Heymann |Andrew Denney

For more than half a century there has been a slow but steady trend to allow certain individuals to sue for emotional stress when witnessing the death or serious injury of another within the “zone of danger”. A key factor had always been whether that person is considered a member of the “immediate family”. In the late 1800s a person could not sue for “fright” unless that person actually sustained personal injury. By the 1930s the Court of Appeals in Comstock v.

Apr 11, 2024 | feeds.feedblitz.com | Peter Brown |George M. Heymann |Howard Epstein |Theodore A. Keyes

In 2000, Congress enacted the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) in response to the growing problem of human trafficking. The act defines human trafficking broadly as the exploitation of an individual for forced labor or a commercial sex act done under force, fraud or coercion. (Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000, Pub. L. No. 106-386, 114 Stat. 1464 (2000).

Apr 10, 2024 | feeds.feedblitz.com | George M. Heymann |Andrew Denney |Emily Saul

A two-lawyer team secured a string of six verdicts in just one week—totaling $157 million in damages—against a former Long Island pediatrician accused of serial sexual abuse against children spanning decades. Plaintiffs counsel Kristen Gibbons Feden and Mike Della represent more than 100 survivors who filed suit against ex-doctor Stuart Copperman under the now-closed Child Victims Act. Want to continue reading?

Apr 10, 2024 | law.com | George M. Heymann

In Cantore v. Costantine, (2023 NY Slip Op 05708), the Appellate Division, Second Department, had the opportunity to review the background of the “vicious propensities” rule as the standard by which an individual can be sued for injuries caused by domesticated animals over which they have full (own) or partial control (harboring the animal for someone else). More specifically, the court focused on the recent Court of Appeals’ decision in Hewitt v.

Oct 24, 2023 | law.com | George M. Heymann |Andrew Denney

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