Can you petition Surrogate's Court to terminate your guardianship? Yes. Under New York's Mental Hygiene Law § 81.35, the incapacitated person can commence a proceeding to remove his or her guardian. Will you be successful on your own? Unlikely. You'd be better off retaining... View More

First, if you are a corporation you may not, by law, represent yourself: you need an attorney. Second, you may move to vacate the judgment presenting a reasonable excuse for the default and a potentially meritorious defense to the claim. From the limited information you provided, it seems you may... View More

Unless you can identify the passengers who robbed you, you do not have many options apart from reporting the matter to the police (which you did). With regard to legal action against Greyhound, the actions of the bus driver (assuming them to be true) clearly fall outside the scope of his... View More

Your options are found under Article 52 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules, which contains most of the judgment enforcement devices in New York. The most common devices are bank levies and wage garnishments. These procedures involve you preparing paperwork called an "execution levy," and... View More

You can sue him in small claims court for indemnification. This doesn’t release you from your obligation to repay the tickets, but if your suit is successful, you can seek a court order that your partner reimburse you for these charges. Of course this depends on your ability to bring proof of the... View More

It could depend on what the out-of-pocket expenses are. If they were related to medical care or lost wages, no-fault would pick that up. In terms of other property damage-related expenses, it could depend on settlement terms. If you signed a release in consideration of monies received, the terms of... View More

Generally speaking, if your vehicle was damaged due to someone else's negligence, you can recover the difference between its market value immediately before the collision and its market value immediately after it was damaged. You can also recover damages for the loss of use of your vehicle,... View More

Addendum - looking at the timeline here, keep in mind that if there is association/involvement with a public entity here, it's possible there could be short of notice of claim issues (notification deadlines). Good luck

Dear Bhuvan:

Good day. You did not mention your relation to the tenants, the litigation, and the property. But you are a defendant, united in interest with your co-tenant, also a defendant, you were represented by Legal Services counsel, your counsel was permitted to be relieved of the... View More

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answered on Dec 23, 2022

The answer will depend on the terms of the agreement. Moving or Storage Companies usually place a cap in the amount of their liability in case the items are lost. The agreements usually require the customer to secure insurance to cover any damages in excess of this cap.

If the value of the... View More

The first thing you need to understand before considering a lawsuit against the credit bureaus is the administrative law concept of “exhaustion of remedies.” This essentially means that your case would be dismissed for lack of standing for failure to complete all internal appeals that the... View More

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answered on Dec 11, 2022

A tort statute is typically three years, but that is not the issue. The issue is whether the asker has standing to sue as a plaintiff against a foster care apparatus that included a family court. The answer will be no.

America's government creates problems for which they enact... View More

The area of law you are referring to is called Enforcement of Judgments. There are various remedies including sending information subpoenas to banks to try to locate the judgment debtor's bank account and restrain it, sending a property execution to the sheriff to levy on accounts, or an... View More

I would have to review the judgment, but yes, you have options. One is to forward an execution levy to the City Marshal’s office directing it freeze the defendant’s bank accounts. These forms must be prepared properly or they will be rejected by the bank. There are other enforcement devices... View More

Usually a judgment includes a time to comply. If the party who loses does not comply you will need to start an action to enforce the judgment. You may request an order to be paid from the contractor assets, like a bank account.

There is a procedure for attempting to serve process in New York courts, sufficient to confer jurisdiction over the person whether or not they continue to physically reside in the state. Additionally, if your friend simply ignores the suit, most likely the Plaintiff will file its affidavit of... View More

You need to demand verification of the debt, examine the accounting of the debt, and prepare and file your answer to the complaint, containing all of your defenses. Federal law also protects you from false or abusive medical debt collections under the FDCPA. By ignoring it, you risk a default... View More

If you don’t appear, a default judgment will be entered against you, regardless of the merits of the case. The judgment creditor could then proceed to levy your bank accounts and seek a turnover of the funds to the NYC Marshall to satisfy the judgment. The statute of limitations for rent arrears... View More

Well if you were not sued in 2011 for this landlord and tenant breach of contract, it is way too late to do so now. A Notice of Motion for a judgment suggests the lawsuit existed before the Statute of Limitations expired.

But if you were sued in 2011 a complaint (that is the body of the... View More

Your question involves the statute of limitations for a debt, which in New York is six years. Therefore, without additional facts, it would appear that the action cannot proceed. However, the circumstances appear dubious since you say that you were served with some papers that appeared to be a... View More