May 25, 2014 – Pospis Law, PLLC

May 25, 2014 by mjpospis

Ice Skater Did Not Consent to Increased Risk by “Zigzagging” Employee; Case Against City Continues

In Kats-Kagan v City of New York, the Appellate Division, Second Department held (in a May 7, 2014 decision) that an ice skater’s personal injury suit should not have been dismissed as against the City of New York. The facts: The plaintiff, an experienced ice skater, allegedly was injured while ice skating at a rink owned…

NYU Professor and TV Writer/Producer Mollie Fermaglich’s Federal Discrimination Suit Against NYU

Below is the complaint filed on May 12, 2014 in the Southern District of New York by television writer/producer and professor Mollie Fermaglich against New York University and others. The lawsuit is captioned Mollie Fermaglich v. New York University et al., 1:14-cv-03434, and has been assigned to Judge Engelmayer. Ms. Fermaglich, who is Jewish, asserts (among other things)…