Interesting Cases on Which I Have Worked (Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.)
Descriptions of cases on which Kenneth Allen Brown,
Esq. has worked.
Interesting Cases: (Prior results do not guarantee a similar
outcome.) Harriet Beizer v. Dov Schwartzben, et
ano., Index
No. 16821/1998 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., Suffolk County) (adverse possession
dispute); Thomas F. Bennett, et ano. v. Sanjeev
Babbar, et ano., Index No. 016707/2006 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., Suffolk
County) (adverse possssion dispute); Elizabeth Briguglio, et al. v.
Karl-Eric Johanson, Index No. 015720/2001 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., Nassau
County) (easement dispute);
Camelot Land Corp. v. Jeffrey Craig,
Index No. 25790/1994 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., Suffolk County) (adverse
possession dispute); Terry Fichter v. Fernando Castrillon,
Index No. 28426/2003 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., Suffolk County) (adverse
possession dispute); Bijan Nassi, et ano. v. Stuart Hayim,
Index No. 018098 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., Nassau County) (prescriptive
easement dispute); Matthew Radin v. Samuel Rosenberg,
Index No. 18885/1998 (N.Y. Sup. Ct.,
Suffolk County) (adverse possession dispute); and Donald B. Scott, et ano. v. Frederick
Terry, et al., Index No. 017510/2000 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., Suffolk
County) (easement
dispute).
Key Reported Interesting Cases: (Prior results do not guarantee a similar
outcome.)
Federal Cases:
Fair Housing in Huntington
Committee
Inc. v. Town of Huntington, 316 F.3d 357 (2d Cir., Jan. 17,
2003)
(affirming denial of motion for preliminary injunction directed at
senior citizen housing project); McLean-Katter, LLC v. Keegan, Slip
Op., 2006 WL 3050878, Case No. CV 06-1499 (E.D.N.Y., Oct. 20, 2006)
(denying defendant's motion to stay federal Section 1983 action on
abstention grounds).
State Cases:
Abrahamson v. Gates at
Melville,
LLC, 278 A.D.2d 186, 717 N.Y.S.2d 245 (2d Dep't, Dec. 04, 2000)
(affirming extension of time period to file notice of claim against
municipality); Matter of Arrandale Civic Ass'n v.
Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Village of Great Neck, 27 A.D.3d 732,
812 N.Y.S.2d 133 (2d Dep't 2006)
(affirming dismissal of CPLR Article 78 special proceeding on statute
of limitations grounds); Matter of Cortland LLC v. Zoning Bd.
of Appeals of Village of Roslyn Estates, 21 A.D.3d 371, 800
N.Y.S.2d 35 (2d Dep't 2005)
(reversing lower court order that annulled ZBA decision denying area
variance for sub-standard sized parcel of land); Beizer v. Schwartzben, 1
A.D.3d 301, 766 N.Y.S.2d 858 (2d Dep't, Nov. 03, 2003)
(affirming
imposition of discovery abuse sanctions); Beizer v. Schwartzben, 13
A.D.3d 327, 785 N.Y.S.2d 350 (2d Dep't, Dec. 04, 2004)
(affirming
judgment dismissing plaintiffs' claims for failure to respond to demand
for bill of particulars); Long Island Diagnostic Imaging, P.C.
v. Stony Brook Diagnostic Assocs., 286 A.D.2d 320, 728 N.Y.S.2d
781 (2d Dep't., Aug. 06, 2001)
(dismissing plaintiff's claims as appropirate sanction for spoliation
of computerized financial records); Matter of Oyster Bay Assocs. Ltd.
Partnership
v. Town Bd. of Town of Oyster Bay, 303 A.D.2d 410, 755 N.Y.S.2d
671 (2d Dep't, Mar. 03, 2003)
(affirming annulment of town board's denial of application for special
use permit); Matter of Scannell v. Town Bd. of
Town of
Smithtown, 250 A.D.2d 832, 673 N.Y.S.2d 449 (2d Dep't, May 26,
1998)
(affirming dismissal of CPLR Article 78 proceeding on grounds of lack
of standing).