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The most common type of civil case filed in Washington County is the mortgage foreclosure. Nearly half of all cases filed in Washington County in January 2020 were mortgage foreclosures. Other civil cases often filed in Washington County are credit card collection, automobile negligence, and breach of contract suits. You may be wondering: What are the most common types of civil law cases? What does a civil attorney do? A civil case is any case,…
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How Lawyers Handle Cases All Over America I live and work in New York, but I have worked on disputes that were (or are) pending in jurisdictions outside of New York.  For example, I’ve worked on cases in New Jersey courts, Massachusetts courts, in Florida courts, and in an Ohio court. This surprises a lot of my friends, who assume I can only work on litigations in New York.  But the truth is that litigators…
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Bank of Am., N.A. v Lauro, 2020 NY Slip Op 04531, Decided on August 19, 2020, Appellate Division, Second Department: “On December 20, 2013, the plaintiff commenced the instant action against the [*2]defendant Jamie Lauro (hereinafter the defendant) and others to foreclose a mortgage securing a loan in the amount of $350,000. The defendant served an answer raising various affirmative defenses, including non-compliance with RPAPL 1303, 1304, and 1306. In February 2018, the plaintiff moved,…
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SWEET-MARTINEZ v. Martinez, 2020 NY Slip Op 20195 – NY: Supreme Court, Warren, August 10, 2020: “Presently before the Court is plaintiff’s Order to Show Cause which, in lieu of signing, was accepted as an ex parte motion for permission to serve defendant via an alternative method (see CPLR 308 [5]), namely FedEx International Economy mail to his last known address in Mexico. Plaintiff Tiffany Anne Sweet-Martinez and defendant Florencio Hernandez Martinez were married on…