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For October 19, 2018 through October 25, 2018, the following preliminary appeal statements were filed:

PETTUS v BOYD, RICHARDS, PARKER & COLONNELLI, P.L.:
Unsigned Supreme Court, Bronx County order to show cause; sua sponte examination whether there is a jurisdictional basis for an appeal as of right; Appeal-- Appealable Paper--Unsigned order to show cause related to application for poor person relief; Supreme Court declined to sign an order granting poor person relief.

SURI v GREY GLOBAL GROUP, INC. (164 AD3d 108):
1st Dept. App. Div. order of 8/2/18; modification with dissents; sua sponte examination whether the order appealed from finally determines the action within the meaning of the Constitution; Civil Rights--New York City Human Rights Law-- Whether triable issues of fact exist regarding plaintiff's gender discrimination claim under Administrative Code of City of New York § 8-107(1)(a); plaintiff alleged that she was discriminated against because she rebuffed the sexual advance of her immediate supervisor; Supreme Court, New York County, granted defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint; App. Div. modified by denying the motion as to plaintiff's claim under the New York City Human Rights Law in connection with her assertion that she rejected her supervisor's sexual overture and as a result he subjected her to a hostile work environment, and otherwise affirmed.

For October 26, 2018 through November 1, 2018, the following preliminary appeal statements were filed:

MATTER OF NEW YORK CITY ASBESTOS LITIGATION (IDELL v AERCO INTERNATIONAL, INC.) (164 AD3d 1128):
1st Dept. App. Div. order of 9/13/18; affirmance; sua sponte examination whether the order appealed from finally determines the proceeding within the meaning of the Constitution and whether a substantial constitutional question is directly involved to support an appeal as of right; Torts--Toxic Torts--Whether trial court erred by, among other things, granting motions to quash defendant's trial subpoenas for live testimony of co-defendant witnesses, limiting defendant's cross-examination of adverse witnesses, limiting defendant's ability to plead and argue in the alternative pursuant to CPLR §§ 1601 and 3014, and depriving defendant of ability to seek equitable apportionment to other settled tortfeasors; claimed due process violations; Supreme Court, New York County, granted defendants Crane Co. and Warren Pumps LLC's respective motions to quash trial subpoenas issued to them (order 8/15/17); thereafter, denied defendant Jenkins Bros.' motion pursuant to CPLR 4404 to set aside the verdict, and granted plaintiff's motion pursuant to CPLR 4404 to set aside the verdict to the extent of directing a new trial unless defendant stipulated to an increase in the jury awards of $1.8 million and $1.5 million for past and future pain and suffering, respectively, to $4 million and $2.5 million, respectively (order 12/15/17); App. Div. affirmed order (8/15/17); and modified order (12/15/17) to vacate the additurs for past and future pain and suffering and to direct a new trial on past pain and suffering only, unless, within 30 days of service of a copy of the order with notice of entry, defendant stipulated to increase the award for past pain and suffering to $4 million, and to reinstate the jury's future pain and suffering award, and otherwise affirmed.

LEONARD v PLANNING BOARD OF THE TOWN OF UNION VALE (164 AD3d 662):
2nd Dept. App. Div. order of 8/15/18; affirmance; sua sponte examination whether a substantial constitutional question is directly involved to support an appeal as of right; Environmental Conservation--Environmental Quality Review--Whether record supported town planning board's conclusion that changes in the regulatory landscape for environmental matters constituted new information or a change in circumstances warranting rescission of SEQRA negative declaration issued in 1987; alleged due process violation; Supreme Court, Dutchess County, denied the second amended petition and, in effect, dismissed the proceeding; App. Div. affirmed.

O'DONNELL, MATTER OF v ERIE COUNTY (162 AD3d 1278):
3rd Dept. App. Div order of 6/14/18; affirmance; leave to appeal granted by Court of Appeals, 10/18/18; Workers' Compensation--Voluntary Withdrawal from Labor Market--Whether the Appellate Division erred in affirming the Workers' Compensation Board's determination on the basis that an April 2017 amendment to Workers' Compensation Law § 15(3)(w) no longer requires a claimant to demonstrate an ongoing attachment to the labor market; App. Div. affirmed 8/18/16 Workers' Compensation Board decision which ruled, among other things, that claimant involuntarily withdrew from the labor market, and 7/19/17 Workers' Compensation Board amended decision which ruled, among other things, that claimant was not required to demonstrate an ongoing attachment to the labor market.

PEREZ (JOSE), PEOPLE v (162 AD3d 1083):
2nd Dept. App. Div. order of 6/27/18; affirmance; leave to appeal granted by Court of Appeals, 10/16/18; Crimes--Sex Offenders--Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA)--Whether Supreme Court erred when it assessed defendant 30 points for purposes of risk factor 9 based on a prior conviction of lewdness in New Jersey--whether prior New Jersey conviction for public lewdness constituted a "misdemeanor sex crime" under New York law; Supreme Court, Kings County, after a hearing, designated defendant a level two sex offender pursuant to Correction Law article 6-c; App. Div. affirmed.

TAUS, MATTER OF v STANFORD (164 AD3d 1556):
3rd Dept. App. Div. order of 9/20/18; affirmance; sua sponte examination whether a substantial constitutional question is directly involved to support an appeal as of right; Proceeding Against Body or Officer--Certiorari--CPLR article 78 proceeding to review determinations of the Board of Parole denying petitioner's request for parole release; dismissal of petition as moot based on petitioner's subsequent reappearance before the Board of Parole; Supreme Court, Albany County, dismissed the petition; App. Div. affirmed.