Decision: 2023.10.24 Argument: 2023.09.14 vid. tr. Whether the third prong of the relation-back doctrine applied to permit petitioners to add landowner as necessary party in amended petition filed after limitations period expired where petitioners knew the landowners’ identity; whether dismissal of claims against remaining respondents was warranted based on failure to name a necessary party.
September Session
Matter of Stevens v. NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services
Decision: 2023.10.24 Argument: 2023.09.14 vid. tr. Whether petitioners, relatives of persons whose genetic profiles are in the New York State DNA database, have standing to challenge regulations adopted by respondents governing familial DNA searches; whether respondents exceeded their authority in promulgating familial DNA search regulations.
Nitkewicz v. Lincoln Life & Annuity Co. of New York
Decision: 2023.10.19 Argument: 2023.09.12 vid. tr. Whether a planned payment into an interest-bearing policy account, as part of a universal life insurance policy, constitutes a “premium actually paid for any period” under the refund provision of New York Insurance Law § 3203(a)2)