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Selected cases noted in the press during the week ending April 6, 2019

A federal judge has ruled there is no coverage under a homeowners' insurance policy for a minor's allegations of sexual misconduct against a female teacher.The item is posted on the Internet at:https://stlrecord.com/stories/512394901-judge-rules-safeco-insurance-not-responsible-for-coverage-of-teacher-s-sexual-misconduct-allegations?utm_source=St.+Louis+Record&utm_campaign=e040c38a45-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_226e302527-e040c38a45-73836803An environmental group has been granted the right to … Continue reading

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David M. O’Brien (1951-2018): Noted political scientist and Supreme Court scholar

The Supreme Court is defined, in part, by court-watchers – those who chronicle its workings and analyze its jurisprudence. Our understanding of the court depends on scholars such as David M. O’Brien, the late Leone Reaves and George W. Spicer … Continue reading

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Former California Medical Doctor Sentenced To Over Three Years In Prison For Unlawfully Prescribing Oxycodone to a Patient. Judge Noted Doctor Did Not Run a Pill Mill But Feeding One Patient's "Habit" Is Enough.

Previously, only physicians who went far over the line and ran "pill mills" got targeted for prosecution. Times have changed. One recent case shows a prosecution for a prescription of opioids to a single patient over a couple of years … Continue reading

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MATT “GUITAR” MURPHY DIES: Blues Brothers Guitarist And Noted Sideman Was 88. How good a guit…

MATT “GUITAR” MURPHY DIES: Blues Brothers Guitarist And Noted Sideman Was 88. How good a guitarist was Matt Murphy? When asked by Guitar World’s Brad Tolinski, “What kind of music were you playing at that time?”, when Page was first … Continue reading

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Unsatisfactory rating voided because employee's "performance review," failed to comply with the employer's own procedures and thus undermined the integrity of the process Joyce v City of New York, 2018 NY Slip Op 03433, Appellate Division, First Department The Appellate Division annulled the determination of respondent New York City Department of Education [DOE] sustaining the "unsatisfactory" rating for the 2010-2011 academic year give to John Joyce, a tenured teacher. The court said that the record demonstrates "deficiencies in the performance review process" that resulted in Mr. Joyce being given an unsatisfactory rating for the 2010-2011 academic year. Citing Matter of Gumbs v Board of Educ. of the City Sch. Dist. of the City of N.Y., 125 AD3d 484, and Matter of Richards v Board of Educ. of the City Sch. Dist. of the City of N.Y., 117 AD3d 605, the Appellate Division noted that these deficiencies "were not merely technical, but undermined the integrity and fairness of the process." Mr. Joyce had received a satisfactory rating for the previous academic year and, in contravention of its own procedures, DOE failed to place him on notice that he was in danger of receiving an unsatisfactory rating for the 2010-2011 academic year until after April 28, 2011. Although DOE's procedures required that tenured teachers in danger of receiving an unsatisfactory rating have "formal observations including a pre-observation and post-observation conference by the principal … as part of a prescriptive plan to improve their teaching," Mr. Joyce received only one formal observation which took place one week before the end of the academic year and was not part of a prescriptive plan to improve his performance as a teacher. The decision is posted on the Internet at: http://www.nycourts.gov/reporter/3dseries/2018/2018_03433.htm

Unsatisfactory rating voided because employee's "performance review," failed to comply with the employer's own procedures and thus undermined the integrity of the process Joyce v City of New York, 2018 NY Slip Op 03433, Appellate Division, First DepartmentThe Appellate Division … Continue reading

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