New York Law Watch
Decisions filed in April 2026
For April 2026, Law Watch lists 2 indexable decisions dated April 16, 2026 to April 22, 2026 across 2 decision weeks.
10 decision records: 2 meet the substance floor; 8 records are held from search listings.
Every decision that passed Law Watch’s clean-text gates in April 2026, from the official reporter. Decisions that do not meet the substance floor are listed but not indexed.
April 22, 2026
- Thrash v Vignier90 Misc 3d 384
The court granted summary judgment on liability to the plaintiff, holding that the death of the defendant driver does not alter the legal standards for opposing summary judgment or create a triable issue of fact. The defendant failed to rebut the inference of negligence arising from a rear-end collision with a stopped vehicle by providing a nonnegligent explanation.
April 16, 2026
- George v State of New York90 Misc 3d 372
The court held that Correction Law § 865 (1) is not facially unconstitutional because the plaintiff failed to demonstrate that the Equal Rights Amendment was intended to apply retroactively to existing statutes. The court declined to address the level of scrutiny for age-based classifications, noting that the facial challenge failed on the basis of the statute’s prospective application.
Also decided
- PEOPLE v TORRES 89 Misc 3d 1 April 30, 2026
- MATTER OF CITY OF NY v BALL 252 AD3d 207 April 21, 2026
- MATTER OF CYNQUE T. 252 AD3d 85 April 16, 2026
- Matter of LE (NS) 90 Misc 3d 307 April 13, 2026
- 650 Crown Equities, LLC v Sealey 90 Misc 3d 280 April 10, 2026
- Matter of Sandlers v Martuscello 90 Misc 3d 256 April 6, 2026
- Michaelis v Wilmington Sav. Fund Socy., FSB 90 Misc 3d 234 April 3, 2026
- Velazquez v Cropsey Props. LLC 90 Misc 3d 276 April 1, 2026