Legal Opinion
Socrates Psychological Services, P.C. v. Progressive Casualty Insurance
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided March 15, 2005PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*643OPINION OF THE COURT
Charles J. Markey, J.
The immortal Justice Cardozo stated: “[W]hile the workings of a novel method are untested by a rich experience[,] [t]here must be advance by trial and error” (Louis K. Liggett Co. v Lee, 288 US 517, 586 [1933] [dissenting op]). In the recent, dramatic proliferation of actions for no-fault first-party benefits, Civil Court judges are the foot soldiers required to address, in the first instance, various novel legal issues, until their appellate colleagues, often weighing the pragmatic consequences of a particular holding, get the opportunity to review…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Sillman v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1957
- Presbyterian Hospital v. Maryland Casualty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1997
- Louis K. Liggett Co. v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- General Accident Insurance Group v. CirucciNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Complete Orthopedic Supplies, Inc. v. State Farm InsuranceCivil Court of the City of New York · 2007
- All-County Medical & Diagnostic P.C. v. Progressive Casualty InsuranceNassau County District Court · 2005
- Perry v. BonneauNew York Supreme Court · 2006