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Torts, Insurance & Compensation Law Section Journal NYSBA SUMMER 2015 | VOL. 44 | NO. 1 Torts, Insurance & Compensation Law Section Journal A publication of the Torts, Insurance & Compensation Law Section of the New York State Bar Association Inside • The Common-Law Public Documents Exception to the Hearsay Rule • Business Coverage for Epidemics or Pandemics • Criminalizing Negligence in the NYC Administrative Code • International Law on Airline and Cruise Ship Accidents • Court Holds That State Law Discrimination Claims Against Municipalities Do Not Require Pre-Suit Notice of Claim • The Pitfalls of Subrogation for Insurers • Preparation of the Witness for Depositions NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION From the NYSBA Book Store > Section Members get Insurance Law 20% discount* with coupon code Practice PUB8130N Second Edition (w/2014 Supplement)nt) Editors-in-Chiefdhf • Know how to identify and understand the terms of an insurance John M. 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Lester) Criminalizing Negligence in the New York City Administrative Code . 21 (Mark S. Yagerman and Max Bookman) International Law on Airline Accidents and on International Cruise Line Accidents Where There Is No U.S. Port of Embarkation or Disembarkation . 24 (Paul S. Edelman) New York Court of Appeals Holds That State Law Discrimination Claims Against Municipalities Do Not Require a Pre-Suit Notice of Claim . 26 (Kinsey A. O’Brien) Subrogees Beware: The Pitfalls of Subrogation for Insurers. 29 (Montgomery Effinger) Preparation of the Witness for Depositions . 34 (Thomas P. Cunningham) TICL Section Fall Meeting Program . 37 NYSBA Torts, Insurance & Compensation Law Section
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