NYLJ Eastern District Roundup

Posted: May 10, 2023 / Written by: Thomas A. Kissane, John Moore /

NYLL Claims Dismissed, Judicial Estoppel Denied and Compassionate Release

This column reports on several significant representative decisions handed down recently in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall dismissed the plaintiff’s New York Labor Law claims against the Great Neck Park District. Judge Joanna Seybert denied the plaintiff’s pretrial motion to preclude the defendant from making arguments assertedly
inconsistent with those it had successfully made in five prior litigations. And Judge Allyne R. Ross granted the defendant’s motion for compassionate release.

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