The Appellate Division, Second Department upheld the validity of a construction management contract with a school district in East Hampton Union Free School District v. Sandpebble Builders, Inc., 2011 NY Slip Op 9261

The Appellate Division, Second Department upheld the dismissal of neighbor’s attempt to challenge a homeowner’s variance authorizing construction of a tennis court in Birch Tree Partners, LLC v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Town of East Hampton, 2011 NY Slip Op 9121

The Appellate Division, Second Department upheld the rights of an owner benefitted by an easement and right of way over another property, from the street to the beach and waters of the Long Island Sound, in Zhang v Coritsidis, 2011 NY Slip Op 8934

The Commercial Division of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County found in favor of the plaintiff, after trial, on its claims against an attorney/escrow agent for breach of fiduciary duty and breach of an escrow agreement, in New Suffolk Marina, LLC v. New Suffolk Shipyard, L.P., Index No. 19558.

EHA Managing Partner, Stephen R. Angel, conducted a continuing legal and professional education seminar to lawyers, land surveyors, and engineers, entitled, “New York Land Boundaries and Access Rights.”  The topics of Mr. Angel’s presentation included rights of way and easements, boundary disputes, adverse possession, and riparian and water rights.

The Commercial Division of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County granted a mortgagee summary judgment in a foreclosure action involving a commercial property in Sag Harbor in Sag Harbor Land, LLC v. Sag Dev. Partners, LLC, 2011 NY Slip Op 32671U

The Appellate Division, Second Department upheld the dismissal of a discovery proceeding in Surrogate’s Court, in Matter of Bennett, 84 A.D.3d 1365

The Supreme Court, Suffolk County overturned a zoning board’s denial of the special permit and variances needed to allow a public library’s modest expansion, in East Hampton Library v. Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of East Hampton, 31 Misc. 3d 1231A

The Appellate Division, Second Department upheld the easement rights of homeowner association over private property, in Zupa v. Keitt, 84 A.D.3d 792

New York’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, upheld a dismissal of an action to “pierce the corporate veil” in East Hampton Union Free School District v. Sandpebble Builders Inc., 16 N.Y.2d 775