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Nassau County Jail Counsel Sanctioned for Misconduct

Loaded on May 15, 2008

Filed under: Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Civil Procedure, Discovery, Sanctions, Default Judgments. Location: New York.

The court blasts the County Attorney of Nassau County for failing to obey discovery orders, failing to appear at a settlement conference, and failing to appear at a second conference. However, it grants the County's motion to vacate the default judgment, since its conduct wasn't quite willful, it had a ...

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