NY Court Strikes Plaintiff's Brief as Untimely in Medical Causation Dispute

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- A New York court has struck a benzene plaintiff's appellate brief, determining that the document, filed in response to a medical causation appeal brought by defendants, was untimely. Nawrocki v. The Coastal Corp., et al., No. CA 06-02187 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., App. Div., 4th Jud. Dept.).

On May 22, Michael Nawrocki's counsel filed a motion for an extension of time in which to file the brief in the Fourth Department of the Appellate Division in the New York Supreme Court. In the motion for extension, Nawrocki's counsel noted that the court informed him the response brief he …