Harrison, NY
Personal injury Lawyer at Harrison, NY
Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Family, Criminal Defense
OUTCOME: The State’s motion was granted, and the claimant’s first and second sets of interrogatories were stricken.
As Assistant Attorney General, Scolavino represented the State on a discovery motion seeking a protective order against voluminous and allegedly improper interrogatories.
OUTCOME: The State’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the claim was granted based on lack of notice and qualified immunity for highway-planning decisions.
As Assistant Attorney General, Scolavino represented the State in a highway-negligence action arising from a boulder falling onto a vehicle on the Taconic State Parkway.
OUTCOME: The defendant’s motion to dismiss the indictment was denied. The court held that the administrative Traffic Violations Bureau disposition was not a prior criminal prosecution for double-jeopardy purposes.
Scolavino appeared for the Bronx County District Attorney’s Office in a prosecution for aggravated unlicensed operation. The defendant argued that an earlier Traffic Violations Bureau default dispositi ... on barred prosecution under double-jeopardy principles.