I’ve got some great cases to write about, but work and other obligations prevent me from doing so this week.  Posts will resume next week.  Have a Happy Halloween and a great week.  Below I provide some ideas for a great Halloween in lieu of reading my blawg.

Top 5 New York Civil Law Halloween costumes:

5. Eric Dinallo — Superintendent of the New York Department of Insurance;

4. an apple muffin – New York’s Official State Muffin (we have an official state muffin?);

3. Helen Palsgraf — the unsuccessful plaintiff in one of New York’s most famous tort cases;

2. a No-Fault fraud perpetrator — drive around with 6 of your friends and stage accidents throughout your neighborhood (Tip: don’t trick or treat with anyone who is wearing an Eric Dinallo, Howard Mills or Greg Serio costume); and

1.  the ghost of Lochner — United States Supreme Court decision Lochner v. New York by our very own Rufus Wheeler Peckham.

Since they’ll be a mad rush at New York costume stores for these costumes, please feel free to post some of your own New York Civil Law ideas in the comments section below.