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For August 15, 2025 through August 21, 2025, the following preliminary appeal statements were filed:

BROWN v Z-LIVE INC. (238 AD3d 658):
APL-2025-00138 1st Dept. App. Div. order of 5/29/25; reversed; Intoxicating Liquors--Dram Shop Act-- Whether the Appellate Division properly granted summary judgment dismissing the complaint as against certain defendants; whether defendants merely pointed to gaps in plaintiff's proof rather than submitting evidence negating an element of plaintiff's Dram Shop claim; Supreme Court, Bronx County, denied motion of defendants ZLive Inc. doing business as Stage 48, Z-Live Inc. doing business as Sky Lounge and Restaurant, Z-Live Inc. doing business as Rooftop 48, Z-Live Inc. doing business as Cantina Rooftop, Z-Live Inc. doing business as Z-bar (collectively, Z-Live) for summary judgment dismissing the complaint as against them; App. Div., with two Justices dissenting in part, reversed, granted motion, and directed the entry of judgment.

MATTER OF JEFFREY GLOWATZ (— AD3d —, 2025 NY Slip Op 04280):
APL-2025-00154 3rd Dept. App. Div. order of 7/24/25; affirmance; sua sponte examination of whether the order appealed from finally determines the action within the meaning of the Constitution and whether a substantial constitutional question is directly involved in the order appealed from; Unemployment Insurance--Benefits--Whether substantial evidence supports the Board's determination that claimant's noncompliance with the employer's vaccine mandate was not based upon a sincerely held religious belief and that, as a result, claimant's separation from his employment was without good cause; whether the determination was issued in excess of jurisdiction or affected by an error or law; App. Div. affirmed the decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed November 3, 2023, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he separated from employment without good cause.

PATTERSON v META PLATFORMS (— AD3d —, 2025 NY Slip Op 04447):
APL-2025-00158 4th Dept. App. Div. order of 7/25/25; reversal; sua sponte examination of whether the order appealed from finally determines the action within the meaning of the Constitution; Products Liability�Whether social media platforms are products subject to products liability principles; whether plaintiffs' New York state law claims sounding in products liability are preempted by section 230 of the Communications Decency Act; whether plaintiffs' claims sounding in product liability are barred by the First Amendment; whether plaintiffs stated a claim as to proximate cause; whether judgment can be granted as a matter of law on defendants' superseding, intervening cause affirmative defense; Supreme Court, Erie County, denied the motions of certain defendants to dismiss the complaint against them; App. Div., with two Justices dissenting, reversed, granted motions, and dismissed complaint against certain defendants.

ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE v HARRIS (— US —, — S Ct —, 2025 WL1678991, 2025 US LEXIS 2310):
APL-2025-00157 U.S. Supreme Court judgment of 6/16/25; remand; Constitutional Law--Whether, in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission (605 US 238 [2025]), a New York regulation requiring health insurance policies in New York to include coverage for medically necessary abortion services violates the First Amendment; Supreme Court, Albany County, among other things, granted a motion by defendants Superintendent of Financial Services and Department of Financial Services for summary judgment dismissing the complaints against them; App. Div. affirmed; App. Div., upon remand from the Supreme Court of the United States, affirmed; Court of Appeals affirmed; Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari, vacated judgment of the Court of Appeals, and remanded to the Court of Appeals for further consideration in light of Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Comm'n, 605 US 238.