New York lawyer Neal Conrad Spicehandler died in the hospital three days after suffering a fractured leg when hit by a car on a hit-and-run spree. He was "married" to his partner John Langan under Vermont's civil union law. Langan is now suing the hospital, and the suit will test whether Vermont's civil union law will be recognized in New York, or whether it will be trumped by the federal "Defense of Marriage Act," the NY Law Journal reports here.