Sentences with phrase «awards against plaintiff»

No allocation of costs between the plaintiffs was required because they were unified in interest (or «joined at the hip») such that the entirety of costs could be awarded against all plaintiffs.

The Fund will also be responsible for costs that may be awarded against the Plaintiff in this case.

The Court concluded that in the absence of a right of subrogation, and having not incurred any liability for fees and disbursements in defending the claim, the defendant was not entitled to a costs award against the plaintiff.

Special costs were awarded against the plaintiff.

Not exact matches

David Sanford, chairman of Sanford Heisler Sharp, the law firm that argued the largest - ever employment gender discrimination case to go to trial — a class action suit against Novartis Pharmaceuticals that resulted in a $ 253 million jury award for plaintiffs in 2010, reduced post-trial to $ 175 million — noted that in that case, the company had just three investigators for a workforce of thousands.

Publication of the editorial came on the same day as two other events of note, first, the release of a new book, Back in the Game, in which sports neurologist Jeffrey Kutcher and award - winning journalist Joanne Gerstner repeatedly and pointedly criticize the media for «irresponsible» reporting on CTE, and second, the filing of a class action lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles against Pop Warner, USA Football, and the National Operating Committee on Standards For Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) which assumes as scientific fact that repetitive head impacts sustained in youth football «exposed» plaintiffs» sons to CTE, and led one to engage in «erratic and reckless behavior» resulting in his untimely death, and the other to take his own life.

Appeal from judgment entered by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Mark D. Fox, Magistrate Judge), which held that defendant Board of Education of the Newburgh Enlarged City School District intentionally discriminated against plaintiff Santina Polera in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq., and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794, and awarded damages to plaintiff.

An Ontario Superior Court justice has found that the class action lawsuit brought against Deloitte LLP by lawyers who had reviewed documents for the firm constituted a success for the plaintiff class, and he has granted the representative plaintiff for the class a cost award.

Canadian Class Actions Monitor Federal Court confirms no cost awards granted against Plaintiffs for discontinuance of class proceedings under Rule 334.39 (1)

In general then, what this case demonstrates is the very real possibility for an award of costs against an unsuccessful plaintiff to be quite substantial.

If the successful plaintiff has a cost award against the defendant, most of these disbursements will be paid by the defendant.

A971301, September 3, 1998, Boyd J., the court awarded special costs against the plaintiff in a Wills Variation action.

By way of an originating summons, the plaintiff sought leave of the High Court to appeal against the partial award on a question of law.

Jordan recently received a jury verdict award in excess of $ 2.2 million in a plaintiff's medical malpractice case against a doctor and a surgical center.

What happened here is that plaintiffs won a total of $ 588,000 on intentional and negligent misrepresentation claims and then also obtained fee awards of about $ 270,000 against a couple of the tortfeasors.

If a plaintiff is contemplating purchasing first pay insurance it is important that they reach an understanding with their lawyer as to whether or not the unpaid disbursements will be a first claim against the policy limits in the event of an adverse cost award.

Plaintiff jury verdict in CT Complex Litigation Court with damages awarded against business client of $ 0.00.

In Chan v. Lee Estate, 2003 B.C.S.C. 513, Mr. Justice Hood awarded successful plaintiffs in a wills variation action against their brothers, special costs.

Plaintiffs awarded punitive damages by a jury against their insurers should expect to face an appeal, Toronto personal injury lawyer Gary Will tells AdvocateDaily.com.

Plaintiff also won a $ 503,450.02 fee award and $ 31,679.08 costs award against both defendants.

Furthermore, the circumstances of Boucher are such that the plaintiff was already being awarded large sums against several defendants.

The Plaintiff's $ 10.6 million dollar award was cut in half and sanctions in the amount of $ 180,000 and $ 542,000 were issued against the Plaintiff and his attorney respectively.

U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth awarded damages to about 80 plaintiffs in the suit against the Iranian government, Law360 reports.

In order for a jury to award punitive damages against a defendant, the plaintiff must properly allege such damages throughout the case.

On September 10, 2010, Cullity J. ordered plaintiffs» counsel to indemnify the plaintiffs for the costs awarded previously against the plaintiffs in favour of the AG.

The plaintiffs appealed to the Court of Appeal which, on September 30, 2008, dismissed the appeal and awarded further costs of $ 40,000 against the plaintiffs.

1 Oct. 17, 2016)(unpublished), plaintiff brought multiple FEHA / labor claims against the defense, asking a jury to award $ 322,551 in compensatory damages.

This is the third substantial talc verdict against J&J this year ---- other huge losses have taken place, with damages awarded to plaintiffs in two separate verdicts in the amount of $ 55 million and $ 72 million.

An award of damages; the receiving of a favorable judgment; the winning of a lawsuit; a decree of a court granting the plaintiff part or all of his claim or claims against a defendant.

The recommendations included legislative changes to permit judges to award costs against unsuccessful plaintiffs and provide protection to end users of products from patent infringement lawsuits.

The court expressed reluctance over evaluating the quality of the education provided, and awarded costs of $ 35,000 against the student, which would likely discourage many would - be plaintiffs in the current labour dispute.

In addition, Keesal, Young & Logan was part of the defense team that was responsible for obtaining the largest sanctions award against a purported class action plaintiff and his counsel that, at the time, had been upheld on appeal.

The plaintiff alleged in the statement of claim that the Bank displayed the same tactics and approach in his dismissal as in earlier dismissal, which had resulted in court awards of punitive damages against the bank.

The jury found for the plaintiff and awarded 20 weeks salary in damages, the amount specified in her employment contract, $ 200,000 in aggravated damages against the employer for the manner of dismissal, and $ 1,000,000 in punitive damages.

However, the trial judge also awarded $ 54,771.25 against plaintiffs and in favor of the defense across - the - board.

Mr. Romain also successfully represented the former Chairman and CEO of Fannie Mae against securities fraud claims in which the plaintiff sought more than $ 2 billion in damages, and the court awarded his client summary judgment on all counts.

The court awarded costs in the class - action against unsuccessful plaintiffs.

Representation of city in post-judgment motions and appeal of whistle blower case where the jury awarded Plaintiffs $ 27 million in actual and punitive damages against three Defendants who allegedly retaliated against Plaintiffs for exercising their First Amendment rights and whistle blowing.

Chalfin v Jerkins Michigan Court of Appeals Docket No 274168 (March 25, 2008)(affirming decision by trial court to award sanctions against plaintiff's counsel and in favor of client under MCR 2.114 and MCL 600.2591)

If inextricably intertwined, then maybe no costs award against the losing FEHA plaintiff is in order; however, if the non-FEHA claims were solely allocable, then some apportioned costs were in order.

Later, a jury awarded one plaintiff group more than $ 16 million in damages against employer.

2002): As counsel for investment company owning plaintiff, worked closely with co-counsel to obtain verdict against infringer; authored appeal brief to obtain affirmance by CAFC with additional price erosion damages awarded.

For example, in the 2016 talcum powder verdict brought against Johnson & Johnson, the jury awarded the plaintiff, who died from ovarian cancer, full compensatory damages of $ 10 million.

The defense was then awarded over $ 1.79 million against plaintiff based on a fees clause in a written Stock Purchase Agreement.

The court denied plaintiff's motion for summary judgment that individual defendant was liable for the default judgment awarded plaintiff against corporate defendant because plaintiff failed to pierce the corporate veil.

What happened below was that a trial judge erroneously failed to honor plaintiff's dismissal of an action, striking it and then going forward to award discovery sanctions and attorney's fees against plaintiff and in favor of the defendant.

A Richmond Circuit Court sets aside a $ 250,000 jury award for plaintiff in her suit against defendant Chesterfield County police officer on a claim of malicious prosecution; applying a 2011 Virginia Supreme Court case, the court says defendant officer investigated...

The U.S. Supreme Court, in Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Haeger, No. 15 - 1406 (SCOTUS April 18, 2017), clarified the standard to be used by district judges in imposing «inherent power of the court to control judicial process» sanctions as far as setting an appropriate amount of sanctions, reversing a $ 2.7 million sanctions award in favor of plaintiff and against defendant Goodyear after a case was settled.

With respect to the plaintiff's successful default judgment against the defendant, Robert Card, the plaintiffs were awarded $ 9,346.36 inclusive of fees, disbursements and GST.

High dollar award judgments and a supreme court that allowed a plaintiff to bring suit against a company for another manufacturer's product have given Alabama a less - than - stellar litigation reputation.