Sentences with phrase «against multiple defendants»

The plaintiff brought suit against multiple defendants, including the driver of the garbage truck and his employer, Republic Services of Georgia, L.P. With respect to these parties, the plaintiff argued that the garbage truck, which was traveling approximately 200 feet behind the Tahoe, was too close to the other vehicle, and had the garbage truck driver maintained a suitable distance, he would have observed her husband's body and avoiding hitting him.

In cases where the underlying judgment is against multiple defendants, an affidavit that addresses only one defendant is insufficient.

Now, a patent owner who wants to assert an infringement claim against multiple defendants may have to file multiple suits across multiple jurisdictions because defendants may not all be subject to venue in the same fora.

Defense counsel must also learn how to draft by committee because they sometimes enter into joint - defense arrangements to defend litigation against multiple defendants.

«This is going to cause great uncertainty going forward in complex litigation against multiple defendants in federal courts and in state cases with plaintiffs in one state and a defendant in another state.»

Not exact matches

Some of the money was funneled from the electric company to Howe, who a year ago pleaded guilty to multiple felonies, and helped federal prosecutors build their cases against the defendants.

Howe pleaded guilty to multiple felonies in September 2016 when the criminal complaint against Percoco and seven other defendants was unveiled.

The settlement brings to a close the consolidated class action lawsuit brought in 2010 by multiple retirement funds against Countrywide and other defendants for securities violations involving the packaging and sale of MBS.

«Claimants may now be able to bring actions in the UK against UK resident defendants for infringement of their rights in multiple jurisdictions.»

Seven of these appeals arose out of multiple actions commenced by Mr. Van Sluytman against various defendants regarding alleged interactions with government agencies, law enforcement officials and health care professionals in various parts of Ontario.

Class actions are a specific type of litigation that allows for combining multiple, similar court actions into a single action brought against a common defendant or set of defendants.

Represented investors and secured judgment against multiple foreign and domestic defendants on claims for federal securities fraud and theft.

It is therefore common to see separate class actions launched in multiple jurisdictions against the same defendant for the same claims.

Unlike the United States, Canada does not have a «multidistrict litigation» system to consolidate multiple cases against the same defendant against for the same claims.

It would also remove some of the potential obstacles presented to defendants by the multiple publication rule, such as the possibility of having to mount a defence against an old claim,» it said.

In some instances a plaintiff may be successful at trial against one defendant, but lose against multiple other defendants who the plaintiff has named and, in the... [more]

Under the new system, the only way that trolls can join multiple defendants is if the right to relief against the parties arises out of the same transaction or is based on common questions of fact.