Sentences with phrase «alleged harm caused»

The billionaire kidnapper is asking the court to award him N300m as exemplary damages for his alleged illegal detention and the alleged harm caused by his media trial.

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Shortly thereafter, Daniels added a complaint in her lawsuit against Cohen, alleging defamation when on February 13 he stated in reference to claims of an affair that, «Just because something isn't true doesn't mean it can't cause you harm or damage,» implying that Daniels is lying about the affair.

Silvers lawyers two weeks ago claimed that statements Bharara made about the charges — which allege Silver lined his pockets with nearly $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks in a stunning abuse of power dating to at least 2000 — «caused irreparable harm by tainting» the grand jury that indicted him on Feb. 19.

The lawyers filed a motion to dismiss the charges — which allege Silver lined his pockets with nearly $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks in a stunning abuse of power dating to at least 2000 — claiming public statements that Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara made about the case «caused irreparable harm by tainting» the grand jury that indicted him on Feb. 19.

The case stems from two 2004 federal lawsuits brought by seven states and several land - trust groups alleging that emissions from five major power companies could cause harm by contributing to global warming.

I got a free sample of maca root powder which is alleged to taste terrible but is supposed to cause hormonal enhancement that would cause the more pulchritudinous ladies to tug more prodigiously upon one's venereal strings, and not do any harm to muscle to body fat ratio.

The central plank of their criticism is that Ms. Quinn's alleged actions (and it must be stressed these are still only allegations) caused harm to games journalism by allegedly eliciting more positive review scores for her game Depression Quest.

There is of course more, but I'm going to stop because I realize that while all this is good evidence for harms caused by anthropogenic climate change in general, to be really relevant to the topic at hand, we should be looking at the specific harms alleged by the plaintiffs in the suit over which judge Alsup is presiding.

Like the handful of cities and counties in New York and California that have sued the energy industry over the past year, the three Colorado municipalities allege that they have been harmed by the impacts of climate change — impacts they have helped cause.

Besides infringement, the suit had alleged infliction of emotional distress, cyberstalking, and online impersonation with intent to cause harm.

Plaintiffs began filing lawsuits across the country claiming the filters caused harm and death, alleging manufacturers» negligence, failure to warn, design defects, manufacturing defects, breach of implied warranty and negligent misrepresentation on the part the companies and their subsidiaries.

The simplest way to apply the concept of proximate cause to legal malpractice is to ask whether, «but for» the alleged negligence, the harm or injury would have occurred?

To be successful, you must prove that the negligence being alleged was the cause of the harm you are claiming compensation for.

Whether the alleged exposure involves air, water, soil or groundwater, when a plaintiff or group of plaintiffs brings an environmental exposure claim, an experienced California toxic lawyer at our firm will launch a thorough investigation to determine whether an exposure actually occurred and, if so, the extent to which the exposure may have caused the illness or other harms alleged by the plaintiffs.

A medical malpractice plaintiff needs to prove that a doctor - patient relationship was in existence at the time of alleged harm, that the healthcare practitioner did not live up to the appropriate standard of care and that the injuries suffered were directly caused by that failure.

The client was charged with assault causing bodily harm after his cousin alleged that L.L. was responsible for an attack that left his cousin unconscious.

The most recent Invokana lawsuit was filed by a Texas woman who alleges that the drug caused her serious harm.

Clifford alleges that the public statement Cohen issued on February 13, 2018, stating that «Just because something isn't true, doesn't mean that it can't cause you harm or damage,» was reasonably understood by those who read or heard it to concern Clifford and was «meant to convey that Clifford is a liar, someone who should not be trusted, and that her claims about her relationship with Mr. Trump» are not true.

Applying these principles to the present case, the Judge held that the proposed auction of the alleged claims would not cause unfair harm to Mr Goel within the meaning of paragraph 74 of Schedule B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986.

Therefore, in order to recover for negligence in security, a plaintiff must establish that 1) he or she was owed a duty, 2) there was a breach of that duty, 3) that the alleged negligence was the proximate cause of the plaintiff's injury, and 4) that there was a resulting harm to the plaintiff.

In such cases, the plaintiff alleges that the defendant acted in a negligent or careless manner in connection with an accident or injury that caused harm.

The first transvaginal mesh lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson alleges the company knew its device could cause significant harm to patients but failed to warn them.

In the context of alleged Ohio medical malpractice, it is usually not sufficient for the plaintiff (or the plaintiff's lawyer) to simply stand up in court and claim that a doctor gave bad care which caused harm or injury.

The respondents did not allege the directors of Magellan or Koll failed to exercise the requisite care and diligence in discharging their duties by mismanaging those corporations» investments in oil fields, thereby causing financial losses that harmed the respondents as shareholders.

A trademark owner must prove three things on a motion for an interlocutory injunction: (i) that its allegations raise a «serious issue» of infringement; (ii) that the harm caused by the infringement if it continues until trial would be «irreparable»; and (iii) that the balance of convenience favours granting an interlocutory injunction e.g. awarding an injunction would not cause any undue inconvenience to the alleged infringer.

Fifth Circuit grants rehearing en banc of lawsuit alleging that the operation of energy, fossil fuels, and chemical industries caused the emission of greenhouse gasses that contributed to global warming, resulting in the harms caused by Hurricane Katrina: Nine judges participated in last week's order granting rehearing en banc.

They alleged that the Commissioner's decision had caused them reputational, economic and psychiatric harm suffered as a result of errors made by both the Metropolitan Police Service and the Director of Legal Services at the Met, in the preparation and conduct of the defence to Mr Ahmad's claim.

It is also arguable that the plaintiff class members have an independent cause of action which would allow class members to recover any benefit the defendant gained from its alleged wrongful acts without having to demonstrate harm or prove damages to the class members.

The Insurance Companies argued that the Council could not bring this lawsuit because the group had not alleged that it suffered any harm caused by the Insurance Companies.