Sentences with phrase «alleging negligence by»

We frequently handle professional liability claims alleging negligence by a doctor, lawyers, travel agent, stock broker, real estate agency or other insured professional.

In a lawsuit alleging negligence by another person, plaintiffs typically must prove that the defendant acted in a way that violated a duty owed to the plaintiff.

A 40 - year - old client's husband dies in a plane crash in the United States, the result of alleged negligence by air traffic controllers who fail to identify a storm... [more]

He has current experience of professional negligence claims both in the insurance context (alleged broker's negligence) and in allied areas such as alleged negligence by lawyers, accountants and tax advisers.

Veritext has an experienced team of court reporters who know how to handle sensitive medical depositions that deal with the pain and suffering of alleged negligence by a doctor, nurse, hospital and / or healthcare facility.

Recent instructions include: • Acting as Junior Counsel to Roddy Dunlop QC in a seven figure claim relating to failure by solicitors to obtain a standard security in relation to loan funds advanced by a commercial lender • Acting as Junior Counsel to Alistair Clark QC (as he then was) on behalf of the pursuers, a major commercial lender, in pursuing seven figure negligence claims against solicitors and surveyors relating to their advance of loan funds for the purchase of commercial property • Acting as Junior Counsel to Heriot Currie QC for one of the defenders (a firm of architects) in a seven figure multi-party claim relating to construction and design defects at a major shopping centre • Acting as Junior Counsel to Alastair Duncan QC for one of the defenders in a claim against both solicitors and counsel relating to alleged negligence by family lawyers relating to the preparation of a settlement agreement • Acting as sole counsel for the pursuer in a claim against solicitors for allowing the time bar of her clinical negligence action against a health board

The underlying facts of this case (alleged negligence by the defendant in conducting due diligence of a transaction code - named «Project Pigeon») are less significant than the potentially wide - ranging consequences of the decision for the time within which documents must be served in order to comply with the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR).

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I / WE HEREBY RELEASE, WAIVE, DISCHARGE AND COVENANT NOT TO SUE the CHICAGO SPORT & SOCIAL CLUB, INC. («CSSC») and its affiliates (CSSC and its affiliates are referred to collectively as the «CLUB»), the sufficiency of which consideration is expressly acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, do hereby, for myself, my heirs, executors, administrators, insurers, assigns, attorneys, representatives, agents, beneficiaries, legatees, representatives, successors, assigns and any other persons who may make claims on my behalf (collectively the «RELEASORS») OR ALL SPORTS SERIES / PARK DISTRICT OF HIGHLAND PARK / WINDY CITY FIELD HOUSE / CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT / FITNESS FORMULA CLUBS (FFC — UNION STATION) / URBANA PARK DISTRICT / MADISON PARKS ORGANIZATION / ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL / LANSING PARKS / CITY OF BLOOMINGTON / UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN / CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS — LAKE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL / CAMP OJIBWA / AUSTIN PARKS AND RECREATION facilities used by the participant, including its owners, managers, promoters, lessees of premises used to conduct the event or program, premises and event inspectors, underwriters, consultants and others who give recommendations, directions, or instructions to engage in risk evaluation or loss control activities regarding the CHICAGO SPORT & SOCIAL CLUB, INC. («CSSC») and its affiliates (CSSC and its affiliates are referred to collectively as the «CLUB»), the sufficiency of which consideration is expressly acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, do hereby, for myself, my heirs, executors, administrators, insurers, assigns, attorneys, representatives, agents, beneficiaries, legatees, representatives, successors, assigns and any other persons who may make claims on my behalf (collectively the «RELEASORS») OR ALL SPORTS SERIES / PARK DISTRICT OF HIGHLAND PARK / WINDY CITY FIELD HOUSE / CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT / FITNESS FORMULA CLUBS (FFC — UNION STATION) / URBANA PARK DISTRICT / MADISON PARKS ORGANIZATION / ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL / LANSING PARKS / CITY OF BLOOMINGTON / UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN / CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS — LAKE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL / CAMP OJIBWA / AUSTIN PARKS AND RECREATION facilities or events held at such facility and each of them, their directors, officers, agents, employees, all for the purposes herein referred to as «Releasee»... FROM ALL LIABILITY TO THE UNDERSIGNED, my / our personal representatives, assigns, executors, heirs and next to kin FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS, LOSSES OR DAMAGES AND ANY CLAIMS OR DEMANDS THEREFORE ON ACCOUNT OF ANY INJURY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE DEATH OF THE PARTICIPANT OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE EVENT (S) CAUSED OR ALLEGED TO BE CAUSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE RELEASEE OR OTHERWISby the participant, including its owners, managers, promoters, lessees of premises used to conduct the event or program, premises and event inspectors, underwriters, consultants and others who give recommendations, directions, or instructions to engage in risk evaluation or loss control activities regarding the CHICAGO SPORT & SOCIAL CLUB, INC. («CSSC») and its affiliates (CSSC and its affiliates are referred to collectively as the «CLUB»), the sufficiency of which consideration is expressly acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, do hereby, for myself, my heirs, executors, administrators, insurers, assigns, attorneys, representatives, agents, beneficiaries, legatees, representatives, successors, assigns and any other persons who may make claims on my behalf (collectively the «RELEASORS») OR ALL SPORTS SERIES / PARK DISTRICT OF HIGHLAND PARK / WINDY CITY FIELD HOUSE / CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT / FITNESS FORMULA CLUBS (FFC — UNION STATION) / URBANA PARK DISTRICT / MADISON PARKS ORGANIZATION / ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL / LANSING PARKS / CITY OF BLOOMINGTON / UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN / CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS — LAKE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL / CAMP OJIBWA / AUSTIN PARKS AND RECREATION facilities or events held at such facility and each of them, their directors, officers, agents, employees, all for the purposes herein referred to as «Releasee»... FROM ALL LIABILITY TO THE UNDERSIGNED, my / our personal representatives, assigns, executors, heirs and next to kin FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS, LOSSES OR DAMAGES AND ANY CLAIMS OR DEMANDS THEREFORE ON ACCOUNT OF ANY INJURY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE DEATH OF THE PARTICIPANT OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE EVENT (S) CAUSED OR ALLEGED TO BE CAUSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE RELEASEE OR OTHERWISBY THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE RELEASEE OR OTHERWISE.

Members of 57 flood - ravaged households are suing the state Canal Corp., alleging that negligence by the agency cost them a combined $ 4.6 million in devastation from Tropical Storm Irene.

For setting a Senior School English summary passage which harped on the alleged negligence of education by the Ogun state government, no fewer than six top...

The 63 - page complaint, called an «accusation,» alleges that Ghumman and Alta View were negligent in their care of animals and engaged in unprofessional conduct that includes: failure to provide humane treatment; false advertising; acting as a pharmacy by compounding drugs; negligence and incompetence in administering medication; and numerous record - keeping violations.

In the course of my work I frequently had to deal with the company's solicitors and one day they asked me whether I could help them by giving expert evidence on the capital value of loss suffered by a man who was permanently disabled as a result of someone's alleged negligence driving a car.

Plaintiff parents sued social hosts and social companions for negligence, alleging they were responsible for injuries sustained by plaintiffs» son Robert when, after drinking at defendant's home, he jumped from a fence and was rendered a quadriplegic.

Negligence is generally proven by demonstrating that the defendant was in a position where he or she owed the plaintiff a duty and caused the damages alleged by violating that duty.

Furthermore, even if the Court was wrong about the negligence issue, the plaintiff in the negligence action failed to demonstrate that there was a genuine issue for trial on the issue of damages caused by the firm's alleged negligence.

The counterclaim by Skurka alleges that Jacobson is using the professional negligence action for an improper purpose.

Another law firm obtained, by summary judgment, an order for payment of its legal fees in the amount of $ 182,569.63 and an order dismissing a former client's counterclaim alleging negligence against it (2017 ONSC 3391, under appeal).

An Ontario Superior Court judge has struck in its entirety, the statement of defence filed by well - known Toronto lawyer Steven Skurka, who is being sued for $ 32 million by a former client, alleging professional negligence.

Cassidy, by her guardian ad litem, sued Dr. Johnston, the obstetrician who delivered her, alleging that her injury resulted from negligence associated with an attempt to deliver her using a mid-level forceps procedure.

If the first lawyer's negligence had caused loss to the plaintiff, Power, J. would have reduced the plaintiff's damages by 50 per cent to account for her contributory negligence in failing to disclose her alleged illiteracy and lack of understanding of the documents she signed.

If you believe that your loved one has been hurt by nursing home abuse or negligence then it is important that a full investigation be done into the alleged wrongdoing.

The husband cross-appealed, arguing that the motion judge erred by refusing to rescind or set aside a consent order (which he had long alleged was a result of negligence on the part of his counsel) and by holding that the parties» marriage contract (entered into the day before the wedding) was not valid.

A Canadian accounting firm, Schwartz Levitsky Feldman («SLF»), had provided a clean audit opinion regarding the company as part of the private placement and was sued for alleged negligence and misrepresentations in its audit report by the one Ontario - based investor, Excalibur, on behalf of a proposed global class comprised of all worldwide investors.

As the range of cases dealt with by A&E departments is so broad, at Jackson Lees, we have dealt with a number of different claims where Clinical Negligence has been alleged.

Ultimately, the court concluded that the alleged act of negligence pleaded by the plaintiff involved a discretionary duty, so government immunity did apply.

The claimant alleged that the accident was caused by the negligence of the defendant, Mr Hoyle, who was the pilot of the aircraft.

The lawsuit also alleges Dr. Greer committed medical negligence by failing to schedule a follow - up appointment with Dylan within an appropriate time - frame.

Essentially, the court's opinion was that allowing a plaintiff to re-file after a delay caused by a failure to prosecute could lead to an abuse of the system in which cases may not be decided for decades after the alleged negligence occurred.

LCF Law's professional negligence practice is particularly noted for acting for individuals in claims against solicitors arising from inheritance disputes, as demonstrated by Bradford - based Ragan Montgomery's representation of an individual in a claim against his stepfather's former solicitors alleging negligence for failure to take adequate instructions as to the extent of the deceased's estate in drafting his will and for failure to properly execute the will in circumstances where the solicitors knew of the deceased's pending marriage and terminal illness.

In Louis Vuitton Malletier S.A. v Zekria Wakilzada, 2017 ONSC 2409, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice allowed Louis Vuitton to continue their action against a Toronto - area flea market in a novel claim alleging that the landlord was liable in negligence, contributory IP infringement and vicarious liability, because of the sale of counterfeit Louis Vuitton merchandise by flea market vendors.

Plaintiff alleges her personal injuries were solely caused by the negligence of the employee, absent any contributory negligence on her part.

While their charges are vaguely stated and difficult to comprehend, they allege that that Texas statutes and Texas Supreme Court decisions restrict an injured party's access to our courts and diminish his ability to be fully compensated for the injuries caused by another's negligence.

When a complaint alleges a mistake by a professional that essentially amounts to an allegation of negligence — a matter that a civil court would normally adjudicate as part of a claim for monetary compensation — can a regulator decline to take action with respect to such negligence?

When a complaint alleges a mistake by a professional that essentially amounts to an allegation of negligence — a matter that a civil court would normally adjudicate as part of a claim for monetary compensation — can a regulator decline...

Cases such as these are challenging, as the value and often complex medical issues mean that they can be contested heavily by the Defendant, both in terms of whether negligence occurred, but also in respect of the appropriate value of compensation needed by the client to deal with the consequences of such alleged negligence.

We advised in connection with a claim being made against our client by the liquidators of his former consulting company for recovery of alleged director's loan account and in respect of a potential claim for professional negligence against his former accountants who mis - advised him in respect of his and the company's personal and corporation tax liabilities.

The College took the position that it has no obligation to adjudicate «isolated cases of alleged negligence» and that «unsatisfactory performance of dental services by any registrant is a matter that should be left to the courts» (para. 40).

Alleged personal injury arising out of abuse, maltreatment, assults and negligence to the Claimants, carried out by Defendants employees, servants or agents while the Claimants were in the care of the Defendants at the St William's School.

a contract and negligence claims by a student who was unable to complete his course, and later alleged substandard teaching and course organisation,

In the recent case of College of Chiropractors of British Columbia v. Health Professions Review Board, 2016 BCSC 391, the B.C. Supreme Court addressed the duties of an inquiry committee under the Health Professions Act, when a complainant asserts injury caused by alleged negligence, but the committee dismisses the complaint based on the treatment having been appropriate, regardless of evidence from other health professionals bearing on whether the treatment caused the injury.

There could accordingly have been no impediment to the claimant suing in negligence for the alleged breach of duty by her professional advisers once such breach had caused loss in the form of her imprisonment.

The appellant sued the respondents alleging negligence, breach of duty of care, and breach of their duty under s. 3 (1) of the Occupiers» Liability Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O. 2, to «take such care as in all the circumstances of the case is reasonable to see that persons entering on the premises, and the property brought on the premises by those persons are reasonably safe while on the premises.»

The basis of his decision was that the appellant simply failed to advance adequate evidence supporting his allegations of negligence or loss caused by that alleged negligence.

In the Statement of Defence and Crossclaim, the Defendant alleged that the collision was caused solely by the negligence of the Plaintiff, including «dialing or talking on a cellular phone prior to or at the time of the collision.»

If Jim's suit alleges that he sustained bodily injury as a result of an accident attributed to Happy Havens» negligence, the suit may be covered by the company's liability policy.

The employer made a claim to its insurance company and once the insurer looked at the matter, they commenced an action against the female defendant, alleging that the loss was caused by her negligence.

¶ 1 After purchasing a home in Enid, Oklahoma, Plaintiff Jason Stauff (Buyer) filed an action alleging violations of Oklahoma's Residential Property Condition Disclosure Act (Disclosure Act) and negligence against the sellers, real estate broker, and home inspectors.1 Buyer appeals a single trial court order granting 1) summary judgment in favor of Defendants Kimberly Bartnick and her husband, Roy Bartnick (collectively the Bartnicks or Sellers) and also 2) the motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim pursuant to 12 O.S. 2011 2012 (B)(6) filed by Defendant Paramount Homes Real Estate Co. (Broker or Paramount).