Sentences with phrase «as plaintiffs in a suit»

In August 2014, Justice Ajet - Nassam ruled in favour of Nana Oteng Korankye, chief of Brekusu and Comet Properties as plaintiffs in a suit against the Presbyterian Church of Ghana in respect of a 3,984 acres of land arguably belonging to Abokobi.

Public Advocate Letitia James was also listed as a plaintiff in the suit.

The lawyers talked Mildred and Richard into lending their names as plaintiffs in a suit challenging the Constitutionality of Virginia's longstanding statute prohibiting interracial marriage.

As long as a plaintiff in a suit can prove the four elements of a malpractice claim (existence of duty, breach of duty, causation, and damages), then a tort can be pursued.

Not exact matches

Meanwhile, in 2009 Ontario courts approved the Imax class - action suit and ruled it would be tried as a global class, meaning any investor who bought shares, whether on the TSX or Nasdaq, can be included as a plaintiff.

As Variety notes, the suit's plaintiff, George St. George, bought a ticket to Shlesinger's show at Largo at The Coronet on November 13, which was advertised as «Girls Night In with Iliza — No Boys Allowed.&raquAs Variety notes, the suit's plaintiff, George St. George, bought a ticket to Shlesinger's show at Largo at The Coronet on November 13, which was advertised as «Girls Night In with Iliza — No Boys Allowed.&raquas «Girls Night In with Iliza — No Boys Allowed.»

The problem here is that the plaintiffs in any such suit would be obliged to sue not only the states we think of as having been slaveholding states — the states of the old Confederacy — but any state where slavery had been legalized at any time.

As a result, two gay couples and two straight couples have filed suit against her in Kentucky, and a judge has sided with the plaintiffs.

But the plaintiff, through his counsel, Frank Tietie, contended in the suit that «in the absence of a resolution by the Executive Council of the Federation» as required under section 144 (1) of the Constitution, the Senate President could constitute such medical panel «to determine the health status of the President.»

In a July 3 decision, the judge described the lawsuit as a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation — or SLAPP suit — noting that the plaintiff did not offer enough evidence that the statements were said in a fraudulent manneIn a July 3 decision, the judge described the lawsuit as a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation — or SLAPP suit — noting that the plaintiff did not offer enough evidence that the statements were said in a fraudulent mannein a fraudulent manner.

Okafor and Ugwu are the plaintiffs in the two separate suits, marked FHC / ABJ / CS / 1088/14 and FHC / ABJ / CS / 1104, challenging the nomination of the sacked legislators as the candidates of the party.

In the suit which he filed on November 6, 2017 the plaintiff contended in a 56 - paragraph affidavit that he was billed to contest the Chairmanship election under the platform of PDP and was already adopted as a sole candidate in Oriade Local GovernmenIn the suit which he filed on November 6, 2017 the plaintiff contended in a 56 - paragraph affidavit that he was billed to contest the Chairmanship election under the platform of PDP and was already adopted as a sole candidate in Oriade Local Governmenin a 56 - paragraph affidavit that he was billed to contest the Chairmanship election under the platform of PDP and was already adopted as a sole candidate in Oriade Local Governmenin Oriade Local Government.

Addressing the court, the plaintiff's counsel, Mr. Godwin Onwusi brought to the attention of the court that the National Assembly, listed in the suit as the 1st defendant, has not appeared in court, although they have gotten all that needs to be served on them.

In the suit filed by Oye and the All Progressives Grand Alliance, the plaintiffs had asked the court to nullify the purported removal of Oye as the national chairman of the party.

In the alternative, he prayed the court to give an order of interim injunction mandating the defendants, whether by themselves, their servants, agents, privies or howsoever called to publish the name of the plaintiff as an aspirant for the November 19, 2011 governorship primary in Bayelsa State or any governorship primary election scheduled for Bayelsa State, on any date which the defendants may choose, pending the determination of the substantive suiIn the alternative, he prayed the court to give an order of interim injunction mandating the defendants, whether by themselves, their servants, agents, privies or howsoever called to publish the name of the plaintiff as an aspirant for the November 19, 2011 governorship primary in Bayelsa State or any governorship primary election scheduled for Bayelsa State, on any date which the defendants may choose, pending the determination of the substantive suiin Bayelsa State or any governorship primary election scheduled for Bayelsa State, on any date which the defendants may choose, pending the determination of the substantive suit.

As expected, the plaintiffs in a law suit claiming that federally funded research on human embryonic stem cells (hESC) is illegal have appealed a ruling that dealt them a defeat earlier this summer.

As bloggers have noted, this case will be one of the first tests of a new Texas law designed to discourage capricious libel suits by putting the burden on the plaintiff (Wakefield in this case) to prove that the defendants» speech has caused damage before the suit can go forward.

Additionally, the judge ordered Spark Networks to pay $ 9,000 to each of the plaintiffs who brought the suit, as well as covering the full $ 450,000 in attorneys fees incurred by the two men.

Munley also ruled that the «threat of prosecution has a chilling effect on plaintiffs expressing themselves by appearing in photographs, even such innocent photographs as those in bathing suits.»

Mayor Villaraigosa was joined today by LAUSD Deputy Superintendent John Deasy, Board Member Yolie Flores, lawyers from the ACLU - SC, Public Counsel, and Morrison & Foerster, LLP, as well as teachers from Gompers Middle School to discuss the details of the settlement agreement in Reed v. State of California, et al., a class action suit that claimed the plaintiffs» constitutional rights to a quality education was being violated by the disproportionate impact of teacher layoff at their schools.

Citing the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn (2011), defendants in New Hampshire argued the tax credits are not appropriations and, as such, the plaintiffs had no standing to file suit.

Apple and five major publishing houses are being sued by a Seattle - based law firm, Hagens Berman, on behalf of two plaintiffs named in the suit and on behalf of consumers as a... [Read more...]

Apple and five major publishing houses are being sued by a Seattle - based law firm, Hagens Berman, on behalf of two plaintiffs named in the suit and on behalf of consumers as a whole.

Finally, the suit also claims that «various persons, who are known and unknown to Plaintiff, and not named as defendants in this action, including senior executives of the Publisher Defendants and Apple, have participated as co-conspirators with Defendants in the offense alleged and have performed acts and made statements in furtherance of the conspiracy.»

Nichols Kaster represents plaintiffs in the American Century suit, as well as in the Allianz and Putnam cases.

I don't wish to anticipate the stories as they are told in Climate Cover - Up, but it may be said that in two of the three cases the plaintiff was able to derive considerable benefit from their suits.

We do have one of the lawyer - plaintiffs in the suit against Avvo, John Henry Browne, as a guest, along with two well - known bloggers, Carolyn Elefant and Denise Howell.

As Larry Magid explains on CNET, the plaintiffs seem to have raised every possible issue in the hopes that one would stick, because the suit has so little merit.

This collection of essays examines the shifting legal landscape of federal claims by foreign plaintiffs in the federal courts and focuses on the most common statutes invoked by foreign plaintiffs, as well as the threshold issues of personal jurisdiction and pleading standards that govern such suits.

According to PointofLaw.com, plaintiffs» attorneys are seeking a $ 1.6 billion federal tax break for contingent - fee lawyers that would allow them deduct expenses as made, rather than in the year of settling a suit.

As well, where the plaintiff elects to bring suit in the Supreme Court, she runs the real risk of an adverse costs outcome if the action is unsuccessful.

Acted for Laroe Estates before the US Supreme Court in a dispute over when intervenors as of right must independently demonstrate Article III standing, following Laroe's attempt to intervene in a suit brought by an individual plaintiff against the Town of Chester.

Dr. Hill's work has included serving as trial counsel for plaintiffs and defendants in patent infringement suits involving breast and ovarian cancer gene tests, radiology informatics, hospital information systems, orthopedic surgical devices, MRI diffusion tensor imaging, generic drugs in Hatch - Waxman patent litigation, and biologics in suits brought under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act.

In a suit over contaminated real estate (2017 ONCA 16), the Court of Appeal allowed an appeal from the order of Kelly Wright, J., who dismissed the plaintiff's action as statute barred.

Served as trial and appellate counsel for Ambry Genetics in a patent infringement suit by plaintiffs University of Utah and Myriad Genetics involving BRCA1 and BRCA2 breast and ovarian cancer genes and associated genetic testing.

When plaintiffs use that fact to file a suit abroad that might not fly in the U.S., legal experts refer to this type of forum shopping as libel tourism.

Slater & Gordon is unusual though in that it is essentially a plaintiff personal injury firm as well as class action lawyers and as such deep pockets are needed to fund this type of litigation and the business model they adopt is well suited to this type of litigation.

penalizes the defendant for engaging in public participation «plaintiff» means a person who initiates or maintains a proceeding against a defendant; «proceeding» means any action, suit, matter, cause, counterclaim, appeal, or originating application that is brought in the Supreme Court or the Provincial Court, but does not include a prosecution for an offence or a crime; «public interest» means the whole of the subject matter invites public attention, or a matter in which the public has some substantial concern because it affects the welfare of citizens, or one to which considerable public notoriety or controversy has attached; «public participation» means communication or conduct aimed at influencing public opinion, or promoting further lawful action by the public or any government body, in relation to an issue of public interest; «Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP)» means a claim that arises from a form of expression or public participation, by the person against whom the claim is asserted that was made in connection with an official proceeding or about a matter of public interest; Purposes of this Act: 2 The purposes of this Act are to a) Establish a statutory right to public participation for every individual; b) Encourage individuals to express themselves on matters of public interest; c) Promote broad participation in debates on matters of public interest; d) Discourage the use of litigation as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest; and, e) Preserve the right of access to the courts for all proceedings and claims that are not brought or maintained for an improper purpose.

An Alexandria U.S. District Court denies the parties» joint motion to seal court files in this suit filed by plaintiff, who formerly worked as a domestic servant in defendants» homes in the U.S. and in Qatar, alleging violations of the...

Plaintiff alleged in the civil suit that the child sustained massive head injuries and died as a result of alleged abuse by the parents, codefendants in the civil case, and that the psychologists were negligent in failing to suspect the abuse and neglect which ultimately led to his death.

Addressing the patents in suit one - by - one, he starts by noting the huge discrepancy between plaintiff's and defendant's claimed damages on Apple's «002 patent (toolbar notification window showing such information as battery strength).

In plaintiff's suit alleging illness from eating contaminated oysters at defendant's restaurant, the Roanoke U.S. District Court denies plaintiff's motion to voluntarily dismiss his suit, as litigation has been ongoing for two years, there are multiple third - party complaints up the...

[19] The plaintiff must name the company as a nominal defendant in the suit, and the company will thereby have the right to participate.

The first of the points arising in the case concerns the jurisdiction of the circuit court, which is denied first on the ground that the plaintiffs have no such interest in the subject of litigation as will enable them to maintain the suit, and secondly on matters arising out of the alleged proceedings in the suit in the Chancery Court of Louisville.

In a statement to Law Blog, Katherine Barrett, the general counsel for Anheuser - Busch's U.S. operations, said, «It's certainly possible that the $ 3.5 million fee collected by the plaintiffs» attorneys will outsize the benefit paid to consumers, an outcome that is increasingly more common in class action suits such as this.&raquIn a statement to Law Blog, Katherine Barrett, the general counsel for Anheuser - Busch's U.S. operations, said, «It's certainly possible that the $ 3.5 million fee collected by the plaintiffs» attorneys will outsize the benefit paid to consumers, an outcome that is increasingly more common in class action suits such as this.&raquin class action suits such as this.»

In legal circles it's known as the «I Heart Moms» case, where the plaintiff's attorney advised his client to delete information off of his Facebook account, including the «I Heart Moms» case, it was a wrongful death suit and the plaintiff's wife had died.

It is alleged by the defendant in error in this case that the plea to the jurisdiction was a sufficient plea; that it shows, on inspection of its allegations, confessed by the demurrer, that the plaintiff was not a citizen of the State of Missouri; that, upon this record, it must appear to this court that the case was not within the judicial power of the United States as defined and granted by the Constitution, because it was not a suit by a citizen of one State against a citizen of another State.

As a result, GMSR's appellate lawyers have extensive experience in handling appeals that follow administrative decisions, as well as in disposing of suits brought by plaintiffs who failed to follow the available administrative procedureAs a result, GMSR's appellate lawyers have extensive experience in handling appeals that follow administrative decisions, as well as in disposing of suits brought by plaintiffs who failed to follow the available administrative procedureas well as in disposing of suits brought by plaintiffs who failed to follow the available administrative procedureas in disposing of suits brought by plaintiffs who failed to follow the available administrative procedures.

In Colorado, car crash claims are covered by a different statute of limitations, which requires plaintiffs who suffered personal injury or property loss as the result of a car crash to file suits against the responsible parties within three years of the date of the crash.

Insurance defense attorney Robert Baker, who defended malpractice suits for more than 20 years, told Congress in 1994, «As a result of the caps on damages, most of the exceedingly competent plaintiff's lawyers in California simply will not handle a malpractice case... There are entire categories of cases that have been eliminated since malpractice reform was implemented in California.»