Sentences with phrase «because of a civil suit»

«There is currently not a precedent for stripping anybody because of a civil suit,» Breslin said, explaining why he wanted Espada to voluntarily take himself out of the game rather than be subjected to a formal vote by his colleagues.

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Obviously, Haas is innocent until proven guilty (so to speak because this is a civil suit), but I would be surprised that there's any rule against commenting on this kind of issue.

ADM gets away with heavy - handed behavior, according to another civil antitrust suit filed against ADM and three other companies two weeks ago in a St. Paul, Minn., U.S. District Court, because it is the largest U.S. producer of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), controlling about one - third of the $ 2.6 billion U.S. market.

... Frank Grillo has been speaking about his return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Crossbones in Captain America: Civil War, and the reaction to the set photos of him fully suited up as the masked villain: «It's funny because people really responded to it — it went viral, trended [like crazy], so I've been getting phone calls.

The big finale in Civil War, however, involves only a couple of characters — again, the movie goes refreshingly small — and the life - and - death stakes are grave, because the film has done such a good job of stressing these (mostly) ordinary people instead of their suits.

These are both issues that credit bureaus keep up with because having a bankruptcy or having an excessive number of civil suits standing against you are things that potential creditors want to know about.

(The suits are referred to as a mass action because they involve multiple suits that raise similar claims, but they don't seek to be certified as a class action under the federal rules of civil procedure.)

Because benefits are supposed to be paid regardless of any negligence by the worker or the employer, civil suits are avoided and benefits are supposed to be provided quickly.

«Suit» means a civil proceeding in which damages because of «bodily injury,» «property damage» or «personal and advertising injury» to which this insurance applies are alleged.

The High Court and the Court of Appeal threw out her bid for compensation made after Hoare hit the jackpot in 2004 because her civil suit was outside the limitation period.

Mary L. Bonauto, the civil rights lawyer for Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders who was lead counsel in Goodridge v. Dept. of Public Health — the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court case in 2003 that legalized same - sex marriage in the United States for the first time — said the suit asks the court to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act because it targets gays and lesbians for discrimination.

However, because the entry of the order was the specific act that gave rise to the plaintiffs» claims, judicial immunity was an absolute bar to the civil suit, according to Hamilton.