Sentences with phrase «child plaintiff in the case»

Los Angeles Unified parent Lauren Campbell has a child plaintiff in the case and said that even though efforts are underway to overhaul the evaluation system in the district, it won't do much to protect effective, less - senior teachers who she says she has seen get layoff notices year after year at Lanai Road Elementary School in Encino.

Not exact matches

While plaintiffs in criminal cases are guaranteed lawyers, those in civil cases — which can include deportation, child custody and eviction proceedings — are not.

Lasher is running against Marisol Alcantara, a former union organizer for the New York State Nurses Association, and Robert Jackson, a former councilman who is also a plaintiff in a landmark case by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, which argued that New York was under funding schools and not meeting its constitutional burden to provide children with a «sound basic education.»

Nevertheless, the judge said, the district and the minority plaintiffs in the long - running desegregation case had failed to show that the state took any actions to keep black and white children separate in the Yonkers schools.

Under the agreement with the district and the plaintiffs in the case, the state has agreed to provide funding for reading instruction, preschool and kindergarten programs, and training to help teachers work with low - income and minority children.

New York State's highest court, ruling on two cases in which children were allegedly misdiagnosed as retarded, last month rejected in one case the concept of «educational malpractice» as legal grounds on which to redress such plaintiffs» grievances against public agencies.

Massachusetts 2020 and the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, along with education, civil rights and child advocacy leaders, submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in support of the plaintiffs in the Hancock vs. Driscoll school financing case.

Counsel for the plaintiffs in the Martinez and Vergara cases took the The Wall Street Journal: Poor Children Need a New Brown v. Board of Education.

The plaintiffs in the case were nine California school children who claimed that they were deprived of a quality of education by the application of the laws.

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Seymour's testimony added one more voice to the defense's strategy in the case, calling on a witness from yet another California school district to describe innovative strategies that enable districts to overcome the laws plaintiffs charge protect ineffective teachers and deny children a quality education.

Plaintiffs in the case argued that their school facilities were severely under - resourced compared to nearby white schools, and experts testified on the negative impact segregation has on children's self - esteem.

Contrary to what Tony Smith and the plaintiffs in the Vergara v. California case contend, laws protecting teachers» rights don't punish children.

Preschool, small class size and counselors are among the educational resources the plaintiffs in Connecticut's pending school funding case, CCJEF v. Rell, seek for Connecticut's most disadvantaged children.

(On the other hand, while lots of folks blamed poor Stella for the suffering she experienced, it's pretty hard to argue that the plaintiffs in the Children's Trust case created the problem.)

Our Children's Trust is currently supporting lawyers representing youth plaintiffs in several U.S. states, and a new federal case against the U.S. government is planned for filing later this month.

We will build a full factual record for trial so that the Court can make the best informed decision in this crucial constitutional case,» said Julia Olson, executive director of Our Children's Trust and co-lead counsel for the youth plaintiffs, in a statement.

In the last two months, February and March 2018, multiple climate change accountability lawsuits moved forward: the New York Attorney General's argument against Exxon was bolstered by the Second Circuit Citizen's United decision, the Federal Government's writ of mandamus was rejected in favor of the children plaintiffs in the Juliana case, and in The People.In the last two months, February and March 2018, multiple climate change accountability lawsuits moved forward: the New York Attorney General's argument against Exxon was bolstered by the Second Circuit Citizen's United decision, the Federal Government's writ of mandamus was rejected in favor of the children plaintiffs in the Juliana case, and in The People.in favor of the children plaintiffs in the Juliana case, and in The People.in the Juliana case, and in The People.in The People...

In the classic case of Robinson v. Lindsay, the Supreme Court of Washington held that a 13 - year - old minor child who drove a snowmobile — and as a result caused the plaintiff's finger to be severed — was to be held to an adult standard of care.

In such cases, as the Aronberg Green Legal Team know, plaintiffs injured by the negligence of a child will often attempt to sue and hold liable the parent or parents of the negligent child.

The plaintiffs in this case are the children of Mrs. Smith.

The plaintiff in the case argued that the court should not adopt a per se rule regarding the age at which a child can be held liable, but it should look at each case individually.

While there was no suggestion in this case that the plaintiff's mother who acted as his litigation guardian had anything but his best interests at heart, the Court must always take a good hard look at the CFA to ensure that the substantive legal rights of the child are placed front and centre and reduce the fee where appropriate.

Earlier this year, an appellate court in Iowa issued a written opinion in a medical malpractice case discussing the interesting topic of whether a plaintiff should be permitted to bring a medical malpractice case seeking compensation for the wrongful birth of a child.

Defendants may raise contributory negligence as a mitigating factor to minimize damages in these kinds of cases if the plaintiff chose not to wear a seatbelt, strapped a child in their seat improperly, or was driving recklessly or under the influence.

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.

The Plaintiff, and, in child custody cases, the child, still need to meet jurisdictional requirements that are often based on residency to pursue divorce or custody cases here.

The New York Court of Appeals, which is the highest state appellate court in New York, recently released a decision affirming two lower court decisions to exclude a plaintiff's proposed expert witnesses in a personal injury case filed on behalf of a child who was born with serious birth defects and disabilities alleged to have resulted from his mother inhaling gasoline fumes while she was pregnant with him.

But even in a case where they are sometimes plaintiffs, like custody, an attorney can actually cause a * decrease * in filings by explaining to a parent exactly what they need to do to regain custody of their children and work with them to accomplish those goals, rather than the parent filing loads of duplicate motions to modify custody, as they often do when pro se.

This case, filed in Kalamazoo County, was a car versus pedestrian accident in which the Plaintiff, an employed young woman with small children, alleged permanent brain and leg injuries.

Further, as respecting possible modification, because of past issues of the defendant failing to comply with orders of the court; providing token compliance with orders of the court while ignoring the spirit and intent of the orders (including the orders dated December 1, 2010); the defendant's lengthy pattern of contemptuous conduct; the expenses and financial waste caused by the defendant; the substantial financial drain on the resources of the plaintiff and the guardian ad litem caused by the defendant; the pattern of parental alienation; prior false reports of abuse and / or neglect to governmental entities; and the need for repose on the part of the minor child, it is anticipated that in addition to satisfaction of the foregoing conditions, no modification motion is permitted to be filed by defendant regarding the sole physical and / or sole legal custody arrangements, except in the case of the plaintiff's total and permanent disability as determined by the Social Security Administration, unless the following conditions are satisfied...» Eisenlohr v. Eisenlohr, 2011 WL 1566201 at * 4 (Conn.Super.).