Sentences with phrase «civil action against the defendant»

The plaintiff brought a civil action against the defendant after the defendant posted an explicit video of the plaintiff online, which he had assured the plaintiff he would keep private.

Another reason that victims of alcohol or drug related accidents should seek competent legal counsel and file a civil action against the defendant instead of hoping for criminal restitution is that the standard of proof required to win an Indiana personal injury lawsuit is less than what a prosecutor must prove to convict a defendant on criminal charges.

Not exact matches

But since 2006, if a criminal action is commenced against a defendant for one of those worst child sexual abuse crimes, the victim has five years from the date the criminal action is ended to file a civil suit against only the abuser.

Also, «for those defendants previously convicted and who have failed to satisfy the financial obligations imposed at sentencing, we will consider federal civil forfeiture actions against their pensions to satisfy criminal judgments,» the prosecutor said.

The United States of America, acting under the direction of the Attorney General of the United States, brings this civil antitrust action against Defendants Apple, Inc. («Apple»); Hachette Book Group, Inc. («Hachette»); HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C. («HarperCollins»); Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH and Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC d / b / a Macmillan (collectively, «Macmillan»); The Penguin Group, a division of Pearson plc and Penguin Group (USA), Inc. (collectively, «Penguin»); and Simon & Schuster, Inc. («Simon & Schuster»; collectively with Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, and Penguin, «Publisher Defendants») to obtain equitable relief to prevent and remedy violations of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. 1.

A mass tort is a civil action involving numerous plaintiffs against one or a few corporate defendants.

Importantly, this applies whether or not the convicted person is actually a named defendant in the action, meaning the conviction operates as proof there was wrongdoing even against non-offending defendants to a civil suit.

The lawyer will point out that Joly is applicable to actions against non-human defendants, who are not corporations, because the definitions of «defendant» and «plaintiff» in the Ontario legislation (the Courts of Justice Act and the Rules of Civil Procedure) use the same wording.

Researching of detailed information regarding civil actions against the applicant, plaintiff or defendant in county superior courts.