Sentences with phrase «civil lawsuit against a defendant»

A judgment is a legal term used when a plaintiff files and wins a civil lawsuit against a defendant.

Not exact matches

«Judicial hellholes» generally are defined as «places where judges systematically apply laws and court procedures in an unfair and unbalanced manner, generally against defendants in civil lawsuits.»

«Judicial Hellholes are places where judges systematically apply laws and court procedures in an unfair and unbalanced manner, generally against defendants, in civil lawsuits.»

However, there is a provision in our Rules of Civil Procedure that permits a plaintiff to unilaterally discontinue its lawsuit against a defendant, provided the lawsuit has not advanced past the stage of exchanging the claim and the defences (known more technically as the «close of pleadings»).

For civil lawsuit, if the civil lawsuit brought against a citizen shall be under the jurisdictionof the people's court located in the place where the defendant has hisdomicile, if the defendant's domicile is different from his habitual residence, the lawsuit shall be under the jurisdiction of the people's court located inthe place of his habitual residence.

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.

In a formal lawsuit, a Personal Injury case is typically initiated when a private individual (the «plaintiff») files a civil complaint against another person or legal entity (the «defendant»).

Gabe is skilled at defending tribes and Indian - owned enterprises against legal attack by local, state and federal government and private parties; advocating for tribal members in disenrollment or civil rights defense; and representing tribal plaintiffs and defendants in catastrophic personal injury lawsuits.

3/4/08 - Former defendant Anthony Ciolli filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania state court against the plaintiffs, their lawyers, and other defendants for wrongful initiation of civil proceedings, abuse of process, libel, slander, false light invasion of privacy, tortious interference with contract, and unauthorized use of name or likeness.