Sentences with phrase «civil suit against»

(Bloomberg)-- U.S. prosecutors have abandoned their case against Angelo Mozilo, a leader in selling the risky subprime mortgages that fueled the financial crisis, after a two - year quest to bring a civil suit against him...

In 2006 a jury returned a $ 6.5 million verdict in a civil suit against private contractor The Shaw Group after a 21 - year - old Army private in basic training was electrocuted after coming in contact with a metal latrine.

He has now filed a civil suit against her.

Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP Obtains $ 4.2 Million Verdict From Jury In Civil Suit Against Paul Revere Life Insurance Company And Unum Group

A DUI conviction can be used to support a finding of negligence per se in a civil suit against an intoxicated driver.

Like many sexual assault victims, Simpkins also pursued a civil suit against the church.

Your auto defect lawyer can file a civil suit against the parties that should be held liable for the accident and for your injuries.

The complaint in the civil suit against Maggio claimed that Maggio had abused the public trust, which is a class D felony in Arkansas, and that this abuse made him liable to Ms. Bull's estate under the statute that allows victims of a felony to bring a civil action; that Maggio breached a fiduciary duty to the plaintiffs by engaging in conduct that violated certain judicial and statutory rules; that Maggio engaged in a civil conspiracy with Gilbert Baker and Michael Morton; and that Maggio acted in concert with Morton and Baker.

UPDATE: On Friday, May 12, 2017, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC brought the ongoing civil suit against Sergeant Michael Custer and...

In some cases, pursuing a civil suit against a negligent or distracted driver might be the best course of action, and the personal injury attorneys at Altman & Altman have a wealth of experience and history of success doing so.

In some cases, you may have a legitimate case for a civil suit against a negligent party, such as a building owner who didn't disclose the deteriorated condition of their roof before allowing you to step foot on it.

The case began in 2008, when Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press joined forces with SAGE Publications to file a civil suit against Georgia State University (GSU), with financial backing from the Association of American Publishers and the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC).

The transnational also launched a $ 5.6 million civil suit against five defendants for alleged damages caused by the protests.

Based on a Trans Mountain news release of January 30, 2015, the Burnaby Now reported that the subsidiary of the Texas based Kinder Morgan oil company is «dropping its multimillion - dollar civil suit against all five Burnaby Mountain protestors and is willing to pay their costs.»

«It provides a vehicle by which the legal profession can file a civil suit against a violator and get his deposition, so the case can then move onto criminal prosecution and disbarment.»

In particular, the Trans Mountain civil suit against five defendants on Burnaby Mountain Conservation Land drew national and international attention.

Nevertheless, to end the war of words in the media, Kinder Morgan unilaterally dropped the civil suit, meaning that no further court challenges of Kinder Morgan's civil suit could be advanced, but leaving the transnational the opportunity to use the information from the civil suit against the defendants in future cases.

In general, the filing of a workers» compensation claim for workplace injuries precludes you from filing a civil suit against your employer.

A legal recourse for the surviving relatives of the deceased victims as well as the injured is to file a civil suit against the landowners who converted the building for a purpose to which it wasn't designed for.

[2] Mr. Henry brought a civil suit against the City of Vancouver («City»), the Attorney General of British Columbia («AGBC»), and the Attorney General of Canada («AGC»), seeking damages for his wrongful convictions and imprisonment.

After those charges were ultimately withdrawn, the three individuals launched a civil suit against the OSPCA.

He has handled such high profile cases as the suit against Brittany Spears by her former manager, the suit by the Backstreet Boys against their former manager, the suit by Harlem Globetrotters legends including Curly Neal and Meadowlark Lemon against The Harlem Globetrotters, the civil suit against Casey Anthony, and the «Tailwind» case against CNN and Time Magazine (one of the leading defamation cases of the last decade).

A lawyer at our firm can take immediate action to assist you in filing an insurance claim or civil suit against the driver who caused your injuries or loss.

The judge also allowed revelation of the settlement amount in Constand's civil suit against Cosby after he agreed to the disclosure.

When the Manhattan DA declined to prosecute the lawyer, she brought a civil suit against him seeking $ 70 million in damages.

And another survivor said he was surprised to learn his name was listed in a federal civil suit against a security company that had employed the gunman behind the mass shooting.

Of course, Kieffer did get some legal training in prison (indeed, perhaps more than some students receive in law school) by handling his appeal and a subsequent civil suit against the United States government.

Is it just a coincidence that Costa Rica filed this new warrant the same month that Japan filed a civil suit against us?

Sea Shepherd has drawn attention to the curious timing of this, occurring at the same time that a civil suit against the organization by Japan's Institute for Cetacean Research began.

If someone has filed a civil suit against you and won, this may show up on your credit report as well.

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced it has filed a civil suit against Jason Scharf and Michacel Shah for alleged $ 16 million binary options scam.

As has been hinted at for weeks, the Department of Justice has filed a civil suit against Apple and the so - called «Big Five» publishers: Hachette SA, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster.

Then in May, the Justice Department filed a civil suit against FCA over the software.

Jones» parents filed a civil suit against the filmmakers and Gregg Allman in May.

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«Yes, America has a legitimate concern about cyber hacking and trade secrets theft,» says Brian Sun, a trial lawyer with Jones Day in Los Angeles, California, who represented Lee in a successful civil suit against the U.S. government.

NRP also is the company that filed a civil suit against the mayor, alleging Brown engaged in a pay - to - play scheme that ended up killing NRP's $ 12 million affordable housing project in the city.

He held a conference call with 100 reporters last week after filing a civil suit against the state Senate's majority leader, Pedro Espada Jr., on charges of siphoning more than $ 14 million from health clinics he founded for vacations, campaign expenses and $ 20,000 in takeout sushi.

Norman Seabrook — the disgraced former president of the city corrections officers» union who skated on criminal bribery charges in a mistrial last month — just scored another win Monday when a Manhattan federal judge tossed the related civil suit against him.

Tuesday, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed a civil suit against him for allegedly siphoning off more than $ 14 million from a network of health care clinics he founded.

The search came less than a day after Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed a blockbuster civil suit against Espada and 19 other Soundview executives for looting the nonprofit for personal gain.

But Vacco predicts that while Schneiderman «made a mistake,» he won't he slapped with ethics violations because the AG ultimately filed a civil suit against Trump University for alleged consumer fraud, suggesting there was no quid pro quo.

On Tuesday, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed a civil suit against Espada, accusing him of taking $ 14 million from the nonprofit health care clinics he founded.

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.

New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman filed a civil suit against the company and its founders, alleging years of harassment and intimidation.

Evidence of plagiarism surfaced in 2011, as part of a civil suit against the university by a former Tar Heels football player.

On Aug. 16 Kate McEwen, the Nebraska student whom Phillips assaulted in the early morning hours of Sept. 10, 1995, filed a civil suit against Phillips.

If you truly do not recognize the Const!tution as being the Supreme Law that governs your physical life here in this country, then you have some options, like giving up your Citizenship and moving to a different country, or staying here and refusing to follow the law — in which case we can bring a tort action or other civil suit against you, file criminal charges against you, or have you committed to a psychiatric hospital.

Khadr subsequently launched a $ 20 - million civil suit against the Canadian government.

A judge dismissed one civil suit against him, ruling that Zhang was not responsible for the claimant's losses from the scheme.