Sentences with phrase «civil suits before»

Currently in New York, victims must bring civil suits before their 23rd birthday against their attackers.

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On March 26, a group of New York — based lawyers headed by Edward D. Fagan, who spearheaded successful suits on behalf of Holocaust survivors against European firms that collaborated with the Nazis in using concentration camp inmates as laborers, filed suit in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn against FleetBoston Financial, the insurance giant Aetna, and railroad conglomerate CSX Corporation, on the grounds that these corporations are the successors of companies that profited from slavery before the Civil War.

Advocates hoped the Child Victims Act — which would give victims until their 50th birthdays to file civil suits and until their 28th birthdays to press criminal charges — would be passed in the state senate this summer, but Republican lawmakers refused to vote on the bill before their legislative session ended on June 21.

The case at hand is a civil suit involves the widow of a stockbroker who was one of many shot and killed by an irate former employee who was fired the week before.

U.S. District Judge Adrian Duplantier of New Orleans has postponed the American Civil Liberties Union's suit against Louisiana's «scientific - creationism» law until a separate suit on the issue before another federal district court has been decided.

A Federal sector complainant has to first exhaust the administrative process set out at 29 CFR 1614 before filing a civil suit.

Although my insurance company has attempted to establish contact with the plaintiff's attorney during the preceding three years, without success, the plaintiff filed a civil suit in my county one week before the statute of limitations was to run out.

What this can very likely come down to for the seller, is one day standing before a judge in a civil suit filed by the bank or JDB, holding up a bill of sale for the credit card account.

Civil court would handle damages, but before a damage suit can be brought a criminal liability must be established.

For example, in Colorado civil cases, some of the more common grounds for an award of attorneys» fees to a defending party are: (a) a two - sided contractual fee shifting term, (b) dismissal of the case before filing an answer for failure to state a claim when tort claims were asserted, (c) a determination that the suit was groundless, frivolous or vexatious, (d) violation of certain rules relating to disclosure of information to the other party, (e) a statutory fee shifting provision in the case of a claim based upon a statutorily created right which is present in some statutes but not others.

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.

Under this act, any claim of medical malpractice must be screened by a «medical review panel» before a civil suit can be filed in court.

(10) A member or employee of the Tribunal shall not be required to give testimony in a civil suit or any proceeding as to information obtained in the course of a proceeding before the Tribunal.

That, for suits of all sorts, criminal as well as civil, there be two instances, or say stages, or degrees, of jurisdiction: style and title of the judges, before whom the suit is brought in the first instance, judges immediate — of those before whom it is brought in the second instance, or say in the way of appeal, judges appellate.

You may also have the option of filing civil suit, and you certainly can choose to file for a divorce, but you'll want to consult an attorney before doing that.