Sentences with phrase «defendants in cases involving»

Punitive damages are also available in many jurisdictions to punish defendants in those cases involving particularly egregious conduct which demonstrates a reckless or wanton disregard for the safety of the public.

He has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in cases involving a wide variety of claims, including breach of contract, professional malpractice, personal injury, insurance bad faith, and debt and judgment collection actions.

Whether you are a plaintiff or a defendant in a case involving a mechanic's lien, Deans & Lyons is here to stand up for your rights.

Not exact matches

Houston defense attorney George Parnham, who was not involved in the case, said it lets jurors assume such a verdict could mean the defendant «will ride down the elevator» with them.

Jon Montroll, founder of the site BitFunder, was a defendant in an Arizona copyright case involving a Sports Illustrated model's sex tape in 2006.

The firm has been an innovator in organizing and prosecuting individual class cases across many states involving the same defendants and similar factual and legal issues.

Although the parmesan cheese cases were recently dismissed, the defendant companies were involved in contentious litigation for more than a year before the trial - level court dismissed the action.

A Buffalo business executive who is a defendant in a federal case involving the alleged bid - rigging of massive upstate development projects pled guilty Friday afternoon and agreed to cooperate with the government.

In the Davis case involving the steel contract at the World Trade Center worth nearly $ 1 billion, the defendant was accused of making false representations involving «aspirational» hiring goals of minorities and women.

Mixed race suspects were more likely to be sent to court than given a police disposal; Black and mixed race defendants were more likely to be remanded in custody prior to their hearing date; Black defendants had a higher chance of being acquitted than white ones, suggesting that different standards of evidence may be applied to cases involving different groups of defendants; Mixed race teenagers were more likely than others to be given a (more serious) community sentence than a (less onerous) first tier penalty or referral order.

But the justice ministry said in an emailed statement that three separate cases, each involving 100 defendants, were heard in three of the courts.

That data has since been updated by the state Division of Criminal Justice Services, which reported close to 35,000 resolved cases involving 16 - and 17 - year - old defendants in 2013.

State data shows close to 96 percent of cases involving 16 - and 17 - year - old defendants did not result in a criminal conviction last year.

Justice (Mrs.) J. O. Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan on Wednesday refused to grant bail to defendants in the N8bn mutilated currency fraud case involving staff members of the Central Bank of Nigeria and some commercial banks.

However, «[a] ttorneys are urging caution in evaluating the strength of [the] case,» which «bears some similarities, they say, to other recent cases involving Chinese American or Chinese defendants in which federal prosecutors abruptly dropped charges because of improper analysis or insufficient evidence.»

The case bears some similarities, they say, to other recent cases involving Chinese American or Chinese defendants in which federal prosecutors abruptly dropped charges because of improper analysis or insufficient evidence.

The San Francisco Community Justice Center opened in March 2009 and through December 2013 had heard nearly 10,000 cases involving 6,000 defendants.

All of us involved in the case — recall that Jesse Rothstein and I served as the expert witnesses on behalf of the plaintiffs, and Thomas Kane of the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) Project and John Friedman of the infamous Chetty et al. studies (see here and here) served as the expert witnesses on behalf of the defendants — knew that all of the plaintiffs» claims would be tough to win given all of the constitutional legal standards would be difficult for plaintiffs to satisfy (e.g., that evaluating teachers using their value - added scores was not «unreasonable» was difficult to prove, as it was in the Tennessee case we also fought and was then dismissed on similar grounds (see here)-RRB-.

This means that CTA and CFT would like to be become involved in the case because they feel that the current defendants — the state and the school districts — are not adequately representing the interests of their teachers, whose rights they maintain could be adversely affected by the case.

«These defendants were betting between $ 5,000 and $ 200,000 on one dogfight,» stated U.S. Attorney George L. Beck, Jr. «The number of dogs seized and the amount of money involved this in case shows how extensive this underworld of dogfighting is.

In the ever - continuing lawsuit for the ages, the court involved in Activision v. Zampella and West case agreed to the former's initiative to add rival publisher Electronic Arts to the list of defendantIn the ever - continuing lawsuit for the ages, the court involved in Activision v. Zampella and West case agreed to the former's initiative to add rival publisher Electronic Arts to the list of defendantin Activision v. Zampella and West case agreed to the former's initiative to add rival publisher Electronic Arts to the list of defendants.

In Section 1983 Damages — Part II, Pattis writes about the personal challenges and societal concerns he has experienced when involved with cases that assess damages insurance companies end up paying — not defendants.

Leduc involved a personal injury case in which the plaintiff claimed damages for loss of enjoyment as a result of defendant's negligence.

In case you crave more details, Monson is a defendant in one trial involving drug charges and another trial charging second - degree murder, and in the course of those trials he has stabbed three different lawyers with writing utensilIn case you crave more details, Monson is a defendant in one trial involving drug charges and another trial charging second - degree murder, and in the course of those trials he has stabbed three different lawyers with writing utensilin one trial involving drug charges and another trial charging second - degree murder, and in the course of those trials he has stabbed three different lawyers with writing utensilin the course of those trials he has stabbed three different lawyers with writing utensils.

One of the fundamental issues involved in negligence cases is what duty the defendant owed the victim.

With his broad experience in family court, he is adept at handling cases involving restraining orders, relief from abuse orders, juveniles and parents, and defendants with mental health conditions.

The group, which also includes professionals in the firm's Washington, Chicago and Phoenix offices, has handled litigation in more than 30 states in cases ranging from putative nationwide class actions and mass actions for personal injury and property damage to complex environmental investigation and / or remediation issues and matters involving multiple defendants and hundreds of products.

Judges, juries, and defendants should know when outside funding is involved in the case.

Lightfoot represented the defendants in a series of toxic tort cases involving PCB contamination in Anniston, Alabama, which spawned two different downstream lake class actions, numerous consolidated mass tort actions and resulted in the largest and longest - running trial in Alabama history.

Lightfoot attorneys represented the defendants in a toxic tort case involving PCB contamination, which resulted in the largest and longest - running trial in Alabama history.

I specialise in representing defendants in high value and complex medical cases, particularly involving claimants who have sustained extensive brain damage following obstetric or neurosurgical treatment.

The case involved issues as to the interpretation of DIFC regulatory law and claims against the defendant bank in both contract and tort.

While the rationale has been described in some quarters as «equitable subrogation,» analogous to an excess insurer's claim against a primary insurer for improvident failure to settle, that principle historically emerged from cases involving underinsured defendants and not the other way around.

Their principal job is to deliver or «serve» legal documents to a defendant or a person involved in a court case.

Another type of case is injury incurred in the course of an illegal joint venture (involving, perhaps, both claimant and defendant; say a claimant and defendant who both drink heavily and get in a vehicle driven by the defendant in a reckless manner, with the claimant egging him on and an accident ensuing).

The Medical Case, held in 1946 - 1947, involved 23 defendants accused of organizing and participating in war crimes and crimes against humanity in the form of harmful or fatal medical experiments and other medical procedures.

He specialises in the court - related aspects of the trusts and private wealth team's practice and has acted in numerous cases involving allegations of breach of trust, fraud and professional negligence, both for plaintiffs and defendants.

In today's case (Mir Tabatabaei v. Kular) the Plaintiff was involved in a 2010 collision caused by the DefendanIn today's case (Mir Tabatabaei v. Kular) the Plaintiff was involved in a 2010 collision caused by the Defendanin a 2010 collision caused by the Defendant.

Omega Patents, LLC v. Lear Corp., Case No. 6:07 - cv -1422-Orl (M.D. Florida 2011)-- Counsel for defendant Lear Corporation in patent infringement lawsuit involving vehicle remote start technology.

In this week's case (Mandra v. Lu) the Plaintiff was involved in a collision that the Defendant was found fully liable foIn this week's case (Mandra v. Lu) the Plaintiff was involved in a collision that the Defendant was found fully liable foin a collision that the Defendant was found fully liable for.

Representing a defendant in a multi-handed case involving allegations of an international conspiracy to commit criminal damage running into hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Such was the case in a recent lawsuit involving the severe burning of a minor in a public park has become a precedent setting decision after it was ruled that the defendants in the case, East Bay Regional Park District and Girl Scouts of Northern California, were liable for the injuries caused to 10 year old Fabio Hornischer's hand and arm in a fire pit.

Co. held that the collateral source rule precludes the defendant from introducing evidence of the amount actually paid for medical services in cases involving an underinsured motorist claim.

It could be that the judge was previous an attorney who represented someone (defendant, victim, key witness) involved in the case, it could be that the judge was a family member or former employer of the defense attorney, it could be that someone close to the judge or the judge personally was a victim of another crime committed by the person, it could be that the defendant or the defendant's family was a personal or family friend.

In today's case (Matharu v. Gill) the Plaintiff was involved in a collision which the Defendant was found liable foIn today's case (Matharu v. Gill) the Plaintiff was involved in a collision which the Defendant was found liable foin a collision which the Defendant was found liable for.

In today's case (Gunson v. Sekhon) the Plaintiff was involved in a 2010 collision caused by the DefendanIn today's case (Gunson v. Sekhon) the Plaintiff was involved in a 2010 collision caused by the Defendanin a 2010 collision caused by the Defendant.

The only exception to comparative fault involves cases in which the defendants are found to have conspired to commit an intentional act that led to the victim's personal injury.

2008)-- Denial of manufacturer defendant's motion for summary judgment in cases arising from explosion at facility in Groton, Connecticut on grounds that there existed genuine issues of fact as to product liability and recklessness counts of case against manufacturer based on its claimed failure to account for and disclose relevant safety and storage information of risks involved in the transport and storage of chemical reagent at ambient temperatures.

It's happened — we can finally apply the classic R v Cotesworth case, where the defendant spat in a doctor's face, to a modern day scenario involving a jealous Deloitte lawyer.

In today's case (Hsu v. Choquette) the Plaintiff was involved in a 2010 collision that the Defendant accepted fault foIn today's case (Hsu v. Choquette) the Plaintiff was involved in a 2010 collision that the Defendant accepted fault foin a 2010 collision that the Defendant accepted fault for.