Sentences with phrase «defense against the plaintiff»

That affidavit provided the basis for a defense against the plaintiff's claim.

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In fact, in December 2017 a Virginia district court judge ruled against a female plaintiff in a lawsuit alleging sex discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation against defense contractor BAE Systems, in part, because she «did not take advantage of BAE's harassment reporting procedures of which she was well aware.»

«Requiring the banks to pay treble damages to every plaintiff who ended up on the wrong side of an independent Libor ‐ denominated derivative swap would, if appellants» allegations were proved at trial, not only bankrupt 16 of the world's most important financial institutions, but also vastly extend the potential scope of antitrust liability in myriad markets where derivative instruments have proliferated,» the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York said in the ruling.A U.S. appeals court on Monday revived private antitrust litigation accusing major banks of conspiring to manipulate the Libor benchmark interest rate, in a big setback for their defense against investors» claims of market - rigging.

We are experienced in assisting our clients in handling litigation matters, both as plaintiff counsel and in providing defense against actions undertaken against them.

A number of witnesses were to testify in favor of a marriage equality plank in the platform: Marc Solomon, national campaign director for Freedom to Marry; Allison Herwitt, legislative director for the Human Rights Campaign; Army Chief Warrant Officer Charlie Morgan, a lesbian New Hampshire guardsman with stage - four incurable breast cancer and a plaintiff in Servicemembers Legal Defense Network's lawsuit against the Defense of Marriage Act; Michael Macleod - Ball, the American Civil Liberties Union's chief of staff for the Washington Legislative Office; and Aaron Zellhoefer, a gay delegate to the Democratic National Convention representing the National Stonewall Democrats.

With the help of the Animal Legal Defense Fund, the plaintiffs filed suit against Barbour County in 2016 for its failure to maintain a county shelter or employ an impounding officer.

The most common reasons include: The amount of damages that the plaintiff will recover are not enough to justify the cost of pursuing the claim, especially if litigation is necessary; whether or not the healthcare professional breached the standard of care owed to the plaintiff is questionable, and there are strong defenses to this allegation; or / and causation is unclear, and the defense has a strong argument against a plaintiff's claim of causation.

Then, based on the true pragmatics of the parties» positions and what occurred in lower court proceedings, the appellate court determined that trustee, not plaintiff, had prevailed: it remained neutral on the contract claims by filing the nonmonetary status declaration (in stark contrast to the trustee in Kachlon v. Markowitz, 168 Cal.App.4 th 316, 350 (2008), which did not remain neutral and only filed the nonmonetary status declaration close to trial), and it defensed the tort claims (under which plaintiff sought to recovery money against trustee).

In this case, Judge Albert J. Cepparulo rules against the defense's motion for full access to the plaintiff's postings and pictures online as a means to determining damages.

The goal of such a defense would be not to avoid a plaintiffs» verdict, but to keep damages to a minimum and steer clear of the fate that befell Jammie Thomas - Rasset in Minnesota, when a jury assessed damages against her of $ 80,000 per song, for a total of $ 1.92 million.

Our experienced lawyers leverage resources across practice groups to develop successful defense strategies that protect our clients against multijurisdictional claims which can involve thousands of plaintiffs nationwide.

The firm provides full services in the areas of general practice including, but not limited to, civil litigation, plaintiff negligence claims, worker's compensation, social security disability, criminal defense, domestic relations, divorce, custody, real estate, corporate and business transactions, wills, estate planning and estate settlement, bankruptcy, business collections, municipal law, zoning and claims against the government.

Now that I'm a defense lawyer, I can remember what worked against me as a plaintiff's lawyer, and I can put that knowledge to work on my side of the table.»

1 Oct. 17, 2016)(unpublished), plaintiff brought multiple FEHA / labor claims against the defense, asking a jury to award $ 322,551 in compensatory damages.

Reply: A replication; the plaintiff's answer to the defense by the defendant of charges he has leveled against him.

Defense: The denial of charges, brought by a plaintiff against a defendant; an answer to a complaint.

In addition, Keesal, Young & Logan was part of the defense team that was responsible for obtaining the largest sanctions award against a purported class action plaintiff and his counsel that, at the time, had been upheld on appeal.

After years - long discovery in a defense of a False Claims Act action brought against a large healthcare company, including personally taking and defending more than twenty depositions of fact and expert witnesses, successfully excluded testimony of plaintiff / relator's experts and obtained complete summary judgment on all False Claims Act claims.

After a four - day trial, Keri Simms and Jeremy Richter obtained defense verdicts against all plaintiffs in a multiparty action against their clients in the matter of Felicia Ferguson, et al. v. Johnny R. Lovett Trucking, Inc., et al..

However, the trial judge also awarded $ 54,771.25 against plaintiffs and in favor of the defense across - the - board.

Everything that's posted on social media is considered public, and even the most well meaning remarks about a personal injury claim could potentially be used against a plaintiff by the defense.

After a four - day trial in May 2016, Keri Simms and Jeremy Richter obtained defense verdicts against all plaintiffs in a multiparty action against their clients in the matter of Felicia Ferguson, et al. v. Johnny R. Lovett Trucking, Inc., et al..

In a multi-party action against a commercial motor carrier, in March 2016, Keri Simms and Jeremy Richter secured defense verdicts against three of the four plaintiffs in a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Talladega County, in a matter styled Trimeka Smith, et al v. Faithway Feed Company, LLC, et al..

Obtaining a defense verdict for a tractor - trailer operator against a plaintiff alleging that the driver made an unsafe lane change resulting in a major traffic accident involving several vehicles.

The defense was then awarded over $ 1.79 million against plaintiff based on a fees clause in a written Stock Purchase Agreement.

Received a defense verdict in a bad faith trial in the federal court from a jury wherein the demand was $ 1 million against the top plaintiff bad faith litigator in Pennsylvania, which was upheld on appeal to the Third Circuit.

Mr. Jacobs successfully tried a seven figure exposure catastrophic injury case against a nationally renowned plaintiff firm, achieving a defense jury verdict.

Against defendant landlord manager, the jury awarded $ 2,153.03 against manager on the negligent claim, but found for her on the remaining claims which survived a nonsuit motion (with the jury finding for the defense on the statutory ordinance eviction claim asserted by plainAgainst defendant landlord manager, the jury awarded $ 2,153.03 against manager on the negligent claim, but found for her on the remaining claims which survived a nonsuit motion (with the jury finding for the defense on the statutory ordinance eviction claim asserted by plainagainst manager on the negligent claim, but found for her on the remaining claims which survived a nonsuit motion (with the jury finding for the defense on the statutory ordinance eviction claim asserted by plaintiffs).

Following one week trial, obtained defense judgment finding that business plaintiff failed to prove causation of any damages in misappropriation of trade secrets case where default judgment had been entered against defendants when represented by predecessor counsel.

Thus, a defendant should presumably be able to argue persuasively against a Deutsch v. Shein instruction proffered by the plaintiff even if a causation defense was protectively pleaded.

The case is on appeal by the defense, and the plaintiffs are lodging Chapter 93A and 176D bad faith claims against the insurer for its failure to make any settlement offers until the first day of trial.

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.

Insurance defense focuses on matters of protecting the rights of insurance companies in the defense of claims made by policyholders, typically as a result of a plaintiff filing a lawsuit against his or her insurance carrier after being denied an insurance claim.

The Phoenix Wright games sound like a disaster on paper: Spend a whole game playing as a defense attorney analyzing evidence and objecting against outlandish claims from the quirky plaintiffs.