Sentences with phrase «facing plaintiffs in these cases»

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Not exact matches

Kobe Bryant was given a standing ovation despite facing a sex - assault charge in 2003 (which was dropped after the accuser refused to testify — a civil case was later settled out of court with Bryant apologising to the plaintiff without admitting guilt).

As one of seven couples involved in the case — and the lead plaintiff — the Goodridges became the public faces of the marriage equality movement.

One in - house counsel at a large company poignantly noted about about the plaintiffs» counsel they face, «they have a swagger and body language that comes from experience, and that experience comes off as confidence, and confidence helps win cases.»

But the plaintiffs in Flint may face an uphill battle in a civil rights case, according to Peter Hsiao, an environmental lawyer with Morrison & Foerster in Los Angeles.

In personal injury cases, a plaintiff must demonstrate that the defendant is liable by proving that a reasonable and responsible person would have behaved differently than the defendant if faced with the same scenario.

In other words, the plaintiff in an insurance bad faith case may be able to recover an amount that is much larger than the original face value of the policIn other words, the plaintiff in an insurance bad faith case may be able to recover an amount that is much larger than the original face value of the policin an insurance bad faith case may be able to recover an amount that is much larger than the original face value of the policy.

If, instead of bringing counterclaims in the original lawsuit, the defendant brings a separate lawsuit against the plaintiff, the plaintiff could seek to either (1) consolidate the cases if they are filed in the same court system (i.e. a federal case and a federal case, or a New York State case and a New York State case), or (2) move to dismiss the new lawsuit because the claims were required to be brought in the original lawsuit as mandatory counterclaims, or (3) move to stay proceedings in the second lawsuit pending resolution of the first lawsuit, or (4) move to dismiss the claims in the second lawsuit on the merits if it is apparent from the face of the countersuit that it does not state a claim upon which relief can be granted or was filed in the wrong court.

Evidence that doesn't appear inside the «four corners» of the contract, such as comments made by the plaintiff or defendant who are now facing off in a breach of contract case, can not be considered if they contradict what is inside the contract's «four corners.»

Reading this reminded me of a 2005 case (Chow v. Hiscock) where the Court expressly recognized the injustice of dry judgement facing a plaintiff left «in a permanent semi-vegatative state» following a «brutal, unprovoked assault ``.

The plaintiffs would have not only needed to have overcome these rulings but were faced with hard - hitting summary judgment motions that could have resulted in dismissal of the entire case.

is, on its face, applicable to every action where the plaintiff has been involved in successive incidents, where it is not the case that negligence in the successive incidents were cumulatively necessary causes of at least some of the injury and damages?

The executive summary from an article Law Library of Congress «Medical Malpractice Liability: Canada» sets out the often difficult task Plaintiff's face in getting justice in these heartbreaking medical malpractice cases: