Sentences with phrase «favor of the plaintiff»

The case was found in favor of the plaintiffs in a $ 32 million award.

After phase I the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $ 200,000.

A case can change dramatically in favor of the plaintiff if the truck driver or trucking company is found to have neglected important safety measures.

On cross motions for summary judgment, the district court ruled in favor of the plaintiff.

Judge Treu ruled in favor of the plaintiffs on every issue, removing five statutes concerning tenure, seniority and teacher dismissal rules from the state's constitution, adding, «The evidence is compelling.

A court of appeals in California recently released an opinion in a personal injury lawsuit that reversed a jury verdict in favor of a plaintiff who sustained injuries when he was struck by a vehicle being driven by an employee of the defendant as he returned from work.

State Supreme Court Holds in Favor of Plaintiff after Finding Defendant Withheld Information During Pre-Trial Discovery

When the International Trade Court ruled in favor of plaintiffs Suniva and SolarWorld in their case against cheap Chinese solar module and cell imports, reactions were polarized: the U.S. solar industry was outraged — as it had been for most of the duration of the court investigation — and investors, apparently, were extremely upbeat for the future of this same outraged industry, sending solar stocks sky - high.

In June, a judge ruling in favor of the plaintiffs said that student performance must be used as part of a teacher's evaluation.

After an in - depth trial that lasted several, Administrative Law Judge Robert E. Meale ruled in favor of Plaintiff Surfrider Foundation and denied the town of Palm Beach a Joint Coastal Permit for the REACH 8 beach fill project because of the potential to harm environmental and recreational resources.

The Eighth Circuit reversed an injunction in favor of plaintiff against the ordinance at issue, holding that the terms used in the ordinance — «obstruct» and «resist» — covered only physical acts or fighting words and did not give officers unfettered discretion to make arrests for mere words that annoy them.

The equities were not particularly in favor of plaintiff car purchasers; after all, they were found not to have effectively rescinded the transaction under the ASFA when the record showed they continued to use the vehicle for four years during the litigation.

In this six - week jury trial, the trial judge refused to dismiss at least three jurors who were related to or knew members of the plaintiff class, and the jury found in favor of the plaintiff class.

It does make it more difficult for some jurors to render a verdict in favor of the plaintiff where the pictures of the car don't really show that «someone must have been hurt in the crash.»

The lower court vacated the previous verdict and ordered either a new trial or a judgment in favor of plaintiff as a matter of law.

If the court decides that the intervenors don't have standing to appeal, the court could resolve the case in favor of the plaintiffs without granting much room for the Supreme Court to take the case and reverse it.

The case went to trial, and the court found in favor of the plaintiff on the failure to supervise claim and the failure to properly inspect the premises, and it awarded over $ 50,000 in damages.

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court of South Carolina decided a case in favor of a plaintiff who lost her husband in a tragic equipment - related accident.

A cruise ship injury resulted in a $ 21.5 million verdict in favor of plaintiff after jurors in the federal lawsuit determined the cruise line was grossly negligent for failing to fix a faulty door, which was a known problem.

If the class - action lawsuit against Honda, Nissan, Toyota and Ford rules in favor of the plaintiffs he notion of making money at all costs will also prove to be catastrophic at these companies.

Sometimes his judgment is in favor of the plaintiff, and sometimes not.

The court ruled in favor of the plaintiff.

Following months of legal wrangling, the commissioner said the county BOE would agree to grant access to those records if the judge ruled in favor of the plaintiff.

In light of the 23 August ruling, their lawyers write, «the time is right for this Court to grant summary judgment in favor of the Plaintiffs» claim» that the current NIH guidelines governing hESC research «are invalid as a matter of law.»

Although based on Lamberth's previous rulings in the case, he seems likely to rule in favor of the plaintiffs and issue a permanent injunction, Robertson predicts that stay or a new version of it would remain in place while the decision is appealed.

Those who argue that a ruling in favor of the plaintiffs would mean disaster for teachers» unions base their argument in the classic free rider dilemma.

In the features section, readers will find an article from Mike Antonucci discussing Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, a case currently awaiting a hearing by the U.S. Supreme Court that, if decided in favor of the plaintiffs, could end the practice of «agency fees» charged by teachers unions to nonmembers to cover the costs of collective bargaining.

But, in the late 60's and early 70's these lawsuits began to be found in favor of plaintiff's so that they would, there was a big one in Pennsylvania called PARK, where the state of Pennsylvania agreed to enter into consent agreement rather than go to court around the exclusion of children again, with intellectual disabilities in the State of Pennsylvania.

Adequacy cases decided in favor of plaintiffs in numerous states, such as Campbell County v. Wyoming, have emphasized that the state has a unique obligation to fund schools at high levels, even if other parts of the budget must suffer.

A Friedrichs decision in favor of the plaintiffs would not spell the end of teachers unions.

In addition, several other courts have ended their involvement in cases initially decided in favor of the plaintiffs.

Oregon's system of paying for education has undergone challenges in court four times, but the state courts have never ruled in favor of the plaintiffs.

Judge William Highberger agreed and ruled in favor of the plaintiffs.

In 1996 the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs and ordered the state to take the remedial measures necessary to integrate schools.

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ruled in favor of the plaintiffs in 2014, finding that five long - standing teacher job protections, including a two - year probationary period for new teachers and a layoff system based on how many years one's been teaching, violated students» constitutional right to an equal education.

Just last month, citing a part of the education code that says that a district may deviate from seniority (f) or purposes of maintaining or achieving compliance with constitutional requirements related to equal protection of the laws, Superior Judge William Highberger ruled in favor of the plaintiffs.

The suit saw a settlement of $ 25.5 million in favor of the plaintiffs, with around $ 21 million going to fund social service projects benefiting eligible members many still in Hungary.

If you were served with a complaint but ignored it or failed to appear in court, the judge will most likely enter a default judgment against you in favor of the plaintiff and the plaintiff wins by default.

Her final judgment was that blame be apportioned 40/60 in favor of the plaintiff.

If, as the defendant, you lose the case then a judgment will be rendered in favor of the plaintiff.

If the jurors rated similarly situated attorneys equally, as one might expect, the lines on the graphs would appear as a perfect «X.» One would expect the defense attorneys to be rated significantly higher than the plaintiff attorneys when the juries return a verdict in favor of the defendant on all counts and the plaintiff attorneys to be rated significantly higher than the defense attorneys when the juries return a verdict in favor of the plaintiff on all counts.