Sentences with phrase «filed on behalf of the child»

The New York Court of Appeals, which is the highest state appellate court in New York, recently released a decision affirming two lower court decisions to exclude a plaintiff's proposed expert witnesses in a personal injury case filed on behalf of a child who was born with serious birth defects and disabilities alleged to have resulted from his mother inhaling gasoline fumes while she was pregnant with him.

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«All of the folks who have been anti-marriage equality have been professing to speak on behalf of our children, but up until the point where we filed our first brief, nobody had actually thought to ask children raised by same - sex couples what their experience had been.
The suit was filed on behalf of two groups, the NYC Parents Union and the Partnership for Educational Justice, and essentially argues the tenure provisions give students access to ineffective teachers and ultimately hinders children the basic constitutional guarantee of being taught literacy, math and verbal skills.
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge late last month denied a motion by state officials challenging the soundness of the suit filed by the Washington - based Institute for Justice on behalf of 39 children from low - income families.
Wayne and Sue C. Willis filed the suit in federal district court in Montgomery on behalf of their four children, who are in 1st through 8th grades in the 2,600 - student Pike County district.
The suit, filed on behalf of Beatriz Vergara, a Los Angeles high school student, and eight other public school students, claims that the law protects poor - performing teachers assigned to working with low - income, minority children.
In addition, the libertarian Institute for Justice filed an appeal on behalf of several families whose children were granted vouchers.
The long - awaited opinion, issued Aug. 25 by Judge Steven L. Lefelt, is the first ruling on the equity issues raised by Abbott v. Burke, the lawsuit filed in 1981 on behalf of 20 children attending schools in Camden, East Orange, Irvington, and Jersey City.
Joining forces with Students Matter to help families from Bridgeport and Hartford file a groundbreaking federal lawsuit, Martinez v Malloy, on behalf of their children to ensure that all kids have equal access to a quality education.
At the urging of Mayor Villaraigosa and his Partnership for Los Angeles School, the ACLU and Public Counsel filed a lawsuit (Reed v. Smith) on behalf of Gompers, Liechty, and Markham Middle Schools arguing that the children's constitutional right to a quality education was being violated due to the disproportionate impact of teacher layoffs at those schools.
Phoenix, Ariz. — The Institute for Justice vowed to intervene on behalf of parents and children to defend against a lawsuit filed yesterday by Arizona special interest groups challenging the nation's first publicly funded education savings account program.
IJ quickly mobilized to represent parents who have applied for scholarships for their children and filed a motion to intervene in the case on their behalf, as well as on behalf of the only scholarship - granting organization so far approved by the state to award scholarships.
Maria Morelli - Wolfe, a lawyer with Greater Hartford Legal Aid Inc., which last year filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights on behalf of children with disabilities at the public charter school, said that very often those students spend too many hours out of the classroom — suspended in school or out of school — because of behaviors they weren't necessarily able to control.
The lawsuit was first filed in June 2005 by Children's Voices, acting on behalf of 14 school districts in the San Luis Valley and parents and children across thChildren's Voices, acting on behalf of 14 school districts in the San Luis Valley and parents and children across thchildren across the state.
The results can be seen in districts in cities such as Birmingham, Ala., where police officers in Birmingham, Ala., using Freeze + P pepper spray against eight children attending the traditional district there (the subject of a lawsuit filed on their behalf by the Southern Poverty Law Center); some 110 incidents of pepper - spraying occurred in the district since 2006.
He says the suit was filed by four families in Buffalo and one family in Rochester, but is on behalf of 107 - thousand charter school children and another 50 - thousand children on waiting lists.
In the fall of 2017, AFC with Greenberg Traurig, LLP filed federal complaints against the New York City Department of Education on behalf of four parents whose children did not receive the nursing services that they required to attend school.
In civil suits filed against the judges, lawyers are seeking to recover monetary damages on behalf of the children and their families, alleging that the judges violated their civil rights.
Indiana law on wrongful death lawsuits is specific about who can file a claim on behalf of a deceased loved one; it often depends on whether the victim was an adult or child.
Therefore, all lawsuits alleging child injury must be filed by a parent or guardian on behalf of their child.
On the same day the OPC decision was released, the FTC announced that it was settling charges filed by the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the FTC against VTech USA for violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act by collecting personal information from children without providing direct notice to parents (including prominently displaying links to online notices of information practices with regard to children on the home page or screen of its website or online services and at each area of the website or online service where personal information is collected) or obtaining verifiable consent concerning its information collection practiceOn the same day the OPC decision was released, the FTC announced that it was settling charges filed by the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the FTC against VTech USA for violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act by collecting personal information from children without providing direct notice to parents (including prominently displaying links to online notices of information practices with regard to children on the home page or screen of its website or online services and at each area of the website or online service where personal information is collected) or obtaining verifiable consent concerning its information collection practiceon behalf of the FTC against VTech USA for violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act by collecting personal information from children without providing direct notice to parents (including prominently displaying links to online notices of information practices with regard to children on the home page or screen of its website or online services and at each area of the website or online service where personal information is collected) or obtaining verifiable consent concerning its information collection prChildren's Online Privacy Protection Act by collecting personal information from children without providing direct notice to parents (including prominently displaying links to online notices of information practices with regard to children on the home page or screen of its website or online services and at each area of the website or online service where personal information is collected) or obtaining verifiable consent concerning its information collection prchildren without providing direct notice to parents (including prominently displaying links to online notices of information practices with regard to children on the home page or screen of its website or online services and at each area of the website or online service where personal information is collected) or obtaining verifiable consent concerning its information collection prchildren on the home page or screen of its website or online services and at each area of the website or online service where personal information is collected) or obtaining verifiable consent concerning its information collection practiceon the home page or screen of its website or online services and at each area of the website or online service where personal information is collected) or obtaining verifiable consent concerning its information collection practices.
Some legal options are, however, particularly bad, such as putting the children into indefinite juvenile detention for contempt of court, leading a lawyer to file a habeas petition on their behalf:
Filing a personal injury lawsuit on behalf of a child can become complicated; however, we have the experience needed to navigate the court system.
If you're having difficulties collecting child support or need to file certain paperwork with the Friend of the Court, allow an attorney at our firm to do so on your behalf.
Florida lawyers have filed a lawsuit on behalf of children who are supposed to be compensated pursuant to a well intentioned by awful program Florida has for children with birth injuries.
If your child was injured while under the care of someone else or because of someone else's negligence, you can file apersonal injury claim on your child's behalf in order to recover compensation to help you help your child recover.
If no spouse, parents or children file a wrongful death claim within three months of the death, then an estate executor may file a claim on the family's behalf.
Any cause of action filed on behalf of a person who was a minor at the time of the incident must be filed within two years of the last act of omission that caused the injury or death, unless the child is younger than eight years old.
Lawyers from the Center for Constitutional Rights have filed a complaint on behalf of SNAP, a survivor support group, at the International Criminal Court (ICC) alleging that senior Vatican officials — including the current Pope — have committed crimes against humanity on the basis that «Vatican officials tolerate and enable the systematic and widespread concealing of rape and child sex crimes throughout the world.»
If your child is injured, understanding your options for filing a personal injury claim on your child's behalf, and for receiving funds for your child's injuries and management of those funds, is important.
Parents and legal guardians may file these petitions on behalf of their children or disabled adults, and legal representatives or family members can file on behalf of an individual who died from the injury.
When a lawsuit is filed on behalf of a minor, the court will appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the child's interests.
Consequently, sexual abuse claims are extremely varied; parents may bring a claim on behalf of a child, or adults may file a claim relating to sexual abuse endured during childhood.
FD cases are called non-dissolution cases because they involve parents who are not legally married or adults who are filing for court action on behalf of minor children.
However, the Court of Appeal disagreed, finding that the child's mother was effectively acting as his litigation guardian when she filed the original suit on his behalf.
A parent or guardian who wishes to file a lawsuit on behalf of their child must first narrow down who exactly is responsible for the injury.
Specifically, you have the right to file a birth injury lawsuit on behalf of your child.
The nyc personal injury attorneys can also help parents file the suit on behalf of under - aged children.
Over the last 20 - plus years, a series of laws and court cases in Wisconsin have said that a wrongful death medical malpractice claim can only be filed on behalf of a minor child or a spouse.
Tom Dahl, paralegal for the Ojibwe Child Welfare Department, spoke about Legal Files on behalf of his organization.
As a practical tool, it can give you and your children some peace of mind and protection from a spouse who exhibits threatening behavior toward you, especially since you can file for an HRO on behalf of the children if your spouse has been harassing them too.
Judges are authorized to appoint child experts to submit reports to the court or file motions on behalf of the child.
These experts may include a court - appointed special advocate who investigates the child's living situation and makes a recommendation; a guardian ad litem who can file motions on behalf of the child and her best interests; or a psychologist who can administer evaluations of the child and her parents.
Please note that, in Florida, if the state files a petition to establish paternity and child support on behalf of a mother, the issue of a father's custody rights will not necessarily be addressed.
When there is an OAG child support case, the OAG's office may file a petition, but the OAG files its lawsuits on behalf of the State of Texas.
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