Sentences with phrase «find plaintiff attorneys»

But when it comes to insurance defense, I find plaintiff attorneys have some strange ideas of what it's like on this side.

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But he and members of other good government groups are putting a priority on strengthening FOIL in other ways, including passing a law that would mandate the payment of attorneys» fees to a plaintiff when a court finds that an agency had no «reasonable basis» to deny access to a public record.

The plaintiff's attorney cites a number of different legal cases to support the finding that Smith should be held personally liable for his negligence: «It is well settled that an individual member of a limited liability company or an office of a corporation may be individual liable for his or her own torts, including negligence.»

If there is a problem with the quitclaim deed you won't find out until it's challenged in court by a plaintiff's attorney in a potential lawsuit.

But contrary to the Journal's claim that the EPA disavowed that finding because the agency had been «barraged by plaintiff attorneys and Hollywood celebrities,» it was actually changed after the EPA's scientific advisory board, which evaluates the agency's «use of science,» pointed out that the draft conclusion wasn't supported elsewhere in the report:

Our local appellate court found that this was an onerous, unworkable requirement: ``... plaintiffs» proposed requirement that every attorney who ever worked on the case submit a separate declaration is neither legally required nor particularly useful.»

Before forming Burnside Law Firm LLP, attorneys Thomas R. Burnside, III and Mark B. Williamson worked at Burnside Wall LLP under the direction of senior partner and founding member, Thomas R. Burnside Jr. (1938 - 2007), who in 1998 received the Tradition of Excellence Award given annually by the General Practice and Trial Section of the State Bar of Georgia to a plaintiff's lawyer who has demonstrated a tradition of excellence in his chosen profession.

Then, he found a 1.5 positive multiplier was justified, such that the total fee recovery to Plaintiff's attorneys was $ 721,994.81.

Cullity, J. found lawyer L liable for the attorney general's costs incurred in resisting the plaintiffs» unsuccessful class action certification application.

Finding no express provision for payment of attorney's fees or costs, the court completely rejected plaintiff's arguments for relief.

The Mirena perforation cases failed because plaintiffs» attorneys could not find experts that the federal court judge hearing the cases would accept.

So likely what plaintiff attorneys are hoping for in this case is that jurors will find the 22 - year - old driver at - fault, in which case decedent's UM benefits will kick in.

The jury also found that the infringement was intentional and awarded plaintiff $ 1,750,000 in damages and also its attorney fees.

Violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act — Texas has a strong, consumer - oriented deceptive practices law, and business found guilty of violation of the Texas DTPA can be forced to pay treble damages and attorney's fees to a successful plaintiff.

Suffolk Superior Court, No. 98 - 02231E Date of verdict: May 9, 2005 Plaintiff's attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and Suzanne C. McDonough, Lubin & Meyer, Boston Status of verdict: Defense motions for a new trial were rejected, but the lost earnings award was reduced by $ 1.6 million, after the judge found that the award the jury had given was marginally excessive.

Plaintiffs and their attorneys may present evidence a jury has already used in a criminal case to find the defendant guilty.

Faculty Lance A. Harke, Founding Partner, Harke Clasby & Bushman LLP (Miami) Jeffrey D. Light, Partner, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP (San Diego) Joseph J. Siprut, Founding and Managing Partner, Siprut PC (Chicago) Course Description A panel of nationally prominent class action plaintiffs» counsel cover a range of attorney fee and expense issues in class action and MDL cases.

Following a D.C. Circuit opinion last February finding that U.S. courts did have jurisdiction over the case, Leon today ordered Iran to pay $ 40.5 million in damages, interest and attorney fees to plaintiff McKesson Corp..

Before the plaintiff's attorney found out about the problem, the statute of limitations deadline passed, and a good personal injury case expired.

On Tuesday, May 29, 2012, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari from the Tenth Circuit's decision in Marx v. General Revenue Corp., U.S. No. 11 - 1175, to determine whether a prevailing defendant can be awarded routine costs (not attorney's fees) against a losing plaintiff in a Fair Debt Collection Practice Act (FDCPA) case where the plaintiff was found to have brought the suit in good faith.

PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia federal judge says agreements in which RD Legal Funding advanced money to plaintiffs in the pending NFL concussion litigation are void, but the attorney representing RD Legal has asked a judge in New York to ignore that finding.

Having produced thousands of attorney - client documents inadvertently in what the judge called a «ridiculous» production, he found that Plaintiff's review and production methodology was not reasonable and that the attorney - client privilege had therefore been waived.

(3) The court shall award reasonable attorney's fees, court costs, compensation for loss of income, and all expenses incurred by the defendant in defense of any civil action brought by a plaintiff if the court finds that the defendant is immune from prosecution as provided in subsection (1).

Attorneys for both plaintiffs and defendants will find comprehensive coverage of such matters as: the advantages and disadvantages of suits based on strict liability, negligence and breach of warranty; the use of state consumer protection statutes; the duty to warn and its innumerable ramifications; the liability of the manufacturers, retailers and other potential defendants in the distribution chain; successor liability; federal preemption of common law claims; monitoring product safety during design, manufacturing and distribution; causation theories in actions involving multiple manufacturers; product misuse and alteration; the elements of proof needed in an action; recovery for economic loss; punitive damages; and the government contractor defense.

This, they found this out 2 years too late, and one of the plaintiffs attorney exclaimed «sh*t, we're screwed» when he heard it.