Sentences with phrase «for plaintiff in her suit»

No lawyer was named for the plaintiff in the suit.

A Richmond Circuit Court sets aside a $ 250,000 jury award for plaintiff in her suit against defendant Chesterfield County police officer on a claim of malicious prosecution; applying a 2011 Virginia Supreme Court case, the court says defendant officer investigated...

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The plaintiffs in the ACLU suit include Petty Officer Brock Stone, 34, who has served in the U.S. Navy for 11 years, including a nine - month deployment to Afghanistan, and Staff Sergeant Kate Cole, 27, who has served in the U.S. Army for almost 10 years, including a year in Afghanistan where she was a team leader and designated marksman.

In 2013, Apple ranked number eight for plaintiffs with the most patent suits — 52 in 201In 2013, Apple ranked number eight for plaintiffs with the most patent suits — 52 in 201in 2013.

In April 2015, named plaintiff Sebring Whitaker filed his own suit, also alleging that SpaceX didn't adequately pay him and similar nonexempt employees for normal and overtime work and didn't adequately provide required meal and rest breaks.

And in October, named plaintiff Stan Saporito filed his own suit alleging the company doesn't provide enough labor hours to its workers for everything that needs to get done, then requires them to work off the clock to finish tasks.

David Sanford, chairman of Sanford Heisler Sharp, the law firm that argued the largest - ever employment gender discrimination case to go to trial — a class action suit against Novartis Pharmaceuticals that resulted in a $ 253 million jury award for plaintiffs in 2010, reduced post-trial to $ 175 million — noted that in that case, the company had just three investigators for a workforce of thousands.

When news broke in 2015 of Volkswagen's massive diesel emissions - cheating scandal, Hagens Berman was the first firm in the nation to file suit against the automaker for its egregious fraud, going on to represent thousands of owners in litigation and take a leading role on the Plaintiffs» Steering Committee that would finalize a $ 14.7 billion, record - breaking settlement for owners.

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans became the sixth plaintiff to lob a complaint against the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule when the insurer filed a suit in late September challenging the class - action waiver requirement under the rule's best interest contract exemption, or BICE.

In his suit, Kessler said, «After the massive success of Stranger Things that is based on Plaintiff's concepts that Plaintiffs discussed with Defendants, Defendants have made huge sums of money by producing the series based on Plaintiff's concepts without compensating or crediting Plaintiff for his Concepts.»

A spokesman for the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, a plaintiff in the suit along with St. Nicholas, denied that version of events.

In that case Gaidry, a manufacturer of a sauce labelled «Tabasco Pepper Sauce,» brought suit against McIlhenny Company for damages for alleged wrongful conduct in interfering with the plaintiff's business by falsely and in bad faith representing to dealers throughout the country that it had an exclusive trade - mark in the name «Tabasco,» and threatening injunction and other legal proceedings against those who handled any sauce called «Tabasco» not made by the said McIlhenny CompanIn that case Gaidry, a manufacturer of a sauce labelled «Tabasco Pepper Sauce,» brought suit against McIlhenny Company for damages for alleged wrongful conduct in interfering with the plaintiff's business by falsely and in bad faith representing to dealers throughout the country that it had an exclusive trade - mark in the name «Tabasco,» and threatening injunction and other legal proceedings against those who handled any sauce called «Tabasco» not made by the said McIlhenny Companin interfering with the plaintiff's business by falsely and in bad faith representing to dealers throughout the country that it had an exclusive trade - mark in the name «Tabasco,» and threatening injunction and other legal proceedings against those who handled any sauce called «Tabasco» not made by the said McIlhenny Companin bad faith representing to dealers throughout the country that it had an exclusive trade - mark in the name «Tabasco,» and threatening injunction and other legal proceedings against those who handled any sauce called «Tabasco» not made by the said McIlhenny Companin the name «Tabasco,» and threatening injunction and other legal proceedings against those who handled any sauce called «Tabasco» not made by the said McIlhenny Company.

Such of these other manufacturers, including defendant, whose use of the word «Tabasco» came to the knowledge of plaintiff and its predecessors, have been warned to the effect that they have no right to use the word in connection with the sauce, or to use similar packages, and quite a number of suits for infringement have been filed by plaintiff, most of which have been terminated by consent decrees.

When the city Landmarks Commission in 2006 recommended designation for the Arlington - Deming District in Lincoln Park and the East Village District near Wicker Park, the plaintiffs in the suit, Albert Hanna and Carol Mrowka, both owned property in those areas, the Appellate Court ruling states.

The plaintiffs in the suit before the Federal High Court — Ewenla Fishermen Cooperative Society Limited, Afenifere Fish Sellers Better - Life Igbokusu, Eti - Osa Fishermen Cooperative Society Limited, Kolawole Giwa Balogun, and Alhaji Folani Oladipupo Sikiru suing for themselves and on behalf of all fishermen / women and fish sellers in Eti - Osa.

But that figure doesn't include travel to Florida and hotel stays for Soares and his staff, Kindlon said, adding that the number could climb still further if the court awards damages to the plaintiff in the suit — a cost county taxpayers will also have to bear.

The plaintiffs with suit number M / 4853/17 had sought an order to compel the AGF to investigate Acting - chairman of Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu and his predecessors in office for alleged corruption.

It also bolsters funding to some towns that had been targeted for huge cuts, notably Torrington, a named plaintiff in a suit filed by the Connecticut Education Association seeking to block the executive order cuts, would receive $ 24.68 million — $ 200,000 more than it did last year.

Castorina, also a city Board of Elections Republican commissioner, is representing the plaintiffs pro bono and filed the suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Earlier this year, the city's major police unions called for Emery's dismissal over his private law firm's role in a suit against the city on behalf of a former CCRB plaintiff.

The judge in granting the plaintiff's ex parte motion on Tuesday, held that ordinarily, a part - heard suit could not be heard during vacation without the consent of all parties, but he decided to give room for the hearing because of its urgency.

The judges hearing a suit challenging the constitutionality of the decision by former President John Mahama to pardon the three Montie FM personalities who were jailed for contempt have criticised the plaintiffs in the case for delays in presenting their case.

In the alternative, he prayed the court to give an order of interim injunction mandating the defendants, whether by themselves, their servants, agents, privies or howsoever called to publish the name of the plaintiff as an aspirant for the November 19, 2011 governorship primary in Bayelsa State or any governorship primary election scheduled for Bayelsa State, on any date which the defendants may choose, pending the determination of the substantive suiIn the alternative, he prayed the court to give an order of interim injunction mandating the defendants, whether by themselves, their servants, agents, privies or howsoever called to publish the name of the plaintiff as an aspirant for the November 19, 2011 governorship primary in Bayelsa State or any governorship primary election scheduled for Bayelsa State, on any date which the defendants may choose, pending the determination of the substantive suiin Bayelsa State or any governorship primary election scheduled for Bayelsa State, on any date which the defendants may choose, pending the determination of the substantive suit.

He had specifically argued that the interim injunction was irregular for not being within the scope of the relief sought by the plaintiff (hotel operators) in the suit.

In the suit before Justice Gabriel Kolawole, the plaintiffs through their counsel, Mr. Kan Osieke are praying for court to grant them relief on this followings:

The 80 minutes of occasionally spirited argument at the high court this morning focused on the two main issues in the greenhouse gas litigation: For the case to go forward, the plaintiffs must prove that the case has legal standing (they must show that the court is the right venue for resolving this dispute), and that the common law definition of nuisance can support suits over greenhouse gasFor the case to go forward, the plaintiffs must prove that the case has legal standing (they must show that the court is the right venue for resolving this dispute), and that the common law definition of nuisance can support suits over greenhouse gasfor resolving this dispute), and that the common law definition of nuisance can support suits over greenhouse gases.

«A number of researchers had been looking for the genes related to breast cancer and knew where the genes were likely to be,» says Arupa Ganguly, a geneticist at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and one of the plaintiffs in the ACLU suit.

In the suit, the plaintiffs say the company is responsible for inactive profiles that are left active on the site because «Match takes virtually no action to remove these profiles.»

The subscriber, who is a co-defendant in the case, made sexual remarks during the chat, claimed to work for the nation's largest lingerie manufacturer, and told Davood that «she might have found her man in the plaintiff,» the suit states.

How many total dollars these suits have contributed to the rapid increase in education spending is unknown, but we do know that, since 1989, adequacy lawsuits have been launched in more than 30 states, and a vast majority of them have resulted in a court award to plaintiffs mandating more money for schools.

For instance, New York's highest court threw out an equity suit in 1982, but the plaintiffs later regrouped around the adequacy principle.

Filed in U.S. District Court, the suit seeks to replace at - large elections with a system employing single - member districts, said Stephen M. Cody, a lawyer for the plaintiffs.

In the suit filed May 23 in District Court for Travis County, the plaintiffs also allege that the school - finance.In the suit filed May 23 in District Court for Travis County, the plaintiffs also allege that the school - finance.in District Court for Travis County, the plaintiffs also allege that the school - finance...

After concluding that the plaintiffs in both suits had standing to pursue their claims, the state supreme court began with a discussion of whether the ESA program violates Article 11, Section 2, which requires the state legislature to provide for «a uniform system of common schools.»

The plaintiffs in Schwartz v. Lopez (see Legal Clips for background on suit) alleged that SB 302 violates the requirement for a uniform school system under Article 11, Section 2; and diverts public school funds contrary to Article 11, Section 2 and Section 6.

The plaintiffs in Duncan v. State of Nevada (see Legal Clips for background on suit) asserted a constitutional challenge to SB 302, alleging that it diverts public funds to private schools, many of which are religious, in violation of Article 11, Section 10 (which prohibits public funds from being used for sectarian purpose).

While there is precedent for filing the suit against all of the defendants together, other similar cases have resulted in a judge ordering that there be separate trials for each defendant, making the plaintiff much less likely to sue each offender.

Let us start a class action lawsuit thea gets Mmoney for the Plaintiffs... because the problem is that the Plaintiffs in Class action suits end up with zip and the lawyers get all the money.

Let us start a class action lawsuit that gets Money for the Plaintiffs... because the problem is that the Plaintiffs in Class action suits end up with zip and the lawyers get all the money.

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.

There is of course more, but I'm going to stop because I realize that while all this is good evidence for harms caused by anthropogenic climate change in general, to be really relevant to the topic at hand, we should be looking at the specific harms alleged by the plaintiffs in the suit over which judge Alsup is presiding.

Exxon and other fossil fuel companies could face «a huge universe of potential plaintiffs» in civil liability suits in coming years, said Carroll Muffett, a lawyer who is president and CEO of the Center for International Environmental Law, with offices in Washington and Geneva.

A number of legal bloggers roundly condemned Jones Day for bringing the suit, with Public Citizen lawyer Paul Alan Levy leading the backlash with his post at the Consumer Law & Policy Blog in which he said that the lawsuit deserved a prize for «grossest abuse of trademark law to suppress speech the plaintiff doesn't like.»

On November 19, 2008, a Lee County, Alabama jury returned a defense verdict for Black & Decker (U.S.) Inc. in a product liability suit in which the plaintiff alleged that a Dewalt small angle grinder was defectively designed.

A typical example of forum shopping, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is where the plaintiff institutes a suit in the jurisdiction with a reputation for awarding high damages, disdain for political gimmicks or filing several similar suits and keeping the one with the preferred Judge.

According to PointofLaw.com, plaintiffs» attorneys are seeking a $ 1.6 billion federal tax break for contingent - fee lawyers that would allow them deduct expenses as made, rather than in the year of settling a suit.

Acted for Laroe Estates before the US Supreme Court in a dispute over when intervenors as of right must independently demonstrate Article III standing, following Laroe's attempt to intervene in a suit brought by an individual plaintiff against the Town of Chester.

The plaintiffs in the matter, who were terminated and subsequently filed suit for age discrimination, sought information stored within the application, hoping it would prove their performance was equal to or better than other sales professionals within the organization.

Dr. Hill's work has included serving as trial counsel for plaintiffs and defendants in patent infringement suits involving breast and ovarian cancer gene tests, radiology informatics, hospital information systems, orthopedic surgical devices, MRI diffusion tensor imaging, generic drugs in Hatch - Waxman patent litigation, and biologics in suits brought under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act.

You've seen them more times than you can count — the television advertisements, running at all hours of the day, in search of plaintiffs for medical malpractice suits.