Sentences with phrase «frivolous claims being filed»

But the impression he wants to suggest, that there are, in fact, frivolous claims being filed everywhere, is a fiction created by the insurance industry and corporate executives.

Not exact matches

In the event that you are able to demonstrate that the costs of Arbitration will be prohibitive as compared to the costs of litigation, NBCUniversal will pay as much of your filing and hearing fees in connection with the Arbitration as the Arbitrator deems necessary to prevent the arbitration from being cost - prohibitive, regardless of the outcome of the Arbitration, unless the Arbitrator determines that your claim (s) were frivolous or asserted in bad faith;

Yelp hasn't commented on the third lawsuit, but in a blog post March 4 headlined «Different Day, Different Lawyer, Same Meritless Claim: A Classic Race to the Courthouse,» the company's co-founder and CEO Jeremy Stoppelman called the two suits filed so far «frivolous» and said the allegations «are false and easily refuted.»

Randy Nunez and a few others have filed a definitive frivolous class action lawsuit against Microsoft and Bungie that claims that Halo 3 isn't compatible with the Xbox 360.

For example, in Colorado civil cases, some of the more common grounds for an award of attorneys» fees to a defending party are: (a) a two - sided contractual fee shifting term, (b) dismissal of the case before filing an answer for failure to state a claim when tort claims were asserted, (c) a determination that the suit was groundless, frivolous or vexatious, (d) violation of certain rules relating to disclosure of information to the other party, (e) a statutory fee shifting provision in the case of a claim based upon a statutorily created right which is present in some statutes but not others.

The Court's emphasis on «reasonableness» in Kirtsaeng is a warning to parties to carefully consider the strength of their legal theories before filing — as unfounded or frivolous claims may lead to fee shifting.

According to CNN, the Trump campaign called the lawsuit «frivolous», with Campaign Manager Brad Parscale stating: «This is a sham lawsuit about a bogus Russian collusion claim filed by a desperate, dysfunctional, and nearly insolvent Democratic Party.

This is not because people are rushing out and filing frivolous claims that get paid.

If the arbitrator finds that either the substance of your claim or the relief sought in the Demand is frivolous or brought for an improper purpose (as measured by the standards set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 (b)-RRB-, then the payment of all AAA filing, administration, and arbitrator fees will be governed by the AAA Rules.

Customers with poor credit could also be more likely to file a frivolous claim for financial reasons.

Spokeo asked the Supreme Court to issue a ruling that would prevent the filing of what it contends are essentially frivolous claims that could saddle e-commerce firms and other businesses with costly damages.

Thus, I could see a patent troll, who is hailed into state court, quickly filing a counter claim / suit and having the case removed to federal court, and then successfully using the Federal Circuit's definition of objective recklessness (which also covers frivolous suits and attorney's fees under 35 U.S.C. 285) to avoid any state law claims.

The Resident filed a counterclaim against Horowitz, claiming that his lawsuit was frivolous and he also claimed that Horowitz had made defamatory statements about him when he said that «all of the problems that the project is having were caused by [the Resident] and [the Committee]».