Sentences with phrase «from civil lawsuits»

Government Agencies are Generally Immune from Civil Lawsuits Governments and government agencies generally enjoy what is called sovereign immunity from negligence lawsuits for injuries and deaths that are caused in public places.

And one thing Ken Anderson doesn't have to worry about is being sued for damages by Michael Morton because the Supreme Court has ruled that prosecutors have «absolute immunity» from civil lawsuits for their legal work.

Under the California Tort Claims Act, government bodies are generally immune from civil lawsuits.

The inclusion of farm workers within the provisions of The Workers Compensation Act means that farm employers are now immune from civil lawsuits from farm workers.

While it is possible to sue a local government or government agency for an injury that occurred at a public, community or school pool, these cases are rare and difficult due to tort immunity that protects the government from civil lawsuits.

Those companies that asked received a letter signed by the U.S. attorney general indicating such exposure didn't meet the legal definition of a wiretap and granting them immunity from civil lawsuits, the person said.

President Bush sits down to sign the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which shielded the firearms industry from civil lawsuits brought by victims of gun crimes.

However, the confidentiality requirement will not protect you from a civil lawsuit by a lawyer who believes he or she has been wrongly accused.

As Julian predicted a few days ago, Judge Doug McKeon of the Bronx Supreme Court (that is the trial court level, New York state) today rejected former IMF Chief Dominique Strauss Kahn's claim that he was entitled to immunity from a civil lawsuit brought by a former maid at the Sofitel Hotel in New York for the same acts that caused the Manhattan DA to at first charge DSK with sexual assault, charges that later were dismissed.

Keywords: State Immunity from Civil Lawsuit; State Immunity Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. S - 18; Sovereign Equality of States

Facts of the Case The OPRA case sprung from a civil lawsuit filed against

I pleaded guilty to lower charges and exempt from a civil lawsuit by the plaintiff suing me.

Not exact matches

The settlements rank as the largest known recovery from Moody's and S&P in a private lawsuit for civil damages, Calpers said.

On Wednesday, the U.S. federal prosecutors have filed civil lawsuits seeking to seize assets worth more than $ 1 billion, allegedly stolen from Malaysian state fund 1MDB, which has been under investigation for more than a year.

«State attorneys general told five of the nation's largest banks on Tuesday they face a potential liability of at least $ 17 billion in civil lawsuits if a settlement isn't reached to address improper foreclosure practices» a «figure [that] doesn't cover additional billions of dollars in potential claims from federal agencies,» the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

An offer for the studio from a group of investors led by former Obama administration official Maria Contreras - Sweet failed to produce a deal earlier this year, after New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a civil lawsuit against the company and demanded more compensation for Harvey Weinstein's victims.

The irreversible damage that comes from a conviction by plea bargain is that it creates an admissible public record of guilt for assault for use in any and every civil lawsuit that anyone files against him related to this incident.

AG Andrew Cuomo filed a second civil lawsuit against Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., accusing him of running a «sham» job training program and pocketing $ 1.35 million from it.

The governor, who as attorney general filed a civil lawsuit against Espada over siphoning $ 14 million from his health clinics for meals and other personal perks, «has been given carte blanche to do anything he wants» said Espada.

Five upstate counties already receive full funding for legal services from the state, the result of a lawsuit that state officials settled with the New York Civil Liberties Union in 2014.

Prevent claimants who are rejected from the VCF from then pursuing a civil lawsuit.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo last month announced the state would not defend a lawsuit from the New York Civil Liberties Union against a constitutional provision that makes it difficult for agricultural workers to unionize.

«These charges come from a baseless civil lawsuit from the same people who were being investigated by the Moreland Commission that the governor shut down, and they'll be thrown out by the federal court as soon as it gets there.»

It would also allow victims to bring civil lawsuits for 50 years from when their attacks took place and would open up a one - year look - back window for survivors who under current law can no longer bring cases to do so.

(WBEN) A federal lawsuit is coming from Carl Paladino saying that the groups that are trying to remove him from the Buffalo School Board conspired together against him — to deprive him of his civil rights.

In February 2018, Schneiderman brought a civil rights lawsuit against The Weinstein Company, alleging the company «repeatedly broke New York law by failing to protect its employees from pervasive sexual harassment, intimidation, and discrimination.»

Dueling lawsuits from District 20 City Council candidates Yen Chou and James Wu were each withdrawn in Queens Civil Court this morning, while a days - long court battle may be in the offing for Constantine Kavadas.

For civil cases, a person would have until their 28th birthday to bring a lawsuit against a predator, up from the current 23.

Two former residents of the Syosset Mobile Home Park are seeking $ 14 million in damages from Nassau County, the county sheriff's department and Nassau police for alleged wrongful eviction and deprivation of civil rights, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court.

The raid came one day after Mr. Cuomo filed a broad civil lawsuit against Mr. Espada, a Bronx Democrat, and 19 other current and former Soundview officials, accusing them of «looting» at least $ 14 million from the nonprofit organization to pay for Mr. Espada's personal and campaign expenses.

In the civil lawsuit that Attorney General Andrew Cuomo brought against Espada in April, the Senator was accused of having employees from his Soundview health clinics illegally work on his campaigns while they were being paid by the clinics.

It would also allow victims to file civil lawsuits until their 28th birthday, up from the current 23rd birthday.

And two weeks ago, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Weinstein Co., stating that the studio «repeatedly broke New York law by failing to protect its employees from pervasive sexual harassment, intimidation, and discrimination.»

A Manhattan appeals court ruled on Thursday in two separate lawsuits that a long - established but contentious provision of the New York civil rights code prevents the disciplinary records of city police officers from being publicly released.

In civil cases, such as a lawsuit for damages from a vehicle accident or from a medical problem, testing and analysis by a qualified forensic scientist may be used by either side to address the validity of the allegations in the suit.

The first salvo was fired by Don Venable and Rick Finlan in 1991, when they said in a civil lawsuit that the district had improperly spent $ 25 million from a 1985 bond issue.

Michael McLaughlin argues in a lawsuit filed last month in U.S. District Court that the district violated his daughter's civil rights by rejecting her from the highly competitive Boston Latin School largely because she is white.

Bolick and the Goldwater Institute, along with Arizona schools superintendent John Huppenthal and the Institute for Justice, a civil liberties law firm, are defending the program from a lawsuit filed by the Arizona teachers union and state school boards association.

From the 10 - K: «On October 22, 2014, former civil immigration detainees at the Aurora Immigration Detention Center filed a class action lawsuit against the Company in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado (the «Court»).

In Boston, it was a federal civil rights lawsuit, not a state law, that led to busing, and the resulting widespread protests and white flight from the public school system.

Automotive designer Henrik Fisker has filed $ 100 million civil extortion lawsuit against former employer Aston Martin, alleging that the automaker is trying to prevent him from displaying a new...

Automotive designer Henrik Fisker has filed $ 100 million civil extortion lawsuit against former employer Aston Martin, alleging that the automaker is trying to prevent him from displaying a new automobile designed by him at the Detroit Auto Show, which starts next week.

On April 11, 2012, the department filed a civil antitrust lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Apple, Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster, for conspiring to end e-book retailers» freedom to compete on price by taking control of pricing from e-book retailers and substantially increasing the prices that consumers paid for e-books.

Monetary (civil) judgments resulting from a lawsuit can also make their way onto your credit report.

The change is part of a series of steps taken by the credit bureaus, which last July eliminated civil judgment records — notes that a consumer owes a debt to a court as a result of a lawsuit — from credit reports, as well as half the tax lien data they had.

Aside from fines and penalties imposed from the City, careless pet owners who allow their animals to run at large may be exposed to civil lawsuits.

Usually civil lawsuits resulting from a dog attack are not filed until criminal culpability has been established.

The federation filed the lawsuit based on complaints from more than 30 blind customers nationwide who have been denied rides because they had guide dogs — a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act and California civil rights laws.

ALDF filed a civil lawsuit resulting in a settlement that prohibited Conyers from ever owning another animal.

Examples from the exhibition include: William Moore McCulloch, who worked tirelessly for equal rights at the risk of political suicide and was recognized by President Kennedy for his important influence in passing the Civil Rights Act; Edward Brooke, one of the first Republicans to call on President Nixon to resign in light of the Watergate scandal; Mose Wright, who in 1955 testified at the trial of the men who brutally abducted, tortured, and murdered his great nephew, Emmett Till, for allegedly whistling at a white woman; and Lois Jenson, a Minnesota miner who, in 1988, filed Lois E. Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co. and won the first class - action sexual harassment lawsuit in the United States.