Nevertheless, the arguments are frequently crunched through, probably because of an important Illinois Supreme Court ruling from 1990 which is still good law, Rollins v. Ellwood,
involving claims brought against a Baltimore police officer, among others, sounding in intentional tort for his role in the apprehension of a misidentified criminal defendant and Illinois resident in Illinois, for which the Court found the officer was not subject to Illinois jurisdiction.
Not exact matches
The case
involved a
claim of attempted monopolization levied
against Uber,
brought by the Philadelphia Taxi Association and a number of individual taxi drivers.
In his judgment summary, Justice Martin said although Mr Marsh and his wife
brought two causes of action
against Mr Baxter - common law negligence
involving the breach of a duty to ensure there was no escape of GM material, and the tort of private nuisance - they
claimed only financial loss.
There was also a lawsuit in San Diego
brought against the city and various animal welfare groups and advocates
involved with passing the ordinance, but the
claims against animal welfare groups were dismissed and the pet store owner
bringing the suit ultimately dropped it
against the city of San Diego.
Mesa Law Firm successfully represented its client in a commercial litigation matter it
brought against an individual
involving claims of misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract, tortious interference with business relationships, defamation and injunctive relief.
If your cosmetic surgery went wrong, you may be entitled to
bring a cosmetic surgery compensation
claim against the doctors
involved.
On the heels of three cases
involving military members injured «off of the battlefield,» the United States Supreme Court passed the Feres Doctrine in 1950, making these individuals and their families unable to
bring a
claim against the federal government for such.
Erste Group AG v Red October (with Richard Snowden QC and Richard Morgan QC): conspiracy
claims brought by an Austrian bank
against Russian state entities
involving allegations that a corporate borrower was stripped of its assets and forced into insolvency to avoid its liabilities under a US$ 80 million loan facility.
Compelling to arbitration — and ultimately obtaining dismissal with prejudice of all
claims — a statewide putative class and representative action
brought against a craft store chain in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California that
involved meal and rest break, failure to pay wages, inaccurate wage statements, unfair business practices, and PAGA
claims;
The action
involved a
claim brought by James Riley («Riley»), a 14 - year - old boy who lost his eye,
against Ryan Reeb («Reeb»).
The issue was whether the principle provided a defence to a
claim brought by a company
involved in a fraud,
against a third party, in respect of losses suffered as a result of the fraud.
If you were
involved in an accident where this may not have been the case, you may consider
bringing a personal injury
claim against the driver or trucking company.
He was
involved in litigation about the LMX spiral and
claims brought by Lloyd's names
against underwriters and agents, and has acted in disputes about both proportional and non-proportional reinsurance.
Nearly half of the medical malpractice
claims brought against physicians and healthcare facilities every year
involve some sort of misdiagnoses.
«TCC
claims 2.1 The following are examples of the types of
claim which it may be appropriate to
bring as TCC
claims --(a) building or other construction disputes, including
claims for the enforcement of the decisions of adjudicators under the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996; (b) engineering disputes; (c)
claims by and
against engineers, architects, surveyors, accountants and other specialised advisers relating to the services they provide; (d)
claims by and
against local authorities relating to their statutory duties concerning the development of land or the construction of buildings; (e)
claims relating to the design, supply and installation of computers, computer software and related network systems; (f)
claims relating to the quality of goods sold or hired, and work done, materials supplied or services rendered; (g)
claims between landlord and tenant for breach of a repairing covenant; (h)
claims between neighbours, owners and occupiers of land in trespass, nuisance etc; (i)
claims relating to the environment (for example, pollution cases); (j)
claims arising out of fires; (k)
claims involving taking of accounts where these are complicated; and (l) challenges to decisions of arbitrators in construction and engineering disputes including applications for permission to appeal and appeals.»
Mass tort litigation typically has three distinctive characteristics: they must
involve a large volume of
claims brought against the same product or circumstance, the underlying facts of each
claim must be similar, and the
claims should be complementary to one another.
Co-wrote an appellate brief whereby the federal district court reversed a bankruptcy court and ruled that an architect could
bring a third - party
claim involving a large public project
against a consultant who had previously obtained a discharge in bankruptcy.
Paul Key QC and Siddharth Dhar acted for the Republic of Kazakhstan in major 7 - day Commercial Court trial
involving detailed allegations of Kazakh and Lebanese law relating to very significant
claims brought against the State by Ruby Roz, a Kazakh poultry farm company.
This type of
claim can be
brought against the obstetrician caring for the pregnant women during the pregnancy, the doctor who delivered the child, the nurses and medical caregivers
involved in your labor or the medical facility at which your child's birth took place.
Cases
involving Medicare fraud, defense contractor fraud and other types of fraud
against the federal government and states
brought under the False
Claims Act and similar state whistleblower laws.
If you or a loved one has been
involved in an accident with a commercial vehicle, you may be entitled to recover compensation for your injuries by
bringing a legal
claim against the responsible parties.
Multi-district litigation (MDL) is a federal legal procedure for complex civil actions
involving people in multiple districts who are all
bringing a similar
claim against the same party or parties.
If you were a passenger in a vehicle that suffered a rollover accident due to the driver's negligence, or if you were
involved in a crash in which another vehicle collided with your vehicle and sent you into a rollover, you can
bring a negligence
claim against that driver to recover compensation.
CNA states that of all the
claims brought against hospitals, those
involving death predominate over all others.
Ms. Tomasco provided an overview of trends in litigation
brought by providers
against managed care organizations, for example, antitrust
claims, suits
involving claims for payment under benefit assignment agreements, network participation
claims, and contract disputes.
If you or a loved one has been
involved in an accident with a commercial truck, you may be entitled to recover compensation for your injuries by
bringing a legal
claim against the responsible parties.
Obtained a defense jury verdict in a case
involving claims brought under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act (MCPA)
against a restoration and remodeling contractor before the District Court for Harford County.
I have relied on the Law Office of Patrick Conkey for all of my legal matters for over two decades, and I will continue to rely on this law firm in the future for advice and representation in business litigation; and for personal injury
claims that I have
brought for accidents which were not my fault; and for insurance
claims against both my insurance company, and the responsible party's insurance company in accident cases in which I was
involved.
Often a
claim for barrister Negligence would also
involve bringing a concurrent
claim against the solicitor, who was also acting in the
claim, for solicitor Negligence.
While the criminal proceedings might
involve a determination of what restitution is to be made to you, the victim in the incident, it isn't designed for that purpose, which is why we have civil courts in which you can
bring a civil
claim (likely of negligence)
against the drunk driver who caused the accident in which you were injured.
Kathy has also defended an international dialysis services provider
against RICO
claims in federal court based on allegedly fraudulent billing activity, represented a pharmaceutical services provider in a billing dispute with a chain of nursing homes, defended home health agencies in suits
brought by employees pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act, and represented other providers and associations of providers as plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of matters in federal and state court
involving issues ranging from contract interpretation to cash receipts assessments to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Bus accident lawsuits are generally complex and often
involve assessing liability and
bringing claims against third parties - such as an insurance company.
Acting for the liquidators of the Rangers football club,
bringing substantial fraud
claims against individuals
involved in the takeover of the club.
Zelle's financial services team recently successfully defended a class action
brought against a large bank
involving claims of breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, and violations of a state consumer protection statute.
If you or a loved one has been injured in an accident
involving a commercial truck, you may be entitled to recover compensation for your injuries by
bringing a legal
claim against the responsible parties.
Not surprisingly, the three longest decisions of the year were in complex commercial cases, one
involving alleged inducement to make a multi-million dollar loan (VTB Capital plc v Nutritek [2013] UKSC 5), another on how to calculate the value of unjustly received services (Benedetti v Sawiris [2013] UKSC 50), and the third relating to the settlement of a
claim brought by shipowners
against insurers (The Alexandros T [2013] UKSC 70).
Just days after affirming an administrative law judge's decision to dismiss price fixing
claims brought under Section 337
against numerous foreign steel companies for failing to plead «antitrust injury» (see our prior post), the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a notice announcing institution of another investigation
involving antitrust
claims (Certain Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), Components Thereof, and Products Containing Same, Inv.
As legal secretary to the CAT he was
involved in all the first «landmark appeals
against the decisions of the OFT and sectoral regulators under the Competition Act 1998, reviews of merger control decisions under the Enterprise Act 2002 and the first «follow on»
claims for damages
brought in the Tribunal under the 1998 Act.