Sentences with phrase «lawsuit on behalf of its members»

Special standing rules exist for an association bringing a lawsuit on behalf of its members.

An association has standing to bring a lawsuit on behalf of its members when: (1) the members have standing to bring the lawsuit on their own; (2) the interests that the association is seeking to protect are related to the association's purpose; and (3) neither the claim asserted nor the relief requested require the participation of individual association members.

Not exact matches

ALBANY, NY (08/04/2008)(readMedia)-- Retirees Win $ 3.6 million judgement against county WHITE PLAINS — CSEA, New York's leading union, has won a $ 3.6 million class action lawsuit against Westchester County on behalf of 1,600 retired union members.

The injunction granted by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit came in a lawsuit filed on behalf of a 16 - year - old member of the school choir who objected to the songs because she is Jewish.

Its plans cover telephone consultations, letters and phone calls on a member's behalf, defense in civil lawsuits (with caps on time), a will, a power of attorney, a living will, IRS audits, and assistance with motor vehicle moving violations and related criminal charges.

A medical malpractice lawsuit in these situations are not on behalf of the deceased, but instead claim that the close family members suffered compensate losses as a result of this death.

Ecojustice, formerly Sierra Legal Defence Fund, has launched a lawsuit on behalf of Aamjiwnaaang First Nation members, Ron Plain and Ada Lockridge, alleging that the cumulative effects of government approved pollution in Sarnia's Chemical Valley amounts to a violation of their human rights under sections 7 and 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Earlier in her career, Amy was associated with a large international law firm in Manhattan, where she was a member of the appellate team that successfully appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of a major health insurance company in a multi-district class action lawsuit.

Alternatively, a family member may also have a claim for a survival action, which is a lawsuit brought on behalf of the decedent for the pain and suffering they experienced before death.

Canada's other main submission was the argument that «things were different back then,» and given the knowledge at the time, it was not foreseeable that trans - racial foster and adoptive placements would cause such great harm.Chief Marcia Brown Martel, a member of the Temagami First Nations near Kirkland Lake Ontario, led the class - action lawsuit on behalf of approximately 16,000 Aboriginal children who were placed in non-Aboriginal adoptive and / or foster homes in Ontario between 1965 and 1983, and suffered the loss of their cultural identity.

«Defendant breached the implied contracts it made with Plaintiffs and Class Members by purposefully slowing down older iPhone models when new models come out and by failing to properly disclose that at the time the parties entered into an agreement,» reads a lawsuit filed by Wilshire Law Firm on behalf of Stefan Bogdanovich and Dakota Speas.

The fourth lawsuit, submitted yesterday in San Jose by attorney Jeremiah Hallisey, is filed on behalf of the company's shareholders against Zuckerberg, COO Sheryl Sandberg, and board members.

Editor's note: These real estate practitioners, acting not as individuals but on behalf of all members of the Charlottesville (Va.) Area Association of REALTORS ®, were named defendants in a lawsuit because they had undertaken to develop a publication for the good of the whole association, says NAR's Legal Affairs department.