Sentences with phrase «malicious prosecution in a case»

Obtained a directed verdict on all but one count of a complaint and a defendants» verdict on the remaining count for two Fairfield County police officers accused of false imprisonment, unreasonable search and seizure pursuant to the Fourth Amendment, and malicious prosecution in a case brought by two elderly residents charged with animal cruelty.

Not exact matches

But Assistant U.S. Attorney M. Anthony Brown, who specializes in sex - crime cases and is handling prosecution duties, claims the omission was not legally important or malicious.

But, in most cases of serious criminal charges like this one, either a grand jury probable cause finding, or a preliminary hearing probable cause finding, both made well prior to a trial, will conclusively preclude a malicious prosecution or civil rights lawsuit.

In recognition of this fact, courts have repeatedly affirmed that a finding of malicious prosecution will be unavailable in all but the most extreme and egregious caseIn recognition of this fact, courts have repeatedly affirmed that a finding of malicious prosecution will be unavailable in all but the most extreme and egregious casein all but the most extreme and egregious cases.

In that case, three separate actions for malicious prosecution were brought against the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (the «OSPCA») who had charged three individuals with animal cruelty offences.

Interesting that the US Supreme Court is now considering the limits of malicious prosecution too, in a quite frightful case where the prosecutors knew the accused was innocent but got a conviction anyway.

Canart allegedly filed a report against Dr. Foda according to the Capital Health Corporate Workplace Respect Policy, raising issues in the Alberta case of malicious prosecution.

Yesterday's decision in Arsenovski v. Bodin 2016 BCSC 359 underscores the court's strong discontent for malicious prosecution by ICBC over perceived fraud cases.

In 2002 Wilkins and co-defendant Roy Buchner hired civil rights attorney Ray Twohig to file a lawsuit against police for malicious prosecution in the Torreon casIn 2002 Wilkins and co-defendant Roy Buchner hired civil rights attorney Ray Twohig to file a lawsuit against police for malicious prosecution in the Torreon casin the Torreon case.

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...

He appeared in Gregory v Portsmouth City Council [2001] AC 419, a case on whether the tort of malicious prosecution should be extended to disciplinary proceedings.

Examples of such cases are Chandler v Cape Plc [2011] EWHC 951 (QB)(liability of non-employer for exposure to asbestos), Kynixa Ltd v Hynes and others [2008] EWHC 1495 (QB)(claims arising from alleged breaches of restrictive covenants in employment contracts), Romantiek BVBA v Simms [2008] EWHC 3099 (QB) a claim alleging that a public official had committed the tort of misfeasance in public office when discharging a licensing function, OOO and others v The Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [20011] EWHC 1246 (QB)(claims by young foreign females that they had been trafficked into the UK by foreign nationals for the purpose of slavery and that officers of the Metropolitan Police Force breached their human rights in failing to investigate their complaints adequately or at all) and Mouncher and others v The Chief Constable of South Wales Police [2016] EWHC 1367 (QB)(claims by retired and serving police officers for false imprisonment, misfeasance in public office and malicious prosecution against South Wales Police arising from an investigation by officers of that force into alleged criminal conduct on the part of the claimants during the course of an investigation into a notorious murder in South Wales.

There are several reasons for this: first, in many states, anti-SLAPP statutes exist, which allow a malicious prosecution defendant to seek early dismissal of the case.

As reported by Law360, a California state judge recently ruled that Latham & Watkins tentatively was entitled to an award of attorney's fees to the tune of about $ 1.6 million as damages in a malicious prosecution case against litigants Messrs. Parrish and Fitzgibbons, in a case which produced quite a bit of appellate activity (including a published California Supreme Court decision).

But as the dissent points out, there is now a conflict in the Canadian case law on malicious prosecution.

Umbrella policies will provide coverage in case of false arrest, malicious prosecution, invasion of privacy, defamation of character, libel, slander, wrongful entry, or eviction.