Sentences with phrase «of civil plaintiffs»

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But is it right that a civil servant will be left to dole out up to $ 500,000 to each plaintiff without BP having the right of appeal, from a BP escrow that has no ultimate cap.

He adds, «Where we might have hoped for a level of calm analysis and civic, even civil, discussion of the case in all of its humanity and complexity, we have been given little more than banner headlines, orchestrated press conferences, serial fascination with priestly deviancy, and plaintiff strategy.»

Their first meeting, and interactions with Edie Windsor, the plaintiff in the landmark 2013 civil rights case in which the Supreme Court held that restricting U.S. federal interpretation of «marriage» and «spouse» can apply only to opposite - sex unions was unconstitutional.

A recent lawsuit was settled between the county's sheriff's office and the New York Civil Liberties Union on behalf of six juvenile plaintiffs.

A number of witnesses were to testify in favor of a marriage equality plank in the platform: Marc Solomon, national campaign director for Freedom to Marry; Allison Herwitt, legislative director for the Human Rights Campaign; Army Chief Warrant Officer Charlie Morgan, a lesbian New Hampshire guardsman with stage - four incurable breast cancer and a plaintiff in Servicemembers Legal Defense Network's lawsuit against the Defense of Marriage Act; Michael Macleod - Ball, the American Civil Liberties Union's chief of staff for the Washington Legislative Office; and Aaron Zellhoefer, a gay delegate to the Democratic National Convention representing the National Stonewall Democrats.

The City Council today voted to create a new «Office of Civil Justice» to better connect plaintiffs in housing and immigration court with attorneys — an initiative Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito has dubbed «the people's law firm.»

Last week, a federal judge ruled in a civil suit that stop - and - frisk violated the constitutional rights of the plaintiffs, and appointed a monitor to oversee changes to the policy.

The American Civil Liberties Union sued on behalf of federal employees to block the online disclosure provisions; plaintiffs included 45 NIH researchers and other federal scientists.

This year Myriad's patent was challenged in court by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of 20 plaintiffs, including the American College of Medical Genetics, the Association for Molecular Pathology, and various individuals, including Ceriani.

On Dec. 5, Cory Toth, a former professor at the University of Calgary (U of C), appeared in an Edmonton, Alberta courtroom as the plaintiff in a lawsuit filed in Provincial Civil Court.

Kobe Bryant was given a standing ovation despite facing a sex - assault charge in 2003 (which was dropped after the accuser refused to testify — a civil case was later settled out of court with Bryant apologising to the plaintiff without admitting guilt).

Plaintiffs included the state's teachers unions, the Arizona School Boards Association, the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, and the People for the American Way.

Massachusetts 2020 and the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, along with education, civil rights and child advocacy leaders, submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in support of the plaintiffs in the Hancock vs. Driscoll school financing case.

The lawsuit is the first test of the applicability of the state's 1972 Equal Rights Amendment to voting - rights issues, said James C. Harrington, legal director of the Texas Civil Liberties Union, which together with the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund is representing the plaintiffs.

The New York Civil Liberties Union was co-counsel on the case and represented plaintiffs Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum and Jennifer Freeman, a parent and the secretary of District 3's CEC, which includes PS 241.

If the reports of an impending Justice Department settlement are true, this would strengthen the hand of the class action plaintiffs and likely force a civil settlement.

The lead attorney representing the plaintiffs argued that this rule does not apply in this case because «the exception to this policy is where the officer personally committed a tort: a wrongful act or an infringement of a right (other than under contract) leading to civil legal liability.»

Although my insurance company has attempted to establish contact with the plaintiff's attorney during the preceding three years, without success, the plaintiff filed a civil suit in my county one week before the statute of limitations was to run out.

Plaintiffs thereupon brought this action claiming inter alia that defendants» exercise of the «due - on» clause in these circumstances constituted an unreasonable restraint on alienation within the meaning of Civil Code section 711, and that as a result they were damaged in the amount of the difference between what the Nolls owed them under the installment land contract and what they in turn owed Lassen on the original loan.

Exxon and other fossil fuel companies could face «a huge universe of potential plaintiffs» in civil liability suits in coming years, said Carroll Muffett, a lawyer who is president and CEO of the Center for International Environmental Law, with offices in Washington and Geneva.

These counterclaims seek to defend the jewel in the crown of our civil liberties... If successful, they will make plaintiff liable for his serial efforts to stifle and avoid criticism of his work on a highly controversial issue of intense public interest...

In the civil context, the plaintiff has the burden of proof, and that burden is often the deciding factor in jury trials where there is conflicting evidence or no evidence at all.

Under California's Unruh Civil Rights Act, plaintiffs can collect a minimum of $ 4,000 in damages per violation beyond attorneys» fees.

Data was analyzed by grouping all of the prosecuting attorneys and plaintiffs» attorneys together as one group (referred to as plaintiff attorneys hereafter) and all of the criminal defense attorneys and civil defense attorneys as another group (referred to as defense attorneys hereafter).

The Plaintiffs sought the identity of the blogger through Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 202, which states,

● Causation is established where the plaintiff proves to the civil standard on a balance of probabilities that the defendant caused or contributed to the injury.

A new legal - funding site launched this month with the goal of connecting plaintiffs in civil litigation with investors who compete to advance them a small portion of any future settlement or award.

Paragraphs 4.1 to 4.8 decide upon the admissibility of the civil organisation plaintiffs, before Section 5 engages in the substantive assessment of the claims.

In response, plaintiffs» lawyers argued that bringing the case to the Office of Special Counsel was «utterly unrealistic» and that the Civil Justice Reform Act did not contemplate the unique situation presented by the case.

However, he argued that the court should dispose of the case because the plaintiffs failed to exhaust their remedies under the Civil Service Reform Act, which required plaintiffs to first bring their claims to the Office of Special Counsel.

We have a statewide civil trial practice [in Oregon] focusing on representation of plaintiffs and defendants in complex personal injury claims.

A plaintiff in a civil case would have to recite his oath (not a promise to tell the truth, but his side of the story) orally, and could not err, or even stammer.

The attorney for the plaintiffs in the civil lawsuit, Daniel F. Pyne III of Hopkins & Carley in San Jose, Calif., emailed that he is traveling this week and could speak with me next week.

This week, Broward (Florida) Circuit Judge Richard Eadea expanded the traditional limits of liability in injuries caused by texting in another way, when he granted the plaintiff's motion to allow punitive damages in a civil negligence suit.

The appellate court affirmed the appeal of the postjudgment appeals ruling, finding the trial judge properly found the «gist» of the complaint / cross-claims were to enforce provisions of the governing documents on equitable theories such that plaintiff prevailed and was entitled to fees under Civil Code section 1354 (c).

The Reinartz Law Firm offers aggressive representation and legal counsel to plaintiffs and defendants alike in a variety of civil litigation matters involving:

During the month of April, 2014, Canadian Defence Lawyers (CDL, Canada's voice of civil litigation defence lawyers) surveyed its Ontario membership in order to identify areas of unnecessary conflict between plaintiff and defence lawyers in personal injury litigation.

She has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in cases on a wide variety of claims, including breach of contract, fraud, defamation, and civil liability for cyberstalking.

In SC v. NS, the plaintiff in a physical and sexual assault lawsuit produced, in compliance with her documentary discovery obligations under the Rules of Civil Procedure, highly private medical, counselling and academic records to the defendant, her former boyfriend.

As one of a distinguished group of attorneys who have been listed in Best Lawyers in America for 20 years, Andy has been selected by his peers for inclusion in eight categories: Appellate Practice, Bet - the - Company Litigation, Labor & Employment Litigation, White - Collar Criminal Defense, Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs, Civil Rights Law, and Real Estate Litigation.

The Plaintiff then takes 3 copies of the completed Complaint, the Civil Cover Sheet, and a $ 78 filing fee to the Franklin County Municipal Court Civil Law Clerk at:

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She was selected «Best of the Bar» by The Kansas City Business Journal in 2015 and 2016 and was named a Top 40 Under 40 trial lawyer for civil plaintiff practice by The National Trial Lawyers in 2016.

A private nuisance, however, is a civil tort under which the plaintiff can sue for damages or injunction if the public nuisance substantially interferes with the use of an individual's adjoining land.

Although the plaintiffs in this particular lawsuit were the railroad companies, the article notes that several of the families of the passengers and conductor who were killed in the crash have filed civil suits against the trucking company, the driver's estate, and his insurance company.

Acknowledging the issues were novel, the motions judge in SC v. NS concluded that the defendant / accused had breached the deemed undertaking of confidentiality when he used for his criminal defence the plaintiff's documentary productions from the civil case without first seeking directions from the court as to whether and how he could do so.

[38] For these reasons, the plaintiff's action will be dismissed under Rule 22 - 7 for want of prosecution, failure to comply with the Civil Rules, and failure to comply with the Order of this Court dated August 11, 2011.

California Civil Code Section 3294 allows a plaintiff in a personal injury case to seek punitive damages when «the defendant has been guilty of oppression, fraud, or malice.»

Brennan has received recognition for being a Top 10 Under 40 Attorney for Missouri by the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys (2017), a Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers for Missouri by the National Trial Lawyers (2017), and a Rising Star by Missouri / Kansas Super Lawyers (2015 - 2017).

«Because of the force that a conviction has in a factually overlapping later civil proceeding, the plaintiff in a lawsuit may decide not to wait for trial to obtain a ruling on liability, preferring instead to move for summary judgment on liability to gain an upper hand,» Gracewrites.