Sentences with phrase «of plaintiffs who»

Their job is to advance the interests of plaintiffs who retain them.

The New Mexico Supreme Court recently handed down a decision that may significantly impact the ability of plaintiffs who are injured on another's property to have their claims heard by a jury.

The case was a victory in favor of the plaintiffs who suffered unjustly from Barnett's extreme and hateful antics.

(U.S. June 19, 2017) in which the court finds that «specific personal jurisdiction» (as opposed to «general jurisdiction») is lacking with regard to the claims of members of the class of plaintiffs who are not California residents in this case brought in a California state trial court (in an 8 - 1 decision with Justice Sotomayor dissenting).

This article, «Web Site Encourages Blacklist of Med - Mal Plaintiffs» (Law.com 7/25/06), reports on Litipages.com, a Web site that lists the names of plaintiffs who have filed medical malpractice cases in Florida and their attorneys.

For example, the site says that it publicizes the names of plaintiffs who file a malpractice case and fail to win at a jury trial.

In contrast, the Ontario Court of Appeal in Heaslip Estate v Mansfield Ski Club declined to strike the claim of plaintiffs who argued that the government acted negligently by failing to send air - based medical support to transport an injured teenager, contrary to the government's own guidelines.

Wayne Au is a professor in the school of educational studies at the University of Washington Bothell and one of the plaintiffs who joined the League of Women Voters of Washington, the state teachers union and other groups to challenge the legality of charter schools after voters narrowly approved them in 2012.

Additionally, the judge ordered Spark Networks to pay $ 9,000 to each of the plaintiffs who brought the suit, as well as covering the full $ 450,000 in attorneys fees incurred by the two men.

«If we allow this case in this instance, not only will the federal court be making new law that is contrary to New York law, but it would be opening the floodgates (to) thousands and thousands and thousands, millions of plaintiffs who have been exposed, (but) who have no present injury.»

Brockovich's work on behalf of plaintiffs who brought suit against Pacific Gas & Electric in the 1990s was dramatized in a 2000 film starring Julia Roberts.

Judge Roanne Mann has until March 12 to give her recommendation for the state's proposed congressional plan, according to lawyer Dan Burstein, one of the plaintiffs who filed a lawsuit to have the redistricting process put -LSB-...]

Although containing a set of what the Judge called «a freakishly complicated set of facts,» the decision provides useful guidance to insurers about what to do in the face of a Plaintiff who resists a request for repayment.

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court of South Carolina decided a case in favor of a plaintiff who lost her husband in a tragic equipment - related accident.

$ 210,000 verdict — Intentional Tort — jury award by twelve person jury in favor of plaintiff who sustained a spiral or rotational fracture of her finger which prevented her from continuing in her chosen line of work as a dental hygienist.

[29] The onus of proving the reasonableness of the plaintiff's expert's charges clearly rests upon the shoulders of the plaintiff who is the assessing party.

I am not prepared to find, without any evidence, that this statement is ambiguous or outside the knowledge of the plaintiff who, I note from the materials included in the Application Record, is a registered nurse working in a hospital setting.

The situation of a plaintiff who is under disability is peculiar in that there is an additional step required prior to finalizing any type of settlement: rule 7.08 (1) of the Rules of Civil Procedure (hereinafter the «Rules») dictate that the proposed settlement must first be approved by the court.

A court of appeals in California recently released an opinion in a personal injury lawsuit that reversed a jury verdict in favor of a plaintiff who sustained injuries when he was struck by a vehicle being driven by an employee of the defendant as he returned from work.

A Dutch court classifies Bitcoin as a «transferable value», after it ruled in favor of a plaintiff who was owed 0.591 Bitcoins (BTC).

Not exact matches

One plaintiff, on - air personality Kelly Wright, who's black, said he'd been effectively sidelined and asked to perform the role of a Jim Crow, an insulting slang term to refer to a black man, according to the lawsuit.

All of that comes on top of more than 500 class actions filed on behalf of owners and lessors of Volkswagen diesel cars — an unprecedented number, according to Elizabeth Cabraser, a leading mass - disaster plaintiffs attorney who is heading a 22 - lawyer steering committee trying to bring order to the sprawling mess.

Rich Palma, president of Golden Pear Funding, said plaintiffs who take out advances receive better protection than borrowers may in other lending situations, because their own lawyers typically review, and often sign, advance agreements.

On March 30, former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., Esq., a partner at the law firm Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC, announced that the firm has started «an investigation» into Longfin and is looking for potential plaintiffs who'd suffered losses.

Addressing the lawsuit, filed by plaintiff Marcus Vaughn, the company stated it had investigated the «disappointing behavior involving a group of individuals who worked on or near Marcus Vaughn's team» several months ago, and had fired three of the individuals involved.

In Washington state, a group of plaintiffs applying for immigrant visas asked U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle — who suspended the first ban — to stop the new order.

The plaintiffs, relatives of four Israeli - U.S. dual nationals and one visiting U.S. citizen who died in attacks in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, or the occupied West Bank between 2014 and 2016, accused Facebook (fb) of helping Hamas militants operate.

The plaintiffs argue they are technically unpaid employees who deserve payment for their contributions, given the importance of the reviews to Yelp's business model.

«Requiring the banks to pay treble damages to every plaintiff who ended up on the wrong side of an independent Libor ‐ denominated derivative swap would, if appellants» allegations were proved at trial, not only bankrupt 16 of the world's most important financial institutions, but also vastly extend the potential scope of antitrust liability in myriad markets where derivative instruments have proliferated,» the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York said in the ruling.A U.S. appeals court on Monday revived private antitrust litigation accusing major banks of conspiring to manipulate the Libor benchmark interest rate, in a big setback for their defense against investors» claims of market - rigging.

«Plaintiffs» brief illustrates the views of those who may never have even laid eyes on the weapons they vilify,» the group wrote, «much less squeezed off a few rounds at the range, like millions of peaceful, law - abiding Americans regularly do.»

The named plaintiff in the lawsuit is Brady Tucker, an Idaho resident who paid a total of $ 163.91 in fees and surprise interest charges over a six - day stretch.

«The bankruptcy proceeding doesn't affect our claim,» said Katie Mesner - Hage, one of the lawyers representing the plaintiffs, nine families who had a relative killed and a teacher who was shot and survived.

«At stake for FPL are the claims of all customers who paid for storm - recovery charges and nevertheless lost power for a prolonged period in the sweltering summer heat after Hurricane Irma's outer bands unleashed tropical storm force winds in the South Florida area,» a law firm representing the plaintiffs said in a statement.

While noting that the definition of «superior proposal» in the merger agreement would have excluded a hypothetical alternate transaction proposal from a bidder who sought to acquire discrete businesses of NYSE Euronext, then - Chancellor Strine stated that he shared the plaintiffs» skepticism that «contractual promises to lie in the future have any real commercial utility.»

The plaintiffs who originally filed the lawsuit on behalf of the class — Ingrid Avendano, Ana Medina and Roxana Del Toro Lopez — worked in the same engineering department as Fowler.

The charges have been filed by plaintiff Brandon Leidel who is a former customer of Cryptsy.

Judges have sheltered plaintiffs who objected to the use of religious terms even outside of instruction, while refusing to shelter those who object to the imposition of secularist curricula or New Age assignments.

A wave of unexpected calm has blanketed India since the verdict on the disputed holy site known as Ayodhya was delivered on Thursday, with one - third of the land going to plaintiffs who represent the Hindu deity Ram, a third going to a separate Hindu group and a third to a Muslim group.

The lawsuit does not identify the plaintiff, but describes him as «an adult male individual who is a citizen and resident of the State of Delaware.»

Kyle Duncan, general counsel of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty who argued the case, says this is a significant victory for religious plaintiffs (including schools with similar lawsuits, like Biola University, Liberty University, and Tyndale House Publishers).

Can a line be drawn between the plaintiffs in this case and a majority of stockholders in a publicly - traded corporation who want their corporation to reflect some consensus religious belief?

Investor advocate, Mark Elliott — who recently won a class action on behalf of investors in Downer EDI — lodged the claim on behalf of investor John Webster, who will act as «lead plaintiff» in the case on behalf of other investors who join the action.

In that case Gaidry, a manufacturer of a sauce labelled «Tabasco Pepper Sauce,» brought suit against McIlhenny Company for damages for alleged wrongful conduct in interfering with the plaintiff's business by falsely and in bad faith representing to dealers throughout the country that it had an exclusive trade - mark in the name «Tabasco,» and threatening injunction and other legal proceedings against those who handled any sauce called «Tabasco» not made by the said McIlhenny Company.

Several months later, he was the first plaintiff listed out of 73 former NFL players who filed a federal lawsuit against the league.

Judge Claudia Wilken, who presided over the O'Bannon case, issued an order declaring that the NCAA and some of the conferences will have to defend the rules against players receiving more than tuition, room and board (and now a cost - of - attendance stipend) in open court in a case brought by a plaintiff group that includes former Clemson cornerback Martin Jenkins and former Wisconsin forward Nigel Hayes.

A district court has granted a plaintiff's motion to remand a lawsuit back to a state court after the plaintiff, who was seeking a waiver of ineligibility from the Kentucky High School Athletics Association, withdrew his allegation that his rights under the United States Constitution were violated.

The plaintiffs include at least 10 members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, as well as the family of Pro Bowl linebacker Junior Seau, who committed suicide last year.

The orders follow the interpretation - confusion that ensued between the electoral commission and Abu Ramadan, the plaintiff who went to court to seek an interpretation of the legality or otherwise of such names in the electoral roll.

However, the intervention of former president Olusegun Obasanjo and Governor Rauf Aregbesola, who persuaded the plaintiff to withdraw the suit, saved the situation.

The Supreme Court demanded the list following a return to court by plaintiffs Abu Ramadan and Evans Nimako, to seek clarity on the same court's May 5 ruling, in which it ordered the EC to delete from the register of voters, names of the dead, minors and those, who were registered onto the poll roll through their NHIS cards.