Sentences with phrase «on behalf of plaintiffs as»

[21] In my view it is improper to categorize the non-treating doctor or any other third party consultant retained on behalf of the plaintiff as a witness in which there is no property.

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Shareholder Litigation., C.A. No. 422598 - V (2018), the Maryland Circuit Court, Montgomery County, approved a $ 17.5 million settlement that plaintiffs achieved as additional consideration on behalf of a class of shareholders of American Capital, Ltd..

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.

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.

The plaintiff is seeking: A declaration that upon a true and proper interpretation of the provisions of the 1992 Constitution, particularly Articles 88 (5), 218 (a) and (e), 284 and 287 thereof, the 1st defendant can not act as the legal representative for Honourable Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori Atta, the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Ghana, in a pending investigation bordering on conflict of interest and abuse of office before the 2nd Defendant; A further declaration that the purported response filed by the 1st Defendant on behalf of the said Honorable Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori Atta in respect of the petition concerning conflict of interest and abuse of office before the 2nd Defendant is unconstitutional, null and void and of no effect whatsoever;

A copy of the suit said: «This honourable court will be moved by Gary Nimako Marfo ESQ., counsel for and on behalf of plaintiff / applicants herein praying for an order of interlocutory injunction to restrain defendants / respondents, whether by themselves, agents, servants, workmen, hirelings, privies or any person claiming under or through them or howsoever described, from holding out the second defendant / respondent, [as] the parliamentary candidate - elect for Klottey Korle constituency.»

A copy of the suit, which is available to ClassFMonline.com said: «This honourable court will be moved by Gary Nimako Marfo ESQ., counsel for and on behalf of plaintiff / applicants herein praying for an order of interlocutory injunction to restrain defendants / respondents, whether by themselves, agents, servants, workmen, hirelings, privies or any person claiming under or through them or howsoever described, from holding out the second defendant / respondent, [as] the parliamentary candidate - elect for Klottey Korle constituency.»

All of us involved in the case — recall that Jesse Rothstein and I served as the expert witnesses on behalf of the plaintiffs, and Thomas Kane of the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) Project and John Friedman of the infamous Chetty et al. studies (see here and here) served as the expert witnesses on behalf of the defendants — knew that all of the plaintiffs» claims would be tough to win given all of the constitutional legal standards would be difficult for plaintiffs to satisfy (e.g., that evaluating teachers using their value - added scores was not «unreasonable» was difficult to prove, as it was in the Tennessee case we also fought and was then dismissed on similar grounds (see here)-RRB-.

On behalf of the state's children, teachers, public schools and taxpayers, the plaintiffs argued that Connecticut's school funding formula failed to ensure that every child had access to a quality and productive education, as guaranteed by the state constitution.

Apple and five major publishing houses are being sued by a Seattle - based law firm, Hagens Berman, on behalf of two plaintiffs named in the suit and on behalf of consumers as a... [Read more...]

Apple and five major publishing houses are being sued by a Seattle - based law firm, Hagens Berman, on behalf of two plaintiffs named in the suit and on behalf of consumers as a whole.

Jerry Carroll announced on behalf of the plaintiffs that the founding track ownership group will not exercise remaining legal options in the case of Kentucky Speedway, which largely cleared the way for SMI to move a Sprint Cup date to Kentucky Speedway as early as 2011.

Plaintiff Oceana, Inc. («Oceana») on behalf of its adversely affected members hereby challenges the unlawful decision of the National Marine Fisheries Service («Fisheries Service» or «Defendants») to adopt and promulgate Amendment 5b to the Highly Migratory Species («HMS») Fishery Management Plan because it failed to establish measures necessary to end overfishing and rebuild the dusky shark population to a healthy level as mandated by the Magnuson - Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act («Magnuson - Stevens Act»).

In one of the original climate lawsuits, filed in 2008 on behalf of the Alaskan village of Kivalina, the plaintiffs made the same claims as New York City, Oakland, and San Francisco — including the specific citation of «potentially irreversible» impacts and a «significant loss of life» as a result of climate change.

In 2008, Gordon Wallace retained McKercher LLP to represent him as the leading plaintiff in a class action lawsuit on behalf of Prairie farmers against Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, and others for allegedly overcharging them for grain transportation over 25 years.

In a wrongful death case, the victim's family acts as the plaintiff on behalf of their loved one.

In my view, it was open to the jury to find the facts in this proceeding in such a way as to entitle the jury to conclude that Google Inc was a publisher even before it had any notice from anybody acting on behalf of the plaintiff.

OUR Law Firm has experienced litigators, who appear for clients before all levels of the Pakistani courts in order to fight on behalf of them, for both the plaintiff and the defendant, before all stages of arbitration panels and the various forms of the ADR as well as representing them in all attempts to attain an amicable settlement with their opponents.

Therefore, lawyers acting on behalf of plaintiffs may also benefit if their clients purchase Trial Insurance, as they stand to receive protection for disbursements incurred.

Recognizing Henry's long preeminence as an advocate and litigator on behalf of his clients, he has been acknowledged as one of the 500 Leading Plaintiff's Lawyers in America by Law Dragon, as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America by the American Trial Lawyers Association, and is also included in Best Lawyers in America.

Having articled at the second largest Corporate Commercial, a.k.a. insurance defence firm, in Calgary, and then moved on to practice as plaintiff's counsel (counsel for injured people) at Calgary's top boutique litigation firm, I am an strong and committed advocate on behalf of those injured as a result of the negligence of others.

On behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants, our IP litigators have handled numerous trials, as well as TRO and preliminary injunction proceedings, involving intellectual property.

ILS is a plaintiff electronic discovery firm, although we also serve as the objective case manager for the document production phase in multiparty litigation, acting as an independent third party vendor and service provider on behalf of counsel for both plaintiffs and the defense.

TORONTO, Aug. 13 / CNW / — This is to announce that today the law firms of Stevenson LLP and Bogoroch & Associates have been instructed to commence a class action on behalf of the representative plaintiffs, Giuseppina Santoro and Gianfrano (John) Santoro for damages sustained by the residents, homeowners and business persons as a result of the explosions which took place on Sunday, August 10, 2008 at the premises of Sunrise Propane Energy Group Inc..

On behalf of an Indian Tribe client, Mr. McConnell successfully moved for summary judgment as a plaintiff against a contractor who was improperly licensed for over $ 900,000 in one action, and over $ 2,000,000 in another.

Medical, accident reconstruction and other experts are often vigorously cross-examined regarding their fees, relationship with the attorney who is paying them or the percentage of cases for whom they testify as either on the plaintiffs» or the defendants» behalf.

Negotiated a favorable resolution on behalf of a developer of a multi-million dollar mixed - use condominium, both as the defendant against claims of significant construction defects, and as the plaintiff in a third - party complaint asserting indemnification and contribution claims against subcontractor defendants.

Secured a summary judgment on behalf of a restaurant in the Superior Court and on appeal before the Massachusetts Appeals Court by proving that the restaurant would not infringe on the plaintiff's legal and private rights and that, as a result, the plaintiff had no standing to challenge the zoning relief afforded the restaurant

Plaintiffs may also attempt to bring suits against alleged wrongdoers, such as corporate officers and directors, derivatively on behalf of a company.

When a client is incapable of instructing counsel ab initio or when the client is a minor, it is most often a family member who retains the lawyer on behalf of the injured plaintiff, and is later named in the action as litigation guardian on behalf of that plaintiff.

The Plaintiff advanced an ICBC claim, seeking damages for many types of claims, including pain and suffering, future care, past and future loss of housekeeping capacity, as well an in - trust claim on behalf of her son, who took over the role from his mother for caring for his father, as well as doing housekeeping chores that the Plaintiff had performed before the accident.

[1] In the course of this jury trial I ruled that Dr. Frank Lipson, who had conducted a defence medical of the plaintiff, not be permitted to testify as an expert witness on behalf of the defence.

Mr. Patterson has obtained numerous million dollar verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients, including working to obtain compensation on behalf of the victims of the Indiana State Fair Sugarland Stage Collapse, litigation in which he was selected to serve as Plaintiff's liaison counsel.

For example, as arguing counsel, Tom has prevailed on behalf of bond purchasers, corporate civil defendants (three times), corporate civil plaintiffs (three times), a debtor, employees (twice), a habeas petitioner (three times), an immigrant, investors, an individual civil defendant, an individual criminal defendant, a local government, persons with disabilities, and shareholders.

The Court's decision in California State Teachers» Retirement System v. Alvarez — a suit brought on behalf of Wal - Mart Stores, Inc. — refused to adopt the Delaware Court of Chancery's recommendation that, as a matter of federal due process, a judgment in one derivative action should not bind the corporation or its stockholders in another derivative action unless either (i) the first action has survived a motion to dismiss because a pre-suit demand on the corporation's board of directors would have been futile or (ii) the board has given the plaintiff authority to proceed on the corporation's behalf by declining to oppose the derivative suit.

What the judge never referenced in her decision was actuarial evidence submitted on behalf of the plaintiff that foreign nationals who smoke or engage in risky behaviour, such as fast driving, cost even more to our health and social service system, yet they are never labelled an excessive demand.

The plaintiff's action is brought on its own behalf, and on behalf of a Class defined as all land surveyors (individuals, corporations or partnerships) in Ontario who, on or before March 26, 2014, were the:

Excellent at taking depositions as a plaintiff's attorney and has a track record of securing large settlements on behalf of clients.

The three complaints brought on behalf of individual plaintiffs as well a class of similarly situated individuals essentially allege the same type of violation — that the employer failed to obtain a valid consent on a standalone form that did not contain extraneous information.

If the plaintiff can show that the playground was actually dangerous, then the parent may sue on behalf of the child as his or her legal guardian.

Joseph P. Day Realty Corp. v. Chera (308 A.D. 2d 148)- broker's complaint for commissions reinstated where questions of fact exist as to whether broker was the procuring cause of a commercial tenant and if there was an implied contract which arose from landlord's acceptance of the benefits of broker's services; broker must plead and prove a contract of employment, express or implied, and in the absence of an express contract, an implied contract may be established in some cases by the mere acceptance of the labors of the broker; broker failed to establish that it was a third party beneficiary of lease agreement between landlord and tenant where provisions in lease merely provided for indemnification between the parties and did not expressly set forth that one party would be obligated to pay the broker's commission; indemnification provisions in the lease agreement do provide evidence of implied contract of employment with landlord where landlord agreed to indemnify tenant against brokerage commission claims from all brokers including plaintiff and where, to the contrary, tenant's reciprocal indemnification excluded plaintiff; triable issues of fact exist as to whether broker was the procuring cause where broker introduced the parties, showed the space to tenant's representatives, was involved in weekly negotiations with the parties over the lease terms, conveyed offers on behalf of tenant to landlord and participated in the meeting with the landlord and tenant at which the lease terms were finalized