Sentences with phrase «on plaintiff side»

@Steve Babiak may have insight as to PA appeals... I personally only know one person with this kind of experience on the plaintiff side and he his in NC.

Correspondingly, non-AmLaw firms have seen a major jump on the plaintiff side, rising from 55.5 % in 2010 to a number near 75 % for the last 3 years.

This means the moral hazard, if it's anywhere, will be on the plaintiff side — but not if the ethical prohibitions against participating in frivolous suits (as well as rule 11 etc.) were incorporated into insurance company contracts, so that plaintiffs would not have the opportunity to moral - hazardly overuse their insurance lawyer services for frivolous litigation... in fact, the whole notion of moral hazard with lawyers seems to be implausible, since unlike doctors, one generally knows when one is being screwed and needs the legal system.

He is especially well regarded for his work in medical malpractice class actions and peers refer to him as «a very good lawyer, with great practical judgement — he's very good on the plaintiff side.»

Although plaintiffs» lawyers were twice as likely to make a mistake (determined by getting a judgment less than the final settlement offer), defense counsels» errors were vastly more expensive for clients — the average costing $ 43,000 on the plaintiff side versus $ 1.1 million for the defense.

We focus our practice 100 % on plaintiff side personal injury law.

I am excited to have returned to such a fantastic firm as an Associate on the plaintiff side of the practice.»

Litigation paralegals on the plaintiff side may assist in drafting pleadings including the summons, complaint, and supporting affidavits.

On the plaintiff side, we represent employers bringing claims for all types of breaches of employment contracts, including violations of noncompete agreements, nonsolicitation agreements and relocation agreements.

«It's like there's no consequence to the representative plaintiff and yet the costs incurred by the defendant are high — it doesn't matter how poorly the claim is handled on the plaintiff side,» she says.

Grosman says he will continue to do high - end executive employment on the plaintiff side and major corporate work such as reorganizations and mergers.

Instead it was Haggerty trying to take over the Queens Republican Party (something he's failed to do for the past 12 years) positioned on the plaintiffs side, a side he is not accustom to being in.

Civil War on the Plaintiffs Side as Robbins Geller Attacks Firms Seeking Dubious Fees; The Governor and Louisiana Lawyers Plot an Energy Shakedown... Read More

Not exact matches

In his 68 - page finding, Chen was careful to note that saying the plaintiffs constitute a class — one that potentially now includes a majority of Uber's 160,000 U.S. - based drivers — doesn't say anything about whether those plaintiffs have justice on their side when it comes to the merit of their suit.

If both sides, through their eyes and their people's eyes, have concluded that the plaintiff is absolutely going to win this case, and the plaintiff is going to get a lot of money because they're totally on board with everything that has been presented, then that might be a good reason for the defendant to agree to a settlement with the plaintiff for less money than the potential exposure if the jury comes back and finds willful infringement.

«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.

In a 2 - 1 decision, the court sided with a group of industry plaintiffs on March 15.

The plaintiffs» lawyers, Eric Rassbach and Diana Verm, pointed out that even the person the case is now against — the new Secretary of Health and Human Services, Thomas Price — is on their side.

Where defendant, manufacturer of a sauce similar to plaintiff's, copied the printed matter on plaintiff's bottle and carton and adopted a bottle and carton of the same size and shape as plaintiff's, he was guilty of unfair competition, although certain differences between the bottles could be discovered when the two were placed side by side.

On the flip side, to agree with the plaintiffs «is to say that the [federal] agencies got it wrong» for all these years, says Charo.

Kealoha Pisciotta, one of a half dozen plaintiffs suing to stop the project, finds herself in the unusual position of having friends on both sides of the debate.

Given his previous writings on the case, it is widely expected that Lamberth will side with the plaintiffs and issue a permanent injunction to block hESC research.

In addition, John E. Deasy, the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District and «a staunch opponent of tenure rules and «last in, first out» seniority for teachers,» testified on the side of the plaintiffs, while also noting, however, that «good administrators don't grant due process rights to ineffective teachers.»

Indeed, even before the verdict, members of the plaintiffs» team were talking confidently about plans to present their evidence to California Gov. Jerry Brown, a close ally of the teachers unions, to prod him into joining the reformers» side, at least on key issues such as teacher tenure.

As I also testified, one of my goals (and I believe this to also be a goal of the plaintiffs» writ large) is to (a) get the state of New Mexico to release the data to an external evaluator to evaluate the models» functionality (this person certainly does not have to be me) or (2) release the data to the «expert witnesses» on both the plaintiffs» side (i.e., me) and the defendants» side (i.e., Thomas Kane of Harvard), so that we can both examine these data independently, and then come back to the court with our findings and overall assessments regarding the model's overall strengths and weakness, as per the actual data.

Last week, lead plaintiff Rebecca Friedrichs and Terry Pell, president of the Center for Individual Rights, outlined their side of the case with reporter, insisting that forcing employees to pay dues to a union infringed on their rights to free speech.

Milazzo had sounded skeptical of the plaintiffs» case during the August arguments, and she came down definitively on the side of the Orleans Parish School Board in Tuesday's order.

If the two sides can't agree on a plan by December 4th, plaintiffs» attorney Scott Witlin says the judge could let the district develop an evaluation system unilaterally.

I served as the expert witness for the plaintiff's side, along with other witnesses including lawmakers (e.g., a state senator) and educators (e.g., teachers, superintendents) who made various (and very articulate) claims about the state's teacher evaluation system on the stand.

Siding with four teenage plaintiffs and the environmental groups that backed them, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday ruled that the state has failed to fulfill its legal obligation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Plaintiff's counsel falsely describes these reports as «a series of investigations and exonerations of Dr Mann» (pages 5 and 6 of January 18th memorandum), and falsely states that four university inquiries and five governmental agencies on both sides of the Atlantic have «conducted separate and independent investigations into the allegations of scientific misconduct against Dr Mann», and that «all of the above investigations found that there was no evidence of any fraud, data falsification, statistical manipulation, or misconduct of any kind by Dr Mann».

Rhodes has written extensively about personal jurisdiction and joined a Supreme Court amicus brief on the side of the plaintiffs suing Bristol - Myers Squibb.

Deepak Gupta of Gupta Wessler PLLC enjoys a high profile amongst market sources for his vibrant appellate practice, focusing on public interest cases and plaintiff - side representations.

Words were exchanged during which time the truck came close enough that the Plaintiff placed his hand on the passenger side window of the vehicle.

timely responses to communications by email and telephone timely production of documents especially medical counsel for plaintiffs advising their clients about early settlement and realistic expectations counsel for defendants advising their clients to attend mediations with sufficient settlement authority expertise in a particular area of law posturing and egotism on both sides claims for punitive damages where none are warranted under law preparation for significant events such as examinations for discovery and motions accountability for the consequences of steps taken or delayed unnecessary or defensive crossclaims and third party claims by defence counsel regional differences (some local bars are more collegial than others)

There are almost always at least two sides to every story, depending on whether you are the plaintiff or the defendant (the insurance company acts as the defendant) and what you have to gain or lose.

As the potential premium is rather insignificant when a plaintiff has a case worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, it is wise to err on the side of caution and purchase sufficient insurance to cover any anticipated possible adverse cost award.

On the plaintiffs» side, Ms. Schreiber worked on various personal injury matters assisting injured clients who were involved in auto accidents, slip and falls, and dog bite caseOn the plaintiffs» side, Ms. Schreiber worked on various personal injury matters assisting injured clients who were involved in auto accidents, slip and falls, and dog bite caseon various personal injury matters assisting injured clients who were involved in auto accidents, slip and falls, and dog bite cases.

She dropped the scissors near the plaintiff, and as the plaintiff and another girl bent down to pick up the scissors, the girl lifted the scissors and accidentally cut the plaintiff on the side of his face.

Slip and fall accident cases are frequently settled out of court, especially if the plaintiff has an experienced attorney on their side.

Considering this, the Court sided with the plaintiff and the trial court, agreeing that «there was no evidence constituting, or even suggesting fault on the part of the plaintiff that could have allowed a jury to allocate negligence to him.»

Our experience on both the defense side and plaintiff side allows us to view Georgia medical malpractice cases from multiple angles, giving our clients the benefit of unique perspectives that other firms might not have.

So we know how to represent our clients using our experience in wrongful death law on the side of the plaintiffs rather than the defense.

«In this case, Mr. Zayouna actually said he had instructions, which was more than he was required to say for the other side to understand that its offer had been accepted and would be binding on the plaintiff.»

On the civil side, lawyers for both plaintiff and defendant breach their duties to their client if they put the interest of justice, or some other person, ahead of their client interest without instructions from the client to do so.

In addition to plaintiffs» work, firms are also finding clients on the defense side — manufacturers, suppliers, builders and contractors who are the likely targets of class actions.

He got his first break as a Civil Court Trial Lawyer when a major negligence firm wanted someone to act as their trial lawyer for a plaintiff who had driven a car on the wrong side of the road and had been involved in a head - on collision.

Calculating lost wages for a self - employed plaintiff can be extremely complicated, and as such it is important to have an experienced personal injury lawyer in Northern California on your side.

I do declarations, expert witnessing, and I've handled legal malpractice cases both on the plaintiff and defense side.

The Parrot on the other side will argue to The Wise One that the plaintiff didn't get everything right, and the defendant will win.