Sentences with phrase «plaintiffs and defendants who»

This provision applies to both plaintiffs and defendants who file frivolous claims.

The Small Claims Wizard supports plaintiffs and defendants who wish to be self - represented and at the same time want legal guidance in commencing, defending, litigating, enforcing and settling a claim.

In addition, inscription for proof and hearing, which was until now effected by the Plaintiff alone, now must be filed jointly by the Plaintiff and Defendant who must negotiate a Joint Declaration beforehand (article 174).

Not exact matches

Legal redress for those who suffered injury and are still living (Holocaust survivors, Japanese - Americans imprisoned during World War II, African - Americans who are not hired or can not obtain housing due to their race) is a difficult and politicized process, but as long as the plaintiffs and defendants are still living it is somewhat straightforward.

«They'll say, «I don't mind paying for my kids, but I don't want to pay for her too,»» says Schwartz, who specializes in paternity litigation, representing plaintiffs and defendants.

The plaintiff and the second defendant in the matter, Valentino Nii Noi, who won the primary, agreed to the submission and moved the motion to set aside the earlier default judgement given by the court when the party failed to make an appearance.

«To the best of my knowledge, information and belief, the Plaintiff [Dominic Ayine] brought this action in his name fronting for the immediate past Government to set at naught the popular wishes of the majority of the Ghanaian electorate who see the President's acceptance of the nomination of the 2nd Defendant [Martin Amidu] as Special Prosecutor, as being in the national interest to attack the canker of corruption in the body politic,» Martin Amidu indicated in his affidavit verification sighted by Citi News.

«To stop discriminating and comply with the law, the defendants must allow people seeking a same - sex relationship to access all the services and features of eHarmony.com, not a separate site,» added Jeremy Pasternak of The Law Offices of Jeremy Pasternak, who is also representing the plaintiffs.

The state education commissioner acknowledges the achievement gap, as does the attorney general and even Gov. Dannel Malloy, who went from plaintiff in the CCJEF lawsuit when he was mayor of Stamford to defendant in the case when he became governor in 2011.

While the district withdrew as a defendant in the case before the trial started, she was called by the defense in an effort to impeach the testimony of a plaintiffs» witness, Nicholas Melvoin, a former LA Unified teacher at Markham Middle School in Watts, who had testified last month that teacher layoffs in 2009 resulted in effective teachers being dismissed and morale at the school eroded.

Various persons, who are known and unknown to Plaintiff, and not named as defendants in this action, including senior executives of the Publisher Defendants and Apple, have participated as co-conspirators with Defendants in the offense alleged and have performed acts and made statements in furtherance of the cdefendants in this action, including senior executives of the Publisher Defendants and Apple, have participated as co-conspirators with Defendants in the offense alleged and have performed acts and made statements in furtherance of the cDefendants and Apple, have participated as co-conspirators with Defendants in the offense alleged and have performed acts and made statements in furtherance of the cDefendants in the offense alleged and have performed acts and made statements in furtherance of the conspiracy.

It asks the court to certify the class action, return publication rights to the three plaintiffs and other members of the class who so desire, allow plaintiffs and the class to recover damages, allow plaintiffs and the class to recover the costs of the suit, require PublishAmerica to pay restitution to the defendants and the class, and grant «further relief as may be determined to be just,» including punitive damages.

Finally, the suit also claims that «various persons, who are known and unknown to Plaintiff, and not named as defendants in this action, including senior executives of the Publisher Defendants and Apple, have participated as co-conspirators with Defendants in the offense alleged and have performed acts and made statements in furtherance of the conspiradefendants in this action, including senior executives of the Publisher Defendants and Apple, have participated as co-conspirators with Defendants in the offense alleged and have performed acts and made statements in furtherance of the conspiraDefendants and Apple, have participated as co-conspirators with Defendants in the offense alleged and have performed acts and made statements in furtherance of the conspiraDefendants in the offense alleged and have performed acts and made statements in furtherance of the conspiracy.»

The filing party is called a plaintiff and the one it's filed against is called a defendant, who is the person who is sued.

In Raymond, the plaintiff and defendant were former roommates who shared their apartment with plaintiff's cat.

I must say that I find it somewhat ironic that a jerk who claims he is continually attacked should be the plaintiff in six actions before the court and the defendant in none.

I say this with the greatest of respect, as both the Plaintiffs and the Defendants are educated professionals who are successful in their work lives and are otherwise productive members of the community.

This is a legal blawg of interest to lawyers who occasionally or regularly deal with clients, plaintiffs, defendants, and witnesses from other cultures or who encounter foreign - language evidence requiring foreign - language document translation in the course of litigation.

After all, having a juror who's preoccupied with other matters or who's so eager to finish a case that he won't seriously deliberate can prove damaging to both plaintiffs and defendants alike.

First, there's good news for autism blogger Kathleen Seidel who was hit with a subpoena by plaintiffs attorney Clifford Shoemaker, seeking disclosure of her research sources, financial records and communications with other bloggers in a lawsuit alleging that defendant Bayer's vaccine caused the plaintiff's autism.

«I am not totally sure what I think about this tactic, but it does make me wonder whether this is a good use of government resources (possibly, but I would bet there are better uses), whether it is fair to the defendant (no), and whether since I would normally decry a private plaintiff (or defendant, for that matter) who tried to use a lawsuit for a public relations purpose, I should think any differently just because it is a government agency (I don't see why).»

Section 1 of the judgment provides a summary of the proceedings, including a description of the UK nationals who are the plaintiffs, and the Dutch authorities who are the defendants, and their advocates.

Plaintiffs in this case are major food manufacturers (including Kraft, Kellogg's, and General Mills) who purchased egg products from egg supplier defendants.

[16] Thus, the issue is framed — can a defendant or third party who has not obtained a doctor's report by compulsion of a court order, and prior to disclosure of any medical - legal reports by the plaintiff or in the absence of any reports, obtain access to the non-treating doctor's notes and clinical findings, or are said notes and clinical records privileged as forming part of the brief of the plaintiff's solicitor until the time when the plaintiff chooses to rely on the non-treating doctor as a witness at trial and the doctor's notes must be disclosed...

The person who has been injured is referred to as the «plaintiff,» and the person, business, or government agency that is being accused of acting irresponsibly is referred to as the «defendant.»

A slip and fall action is a type of personal injury lawsuit filed by a plaintiff who has been injured by a slip and fall, usually on the defendant's property.

Earlier this month, an appellate court in Georgia issued a written opinion in a premises liability lawsuit brought by a number of people who were injured when the rear deck of a home owned by the defendant and rented to several of the plaintiffs disconnected from the home and fell to the ground.

1 Mar. 2, 2016)(unpublished), plaintiff employees sued two defendant employers for a host of Labor Code wage / hour violations and four plaintiffs sued two individual defendants (who owned employers) for PAGA claims.

Despite significant medical testimony in support of plaintiff's case and in spite of enormous emotional impact of the death of a young woman who left a widower and a young son, Kevin obtained a defendant's verdict and then was able to protect the verdict at the Appellate and Supreme Court level.

By Mick Hassell The question of self - representation for corporations is on the mind of a lot of small business owners who are incorporated and involved in civil litigation in Superior Court as a plaintiff or defendant.

The study also showed that, during a 16 - year span from 1988 to 2004, less than 9 percent of the 2,042 cases lost at trial and appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals were reversed for plaintiffs in employment discrimination cases, compared with a 41 percent reversal rate for defendants who lost at trial.

«I say this with the greatest of respect, as both the plaintiffs and the defendants are educated professionals who are successful in their work lives and are otherwise productive members of the community.

Knaier, who has represented both defendants and plaintiffs, observes that one strategy is to try to drop your anchor first.

The plaintiff's lawyer and the lawyer with whom the defendant had spoken both practised as part of a group of lawyers under the same firm name, sharing the same business address and office premises and using the same telephone number (save for three digit extensions), fax number and email domain — but who were not partners, nor members of a law firm as traditionally defined.

Without the knowledge of the plaintiff or her counsel, the defendant and accused in the case had shared the plaintiff's documents produced in the civil case with his criminal defence counsel, who then relied on these records at trial.

But lawyers who look at a venire and see people with no potential demographic predispositions for or against a defendant (or plaintiff) are almost certainly a rarity.

If, for example, the plaintiff is a child and the defendant is a teacher or caregiver of the child, the defendant may be found to be in a position of power with respect to the plaintiff, and the child - plaintiff may be found to be a plaintiff who is especially vulnerable.

Dan's business litigation included defending a truck manufacturer in suits by disgruntled dealers, the defense of numerous officers and directors of failed savings and loans, a recovery for limited partners in a franchise who were misled by a franchisor, defense of libel actions, trade secret litigation on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants, lease covenant disputes for commercial tenants of shopping centers, and business partnership disputes.

Without the plaintiff's permission or consent, the defendant posted the video to a pornographic website and showed it to his friends, who also knew the young woman.

Therefore, when applying the section to any specific action, it is understood that joint and several liability to the plaintiff can and will attach only to a party defendant, although others who may also have been at fault could potentially have been found jointly and severally liable had they been sued by the plaintiff.

The defendant acknowledged he made inappropriate comments of a sexual nature towards the plaintiff, who was also married and had children.

A defendant - offeree who rejects an offer of judgment must now pay double the plaintiff's costs and disbursements if he or she ultimately loses the Rule 68 wager.

In practice for more than 15 years, Paul is an experienced and effective personal injury lawyer who has acted for both injured Plaintiffs and Defendant insurers.

After suffering an injury in 2008 on premises controlled by the Border Services Agency, a plaintiff brought an action against Border Services and an additional defendant who had control over conditions at the accident location.

There are many parties — beginning with the defendant named in the civil claim or lawsuit — who must be convinced that the injured plaintiff's cause is just and that he or she is owed compensation.

Plaintiff, a motorcyclist, was injured when the Defendant, who was driving a large SUV, suddenly and without warning, made an abrupt left hand turn directly in front of him.

penalizes the defendant for engaging in public participation «plaintiff» means a person who initiates or maintains a proceeding against a defendant; «proceeding» means any action, suit, matter, cause, counterclaim, appeal, or originating application that is brought in the Supreme Court or the Provincial Court, but does not include a prosecution for an offence or a crime; «public interest» means the whole of the subject matter invites public attention, or a matter in which the public has some substantial concern because it affects the welfare of citizens, or one to which considerable public notoriety or controversy has attached; «public participation» means communication or conduct aimed at influencing public opinion, or promoting further lawful action by the public or any government body, in relation to an issue of public interest; «Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP)» means a claim that arises from a form of expression or public participation, by the person against whom the claim is asserted that was made in connection with an official proceeding or about a matter of public interest; Purposes of this Act: 2 The purposes of this Act are to a) Establish a statutory right to public participation for every individual; b) Encourage individuals to express themselves on matters of public interest; c) Promote broad participation in debates on matters of public interest; d) Discourage the use of litigation as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest; and, e) Preserve the right of access to the courts for all proceedings and claims that are not brought or maintained for an improper purpose.

A lawsuit begins with the filing of a complaint by the injury victim (the «plaintiff» and / or his or her attorney) in an appropriate New York courthouse and then serving or delivering a copy of this complaint to the individual (s) or entity / entities who are alleged to have negligently caused the plaintiff's injuries (the «defendant (s)»).

Joint and several liability is a doctrine that permits a plaintiff who is able to show that multiple defendants caused her injury to recover the full amount from any one of them.

Plaintiffs and defendants of corporate litigation often range from business partnerships to international corporations, as well as those who work for those organizations or owe a fiduciary duty to them or benefit from them.