Sentences with phrase «plaintiffs seeking»

Both sides appealed with the plaintiffs seeking larger damages (including punitive), and defendant questioning the plaintiffs» standing to sue.

Plaintiffs seeking redress for consumer statutory violations must allege more than bare - bones violations to preserve standing in federal court post-Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, 136 S. Ct. 1540 (2016).

We recently won a unanimous defense verdict for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in a complex and difficult age discrimination case involving more than 100 plaintiffs seeking substantial damages.

Currently, there are over 40,000 defective medical device claims in federal and state courts involving plaintiffs seeking compensation against American Medical Systems Inc., Johnson & Johnson Inc., Ethicon Inc., American Medical Systems, CR Bard Inc., Gynecare, Tyco, Covidien, Mentor, Sofradim, and others.

The McDonald's coffee spilling lawsuit transformed itself into a cultural anecdote about trial lawyers run amok and unscrupulous plaintiffs seeking jackpot verdicts.

We represent plaintiffs seeking compensation for injuries from defective and dangerous drugs.

At Altman & Altman, our drug defect lawyers represent plaintiffs seeking to recover compensation for the harm they have suffered from taking a dangerous or defective medication.

The Court of Appeal considered that should those claims succeed the assets would revert back to the original owner, not to the individual plaintiffs seeking the declaration.

The move struck observers as odd because most plaintiffs seeking damages usually hope to settle the case by leveraging the deep pockets of an insurer.

In a federal trademark infringement case, for instance, a plaintiff seeking a quick injunction would encounter at the threshold the high hurdle of showing «irreparable harm» — a standard that won't be met if money damages will provide the plaintiff with adequate recompense for any damages incurred — and it might also have to post an expensive bond (a major hurdle for a nonprofit).

Plaintiff seeks to recover compensable damages caused by Defendants» violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the «Exchange Act») and Rule 10b - 5 promulgated thereunder.

Specifically, a plaintiff seeking to challenge an equity QE program would have to show that he had been injured in some personal and tangible way, not merely that the value of his portfolio had declined (which presumably would also have happened to others pursuing a similar investment strategy).

«Because the proclamation is unlawful as applied to plaintiffs, and inflicts grave and irreversible harms on them, plaintiffs seek a declaration that the proclamation violates the Trade Act and the NAFTA Implementation Act and an injunction prohibiting its enforcements against plaintiffs,» they wrote in their more than 600 - page complaint.

The injunction Plaintiff seeks would prevent Defendants from disseminating the videotapes.

The plaintiffs sought among other reliefs a «declaration that on a true and proper interpretation of Article 75 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana, the President of the Republic of Ghana acted unconstitutionally by agreeing to the transfer of Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al - Dhuby.»

Consequently, the Plaintiff seeks these... reliefs from this court:

Effectively, the Plaintiffs sought from the Supreme Court a declaration that the current voters» register (the Register) is unconstitutional, null and void, and of no effect because it contains the names of persons not qualified to vote and persons who are deceased.

After prevailing in court in 1993 on equity grounds, plaintiffs sought further relief in 1999 on adequacy grounds.

In 2005, Connecticut's top education official enumerated almost the exact same list of resources that the CCJEF plaintiffs seek.

These plaintiffs seek to protect the public schools» monopoly on education by blocking the school house doors to prevent low - income families from taking their children out of public schools in order to attend private schools.

The judge held that the «equal protection» the plaintiffs sought was, «in effect, equally bad treatment.»

[Alyson] Decker [the Blecher & Collins attorney for the case] said she couldn't comment specifically on the type of «open - source DRM» that the plaintiffs seek.

To remedy these alleged fiduciary breaches, plaintiffs seek relief under 29 U.S.C. § 1132 (a)(2) and (3), as well as 29 U.S.C. § 1109 (a).

The plaintiffs seek more than $ 20 million for fraud, breach of the franchise agreement, and negligence as well as punitive damages and attorney's fees.

The plaintiffs seek declarations that the defendants have violated RICO by committing mail and wire fraud and that their conduct constitutes unfair, deceptive or unconscionable sales practices; damages including treble damages, costs of litigation and attorneys» fees.

Plaintiff seeks summary judgment in his favor on the issue of liability for copyright infringement.

«The relief that plaintiffs seek would require a single judge sitting in San Francisco to unilaterally change the nation's energy and environmental policies,» Joshua Lipshutz, an attorney for Chevron, said on a call with reporters.

«Dismissal is also warranted because the relief Plaintiffs seek is not available under federal common law.

Observing that the plaintiffs seek damages, in the guise of an abatement fund, for the effects of climate change, Chevron responds:

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

Any plaintiff seeking to enforce a method claim should consider these issues early in the case, including the extent to which problems can be avoided through claim construction.

By way of an originating summons, the plaintiff sought leave of the High Court to appeal against the partial award on a question of law.

The plaintiff sought compensatory and punitive damages, but the Lightfoot trial team proved that the agent and paperwork fully and completely informed the plaintiff how the policy would perform over time.

Plaintiffs sought class certification of an action on behalf of approximately 50 home owners in the vicinity of a High School, built in 2007.

The Plaintiff sought her costs.

Scott Frew succeeds for Farmers Mutual Insurance Company in upholding an Accident Benefits Full and Final Release, where the Plaintiff sought to set it aside.

After the statute of limitations expired, the plaintiffs sought to add a significant number of additional parties based on an allegation that the hospital withheld a critical test result, which would have enabled them to identify all culpable parties had the report been turned over in a timely fashion.

Whether you represent a business locked in a legal dispute or are a private plaintiff seeking justice for a civil wrong, you want trustworthy legal advice and dependable service.

The plaintiff sought to certify this class on behalf of more than 300 nursing home residents, arguing that every single resident received inadequate medical care over a four - year period.

A claim of privilege can still be asserted by the defendants if and when the plaintiff seeks to introduce the minutes into evidence and it will be for the trial judge to determine whether any kind of privilege does indeed attach.

The plaintiff sought to have them admitted into evidence.

Then, based on the true pragmatics of the parties» positions and what occurred in lower court proceedings, the appellate court determined that trustee, not plaintiff, had prevailed: it remained neutral on the contract claims by filing the nonmonetary status declaration (in stark contrast to the trustee in Kachlon v. Markowitz, 168 Cal.App.4 th 316, 350 (2008), which did not remain neutral and only filed the nonmonetary status declaration close to trial), and it defensed the tort claims (under which plaintiff sought to recovery money against trustee).

[2] With respect to the costs of the costs of the coverage action, the plaintiffs sought costs on a full indemnity basis, rather than on the usual partial indemnity scale.

[2] Although the plaintiffs seek an order against Google Inc. and Google Canada Corporation, there is no evidence that Google Canada Corporation is involved in the search services the plaintiffs seek to enjoin.

My objection to the McDonald's coffee case is that McDonald's didn't cause Stella Liebeck to injure herself any more than the manufacturer of Liebeck's sweatpants did, but the plaintiffs sought to hold McDonald's liable anyway.

The faxes sent by defendant to plaintiff seek to speak to legal issues involving attorney malpractice; not once by its terms does it propose a commercial transaction of any kind.

Inc. 2014 NLTD (G) 114 Actions — Contracts — Courts — Criminal Law — Practice — Restitution — Torts — Trade Regulation Summary: The two individual plaintiffs sought to bring a class action against Atlantic Lottery Corp. (defendant), on behalf of a class of persons harmed by video lottery terminals (VLTs).

Thus, the NAACP will not underwrite ordinary damages actions, criminal actions in which the defendant raises no question of possible racial discrimination, or suits in which the plaintiff seeks separate but equal, rather than fully desegregated, public school facilities.

At trial, the plaintiff sought pay in lieu of common law «reasonable notice» and argued that his written contract was unenforceable for two reasons: the contract allowed for termination without notice in case of «continuing incapacity considered permanent» (based on legislation that was later amended) and allowed for termination on only 15 days» notice even though his service at the time entitled him to much more than 15 days» notice under the ESA.

Defended a market - leading insurer in a Massachusetts direct action in which the injured plaintiffs sought more than $ 40 million in punitive damages against our client (primary insurer on business auto policy) for its alleged failure to promptly settle a catastrophic personal injury claim.