Sentences with phrase «regard to the other plaintiffs»

As long as it's during the period when Josephine is an individual plaintiff and not a class, her individual settlement doesn't settle the case with regards to the other plaintiffs (members of the class) who could still sue, but would have to find a different lead plaintiff.

Not exact matches

In regard to the first part of the aforementioned analysis, Kagan went on to note that «a plaintiff succeeds at this stage even if the evidence reveals that a legislature elevated race to the predominant criterion in order to advance other goals, including political ones.»

The allegations by Kent and the others center on what the plaintiffs claim was an unfair attack on them by Spence and his allies regarding charges that a Rockland County council leader, Stephanie Lee, had misused a PEF bank card, making numerous personal purchases, which led to a court judgment of $ 64,104.88 against her.

The jury should not make suppositions about who may have paid the the plaintiff's bills or other damages, but should make the full award of damages without regard to possibility of insurance payments by others.

The Plaintiffs» Steering Committee will play an important role in the wildfire cases by providing guidance to the Lead Counsel, Liaison Counsel, and Executive Committee in regards to pretrial activities and litigation strategy, among other vital responsibilities.

Today, the Supreme Court decided to let lower courts decide the admissibility of testimony by employees other than the plaintiff regarding workplace discrimination, also known as «me too» evidence, in discrimination cases.

Regarding the CAN - SPAM Act, Mr. Cameron is among the few attorneys in the country who frequently represents clients in this area, and regularly acts as a consultant to other plaintiff and defense attorneys across the nation.

If the defendant is found liable, they will be required to pay damages that include items such as an estimated lifetime of lost wages, the appropriate compensation for the loss in quality of life, projected future medical bills, and other factors regarding how the injury impacts the plaintiff.

However, he went to state that, «[o] ne hundred and ninety - four pages of Facebook entries from [the plaintiff's Facebook page... were entered in evidence... There are extensive status updates, photographs, and other posts... that at face value appear to directly contradict her evidence regarding her alleged injuries, and her state of mind following [the accident].»

In this regard, Mr. Johnson cites Feng v. Graham [1988] 5 W.W.R. 137 (B.C.C.A.), (not a left turn case), for the principle that the plaintiff's entitlement to assume that other traffic will obey the law, is «subject to the proviso» (in counsel's phrase) that where it is apparent or should be apparent that an oncoming driver is not going to yield the right - of - way, then at that point the other driver must act reasonably and can not simply proceed into the collision, as it were.

[143] While Ms. Ribchinsky likely could have testified regarding the plaintiff's physical abilities before and after the accident and surgery, I can not find her evidence necessarily would be superior to other similar evidence.

The Plaintiff appealed, arguing that the motion judge had not properly considered whether Ontario was the «forum of necessity» — i.e. the doctrine allowing the Court to assume jurisdiction over a dispute, even though there is no «real and substantial connection» with Ontario, because there is no other forum in which the plaintiff can reasonably seek relief (see our previous posts regarding the doctrine of «forum of necessity» here aPlaintiff appealed, arguing that the motion judge had not properly considered whether Ontario was the «forum of necessity» — i.e. the doctrine allowing the Court to assume jurisdiction over a dispute, even though there is no «real and substantial connection» with Ontario, because there is no other forum in which the plaintiff can reasonably seek relief (see our previous posts regarding the doctrine of «forum of necessity» here aplaintiff can reasonably seek relief (see our previous posts regarding the doctrine of «forum of necessity» here and here).

In addition to the instructions regarding the burden of proof the plaintiff has in proving all aspects of the case by a preponderance of the evidence, the jury in an automobile accident case is usually instructed with several other general statements of the law.

In the present case, the position taken by the Bank regarding termination for cause was not only aggressive, it was done for no other reason than to make the Plaintiffs» case more difficult than it should have been.

Specifically, with regard to being unqualified to offer an opinion subject to the Daubert rule, the defendant challenged the witness» ability to offer such an opinion, based upon the physician's alleged failure to review various CT & MRI scans and other diagnostic tests prior to reaching his conclusions related to the car accident that contributed to an exacerbation of the plaintiff's pre-existing condition and other related considerations.

It further discussed the fact that the plaintiff still had other evidence to present and had been aware that she would have to present opinion testimony with regard to establishing causation.

Our Asia practice includes successful representations involving: (i) numerous companies of varying size, both publicly traded and privately held, in connection with FCPA - related internal investigations and government enforcement actions involving the DOJ, the SEC, and multiple foreign enforcement agencies, (ii) numerous publicly - traded companies» boards of directors, audit committees, and special committees of the board, with regard to the conduct of internal reviews of securities disclosure and accounting concerns and other compliance, enforcement or regulatory matters, and (iii) U.S. and Chinese companies in connection with private plaintiff and U.S. government antitrust litigation and investigations, including providing advice on dealing with Chinese government antitrust investigations and enforcement actions.

The first of the two class actions launched against Coinbase came on Thursday courtesy of lead plaintiff Jeffrey Berk, who, in an eighteen - page complaint filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleged that Coinbase staff (and possibly others) partook in insider trading with regards to its Bitcoin Cash (BCH) listing; forcing Coinbase users to forgo «any opportunity to buy at a fair price» across the three - day window spanning December 19 through December 21.