Sentences with phrase «result in a civil lawsuit»

The Context: Sticks and stones may break bones, but words can result in a civil lawsuit in this island nation.

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Five upstate counties already receive full funding for legal services from the state, the result of a lawsuit that state officials settled with the New York Civil Liberties Union in 2014.

According to Kindlon, more than $ 167,000 in taxpayer money had already been spent since February on outside attorneys hired to defend Soares in the civil lawsuit filed as a result of the DA's high - profile Florida steroids case.

A multistate civil lawsuit filed in May against a group of family members who claimed to raise money for cancer victims has been settled, resulting in the closing of two charities that allegedly bilked donors for some $ 75 million, AG Eric Schneiderman said.

A few years ago, I and dozens of others frustrated by the state's failure to resolve the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit and provide the resources coming to the city schools as a result barricaded the entrance to the Capitol in Albany in an act of civil disobedience.

Classroom behavior, grades, and attendance were all given a more prominent role in the retention decision, and an appeals process was, in theory at least, implemented for parents who wanted to dispute a retention decision — in part the result of an agreement with the U.S. Office for Civil Rights that was brought on by the 1999 PURE lawsuit.

In Boston, it was a federal civil rights lawsuit, not a state law, that led to busing, and the resulting widespread protests and white flight from the public school system.

The end result will likely be that your creditor will file a lawsuit against you in civil court for the total amount of debt that you owe and possibly attorney's fees as well.

ALDF filed a civil lawsuit resulting in a settlement that prohibited Conyers from ever owning another animal.

The American Civil Liberties Union defended Close in the resulting lawsuit, brought on by the university president, John Lederle.

While a wrongful death might result in criminal charges and a civil lawsuit, criminal courts use terms like homicide, manslaughter, and murder to address wrongful -LSB-...]

Defended an aerospace parts and service supplier in a trade secrets civil lawsuit in Georgia and against potential criminal charges, resulting in a dismissal of the civil complaint and no criminal charges being filed against the client.

That's because for the vast majority of these civil lawsuits, the settlements and verdicts result in far more reasonable amounts.

Most civil lawsuits are the result of a breakdown in negotiations.

Civil lawsuits can result in large judgments that can lead to financial ruin.

6 The Oklahoma Pinnacle Plan is a 5 - year plan for improving child welfare services in Oklahoma developed as a result of a class action, civil rights lawsuit against the State's foster care system.