Sentences with phrase «rights lawsuit against the city»
A few months later, on Feb. 8, 2007, the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Pittsburgh and Sgt. Elledge on Hackbart's behalf.
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It was around 11 p.m. when a firework landed near where Kristina Perez was standing in West Lawn Park «and exploded with such force that it traumatically amputated her right foot and lower leg,» according to a lawsuit filed by Perez against the city, the Park District and two people who Perez alleges set off the firework.
A nonprofit disability rights organization filed a class - action lawsuit against Uber, claiming the ride - hailing service discriminates against New York City riders with disabilities by not providing enough access to vehicles that can accommodate wheelchairs.
He also filed a civil rights lawsuit against Weinstein, his brother Bob Weinstein and the entire Weinstein Co., alleging that they flouted New York's civil rights laws and New York City's human rights laws.
Parents have joined a class - action lawsuit filed last week against New York City for violating the rights of parents who have intellectual disabilities.
He is part of a lawsuit against the city that argues the rules violate their First Amendment rights.
James, an ally of de Blasio who's clashed with him at times, has filed a record total of 11 lawsuits since she took office, including one against the city for its treatment of children in foster care and another alleging the city Department of Buildings violates disabled people's civil rights by giving landlords a pass on fixing elevators.
The Justice Department slapped the city with a federal lawsuit in December over alleged civil - rights violations against teen inmates.
«In June of 2011, United Pet Supply, Inc. who owned the pet store filed a massive lawsuit in both federal and state court against the city and McKamey Animal Care and Adoption Center seeking $ 10 million in damages for violating their Fifth and 14th Amendment rights to due process related to an illegal search and seizure of their animals.»
Certain New York City police officers filed seven civil rights and federal RICO lawsuits against a treatment center in upstate Pennsylvania.
DOJ entrusted Allan to represent the United States in some of its most high profile cases including a large class action challenging the New York City Fire Department's (FDNY) pattern of discrimination against Black and Hispanic applicants - which settled for about $ 100 million - and the first - ever employment discrimination lawsuit that DOJ filed to protect the rights of a transgender individual.