Sentences with phrase «stay of the civil suit»
However, in Gillis v. Eagleson, the stay of the civil suit was ordered on terms designed to safeguard the plaintiff's rights — i.e., that in exchange for a deferral of the civil case against him, Eagleson would have to pay into court $ 40,000 (in 1995, U.S. dollars).
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NYPD detectives have been warned to stay away from a private investigator who's allegedly part of a burgeoning «cottage industry» in which gang members score cash settlements from the city by filing bogus civil - rights suits against cops.
The case of Belanger v. Caughell illustrates how reluctant the courts are to stay a civil suit in favour of a criminal proceeding.