Triggers invalidating coverage may include: failing to
take plaintiff counsel's advice, failing to cooperate with counsel, or parting with counsel.3 Even more problematic, the stipulations of the policy may put a strain on the solicitor - client relationship, as plaintiff's counsel is responsible for updating the insurer regarding the status of litigation.
Not exact matches
The
Plaintiff's
Counsel, Dr Abayomi said «This suit was instituted to challenge the unlawful process by which the state government and other respondents are
taking to issue a N50 billion bond without due compliance with relevant laws of the land».
Counsel for the
plaintiffs in the Martinez and Vergara cases
took the The Wall Street Journal: Poor Children Need a New Brown v. Board of Education.
Under these circumstances, he is
taking advantage of [
plaintiff's]
counsel's mistake in precisely the manner that is disfavored by law, to say nothing of common decency.
After years of expensive litigation, the court found that a shady funding agreement led the
plaintiffs»
counsel to
take on an improper litigation strategy.
timely responses to communications by email and telephone timely production of documents especially medical
counsel for
plaintiffs advising their clients about early settlement and realistic expectations
counsel for defendants advising their clients to attend mediations with sufficient settlement authority expertise in a particular area of law posturing and egotism on both sides claims for punitive damages where none are warranted under law preparation for significant events such as examinations for discovery and motions accountability for the consequences of steps
taken or delayed unnecessary or defensive crossclaims and third party claims by defence
counsel regional differences (some local bars are more collegial than others)
Plaintiff retained new
counsel in 2016, at which time steps were
taken to set aside the dismissal.
Given the lack of precedent on the issue, the
plaintiff's
counsel took a risk making this request.
After the
plaintiff struggled for more than one minute to answer defense
counsel's question, the following exchange between the attorneys
took place:
In fact, one of the
plaintiffs in Attis
took such steps by commencing an action (prior to the motion underlying the appeal) in negligence against
plaintiffs»
counsel for damages of $ 250,000 — a factor that was considered by the Court in allowing the appeal.
During
plaintiff counsel's closing argument, the judge questioned
counsel about something that no one touched upon at trial: could the mugshot have been
taken when the inmate was in his cell?
Plaintiff takes issue with the presiding justice allowing the scandalous non-compliance to the rules of court by defendants and their
counsel as per notices served on the defendants
counsel.
The Court of Appeal set aside the dismissal where the
plaintiff continued to move the action along, participated in examinations for discovery before and after the action was dismissed, and actions
taken by the defendants»
counsel did not support actual prejudice or reliance on finality.
Such notice might have alerted
plaintiff's
counsel to
take steps to restore the action to the trial list much earlier than he did.
On the contrary, far from dis - incentivizing the
plaintiff's bar to
take on risky medical malpractice or personal injury cases on a contingency fee basis, the decision in Batalla should reassure
counsel that the prospect for reward is well worth the risks assumed.
Counsel Alison Latimer says the appeal court
took a «very cautious approach to stare decisis» and notes the
plaintiffs will be seeking leave to appeal from the Supreme Court of Canada.
In June 2008 and April 2009, discoveries of the
plaintiff in action # 2
took place;
counsel for defendants in action # 1 attended on a «watching brief.»
Virtually all of the delay between September 2006 and March 2010 was attributable to the failure of
plaintiff's
counsel to move the action along and
take the appropriate steps to set aside the Registrar's order.
Taken on their own these tests may not be particularly onerous for a Plaintiff to overcome, but taken together they may provide defence counsel with a useful tool in dismissing claims involving a novel duty of
Taken on their own these tests may not be particularly onerous for a
Plaintiff to overcome, but
taken together they may provide defence counsel with a useful tool in dismissing claims involving a novel duty of
taken together they may provide defence
counsel with a useful tool in dismissing claims involving a novel duty of care.
If a major corporation cheats a thousand of its workers out of a thousand dollars each, very few of them will decide it is worth the hassle and expense of a major lawsuit, and virtually no lawyer will be willing to
take such a low dollar case on a contingency fee basis — meaning that the
plaintiffs will have to pay more for legal
counsel than they are likely to win in the end.
The lesson to be
taken from the developing state of standing for statutory violations post-Spokeo is clear:
plaintiff counsel should
take particular care to specifically allege in detail the harm their clients incurred as a result of the statutory violation.