Sentences with phrase «who prevails in a case»

The Supreme Court has held that where a statute permits attorney's fees to be awarded to the prevailing party, the attorney who prevails in a case brought under a federal statute as a pro se litigant is not entitled to an award of attorney's fees.

Not exact matches

The liberal elite who occupy the positions of influence in deciding cases under human rights or equality laws tend to use them as a tool to achieve the results that conform to the fashionable values they have absorbed or which prevail in the social environments in which they live, are educated and work.

In this case may common sense prevail for those who are reading it.

The prevailing type of mobility has been from Estonia to other countries; mostly in a go - and - return format — as in the case of the Marie Curie Fellow Anu Reinart, who recently shared her experiences with Science's Next Wave.

In this case, there was also an egg donor involved who wanted the embryos back if the wife did not prevail.

His success in that case makes him a media darling as well, which draws the attention of accused murderer Douglas Benoit (Hurt, 1984), who wants the young lawyer's sense of style to help him prevail against overwhelming circumstantial evidence and a lack of alibi.

please go take a nap; hopefully by the time you wake up, those of us who take this seriously will have solved the problem or who won't, in which case the facts will have prevailed, and you and your kind will have succeeded in allowing huge devastation....

A study commissioned by the American Constitution Society reveals that, based on data from 1979 to 2006, plaintiffs who brought employment discrimination suits in federal district courts prevailed only 15 percent of the time, compared to 51 percent for non-employment related cases.

Contingency fees offer you the peace of mind that comes with knowing that you are not at risk of being hit with an enormous legal bill from us in the event that you do not prevail in your accident claim, along with the confidence that you are being represented by a team who will treat your case as if it were their own.

Indeed, the prevailing assumption is that 95 % + of criminal defendants are guilty of something, and criminal defense lawyers actually kind of dread representing a client who really is 100 % innocent, because the acceptable standards of success in the case that won't result in injustice and acceptable litigation options in the case, are so much narrower.

He previously prevailed at trial in a forgery case brought on behalf of an elderly pro bono client who had lost title to his home as the result of a fraudulent deed.

We have prevailed in many types of car accident cases, recovering compensation from liable drivers who cause head - on collisions.

In a defamation case, the plaintiff who was the subject of the false statements must prove the following things to prevail in their lawsuiIn a defamation case, the plaintiff who was the subject of the false statements must prove the following things to prevail in their lawsuiin their lawsuit:

Camaganacan v. St. Joseph's Printing Ltd., 2010 ONSC 5184 (ON S.C), prevailed in wrongful dismissal case, securing a 16 month severance package for a client who was only offered only 6 months by his employer.

But with the rules and regs saying one thing, agents thinking something else altogether or not «thinking» at all in some cases, the only thing that prevails is total confusion for the public, who often don't know what to think (they just want to buy or sell a house)-- and many agents can't explain it, neither can their brokerages — or what is taught in courses (which sometimes is in total conflict course to course to course) merely adds more confusion, thanks now to the total input of the CB lady.

(This is not always the case, obviously, but it is a prevailing attitude in the collective mind - set of the public... I'm defending my choice of working within this industry all the time... I sometimes get into some heated exchanges with folks as I stand up for the fact that there are many good folks in this business; but I do have to concede that there are also those who don't belong here, especially to those folks who tell me why they think negatively of our industry; it always boils down to one or more personal negative experiences, and if not that, to stories that they have heard about same from other disillusioned consumers.