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The memory of New York Court of Claims Judge Donald J. Corbett Jr. is forever preserved in one of the courtrooms over which he used to preside.
Dozens of colleagues, friends and family members turned out Friday to dedicate a courtroom in the Court Exchange Building in honor of the judge who died two years ago.
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The Court of Claims lacks jurisdiction to review decisions of the attorney general granting or denying payment of attorney fees in connection with an award of reparations filed on behalf of a victim of a crime.
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GARRYOWEN, Mont., Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After years of harassment, false allegations, and wrongful persecution, Christopher Kortlander, founding director of the Custer Battlefield Museum, and the businesses he operates at Garryowen, Montana, have filed a multimillion dollar lawsuit in the U.S. Federal Court of Claims in Washington DC against the United States (1:11-cv-00601- MBH Kortlander et al v. USA). The lawsuit was filed in response to the actions of various law enforcement agents of the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Department of the Interior, and the United States. Kortlander states that the purpose of the suit is to recover from the damages caused by years of malicious prosecution by the many federal agencies involved in tw...
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The Ohio Court of Claims lacks jurisdiction to consider and determine appeals from the Attorney General's decisions on attorney fee applications in crime victim reparation cases under R.C. 2743.51 et seq.
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Two recent Supreme Court pronouncements on May 27, 2008 -- CBOCS West Inc v Humphries and Gomez-Perez v Potter -- should continue the acceleration of retaliation claims. In both cases, the Supreme Court read a retaliation prohibition into two important federal discrimination statutes, even though neither statute contained specific retaliatory language. With these latest decisions, the Supreme Court seems bound and determined to protect employees unfettered access to the employment discrimination laws. This article will analyze: 1. Humphries and Gomez-Perez, 2. the appropriateness of each decision, and 3. the renewed importance of implementing effective counter measures to protect against the expected onslaught of retaliation claims. Employers are not defenseless to retaliation claims in...
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Bad roads and a cut in the budget of the state Division of Corrections caused the dollar amount of claims awarded by the state Court of Claims to more than double in the past year.
According to its 2011 annual report, the state Court of Claims - the agency assigned to investigate claims against the state for monetary damages - approved $8.4 million worth of awards to be paid to individuals and corporations across the state during the past year.
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A prep school student must arbitrate her personal injury claims against the school and one of its teachers, the California Court of Appeal has ruled in reversing judgment.
The plaintiff attended a private college preparatory school. According to the plaintiff, school officials wrongfully accused her of an honor code violation. In addition, the plaintiff alleged that a teacher at the school knocked her down in an act of horseplay that occurred while he was belittling and humiliating her in front of classmates.