ENEWSLETTER: FEBRUARY 2015
Civil Rights and Personal Injury and General Practice Law Firm, Dedicated to Social Justice
The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington is a well-respected litigation firm with an office in Hempstead, Long Island. Our focus is primarily in the area of civil rights, voting rights, employment discrimination, police misconduct, personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death and criminal law. However, the Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington is a full- service law firm handling matters in numerous areas of law and providing a wide range of services from contract formation to litigation and trial practice.
RECENT VERDICTS AND SETTLEMENTS
$7.75 million- Civil Rights and wrongful death action brought by the family of deceased
$4.7 million- Repeated verbal and physical assaults on Yemeni-American employee, while supervisor failed to protect employee and discipline the assailant
$1.277 million- Race based attack and serious injury by violent acts against Plaintiffs, who were lured to an isolated warehouse
$2.8 million- Wrongful death, products liability case involving a tow motor accident at a sewage treatment plant
RECENT CASES
United States Federal District Court Denies Appeal of Correction Officer Who Physically Threatened Client over Racial Discrimination and Harassment Allegations
Manny DaSilva, a Nassau County Correction Officer who is a defendant in a racial discrimination, hostile work place and harassment lawsuit filed by Rodney Johnson, has his motion to halt the lawsuit denied.
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Convicted Nassau Police Officer who Provided False Testimony to Grand Jury Loses Appeal Seeking Immunity
On January 13, 2015, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Nassau County Police Officer Craig Buonora—who provided perjured testimony against Darryl T. Coggins to a Nassau County Grand Jury leading to Mr. Coggins' wrongful indictment—in that he should not be granted immunity from suit for his actions which were unrelated to his Grand Jury testimony.
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NYCC Joins TCC at Press Conference and Demands Immediate Action by District Attorney’s Office and NYS Attorney General
On January 6 at the Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington, The Corridor Counts, Inc, joined by community residents and other community groups such as New York Communities for Change (NYCC), a press conference was held to unveil its people’s Indictment against school board members, administrators, unqualified employees and inappropriate and unauthorized expenditures which have been detailed by the New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office, which issued its long-anticipated report in connection with its audit of the Hempstead School District for the period of July 1, 2011 through March 31, 2013.
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IN THE NEWS
Rehberg Provides Officer Immunity From 1983 Claim Based on Perjurious Grand Jury Indictment
January 20, 2015 | New York Law Journal
TCC Case Against Hempstead Board Of Education
January 6, 2015 | YouTube
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