ENEWSLETTER: December 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
AT THE FIRM
Female African-American Correction Officer Files Complaint against Nassau County Sheriff's Department, Citing Racial Discrimination, Retaliation and a Hostile Work Environment
Mary Williams, a Nassau County correction officer who is an African-American woman, was joined by members of several law enforcement and community groups at a press conference held on December 14 at The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington to announce the filing of her federal lawsuit for the perpetrating, allowing, encouraging, condoning, failing to address, and attempting to cover up a hostile work environment based on race and opposition to discriminatory practices.
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26-Year Nassau County Correction Officer and Ordained Minister Files Separate Complaint against Sheriff’s Department Citing Racial Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation
On December 14, Jonathan Wharton, an African-American Nassau County correction officer, announced he has filed a separate complaint against the Nassau Sheriff’s Department for discrimination, retaliation and a hostile work environment. The jury of five women and two men found that Mr. Wharton, a veteran of the armed services...
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Mentally Disabled Man Who Was Beaten by Correction Officers during His Incarceration Seeks $10 Million in Damages
Matthew Matteo, a mentally disabled man, is seeking $10 million in a lawsuit which claims he was physically assaulted numerous times by Nassau County correction officers and that those who knew about the beating did nothing to prevent it. Further, when he suffered severe injuries as a result of these unprovoked attacks, he was denied access to needed medical care and rehabilitative services.
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Frederick K. Brewington Receives Lifetime Achievement Award at Long Island Business News' Leadership in Law Awards Ceremony
Frederick K. Brewington of The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington received the Lifetime Achievement Award during Long Island Business News' Leadership in Law Awards ceremony. The event was held on November 19 at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury.
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IN THE NEWS
Racial harassment suit
December 15, 2015 | Newsday
Mary Williams, Jonathan Wharton, Nassau correction officers, claim racial harassment
December 14, 2015 | Newsday
Lawmakers to call for Suffolk PD monitor
December 14, 2015 | News 12
2 Nassau correction officers file discrimination complaints
December 14, 2015 | News 12
2 correction officers sue Nassau, claim racial harassment
December 14, 2015 | FiOS1
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