ENEWSLETTER: JULY 2014

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

$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

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THE LAW OFFICES OF FREDERICK K. BREWINGTON WELCOMES STEPHANIE M. PLATT

Stephanie M. Platt is a dedicated young attorney committed to civil and human rights. She has a compassion for justice and has worked hard to advance the rights of those she represents. Ms. Platt earned her Bachelor of Arts degree at Connecticut College, majoring in History and American Studies, and her Juris Doctor degree from Touro Law Center. Read More »

RECENT CASES

This month's newsletter highlights some of the cases recently handled by our firm.

NYS DIVISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DETERMINES VERIZON UNFAIRLY DISCIPLINED 25-YEAR CORE FIELD TECHNICIAN ON THE BASIS OF HIS RACE

On July 17, the New York State Division of Human Rights made a determination that Frederick K. Brewington’s client, Adan Abreu, was discriminated by his employer, Verizon, on the basis of his race. Mr. Abreu, who identified his race as black and his ethnicity as Hispanic, was disciplined by the company for not wearing his company shirt while working in an area at Fire Island with poison ivy. Mr. Abreu, who spent 25 years as a Core Field Technician, said he did not want to wear the shirt because he did not want to bring poison ivy home to his family and instead decided to wear a tank top. Mr. Abreu also noted the white employees who worked on Fire Island did not wear their shirts and some of them violated other company policies, but were never disciplined or transferred.
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NYS EDUCATION COMMISSIONER RULES HEMPSTEAD SCHOOL BOARD CANNOT DECLARE BETTY CROSS WINNER OF ELECTION

Pursuant to Education Law §310 and 8 NYCRR §276.1(a), in order to protect the interests of the parties pending an ultimate determination of the above-referenced appeal, interim relief is hereby granted to the extent that respondent board of education is precluded from: (1) enforcing its May 21, 2014 action declaring respondent Cross the winner of the May 20, 2014 school board election as against petitioner Touré and (2) seating respondent Cross as a member of the board pending a determination on the merits of this appeal.
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IN THE NEWS

Decision On Cross
July 21, 2014 | Newsday

Commissioner: Cross Must Step Down from Hempstead School Board
July 18, 2014 | Newsday.com

Hempstead board rescinds vote at hurried meeting
June 23, 2014 | Newsday

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