ENEWSLETTER: JUNE 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
AT THE FIRM
New York Law Journal Names The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington One of Top Minority-Owned Law Firms
The New York Law Journal has named The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington one of the Top Minority-Owned Law Firms in New York State. The data was compiled from survey results from The National Law Journal and the New York Law Journal last year.
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Law Firm Welcomes Associates for the Summer
The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington will host a number of associates during the summer season. These associates, who are currently attending law school, will receive real-world experience inside a law firm.
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RECENT CASES
This month's newsletter highlights some of the cases recently handled by our firm.
Maribel Touré, TCC, NYCC, and Other Hempstead School District Residents File Complaint with NYS Commissioner of Education and Call for Examination of Recent Election Fraud and Other Improprieties
On June 12, Frederick K. Brewington held a press conference at his office to announce the filing of petition with the New York State Commissioner of Education in Albany, charging the Hempstead School District, the district clerk and Betty Cross in her capacity as a school board trustee and candidate with election fraud, abuse of absentee ballots and other improprieties, which impacted the recent school board election, which took place on May 20.
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Perrim Anderson Post Trial Decision
Following the second jury trial on this excessive force case, in which a jury awarded the plaintiff Perrim Anderson ("Anderson") compensantory damages of $20,000 and punitive damages of $75,000 against defendant Vincent Aparicio (“Aparicio”), and returned a verdict in favor of defendant Maria McAuley (“McAuley”), both Anderson and Aparicio have filed posttrial motions seeking judgment as a matter of law or a new trial pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“Rules”) 50 and 59.
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Brooklyn Federal Jury Awards Osama Saleh, a Yemeni-American, $4.7 Million in Discrimination Case
Osama Saleh, a client of Frederick K. Brewington, was recently awarded $4.7 million against his former employer. The jury found that Mr. Saleh constantly faced discrimination, verbal and physical abuse and intimidation at the place where he worked and his supervisor, who was well aware of Mr. Saleh’s complaints, failed to take any disciplinary action against Mr. Saleh’s co-worker.
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Federal Judge Rules Suffolk County Must Release Grand Jury Proceedings in Case Involving Death of Kenny Lazo
On April 23, U.S. Magistrate Judge Gary R. Brown ruled in favor of Frederick K. Brewington’s clients, Patricia Gonzalez and Jennifer Gonzalez, to have the complete records of a state grand jury proceeding concerning the death of Kenneth Lazo.
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IN THE NEWS
Hempstead School Vote Challenger Alleges Fraud
June 13, 2014 |Newsday
Hogan Lovells Lands Win For Fair-Housing Advocates
June 13, 2014 | Law360
Critics call for resignation of Hempstead School Board member Betty Cross, citing voter fraud, intimidation
June 12, 2014 | News 12
Lawyer petitions state education commissioner on Hempstead school board election
June 12, 2014| Newsday
Lawyer: Hempstead school district elections should be invalidated
June 12, 2014 | FiOS1
NY man named Osama wins $4.7M lawsuit; co-workers bullied him, called him 'bin Laden'
June 9, 2014 | www.syracuse.com
EXCLUSIVE: Man Named Osama Wins $4.7M Lawsuit Because Co-Worker at Brooklyn Store Punched Him, Called Him ‘Bin Laden’
June 8, 2014 | New York Daily News
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