ENEWSLETTER: June 2016
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
Happy 4th of July to All of Our Friends!
The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington Welcomes Class of 2016 Summer Associates
Each year for the past 21 years, The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington has hired law students as part of its Summer Associate Program. This program was instituted by Mr. Brewington and his wife, the Rev. Adrienne Brewington, to provide opportunities for law students who have an interest in the area of Civil Rights and to encourage and foster students who have a desire to explore and experience what it is like to work in a small, fast-paced law firm that is involved in high-profile Civil Rights work and litigation.
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Town of Huntington’s Motion to Dismiss Denied and Plaintiff
Can Pursue His Claims of Racial Discrimination
Mr. Andrew White, an African-American male, began his employment with the Town of Huntington in 2003 at the age of sixteen as a seasonal gate attendant in the Maritime Services Department. Mr. White was stationed in Fleets Cove Beach while he pursued his high school diploma from Huntington High School. In May 2007, upon graduating from Huntington High School, Mr. White began working as a seasonal employee for Defendant Town's Highway Department.
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Auto Owner is Cleared to Proceed to Trial
Plaintiff Tanya Lovitt was in a car accident that took place on November 26, 2007, at which time she was insured by Defendant Progressive Direct Insurance Company. Plaintiff was driving her 2008 Mercedes Benz CLK 550 convertible at the time of the accident which she owned. Extensive damage to the Mercedes was visible at the time of the accident including, but not limited to: 1) Plaintiff’s entire right side was midway into the Mercedes; 2) the passenger side-view mirror was dangling; 3) the entire passenger’s door was smashed in; 4) the window was broken; 5) the passenger seat was shifted inward; and 6) damage to the front right-side panel over the wheel well.
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