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
RECENT CASES
Federal Court Sanctions County of Nassau in False Arrest Case
Plaintiff Michael Smith filed a civil rights action against Defendants County of Nassau, Anna Gaetano, Harry Terezakis, Zurich Associates, LTD., Police Officer Timothy Slevin and other officers after Mr. Smith was wrongfully arrested for criminal trespass for residing at a residence with his fiancée, pursuant to a scam in which Michael Smith and his fiancée were victims.
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Man Beaten by Suffolk County Sheriffs Wins Civil Rights Verdict
On Monday, March 25, 2012, a jury of seven awarded Perrim Anderson, 38, of Hempstead, New York a monetary award of $65,000, finding that Deputy Sheriff Vincent Aparicio beat Mr. Anderson and violated his constitutional rights. The case followed an incident in May 2008 while Mr. Anderson was detained in Suffolk District Court in Central Islip.
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Ruling in the "Long Beach Five" Case
In November 2010, five Long Beach men were falsely accused by Long Beach Police of and arrested for attempted assault in the third degree, resisting arrest, obstructing governmental administration in the second degree and riot for an incident that occurred on that night.
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FIRM NEWS
Nassau Attorney May Face Fine in Civil Rights Case
April 9, 2013 | Newsday
$895,000 Voted to Settle Case
April 9, 2013 | Newsday
County Lawyer Faces $500-a-Day Penalty for Discovery Failure
April 4, 2013 | New York Law Journal
Man Who Claimed Beating by Deputies Awarded $65G
March 26, 2013 | Newsday
Testimony Begins in Beating Suit Against Suffolk Deputies
March 11, 2013 | Newsday
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