ENEWSLETTER: NOVEMBER 2013
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
Frederick K. Brewington Receives LIBN’s Leadership in Law Award
Frederick K. Brewington received the Long Island Business News’ Leadership in Law Awards in the category of Sole Practitioner. The awards ceremony took place November 14 at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury.
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RECENT CASES
This month's newsletter highlights some of the cases recently handled by our firm.
Frederick K. Brewington Wins $95,000 Verdict in Retrial on Behalf of Client Who Was Beaten by Police
A federal jury recently awarded to a client of Frederick K. Brewington $95,000 in damages for civil right violations after suffering mental and physical abuse at the hands of two Suffolk County deputies.
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Firefighter Wins Right to Retain his Status Against Hempstead Fire Department
Capt. Cary Morris of the Hempstead Fire Department was wrongfully stripped of his status as a Hempstead firefighter on November 28, 2012. Through his attorneys, The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington, he commenced an action in Nassau County Supreme Court claiming that his termination was a violation of the rules, regulations and bylaws of the Hempstead Fire Dept and also a violation of the Department’s Constitution.
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Federal Judge Denies Defendants' Motion Seeking Reconsideration of Order Denying Previous Request for Summary Judgment
Plaintiff, John Puglisi, Jr., a white male, is an employee of Sanitary District Number 2 in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, state of New York. In 2007, a hangman’s noose was discovered hanging in a place where the African-American and other employees gather in the morning before beginning their work.
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IN THE NEWS
Jury: Man beaten by deputy sheriff awarded $95,000
November 14, 2013 | Newsday
Lawyers Sum Up in Civil-Rights Trial
November 14, 2013 | Newsday
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