civil action for damages

He later launched civil action for damages, which was ultimately unsuccessful.

This is called "civil action for damages."

Otherwise, they would face the threat of civil action for damages in tort proximately flowing from the failure to report the suspected injuries.

He brought a civil action for damages for false imprisonment but did not apply for habeas corpus.

This enabled him to bring criminal proceedings for the common law offence of defamatory libel against Newman, rather than a simple civil action for damages.

The power of the federal courts extends both to civil actions for damages and other redress, and to criminal cases arising under federal law.

In a civil action for damages at Melbourne magistrates' court, Dale denied punching De Pace.

In light of such shortcomings, they have instituted civil actions for damages directly against the government of Libya for masterminding the bombing over Lockerbie.

In a further twist to the saga, Spector also faces a civil action for damages from the family of Lana Clarkson, lodged back in 2005.

Insurers have told Mr Mr Lewis there is no point in civil action for damages because the youth has no assets and was not insured.

In 2007, NCsoft filed a complaint to South Korean gosu gamer authorities and brought a civil action for damages and an injunction to Bluehole.

The action for contravention of lawburrows does not preclude any other remedies, such as a civil action for damages for assault, or criminal proceedings by the Procurator Fiscal.

Civil actions for damages seem to have been relatively frequent so far back as the reign of Edward I (1272-1307), though it is unknown whether any generally applicable criminal process was in use.

It also required that industrial action be supported by union members in a pre-strike ballot if the union was to be exempt from civil action for damages arising from the dispute.

The court's jurisdiction includes civil actions for damages arising within the five counties of New York City involving claims of up to $25,000, as well as residential and commercial landlord-tenant disputes.

They fear they could lay themselves open to prosecution for murder or manslaughter - or in some cases a civil action for damages - if they disconnect a feeding tube without court permission.

The earlier history of the English law of defamation is somewhat obscure; civil actions for damages seem to have been tolerably frequent as far back as the reign of Edward I (1272-1307).

Any civil actions for damages, disciplinary proceedings and Human Rights Code complaints against police officers would be dealt with by one tribunal to reduce costs and increase fairness to officers and complainants.

The bill would make a covered entity that willfully fails to comply with the adopted regulations liable to a consumer in a civil action for damages, as specified, and would require such an action to be brought within a certain time period.

Unsatisfied with the injustice the Spences suffered and in a revolutionary turn of events, Walden and Ricks proceeded to file a civil action for damages against the streetcar company and won damages in the amount of $1,500.

The court shares jurisdiction with the Superior Court over civil actions for damages in which the damages claimed, excluding real estate titles, do not exceed $25,000 (this ceiling can be increased to $50,000 as permitted by the state Supreme Court).

Also, his vote for the FISA renewal was a compromise - one I don't support - that gave amnesty to the telephone companies from prosecution in any potential civil action for damages arising out of their assisting the government in illegal wiretapping.

Giving false testimony in a judicial proceeding even though the allegation is made that the person giving the testimony knew it to be false, does not give rise, either at common law or by statute, to a civil action for damages, resulting from such testimony.

Ezra B. Eaton a farmer from Wentworth, New Hampshire brought a civil action for damages resulting from the flooding of his farm against the Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad Company (B., C. & M.R.R..)

The actions include an application in the High Court for a so-called gagging order, ostensibly to prevent him further injuring the good name and reputation of the corporation, the lodging of complaints with the Law Society of unprofessional behaviour and the lodging of a civil action for damages for some $500,000.