In the last few years, Bangladesh has given its business environment a facelift to attract investments. To curtail excessive red tapism in company registration, the incorporation of company has been simplified by digitalisation. A ‘one stop shop strategy’ has been introduced by enacting a new law in Parliament namely One-Stop Service Act, 2018 and, thereunder, rules were framed in 2020. BIDA, a government agency, has been placed in charge of operating an online portal, which receives, and processes applications from domestic and foreign investors to provide investment related services upon demand. Nevertheless, the annual World Bank’s Doing Business Reports are disheartening for the nation. The country has recurrently received low scores and found its place relatively at the bottom of the list. In 2020, Bangladesh ranked 168th among 190 countries. Though it is six notches up from the previous year’s ranking of 176th, it is still a poor ranking in the global perspective. In South Asia, this is the second to last position. The World Bank’s Doing Business Index provides ranking upon assessing a country’s trade practice and regulations in areas, such as, starting business, getting utility connections, paying taxes, registering property, getting credit, dealing with constructions permits, enforcing contracts, etc. The procedures, time, and costs (required for availing services) are the main three baselines that are carefully assessed for ranking in the doing business index. As the latest ranking suggests, Bangladesh was graded poorly on almost all indicators. Upon analysis, the lower ranking was generally associated with the issues of corruption in public offices, lack of regulatory transparency and administrative delays in file approval, etc. which are understandably not encouraging for investors while considering doing business in a country. For ranking on ‘enforcement contract,’ the time and cost to resolve a commercial dispute and the quality of judicial processes are carefully evaluated. For this purpose, the World Bank Team analyses the aspects of an efficient judicial system by considering the factors, such as, (a) availability of specialised courts; (b) access to automated systems for filing complaints and serving notices; (c) regulations concerning the timeframe for each procedural instance; and (iv) existence of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. Except the last one, in other three indicators, Bangladesh received negative marking. Because, in Bangladesh, there exists no specialised corporate law courts dedicated to resolve intra-corporate and/or contractual disputes between the parties. So, no question arises as regards access to the automated systems for filing complaints and serving notices. The time frame, for each procedural step required in a case, received bad grades in the index because in majority cases, the prescribed time frame is not respected which results in judicial delays in resolution of disputes. Bangladesh has laws providing ADR mechanisms, but their application is not meaningful thanks to the passive judicial attitude and reluctance of the parties. In other words, both in terms of monetary expenses and time spent, the litigation experience is not pleasant on any count for the corporate bodies in Bangladesh. The prime causes of the judicial delays are that the procedural laws are anachronistic, extremely complex, time consuming and they, to a large extent, still bear the mark of colonial heritage. Hence, there is a legal and commercial necessity to establish special corporate law courts giving them jurisdictions to adjudicate corporate disputes. It may be mentioned that the High Court Division has statutory original jurisdiction to entertain, adjudicate certain intra-corporate and corporate disputes under the relevant legislation in force in Bangladesh. And, any such dispute if submitted to the High Court Division is resolved within a reasonable time frame. It is possible because the Judges are highly efficient, and the case management system is well developed, though the court automation is yet to be advanced up to the satisfactory level. However, the High Court jurisdiction is limited under the relevant statutes. It can assert its jurisdiction to adjudicate only certain types of disputes which are expressly mandated by law. In all other cases, the subordinate courts assume jurisdiction and adjudicate by applying procedures which are very formalistic and lengthy. Establishing special courts is not a new concept for Bangladesh. For instance, in civil jurisdiction, Artha Rin Adalat (Money Loan Court) established under the Artha Rin Adalat Ain, 2003 (Money Loan Court Act, 2003) is functioning as a special court which was established to provide mechanisms for speedy resolution of money loan cases. This law allows the banks and non-banking financial institutions to file cases in special courts for recovery of loan from the alleged defaulters. In the same fashion, special courts can be established providing exclusive jurisdictions to adjudicate all corporate disputes. Available empirical evidence suggests that a specialised corporate law court equipped with the necessary physical, technological support and adjudicating environment, can bring significant changes to the country’s judicial system. In Columbia, one of the emerging economies in Latin America, a similar court was established under a 2008 law and since then, the country has been witnessing fast track solutions to all corporate law cases. The creation of corporate law court in Colombia was proved to be effective for expeditious handling of cases and thereby positively impacting foreign investment in the country. The Colombian model is oft quoted by the scholars to propose it for the emerging economies. The presence of such courts is imperative for an emerging economy like Bangladesh which has set its Vision 2041 to reach the level of high-income status through industrialisation. The writer is pursuing an advanced Masters in Compliance at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, and a practicing lawyer of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. The post The quest for special courts for adjudication of corporate disputes first appeared on Aggressive Injury Law.
0 Comments
*The video above is related content: Daytona Beach police holds wreath-laying ceremony to honor fallen officer* DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (WESH) — The family of fallen Daytona Beach Officer Jason Raynor has filed a lawsuit against the man accused of killing him. Raynor, 26, died in the hospital on Aug. 17, one month after being shot in the head while on patrol in Daytona Beach. Othal Wallace, the man who faces charges for shooting Raynor, is in custody without bond and has pleaded not guilty to the charge of attempted first-degree murder of a law enforcement officer. Raynor’s family has now filed a suit against Wallace, claiming wrongful death, assault, battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. They are seeking $5 million in damages. Source link The post Family of fallen Daytona Beach officer files $5M suit against man accused of killing him first appeared on Aggressive Injury Law. At the beginning of the 20th century, Gov. Hiram Johnson and his progressive allies established the referendum, initiative and recall in California. The goal was to reduce the power of the state Legislature and the moneyed interests that controlled it — especially the Southern Pacific railroad. A century later, though, the system of direct democracy they put in place is not working all that well. This year we’ve been watching a misbegotten recall make a fool of the state. It’s a magnet for loopy, unprepared and extremist candidates, and it may yet undermine the will of most Californian voters by propelling a person with little popular support into the state’s highest office — at a cost of about $400 million to taxpayers. But the recall isn’t direct democracy’s biggest problem. Over the years, the recall power hasn’t been overused. It has only been successful six times in 110 years at unseating elected state officials, and only once in all that time, in 2003, has a governor been removed. The real problem lies with the initiative process. Just look at what’s coming in 2022 and who stands to benefit: Tobacco companies have qualified an initiative to overturn California’s ban on flavored tobacco. Trial lawyers are almost certain to face off against doctors over medical malpractice insurance. Indian tribes hope to legalize sports betting on Indian land at casinos and racetracks. This from a system that was supposed to disempower special interests! The roots of direct democracy run deep. The recall goes back to ancient Rome. The initiative and referendum were in use in the early United States and in 19th century Switzerland. California adopted them in 1911. For the record, the pro-business, conservative Los Angeles Times was no friend to such reforms at the time. That led Johnson to attack its owner, Harrison Gray Otis. “He sits there in senile dementia,” the governor said, “with gangrene heart and rotting brain, grimacing at every reform, chattering impotently at all things that are decent, frothing, fuming, violently gibbering, going down to his grave in snarling infamy.” So much for the idea that politics used to be civil. For years, the initiative was used sparingly. But after the success of Howard Jarvis’ famous Proposition 13 in 1978, it became suddenly — surprise! — popular. In all, nearly 400 initiatives have qualified for the ballot since 1911 and 137 have been approved by voters, about 90 of which were post-1978. They’ve affected how we’re taxed, how we punish criminals, how we treat immigrants, how we fund schools and how we cage chickens and pigs. Sometimes for the better. But they demand too much from voters. Let’s face it, ordinary citizens aren’t going to do the work needed to decide, say, how dialysis clinics should be run or whether to change the dedicated use of certain hospital fees to draw down federal matching money for Medi-Cal. In 2016, the California voters guide was 224 pages long, thanks to 17 complicated ballot measures assigned to voters, 80% of whom, if they match national figures, can’t even name their own state legislators. Here’s another problem: Initiatives often impede the running of government. The vast majority are “super laws” in the sense that they can’t be modified by the Legislature — only by another popular vote. And voters can order the state to take action without bothering with where the money will come from, turning legislators into “janitors to clean up the mess,” according to Joe Mathews, a columnist for Zocalo Public Square who has written extensively about direct democracy. Some proposed initiatives are downright crazy. Like the one that would’ve split California into six states. Or the one calling for the killing of California’s gay people. Those didn’t make the ballot. (The one about killing gay people was struck down even before signature-gathering.) But plenty of bad measures do. Just remember 1994’s Proposition 187, which tore the state apart over the benefits due to immigrants living in the state illegally. As it has turned out, the rich and powerful Southern Pacific would’ve loved the initiative process. Last year’s election broke all previous California spending records for ballot measure campaigns. Corporations, rich people, unions and other well-funded interests spent a grotesque $785 million on 12 yes-or-no ballot questions. Leading the pack was Proposition 22, which sought to carve out a special exemption for Uber, Lyft and several other companies from a controversial worker protection law that had been passed by the Legislature. The companies spent $224,271,800 wooing and spinning voters and, unsurprisingly, their measure passed. (Only to be recently ruled unconstitutional and unenforceable by a state Superior Court judge.) Not all initiatives are bad. Money doesn’t always win. Sometimes voters make the right choices. Some special interests propose worthy measures. Nonetheless, the system, if we’re going to keep it, is in need of substantial reform. We could, for example, rely less on the initiative and more on ratifying (or not) legislative acts through the referendum process. Maybe there could be more meaningful spending limits or stiffer requirements for gathering petition signatures. Or how about a citizen’s review process for vetting and analyzing initiatives, similar to the one established in Oregon? Mathews says better forms of initiative and referendum exist in other countries, where the power of the people is more closely integrated with the Legislature — rather than constantly conflicting with it. Direct democracy, he says, can be a positive force but not as it is structured in California. Of course, to set it right might require an initiative or two (or more) — or a constitutional convention — to accomplish. window.fbAsyncInit = function() { FB.init({ appId : '134435029966155', xfbml : true, version : 'v2.9' }); }; (function(d, s, id){ var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); The post Nicholas Goldberg: You think California’s recall system is dangerous? Check out the initiative process first appeared on Aggressive Injury Law. The mother of a man who died two years ago after his arrest following a foot chase has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against three Texas police officers, alleging they were “deliberately indifferent” as her son complained that he couldn’t breathe. Keisha Boykin filed the lawsuit Sunday in U.S. district court in Texarkana, Texas, against three local officers on behalf of her son, Darren Boykin, who died on Aug. 29, 2019. According to the lawsuit, officers Jerrika Weaver and Brent Hobbs, and their supervisor during the arrest, Sgt. William Scott, knew that Boykin was unable breathe and had asked for help, but they “deliberately chose not to provide medical care.” It says they had the duty and ability to call for medical assistance, but did not, and that Boykin died because of their “deliberate indifference.” “It was clear that this wasn’t just someone who happened to die. It was someone who was complaining that they were in distress, that they needed help and they were in a situation where they couldn’t provide themselves with that care,” said attorney James Roberts, who filed the lawsuit along with attorney Scott Palmer on behalf of Keisha Boykin. A police department spokesman, Shawn Vaughn, said the department couldn’t comment on pending litigation. Texarkana College police, who initially confronted Darren Boykin, sent a custodial death report to the Texas attorney general saying the coroner determined that Boykin died of natural causes linked to complications of sickle cell trait. According to the lawsuit, Boykin fled on foot after being confronted by Texarkana College police officers, who suspected him of theft. After running for about half a mile in the heat, he was detained and city police officers arrived. At that point, Boykin was having trouble breathing as he lay handcuffed on the ground, and officers carried him to the patrol car, the lawsuit contends. According to body camera footage, Boykin had an Ohio driver’s license, and officers found he had a felony warrant in that state. On the footage, Boykin says he’d been in Texarkana for around six months. The lawsuit states that Boykin repeatedly said he couldn’t breathe, that his breathing was labored and that he said he was going to pass out before he fell unconscious in the back of the patrol car as Weaver drove him to jail. According to the lawsuit, at one point, Weaver told Boykin, “You can’t call I can’t breathe after you ran forever and then you have felonies.” At one point during the drive to jail, Boykin told Weaver: “Ma’am, I’m about to pass out.” Weaver tells him to “just lean against the glass,” the lawsuit says. He also told her, ”I can’t even talk.” Eventually, Boykin leaned over and no longer responded to Weaver, the lawsuit states. He was unconscious when they arrived at the jail, and she pulled him from the car and began CPR. He was then taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Roberts said Thursday that they are still doing research, but it’s his understanding that getting Boykin help when he first started saying he couldn’t breathe would have made a difference. “If they would have just gotten oxygen for him, either by calling 911 straight to the scene or even driving straight to the hospital, then I believe his life would have been saved,” Roberts said. Source link The post Texas Officers Ignored Pleas of Man Before Death – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth first appeared on Aggressive Injury Law.
Slip-and-falls are all in a day’s work for personal injury lawyers. But a Worcester PI firm is currently grappling with one case that — presumably — it would love to unload. Filed by the insurance carrier for the firm’s landlord, the suit seeks indemnification for damages suffered by a former employee who slipped and fell in … Enter your user name and password in the fields above to gain access to the subscriber content on this site. Your subscription includes one set of login credentials for your exclusive use. Security features have been integrated on this site: If someone signs in with your credentials while you are logged in, the site will automatically close your ongoing login and you will lose access at that time. To inquire about group subscriptions or an enterprise site license for your firm, contact Sian Taylor. If you feel your login credentials are being used by a second party, contact customer service at 877-615-9536 for assistance in changing your password. Already a paid subscriber but not registered for online access yet? For instructions on how to get premium web access, click here.
Source link The post PI firm bushwhacked by slip-and-fall indemnification claim – Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly first appeared on Aggressive Injury Law. Attorneys at Goede, Adamczyk, DeBoest & Cross respond to questions about Florida community association law. The firm represents community associations throughout Florida and focuses on condominium and homeowner association law, real estate law, civil litigation, estate planning and commercial transactions. We recently have had a group of residents start a social media site for discussions about life in our community. The page appears to be “official” as it uses our community’s name and logo. The comment section quickly became a gripe session and occasionally has content that is “adult” in nature. What can we do to make it clear this page is not authorized by the board and has no official ties to the association? With social media becoming the primary way many people communicate, forums such as the one you describe are becoming more prevalent. However, the name and logo of the association remains its intellectual property and unauthorized use can be — and in most cases should be — curtailed. Permitting unauthorized usage of the association’s intellectual property can lead to the “dilution” of a trade name or trademark and weaken the association’s ability to protect it. In addition to usage in social media forums, dilution can occur as businesses and vendors in the neighboring community try to cash in on the association’s brand and reputation. Whether this is a local car wash, shopping center or a realtor’s website, failure to address this encroachment sooner rather than later allows these businesses to develop their own trademark rights utilizing the association’s name. Luckily, obtaining a state trademark registration for your association’s name and logo is not overly cumbersome or cost prohibitive. Doing so will put others on notice of your trademark, making it easier to compel others to cease and desist their unauthorized use of the association name and logo. While it is not necessary to have an attorney to file a trademark application with the State of Florida, you should consider consulting your association’s counsel. Discuss how broad or narrow your application should be and explore whether prior usage by other businesses might impact your claim, and whether there are copyright issues involving ownership of your logo and the artist or agency who designed it. For a small investment, your association can obtain the peace of mind that its intellectual property is secure — and put a stop to your logo appearing on “unofficial” social media pages. Our association has a handyman that we regularly use as an independent contractor. It is only him and sometimes a helper. He does not have workers’ compensation insurance as he is legally exempt from being required to carry it. Our management company is telling us we should not use this person if he is not insured. Our association has its own workers’ compensation insurance and general liability so I am not sure I understand the problem. What is your opinion on this topic? A: Workers’ compensation is a form of insurance providing wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured in the course of employment in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the employee’s right to sue his or her employer for the tort of negligence. So, workers’ compensation protects the employer, not the association directly. If an accident occurs, you have general liability insurance to cover the association and if the person somehow could prove he was an employee of the association, that is what the association’s workers’ compensation is for. The downside of the employer not having workers’ compensation, is that if the employee gets hurt and the employer is not well financed, the injured person will only have one entity to sue — the association. If the employer has workers’ compensation, then some of the liability can be laid off on the employer and presumably less on the association. But another real problem is that if the handyman causes damage to the association property or injures someone, he has no general liability insurance to pay for it. For those reasons we do not recommend the association hire persons without workers’ compensation, even if not legally required and certainly not without general liability coverage. Richard DeBoest, II Esq., is partner of the law firm Goede, Adamczyk, DeBoest & Cross. To ask questions about your issues for future columns, send your inquiry to: [email protected]. The information provided herein is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as legal advice. The publication of this article does not create an attorney-client relationship between the reader and Goede, Adamczyk, DeBoest & Cross, or any of our attorneys. Readers should not act or refrain from acting based upon the information contained in this article without first contacting an attorney, if you have questions about any of the issues raised herein. The hiring of an attorney is a decision that should not be based solely on advertisements or this column. Source link The post Unauthorized use of association intellectual property should be curtailed first appeared on Aggressive Injury Law. A son and mother found shot to death on their Lowcountry property.News of the deaths of Paul Murdaugh, 22, and Maggie Murdaugh, 52, has led to national headlines. Not only for the mystery surrounding their murders but for the ties to other death investigations in the area: Stephen Smith in 2015 and Mallory Beach in 2019.Here you will find a timeline of all the events surrounding the Murdaugh murder mystery. Check back for updates.July 8, 2015: Stephen Smith, 19, is found dead on Sandy Run Road in Hampton County. No arrest is made.Feb. 24, 2019: Mallory Beach, 19, goes missing after a boat crash near Parris Island. A 911 call is placed from the scene of the crash at Archer’s Creek.Photos from the scene capture damage to the boat, bloodstains and numerous containers of beer.March 3, 2019: Following a week of searches, a boater discovers Mallory’s body in a marsh area near the Broad River boat landing in Beaufort County.March 2019: The Beach family files a wrongful death lawsuit against a Beaufort County bar, convenience store and two homeowners all of whom, the suit claims, served Beach and her underage friends alcohol the night of the crash. The lawsuit was later amended to only name Richard Alexander “Alex” Murdaugh Sr., Richard Alexander “Buster” Murdaugh Jr., and Parker’s convenience store.April 18, 2019: Paul Murdaugh is indicted on charges of boating under the influence causing death and two counts of boating under the influence causing great bodily injury.May 6, 2019: Murdaugh pleads not guilty to all charges.June 4, 2021: Court ordered mediation in the wrongful death lawsuit fails, which appears to make the case bound for trial.June 7, 2021: Alex Murdaugh discovers the bodies of his son Paul and wife Maggie at their 1,770-acre hunting lodge on Moselle Road in Islandton, Colleton County. A 911 call is placed at 10:07 p.m.”I need the police and ambulance immediately,” Alex Murdaugh says in the 911 call. “My wife and child have been shot badly!”The Colleton County Sheriff’s Office responds and secures the scene. South Carolina’s State Law Enforcement Division is contacted at 10:28 p.m. to assist. SLED agents arrive at 11:47 p.m.Murdaugh family friend Tangie Ohmer tells WJCL: “It was just siren after siren…”June 8, 2021: Authorities confirm the identities of the deceased, referring to the incident as a double homicide. However, they say there is no threat to the public.June 11, 2021: A graveside service is held at Hampton Cemetery for both Paul and Maggie Murdaugh.June 14, 2021: The Colleton County Coroner confirms both Paul and Maggie Murdaugh died from multiple gunshot wounds. The estimated time of death is somewhere between 9 and 9:30 p.m. June 16, 2021: SLED creates a 24-hour dedicated tipline for the case: 803-896-2605.June 17, 2021: Alex Murdaugh’s brothers, Randy Murdaugh IV and John Marvin Murdaugh, appear in an exclusive interview with ABC News in which they plead with the public to come forward with any information. They say they don’t know whether the family has enemies but Paul Murdaugh had received threats.June 21, 2021: SLED releases a handful of heavily-redacted documents shedding light on what deputies discovered the night of the murders. June 23, 2021: Based on information gathered in the Murdaugh investigation, SLED says it is looking into the 2015 death of Stephen Smith in Hampton County. SLED does not elaborate on what information it obtained.June 25, 2021: Members of the Murdaugh family formally announce a $100,000 reward for information that leads to arrest in the double homicide.July 7, 2021: Attorneys representing a survivor of the boat crash that killed Mallory Beach filed a petition alleging law enforcement tried to shift the blame from Paul Murdaugh to their client, Connor Cook.July 14, 2021: During a court hearing, Circuit Judge Bentley Price said he would review the redactions made by SLED in publicly-released documents pertaining to the case and if he felt they weren’t legal, order more information released.July 22, 2021: SLED releases the 911 call placed by Alex Murdaugh the night Paul and Maggie Murdaugh were killed.Aug. 6, 2021: People magazine spotlights the double homicide of Paul and Maggie Murdaugh.The South Carolina Attorney General’s Office drops all charges against Paul Murdaugh in the death of Mallory Beach due to his own death.Aug. 11, 2021: 14th Circuit Solicitor Duffie Stone sends a letter to South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson stating he intends to recuse himself from the investigations into the deaths of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh.Aug. 17, 2021: Following a Freedom of Information Act request, WJCL receives photos and videos from the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office collected as evidence following the boat crash that killed Mallory Beach.Sept. 4, 2021: Father of Paul Murdaugh and husband to Maggie, Alex Murdaugh is shot in the head while changing a tire in Hampton County, according to a family spokesperson. SLED is investigating. He is hospitalized in Savannah and said to be conscious and speaking by the end of the evening. A son and mother found shot to death on their Lowcountry property. News of the deaths of Paul Murdaugh, 22, and Maggie Murdaugh, 52, has led to national headlines. Not only for the mystery surrounding their murders but for the ties to other death investigations in the area: Stephen Smith in 2015 and Mallory Beach in 2019. Here you will find a timeline of all the events surrounding the Murdaugh murder mystery. Check back for updates. July 8, 2015: Stephen Smith, 19, is found dead on Sandy Run Road in Hampton County. No arrest is made. Feb. 24, 2019: Mallory Beach, 19, goes missing after a boat crash near Parris Island. A 911 call is placed from the scene of the crash at Archer’s Creek. Photos from the scene capture damage to the boat, bloodstains and numerous containers of beer. March 3, 2019: Following a week of searches, a boater discovers Mallory’s body in a marsh area near the Broad River boat landing in Beaufort County. March 2019: The Beach family files a wrongful death lawsuit against a Beaufort County bar, convenience store and two homeowners all of whom, the suit claims, served Beach and her underage friends alcohol the night of the crash. The lawsuit was later amended to only name Richard Alexander “Alex” Murdaugh Sr., Richard Alexander “Buster” Murdaugh Jr., and Parker’s convenience store. April 18, 2019: Paul Murdaugh is indicted on charges of boating under the influence causing death and two counts of boating under the influence causing great bodily injury. May 6, 2019: Murdaugh pleads not guilty to all charges. June 4, 2021: Court ordered mediation in the wrongful death lawsuit fails, which appears to make the case bound for trial. June 7, 2021: Alex Murdaugh discovers the bodies of his son Paul and wife Maggie at their 1,770-acre hunting lodge on Moselle Road in Islandton, Colleton County. A 911 call is placed at 10:07 p.m. “I need the police and ambulance immediately,” Alex Murdaugh says in the 911 call. “My wife and child have been shot badly!” The Colleton County Sheriff’s Office responds and secures the scene. South Carolina’s State Law Enforcement Division is contacted at 10:28 p.m. to assist. SLED agents arrive at 11:47 p.m. Murdaugh family friend Tangie Ohmer tells WJCL: “It was just siren after siren…” June 8, 2021: Authorities confirm the identities of the deceased, referring to the incident as a double homicide. However, they say there is no threat to the public. June 11, 2021: A graveside service is held at Hampton Cemetery for both Paul and Maggie Murdaugh. June 14, 2021: The Colleton County Coroner confirms both Paul and Maggie Murdaugh died from multiple gunshot wounds. The estimated time of death is somewhere between 9 and 9:30 p.m. June 16, 2021: SLED creates a 24-hour dedicated tipline for the case: 803-896-2605. June 17, 2021: Alex Murdaugh’s brothers, Randy Murdaugh IV and John Marvin Murdaugh, appear in an exclusive interview with ABC News in which they plead with the public to come forward with any information. They say they don’t know whether the family has enemies but Paul Murdaugh had received threats. June 21, 2021: SLED releases a handful of heavily-redacted documents shedding light on what deputies discovered the night of the murders. June 23, 2021: Based on information gathered in the Murdaugh investigation, SLED says it is looking into the 2015 death of Stephen Smith in Hampton County. SLED does not elaborate on what information it obtained. June 25, 2021: Members of the Murdaugh family formally announce a $100,000 reward for information that leads to arrest in the double homicide. July 7, 2021: Attorneys representing a survivor of the boat crash that killed Mallory Beach filed a petition alleging law enforcement tried to shift the blame from Paul Murdaugh to their client, Connor Cook. July 14, 2021: During a court hearing, Circuit Judge Bentley Price said he would review the redactions made by SLED in publicly-released documents pertaining to the case and if he felt they weren’t legal, order more information released. July 22, 2021: SLED releases the 911 call placed by Alex Murdaugh the night Paul and Maggie Murdaugh were killed. Aug. 6, 2021: People magazine spotlights the double homicide of Paul and Maggie Murdaugh. The South Carolina Attorney General’s Office drops all charges against Paul Murdaugh in the death of Mallory Beach due to his own death. Aug. 11, 2021: 14th Circuit Solicitor Duffie Stone sends a letter to South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson stating he intends to recuse himself from the investigations into the deaths of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh. Aug. 17, 2021: Following a Freedom of Information Act request, WJCL receives photos and videos from the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office collected as evidence following the boat crash that killed Mallory Beach. Sept. 4, 2021: Father of Paul Murdaugh and husband to Maggie, Alex Murdaugh is shot in the head while changing a tire in Hampton County, according to a family spokesperson. SLED is investigating. He is hospitalized in Savannah and said to be conscious and speaking by the end of the evening. Source link The post Alex Murdaugh shot in the head first appeared on Aggressive Injury Law. CHICAGO, Sept. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard, P.C. is proud to announce Partner Brian L. Salvi has been included in Crain’s Chicago Business’ “Notable Rising Stars in Law” feature. Notable Rising Stars in Law highlights Illinois attorneys who have been partners for five years or less and have served as leaders within and outside of their own firms, have made impacts in the field of law and have been recommended by senior management. Brian L. Salvi joined Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. in 2013 and was named Partner in 2019. He concentrates his legal practice on cases that involve personal injury, products liability and medical malpractice. In his time with the firm, Mr. Salvi has obtained a number of noteworthy verdicts and settlements on behalf of his injured clients, including a $20.65 personal injury settlement and a $17.9 million jury verdict in a car accident case. “Brian was unbelievably polite, understanding, informative and sympathetic from the very first phone call. He responds quickly to phone messages and emails and never leaves you guessing on the status of your case. He truly was a pleasure to work with and would highly recommend him to anybody,” a former client told Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard of Brian’s legal representation. In recognition of his outstanding legal work, Mr. Salvi was named to Law Bulletin Media’s elite “40 Under Forty” attorney list, recognizing the top up and coming lawyers in Illinois. He was recognized in the 2021 and 2022 editions of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch and has been named a Rising Star by Illinois Super Lawyers and an Emerging Lawyer by Law Bulletin Media every year since 2016. This year’s Notable Rising Stars in Law list was announced in the September 6 edition of Crain’s Chicago Business. For more information, please contact Marcie Mangan at (312) 372-1227 or [email protected] . Media Contact Marcie Mangan, Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard, P.C., 3123721227, [email protected]
SOURCE Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard, P.C. The post Brian L. Salvi honored by Crain’s Chicago Business as a ‘Notable Rising Star in Law’ | News first appeared on Aggressive Injury Law. By Eric Rosane / [email protected] After settling an appeal in July with a state appeals board, the three companies found to have violated worksite safety laws that led to the death of a worker at the Skookumchuck Wind Farm will pay out the full $549,874 originally levied against them last year. A Washington state Department of Labor and Industries spokesperson confirmed the information to The Chronicle this week after manslaughter charges were levied against five site workers earlier this week in Lewis County Superior Court. Two of the workers are facing first-degree manslaughter charges, with the prosecutor’s office alleging they “did recklessly cause the death” of Jonathan Stringer, 24, of Chehalis, after an unreinforced trench collapsed on him. RES System 3 LLC, parent company RES Americas Construction Inc. and contracted medical service company GEMS were the three companies fined following Labor and Industries’ investigation into the incident. Labor and Industries spokesperson Dina Lorraine said the settlement includes “a substantial investment in worker safety in Washington.” Nearly $470,000 of the total payout will be invested into “worker or industrial safety-related activities, programs or equipment in the state of Washington.” The state will have until July 7 next year to identify the specific investments of those funds, Lorraine said. Possible safety investments could include trenching safety training or equipment, or search and rescue equipment for local governments and first responders. The rest of the roughly $80,500 will be placed in Labor and Industries’ workers compensation supplemental pension fund, which helps injured workers and families of those who have died on the job. Stringer’s family settled a wrongful death claim for $12 million in February after filing suit in King County Superior Court. The settlement, according to probate case documents filed in the court, is believed to be “one of the largest payments for the wrongful death of a single individual in Washington state history, and may be tied for the largest such settlement.” It’s also perhaps the final resolution in a nearly year-long effort to garner justice for the worker who died a preventable death. The estate’s beneficiaries include Stringer’s 3-year-old daughter. He is also survived by his fiancée, Ashlee Thompson, who while not a beneficiary may be subject to a portion of the settlement by way of their “committed intimate relationship” status. Stringer’s estate originally filed suit against RES-America, RES-America Construction, and Weyerhaeuser back in May 2020 just a few months after his death. The post After Appeal, Three Companies Involved in the Wind Farm Death of Chehalis Man Will Pay Out Full $549,874 first appeared on Aggressive Injury Law. News Well, it seems that while shooting for the show, Khyaati actually hurt herself too! In an exclusive conversation with the actress, Kyaati shared details of the incident. MUMBAI: It was only recently that we reported of a huge drama set to take place in Zee TV’s show Kumkum Bhagya wherein Pallavi (Kyaati Keswani) will fall down as Rhea (Pooja Banerjee) will plot a plan against Prachi (Mugdha Chapekar) and the brunt was bore by Pallavi. Well, it seems that while shooting for the show, Khyaati actually hurt herself too! In an exclusive conversation with the actress, Kyaati shared details of the incident.(Also Read: MUST-READ! Reyhna Pandit opens up on playing a negative role of Alia in Kumkum Bhagya, reveals if it has affected her ) What was the tough part about shooting the sequence? Well, climbing or coming down on the stairs in a saree is anyway difficult and this time there was actual ghee on the floor which made it very slippery. There were two assistants on the side to hold incase I fall, it was very scary. I did hurt my back and elbow during the shoot. Did you do any special preparation for this shoot? Not really because I thought it will be simple and they are not actually going to make me fall. I thought they would take a shot of my leg indicating my fall but they actually shot and they were very careful and while shooting the master sequence they put mattress below me and we ended up taking 10-12 takes and not all takes would have mattress below me so that was the scary part. When the camera was covering the mattress was fine but the shot were I actually had to fall it was not there. How are you taking care of yourself now? I am absolutely fine. I had to apply gel on my back the first night because it was really hurting a lot and of course the unit also was very careful and they also didn’t know that I’d slip and fall because they were very careful on their end but this things happens and at least it looked natural. Keep reading Tellychakkar.com for more updates on your favourite actors and television shows! (Also Read: EXCLUSIVE! Not only general, we have conversations about our personal lives also: Khyaati Keswani on shooting with Pooja Banerjee in Zee TV’s Kumkum Bhagya) The post Khyaati Keswani on her INJURY while shooting for a sequence in Zee TV’s Kumkum Bhagya first appeared on Aggressive Injury Law. |
AuthorWe are a group of legal and allied legal professionals that enjoy publishing and curating great legal content about the law and the leagal profession. We concentrate on posting about injury law . Archives
September 2021
Categories |