Word: countersuits
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...possibility of a civil countersuit may wellexplain the presence of Ryan, the Universityattorney, at yesterday's trial. Ryan, who hasdefended Harvard in a number of recent claimsfiled by police department employees, conferredfrequently with the assistant district attorneyand, a source said, sat in on a midday conferencewith the judge...
...percussion noise that was highly annoying," according to Rubin, who asked Shild and his son to stop playing. Shild refused, and Rubin, knowing that his rights allowed him to take action to stop a nuisance, sprayed water from his garden hose onto the neighbor's basketball court. Suit and countersuit. Rubin's restraining order limiting the hours of the day during which the Shilds could play was overturned by an appeals-court judge. Each side seeks more than $100,000 in punitive damages. Shild argues mental stress. Rubin claims that his property has been devalued...
...dour diplomat without triggering a potentially compromising countersuit? Last week a frustrated State Department, invoking a little-known statute, prepared to fire Bloch "in the interest of national security." Precisely what national-security "interest" was not disclosed. After so many months of stonewalling, how far will Bloch go to defend himself? Prosecutors are concerned that the State Department's action could jeopardize an already shaky criminal case...
...Athenaeum Group, in turn, is suing CCLN for "threats, intimidation and coercion," as well as interference with its business. Finally, CCLN has filed a counterclaim calling the countersuit unjustified harassment...
...September 1987, charging that a fouled-up GTE phone system had cost it $388 million in profits. GTE countersued, saying the losses were due to mismanagement and that HSN's press release complaining about GTE's phone service amounted to libel. HSN, arguing that the suit and countersuit should have been tried separately, plans to appeal. Says general counsel Nando DiFilippo: "We are confident that HSN will prevail...