Word: plaintiffs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...auto-accident case for a total that was less than the eventual jury verdict-even though its lawyer had indicated that the company's chances of winning in court were somewhat iffy and had actually predicted the size of the verdict if the jury found for the plaintiff...
...mother of his eight children, Hizzoner has most recently been hit with a $100,000 damage suit by Mrs. Ruth O. Martin, 47, wife of his wife's brother. According to Mrs. Martin, she was visiting the mayoral mansion last July when Cavanagh "kicked and knocked the plaintiff against the furniture and onto the floor." Cavanagh's attorney said that the mayor "flatly, absolutely and categorically denied" roughing up his sister-in-law, pointed out thoughtfully that the mayor had fired Mrs. Martin's husband last June from a $14,203-a-year city...
...didn't make it. His lawyer did remind the jury of "the presumption in the law that the jury should treat the plaintiff as an innocent man who had the misfortune to have been wrongly convicted." But, The People's attorney replied, "here is a man who has been at pains to destroy his reputation throughout his adult life, claiming damages for injury to his reputation." As evidence of that, the defense sought to introduce the fact of his conviction. On a preliminary appeal, Lord Denning, Master of the Rolls, ruled that the jury could consider the conviction...
Last week the court answered that question for the first time. Out went a New York privacy judgment against Time Inc., publisher of LIFE magazine. In came a new standard: the First Amendment protects the press against privacy suits for false news reports-unless the plaintiff manages to prove conclusively that the report was deliberately or recklessly false...
...married Richard Burton. Eddie doesn't think Liz ever got a valid divorce, since he was not represented at the 1964 proceedings in Mexico. And to make the joke seem even bigger, he requested the court "to determine the nature and extent of the community property of the plaintiff and the defendant and that the same be divided equally between them." On that basis, Plaintiff Fisher could collect as community property about $1,000,000 of the money she earned in Cleopatra, her epic romance with Dick...