The negligence and personal injury department at Abrams Fensterman represents clients in all types of personal injury claims. From wrongful death claims to construction accidents to …
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By Harry Demiris
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12/16/11
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“It is not hard to figure out that you are being discriminated against when your supervisor calls you a nigger and routinely reminds you that you are a black woman.” So opens the …
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By Lee Landor
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12/12/11
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Gary Levine, an Island Park resident, has been locked in a lawsuit with the village since 2009, disputing the village’s attempt to sell a piece of property adjacent to his own. And though it looks …
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Alex Costello
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4/27/11
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The West Hempstead school district is one of several districts across Nassau County to sign on to a lawsuit aimed at reversing the County Legislature’s October decision to end the 73-year-old …
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By Lee Landor
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1/26/11
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Oceanside Schools Superintendent Dr. Herb Brown announced at a recent school board meeting that the district plans to take part in a lawsuit against Nassau County over the repeal of the county …
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Tom Steinert
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1/5/11
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After more than a year in the courts, the $6 million defamation lawsuit filed by Oceanside resident Denise Finkel against four of her former classmates and the social networking website Facebook was …
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Alex Costello
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8/11/10
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Nassau County filed suit against the region’s transit agency last week after it threatened to pull funding from Long Island Bus — a move that could leave the county without a public bus …
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Lee Landor
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8/4/10
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A lawsuit brought by the Merrick Gables Association against the Town of Hempstead, NextG Networks of NY, Inc. and Metro PCS 144 Inc. was dismissed in a federal court in New York on Wednesday.
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Sari Zeidler
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3/11/10
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The New York Civil Liberties Union recently filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of five District 15 parents from whom the district is seeking reimbursement of the cost of legal services the district incurred in fighting the parents' unsuccessful civil-rights lawsuit to prevent the closing of the Number Six School in Woodmere.
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Andrew Coen
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2/17/10
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Five months after a federal judge threw out a civil rights lawsuit brought by five District 15 parents against the Board of Education, the battle is far from over. The plaintiffs are now raising funds to appeal the August decision at the appellate level and to try to ward off a suit brought by the Lawrence school board against the parents to recoup the money the district has spent to defend itself — more than $150,000, district officials say.
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Andrew Coen
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1/27/10
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