The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington

ENEWSLETTER: MARCH 2015

Civil Rights and Personal Injury and General Practice Law Firm, Dedicated to Social Justice

The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington is a well-respected litigation firm with an office in Hempstead, Long Island. Our focus is primarily in the area of civil rights, voting rights, employment discrimination, police misconduct, personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death and criminal law. However, the Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington is a full- service law firm handling matters in numerous areas of law and providing a wide range of services from contract formation to litigation and trial practice. RECENT VERDICTS AND SETTLEMENTS $7.75 million- Civil Rights and wrongful death action brought by the family of deceased $4.7 million- Repeated verbal and physical assaults on Yemeni-American employee, while supervisor failed to protect employee and discipline the assailant $1.277 million- Race based attack and serious injury by violent acts against Plaintiffs, who were lured to an isolated warehouse $2.8 million- Wrongful death, products liability case involving a tow motor accident at a sewage treatment plant	RECENT CASES Dolores Sharpe, Female African-American Nassau County Police Officer, Found Not Guilty of Criminal Charges Stemming from False Arrest Dolores Sharpe, a female African-American police officer with the Nassau County Police Department, has been found not guilty of charges of harassment and resisting arrest. A Hempstead District Court jury of five women and one man rendered a unanimous verdict in favor of Officer Sharpe, who was wrongfully charged by two of her fellow officers, Charles L. Volpe and Victor J. Gladitz. Read More » After Ten Years of Litigation, a Jury Awards Man $175,000 in Damages for Being Wrongfully Jailed and Prosecuted While Detective Knew He Was Innocent A jury recently reached a verdict in favor of plaintiff Mr. Raheem Crews, a Roosevelt man, awarding him $175,000 after it was discovered that the Nassau County Police Department and former Nassau Detective Nicholas Lemma let him sit in jail for 125 days for a crime that he didn’t commit. Read More » Court Grants Summary Judgment in Favor of Local Fast Food Owner Accused of Gender Discrimination The United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, recently granted a summary judgment in favor of the defendants—a corporate fast food franchise owner and operator and the corporation’s local owner—dismissing a Title VII claim that it engaged in gender discrimination. Read More » Former Suffolk County Prosecutor Files $5 Million Federal Lawsuit against District Attorney’s Office, Claiming Racial Harassment and Discrimination and Unjust Dismissal Frederick K. Brewington has filed a $5 million federal lawsuit on behalf of an assistant district attorney who worked in Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota’s office. The plaintiff claimed she was subjected to discriminatory actions and harassment and later terminated because of her race and nationality. Read More » IN THE NEWS $175G for false jailing March 24, 2015 \| Newsday Lawyer: Innocent man jailed, treated like trash March 20, 2015 \| Newsday County to pay $110G in wrongful arrest March 20, 2015 \| Newsday After Garner, Ferguson: Finding fairness in justice system March/April 2015 \| State Bar News He tells of jailing on a false charge March 19, 2015 \| Newsday Burnout blamed for false arrest March 18, 2015 \| Newsday Opening arguments delivered in wrongful arrest suit March 10, 2015 \| News 12 Nassau Officer Acquitted of Harrassing Colleagues March 6, 2015 \| Long Island Press Nassau cop not guilty March 5, 2015 \| Newsday Dolores Sharpe, Nassau police officer, acquitted of resisting arrest, harassment charges March 4, 2015 \| Newsday Jury finds Nassau officer not guilty on all counts March 4, 2015 \| News 12 Cop charged with resisting arrest testifies February 27, 2015 \| Newsday 2 sue, say jobs at DA lost to bias February 27, 2015 \| Newsday Officer testifies against charges made by co-workers February 26, 2015 \| News 12 Frederick K. Brewington speaks at Black History month celebration February 25, 2015 \| Explore LI Keynote Jurors hear tape of arrest February 21, 2015 \| Newsday Prosecutor: Off-duty cop belligerent February 20, 2015 \| Newsday
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