ENEWSLETTER: NOVEMBER 2014
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
The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington Joins The Corridor Counts to Address the Grand Jury’s Decision in the Michael Brown Shooting Case
We join our voices together this night in direct response to the finding of “No True Bill” by the Ferguson County Grand Jury in the shooting death of Michael Brown. We also recognize the extreme stress this process has created over the past three (3) months as young and old alike sought some sense of justice as it relates to death of this young African-American man.
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FEMALE AFRICAN-AMERICAN ATTORNEY CLAIMS CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST BABYLON DINER
Frederick K. Brewington filed a notice of claim on November 12 on behalf of Ghenya Grant against the Infinity Diner in Babylon. The claim states that the diner violated Ms. Grant’s civil rights when she was forcibly removed from the establishment for refusing to give up her seat.
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NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS FINDS MAINTENANCE WORKER WAS DENIED FULL-TIME POSITION BASED ON HIS RACE
The New York State Division of Human Rights ruled that Howard Monroe, who was represented by Frederick K. Brewington, showed probable cause that his employer, the Town of Hempstead Department of Parks & Recreation, engaged in discriminatory and retaliatory practices in the workplace based on Mr. Monroe’s race.
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IN THE NEWS
CO wins retaliation suit, says workplace still hostile
November 23, 2014 | Corrections One
Officer claims hostility
November 23, 2014 | Newsday
Black attorney claims West Babylon diner violated her civil rights
November 15, 2014 | Newsday
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