ENEWSLETTER: SEPTEMBER 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
AT THE FIRM
Frederick K. Brewington Selected to New York Metro Super Lawyers List
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For the second year in a row, Frederick K. Brewington has been selected to the list of New York Metro Super Lawyers for 2014. He was recognized in the practice areas of Civil Rights, Criminal Defense and Employment Litigation: Plaintiff. No more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by Super Lawyers. |
RECENT CASES
Nassau County Corrections Officer and Ordained Minister Wins $420,000 Jury Verdict in Wrongful Discrimination Case
The federal District Court jury in the Eastern District of New York awarded a verdict in the amount of $420,000 to Jonathan Wharton, a client of Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington. After a seven-day trial, the jury of five women and two men found that Mr. Wharton, a veteran of the armed services, a 26-year veteran Nassau County corrections officer and an ordained minister, experienced a pattern of discrimination and/or retaliation because of complaints he filed against the department. Nassau County, the Nassau County Sheriff’s Department, Elizabeth Loconsolo, Captain Peter Dudek, Captain Anthony Zuarro, Sergeant Gerard Humphreys and Mary Elisabeth Ostermann were named as defendants and each found to be liable.
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NYS Education Commissioner Orders Special Election for School Board Trustee
In an unprecedented decision, the New York State Commissioner of Education has upheld an appeal that Frederick K. Brewington filed on behalf of his client, Maribel Touré. The Commissioner’s Office has refused to acknowledge Betty Cross as the winner of the Hempstead School Board Trustee election, which was held on May 20, and ordered the Hempstead School District to hold a special election to fill the elected position, now scheduled for October 28, 2014.
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IN THE NEWS
Nassau Jail Guard Awarded $420,000 by Jury
September 19, 2014 | Newsday
Discrimination Suit Nets Correction Officer $420K
September 18, 2014 | News 12
Schools’ May Vote Nullified
August 29, 2014 | Newsday
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