December 2018 E-Newsletter
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
$8.43 million - Excessive force, false imprisonment, unlawful entry, trespass and punitive damages by police officers who tased a man suffering from bipolar depression
$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
Latest Ruling in Garden City Housing Discrimination Case Cements Landmark Victory
Following a 13-year legal battle, a federal judge cemented a landmark victory for non-profit affordable housing developer MHANY Management Inc. (MHANY) and New York Communities for Change (NYCC).
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit previously confirmed that the Village of Garden City on Long Island engaged in unlawful, intentional racial discrimination when it enacted an exclusionary zoning ordinance in 2004. In 2017, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York also held that Garden City’s zoning decision had an unlawful, unjustified disparate impact on African-Americans and Latinxs. On November 27, 2018, the court awarded attorneys’ fees to MHANY and NYCC totaling more than $5 million. When passing the Fair Housing Act 50 years ago, Congress required those who discriminate to pay the attorneys’ fees of victorious plaintiffs like MHANY and NYCC in order to ensure that lack of access to legal counsel would not prevent the realization of open, inclusive communities free from discrimination.
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Fred Brewington Inducted into LIBN’s Hall of Fame
Long Island Business News inducted Fred Brewington into its Business Hall of Fame at a special ceremony that took place on November 9 at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury. The event featured the most distinguished leaders in the Long Island business community. Induction into the Hall of Fame is the highest honor for those who demonstrate a commitment to excellence — past, present and future.
Fred Brewington (center) accepts the Long Island Business News Hall of Fame award from LIBN Editor/Publisher Joe Dowd (left) and Dr. Herman A. Berliner (right), dean of the Frank G. Zarb School of Business at Hofstra University.
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Frederick K. Brewington Calls for Peace after Pittsburgh Synagogue Shootings
On October 29, Frederick K. Brewington spoke at The Islamic Center in Westbury to call on everyone to search for peace in the wake of the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
“This is a time of vigilance for us,” Mr. Brewington said. “Not hatred, not war, but vigilance. We will stand arm to arm, shoulder to shoulder in the vineyard of peace.”
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IN THE NEWS
Garden City Ordered to Pay Bias Case Costs
December 7, 2018 | Newsday
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