The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington

May 2020 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.	AT THE FIRM Federal Court Rules: County of Nassau's Attempt to Block Deposition of Former Sheriff About Disciplines and Charges is Defeated and Court Allows Retired Corrections Officers to Question Nassau County Sheriff in His Refusal to Issue "Good Guy" Letters Which Prevented Their Obtaining Pistol Permits A group of retired Nassau County Corrections Officers — Alexandros Perros, Thomas Delle, Nicholas Lenoci, Victor Patalano, Ronald Lanier and Ibrahim Zahran — were successful in opposing the County of Nassau’s effort to shield its former Sheriff from having to answer questions by their lawyer about his history. Read More » Court Rules That Town of Hempstead Must Stand Trial and Finds That a Jury Must Decide on the Claims of Former Town of Hempstead Parks & Recreation Employee Who Faced Racial Discrimination, a Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation and Wrongful Termination The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington represent Mr. Howard Monroe, the Plaintiff. He is a former Town of Hempstead worker who filed an employment discrimination action against the Town. The Plaintiff claimed he was subjected to a hostile work environment, was discriminated against because of his race and faced retaliation by his employer, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000 et. seq., 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, 1985, New York State Human Rights Law, and New York Executive Law § 296 et. seq. Following full-blown discovery in the case, Defendants filed a massive motion for summary judgment, which was opposed by Mr. Monroe’s attorneys. On March 2, 2020, Magistrate Judge Anne Y. Shields of the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York ruled that, “(h)aving reviewed the papers both in support of and in opposition to the motion, the Court finds that, other than as set forth below, genuine issues of material fact preclude the granting of summary judgment in its entirety.” Read More » Court Denies Town of Islip's Request to Have U.S. District Judge Recuse Himself From Voting Rights Case Fred Brewington successfully represented a group of plaintiffs against the defendant Town of Islip and associated entities, which sought to have the magistrate judge presiding over the voting rights lawsuit filed by four Islip Town residents — Ana Flores, Rene Flores, Maria Magdalena Hernandez and Magali Roman — as well as Make The Road New York and New York Communities for Change. Read More » Trial Moves Forward for Mastic Resident Suing Suffolk County Police Department for Use of Excessive Force and Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress A judge ruled in favor of Al M. Kirby, a resident of Mastic who was granted a jury trial after filing an action against the Suffolk County Police Department, Officers Donald Santamaria and John Does 1-4 for violations of his federal constitutional rights, state law claims of negligence, battery, abuse of process, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The defendants moved for summary judgment for the federal claims and urged the Court to decline to exercise jurisdiction over the state law claims. Read More » University of Albany Student's Charge of Falsely Reporting Racially Motivated Attack is Dropped After Court Rules Her Social Media Post of the Incident is Protected Free Speech Asha Burwell, a student at the State University of New York at Albany (SUNY-Albany), had one of her charges dismissed after an appeals court ruled that her social media post, even though it contained false information, was protected under the First Amendment. Read More » IN THE NEWS Former UAlbany Student Asha Burwell Sees One Conviction Overturned April 9, 2020 \| Albany Times Union $35M Lawsuit Against Oceanside Sanitation Board Moves Forward March 5, 2020 \| Long Island Herald LI Case Heads to Supreme Court March 4, 2020 \| Newsday Ex-Hempstead Superintendent Waronker Takes Ouster To U.S. Supreme Court March 3, 2020 \| Newsday.com Woman’s Suit Alleges Nassau Police Brutality February 29, 2020 \| Newsday Nassau Moves To Sell Island Park Property At $2 Million Loss February 28, 2020 \| Newsday.com
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