Busy week.It was a busy week at Greene Broillet & Wheeler LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol . Founding partner Browne Greene filed suit against the cities of Los Angeles and Burbank and their police departments Wednesday in connection with the fatal shooting of a young Israeli in June of 2004. The suit alleges civil rights violations, negligence and wrongful death The taking of the life of an individual resulting from the willful or negligent act of another person or persons. If a person is killed because of the wrongful conduct of a person or persons, the decedent's heirs and other beneficiaries may file a wrongful death action , alleging that Assaf Deft was pulled over in North Hollywood by two plainclothes plain·clothes or plain-clothes adj. Wearing civilian clothes while on duty to avoid being identified as police or security: a plainclothes detective. policemen and mortally shot on the scene. Two police officers are also named as defendants in the suit, filed on behalf of the victim's parents. Deri's father, Pinchas Deri, was visiting from Israel when his son died. He claims that he was wrongfully arrested at his son's apartment after police broke in and conducted a search. The suit requests a jury trial and punitive damages Monetary compensation awarded to an injured party that goes beyond that which is necessary to compensate the individual for losses and that is intended to punish the wrongdoer. , although no amount is specified. The City Attorney's Office declined to comment due to insufficient time to review the case. Also on Wednesday, Santa Ana Superior Court Judge Jonathan H. Cannon ordered the consolidation of 50 cases involving problems with the liver transplant program at the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). , Irvine. Among the suits, which target the Regents of the University of California The Regents of the University of California make up the governing board of the University of California. The Board has 26 full (i.e., voting) members:
Staff reporter Emily Bryson York can be reached at (323) 549-5225, ext. 235, or at eyork@labusinessjournal.com. |
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