Attorney Elizabeth S Saylor's Legal Cases

Consumer protection

Sykes v. Mel S. Harris and Associates LLC, No. 09 Civ. 8486 (S.D.N.Y)

May 26, 2016

OUTCOME: Settlement $60 million

The $60 million settlement in the case, captioned Sykes v. Mel S. Harris and Associates LLC, No. 09 Civ. 8486 (S.D.N.Y), is the largest ever of its kind. The settlement should also lead to the unprec ... edented vacating of approximately 195,000 court judgments and result in the forgiveness of over $1 billion in alleged debt. Plaintiffs’ lawsuit alleged that that Defendants used fraudulent practices to file debt collection lawsuits, obtain default judgments, and then collect on those judgments. For more information, go to http://www.ecbalaw.com/judge-approves-60-million-settlement-in-debt-collection-suit/

Civil rights

Vasquez v. City of New York, No. 10 Civ. 6277, 2012 WL 3526618 (S.D.N.Y Aug. 14, 2012).

Dec 01, 2014

OUTCOME: $4.9 million settlement

Secured a $4.9 million settlement from the city and state due to Mr. Vasquez's 12 years of wrongful incarceration.

Appeals

Black Car Assistance Corporation, et al., v. The City of New York , No. 100327/2013

Jan 01, 2013

OUTCOME: Victory on Appeal

Successfully represented taxi owners in New York Supreme and the Appellate Division to secure the right for NYC’s yellow taxicabs to use E-Hail Apps.

Civil rights

Belvett v. City of New York, No. 09 Civ. 8090 (S.D.N.Y.)

Jan 01, 2012

OUTCOME: $350,000 settlement

Together with The Legal Aid Society, secured a $350,000 settlement for a man brutally assaulted on two occasions by New York City Department of Corrections’ guards.

Class action

McBean v. City of New York, No. 02 Civ. 5426 (S.D.N.Y)

Mar 23, 2010

OUTCOME: $33 million Settlement & Injunction

Secured a $33 million settlement for 100,000 persons who were illegally strip searched upon admission to a New York City jail after being arraigned solely on misdemeanor or lesser offenses. The City al ... so agreed to a two-year injunction that required it to implement reforms and submit to monitoring to ensure that it stopped the illegal practice of strip searching pre-trial detainees arraigned solely on misdemeanors and lesser offenses.

Class action

Almendras et al. v. Atelier Mériguet-Carrère et al., No. 13 Civ. 8815 (S.D.N.Y).

Feb 01, 1915

OUTCOME: $540,000 Settlement

Together with The Legal Aid Society, secured a $540,000 class action settlement for painters for the rich and famous who were allegedly denied hundreds of thousands in overtime.

Civil rights

Cales v. New Castle Hill Realty, No. 10 Civ. 3426 (S.D.N.Y.)

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OUTCOME: $540,000 Settlement & Injunction

Together with the Urban Justice Center, secured a $550,000 monetary settlement and extensive injunction for the Fair Housing Justice Center and a homeless man due to alleged disability and source of in ... come discrimination by real estate companies and their agents.

Elizabeth S Saylor's Legal Cases (7)

Sykes v. Mel S. Harris and Associates LLC, No. 09 Civ. 8486 (S.D.N.Y)

Vasquez v. City of New York, No. 10 Civ. 6277, 2012 WL 3526618 (S.D.N.Y Aug. 14, 2012).

Black Car Assistance Corporation, et al., v. The City of New York , No. 100327/2013

Belvett v. City of New York, No. 09 Civ. 8090 (S.D.N.Y.)

McBean v. City of New York, No. 02 Civ. 5426 (S.D.N.Y)

Almendras et al. v. Atelier Mériguet-Carrère et al., No. 13 Civ. 8815 (S.D.N.Y).

Cales v. New Castle Hill Realty, No. 10 Civ. 3426 (S.D.N.Y.)