Appellate Practice Attorney serving New York, NY
Civil cases and criminal charges are not mutually exclusive. If, for example, someone beats you up, you would sue that person for battery, seeking money from them, while the government would charge that person with a assault and battery and seek to put them in jail. That being said, I see no crime here, only a civil case.
Answered on Apr 26th, 2019 at 11:39 AM