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California appeals court sends long-running wage and hour litigation against Ralphs Grocery back to Superior Court
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – After about a decade of litigation against a southern California grocery store chain, a wage and hour lawsuit is headed back to Los Angeles Superior Court after a state appeals court found that at least some new claims in the case should be heard.
Arizona Supreme Court leaves Proposition 306 on Tuesday's ballot
PHOENIX — Proposition 306, the "Clean Election Account Uses and Commission Rulemaking Measure," will remain on Tuesday's ballot in Arizona, following a decision handed down by that state Supreme Court.
Alabama Supreme Court: Daughter in wrongful death case didn't have authority to sign arbitration agreement
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) – The daughter of a deceased dementia patient will not have to submit to arbitration in her wrongful death lawsuit against a Huntsville, Alabama nursing and rehabilitation center following an Alabama Supreme Court opinion issued earlier this month.
Blind man's lawsuit will continue; Case alleges repeated attacks on his guide dog by trucking company's guard dog
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – The case of a blind man and his guide dog repeatedly attacked by a Bell Gardens, California truck hauling company's guard dog is headed back to a Los Angeles court after a three-justice appeals panel found earlier this month that a demurrer should not have been sustained.
Mississippi Supreme Court reverses lower court ruling in medical malpractice case over expert testimony
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) – The Mississippi Supreme Court recently found in favor of a group of health care defendants in the medical malpractice case of a woman who ended up on a ventilator days after knee surgery.
Split Va. SC says employers owed 'duty of care' to family members of employees with asbestos claims
RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) – Employers owe a duty of care when an employee's family members are exposed to asbestos the employee brings home from the job, a split Virginia Supreme Court ruled Oct. 11.
N.J. Supreme Court ends more than 500 Accutane cases after Daubert ruling
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – More than 500 product liability cases against New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company Hoffman-La Roche over the prescription acne drug Accutane were ended by a state Supreme Court opinion issued earlier this month.
California appeals court upholds USC student's suspension in cheating case
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – A superior court judge's ruling that there wasn't enough evidence for a University of Southern California student to be disciplined for allegedly cheating on an exam has been reversed by a state appeals court.
AG wins Brnovich-Contreras debate, chamber official says
Republican incumbent Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich was the clear winner of this week's debate with Democrat challenger, January Contreras, a chamber of commerce official said during a recent interview.
Brnovich-Contreras AG debate scheduled today
Republican incumbent state Attorney General Mark Brnovich is shortly expected to begin debating with his Democrat challenger January Contreras in a live Arizona PBS event.
N.J. lawmakers need to address meritless, copycat lawsuits against gyms, attorney says
WOODLAND PARK, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – Who knew "gym suits" could be so classy?
Lawsuit is 'trivial,' say diet supplement companies facing class action
NEWARK, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – Three diet supplement companies defending themselves against allegations of fraud and other charges told a federal judge in New Jersey July 19 that plaintiffs are barred from prevailing in the case because they can't prove injury or loss and that their claims are "de minimis," or trivial.
Alcohol trader again wants Calif. fraud claims dismissed
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – This fall, a federal judge in San Jose is expected to hear arguments from a wine and spirits trade company about why a defunct restaurant and bar owner's putative class action lawsuit should, again, be dismissed.
Mental health records of former Big 5 employee coming in EEOC racial harassment case
SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) – Earlier this summer, a federal judge dismissed part of a racial harassment case against one of the largest sports retail chains in the western U.S. over the alleged treatment of an African-American employee in store on Whidbey Island in Washington in 2014.
Judge approves Harvard professor's settlement with American Airlines over baggage fees; Almost $3M to attorneys
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) – A Harvard business professor's class action lawsuit against American Airlines over allegations the air passenger carrier wrongly charged for checked bags is well on its way to being settled, according to federal court documents.
San Diego couple want to amend class action against Frito-Lay over chip flavor
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) – A San Diego couple suing Frito-Lay over the company's allegedly misleading label on a popular flavor of Lay's brand potato chips has asked a federal judge to allow them to amend their would-be class action lawsuit.
Trial date set in EEOC case against Advanced Home Care; Employee says she was fired after hospital stay
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Legal Newsline) – The trial date is set for next summer in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission case against a North Carolina not-for-profit, hospital-affiliated company that has been in mediation for almost a month.
Kansas court rules use of AMA guide is unconstitutional in case of twice-injured UPS driver
TOPEKA, Kan. (Legal Newsline) – Use of an American Medical Association guide to rate disability for work-related injuries is unconstitutional as applied to a case, the Kansas Court of Appeals ruled recently in the case of a parcel delivery driver who twice injured his shoulder.
San Diego couple ask judge not to reconsider dismissal denial in class action against Frito-Lay
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) – With a hearing less than a month away, a San Diego couple have asked a federal judge not to reconsider her previous decision to not dismiss the couple's would-be class action against Frito-Lay over the company's allegedly misleading potato chip label.
Pepperidge Farm asks that Texas distributor's case be dismissed in favor of arbitration
SAN ANTONIO (Legal Newsline) – Pepperidge Farm has asked a federal court to dismiss a potentially $1 million case filed by a Bexar County, Texas distributor and to force him to arbitrate outside of court after the company decided in February to buy back the distributor's "club rights."