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Do bongs need warning labels? Judge makes decision
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Just because most bongs are used to smoke marijuana doesn’t mean they have to carry warning labels against pot smoke, a California appeals court, rejecting claims by a group associated with a San Diego law firm that sues companies over the state’s Proposition 65 cancer-warning statute. -
San Diego dealt blow in wrongful death lawsuit; Police didn't watch one-hour instruction video
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - Family members of a motorcyclist who crashed after leading police on a 100-mph chase might win money from the City of San Diego because police officers didn’t spend a required hour a year watching videos on how to conduct vehicular pursuits. -
Court: Oakland can't sue Raiders over move to Vegas
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - The City of Oakland isn’t entitled to damages over the relocation of the Raiders football team to Las Vegas, a California appeals court ruled, upholding the dismissal of a lawsuit claiming the National Football League and its member teams violated an agreement to consider a dozen factors including the impact a team’s relocation would have on the local community. -
'WHT CHOCO' on price tag could be false advertising, Calif. court rules
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - Consumers could be misled into believing Target’s White Baking Morsels contain white chocolate because the price tag had the abbreviation “WHT CHOCO,” a California appeals court ruled, reviving a class action a trial judge had dismissed after finding no reasonable consumer could have been deceived. -
California has plaintiff lawyers earning $280K in fees for $15,000 settlement
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A recent ruling by the California Supreme Court has cleared the way for lawyers to earn $280,000 for negotiating a $15,000 settlement -
Murdered teacher, school district not liable for classroom shooting
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - A California school district and the estate of a teacher who was shot and killed by her estranged husband aren’t liable for the incident in which a student was also murdered, an appeals court ruled, finding no evidence the district created a “dangerous condition” by failing to bar visitors from the school or install locks on doors. -
Napa County victorious in lawsuit over fatal hostage situation at veterans home
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Napa County won't be held liable for three murders committed by a troubled veteran who had taken them hostage. -
Court: PAGA plaintiff bound by labor agreement's arbitration clause
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A plumbing and heating company won't have to deal with a lawsuit brought under California's Private Attorneys General Act, which allows employees to bring suit on behalf of the State and opens businesses to civil penalties. -
Appeals court sides with jury instead of judge in $850K slip-and-fall
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A trial judge was wrong to throw out an $850,000 verdict in favor of a man who claimed he slipped and fell on water that spilled out of a restaurant employee’s cart full of dirty dishes, an appeals court ruled, rejecting the restaurant’s explanation of what happened “made little sense.” -
Court: Joel Silver can't be blamed for death of assistant after her night of wine, cocaine
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – A bottle of wine and some cocaine weren’t part of the job duties for the private chef of a Hollywood producer, a California appeals court has ruled. -
Med-mal plaintiff will have to be happy with $1 million settlement, court finds
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – A plaintiff who settled medical malpractice claims against a surgeon for $1 million can’t also recover from Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, a California appeals court has ruled. -
Man who called lawyer before doctor after accident loses appeal
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – There will be no jackpot for a man who wanted $1.5 million for a rear-end accident. -
California Highway Patrol must keep fighting lawsuit over fatal accident
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – A California appeals court has reversed a decision that granted immunity to the California Highway Patrol after the parents of a man who was kicked out of an Uber then struck and killed by an officer sued. -
Uber not liable for sexual assaults by fake drivers, court rules
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - Uber Technologies had no duty to protect women who got into cars driven by men who sexually assaulted them even though the ride-app company knew people were printing out official-looking Uber stickers on home computers and using them to lure victims, a California appeals court ruled. -
California loses claim on $1.25 million 'wrongful life' settlement
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - California’s Medicaid program was awarded too big a share of a $1.25 million “wrongful life” settlement between a severely disabled child and the doctor who allegedly failed to inform his parents of birth defects in time to abort the fetus, an appeals court ruled. -
Major verdicts for hip replacement patient keep getting reversed
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A medical device manufacturer’s expert was improperly excluded from testifying in a lawsuit over an allegedly defective hip implant because the trial judge misunderstood the difference between proving a case and casting doubt on a plaintiff’s claims, a California appeals court ruled. -
Retirement home defeats lawsuit over resident who was killed when he was hit by car
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A retirement home whose executives were convicted of felony elder abuse for allowing a resident to wander off repeatedly, until he was struck by a car and killed, is protected against lawsuits by California’s two-year statute of limitations, an appeals court ruled. -
California governor fends off class action over COVID lockdown
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - California restaurants and gyms lost their effort to pursue a class action against Gov. Gavin Newsome over his stringent Covid-19 lockdown measures, as a state appeals court rejected arguments the orders violated administrative procedure law or represented an unconstitutional taking of their property. -
Even after more than a year, California defendant can call on arbitration clause
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – Time mostly wasted can’t cancel a defendant’s request to send a lawsuit to arbitration. -
Woman stuck with $85K settlement after claiming bus accident left her with 'foreign accent syndrome'
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A woman who claimed she was left with “foreign accent syndrome” after a Hilton shuttle bus hit her can’t rescind an $85,000 settlement because her lawyer supposedly coerced her into accepting the deal, a California appeals court ruled.