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San Diego can use private lawyers on contingency fee to sue, court says
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - A California appeals refused to boot contingency-fee lawyers from a lawsuit by the City of San Diego against Experian, rejecting the company’s argument the private lawyers violated the public prosecutor’s duty of neutrality by working for a share of any money they won in the case. -
Former Riverside prosecutor can question district attorney in lawsuit
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A California appeals court ruled that a former prosecutor now suing Riverside County for wrongful termination can question the current district attorney over whether the county tried to pressure the DA into lying about whether his predecessor was unethical. -
Asbestos plaintiff who named 800 John Does gets to add brake company
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A woman who waited to name an air-brake manufacturer in an asbestos lawsuit until after her husband’s death got a second chance to sue the company after a California appeals court ruled her case was improperly dismissed for failure to name the defendant in time. -
Free samples table could be liable for injuries all across Costco
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - A company that set up a table offering free samples inside a Costco warehouse store is potentially liable for customer slip-and-falls anywhere inside the building, a California appeals court ruled, overruling a trial court that found the vendor’s contract limited liability to within a 12-foot radius of the table. -
Company finds trouble for not offering Spanish-speaking employee a contract in his language
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – A property manager company failed properly present an arbitration clause to a Spanish-speaking gardener it hired who later sued it. -
Legal malpractice suit against Edwards Wilder revived
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – A California law firm that became part of Locke Lord might still face liability for its representation of a disgruntled client who tried to sue the London-based Daily Mail. -
Massive judgment against J&J, Ethicon over pelvic mesh marketing stands in California
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) – Johnson & Johnson has mostly lost its appeal of a nine-figure judgment against it over the marketing of its transvaginal pelvic mesh products. -
Bad news in court for psychiatric hospital that hired 'Rapey Juan'
VENTURA, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A cap on noneconomic damages for certain health care lawsuits doesn’t apply to instances of elder abuse at a psychiatric hospital, a California court has ruled. -
Employer not liable for wreck caused by supposedly sleep-deprived security guard
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A security company isn’t liable for an accident that occurred when one of its employees fell asleep at the wheel driving home from work, a California appeals court ruled, rejecting arguments for a “special exception” to the general rule protecting employers against accidents caused by employees commuting to work. -
Waiver saves Calif. school district from lawsuit over brain injury
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - A California school district isn’t liable for a high-school student’s brain injury, an appeals court ruled, because his parents signed a complete release before the season started and there was no evidence coaches were guilty of gross negligence for failing to notice he was in distress. -
Defendant can seek legal fees in Jones Act spat over where ship was built
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - A dredging company turned the tables on a competitor that sued it for violating federal law, winning a ruling by a California appeals court that it can seek attorneys fees under the state’s anti-SLAPP law prohibiting retaliation against protected speech. -
Employer not liable for work-at-home shooting by employee's son
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - Two women who were shot at a colleague’s home by her mentally incapacitated son can’t sue her employer, a California appeals court ruled, rejecting plaintiff arguments the company had a duty to provide a safe working environment or should have prohibited employees from working at home. -
Stolen police gun used in murder possibly a liability issue for San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – San Francisco could still be held liable for a murder committed with a stolen police gun. -
High school football player ensnared in legal trouble over block that injured ref
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) – The confused son of a Cambodian refugee could have to pay $129,000 to his lawyer because his high school wouldn’t defend him from a lawsuit brought against him by a football referee. -
First lawyer loses case after client switches firms, files lawsuit
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A lawyer who sued another firm for interfering with his fee agreement with a former client was properly blocked from proceeding under California’s anti-SLAPP law, an appeals court ruled. -
Jogger avoiding homeless can't sue property owner after being hit by car in bike lane
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A jogger who says she was diverted into the road by a homeless encampment and struck by a car has no case against the owner of the property where the squatters set up camp, a California appeals court has ruled. -
Santa Barbara not liable for drowning death of paddle-boarder who couldn't swim
VENTURA, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – It wasn’t Santa Barbara’s fault that a 30-year-old man who couldn’t swim drowned in its harbor because he was participating in a hazardous recreational activity, a California appeals court has ruled. -
Plaintiff lawyer's threats against defendants were extortion, court rules
SANTA ANA, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - A lawyer’s zealous representation of a man who had been fired from a cannabis company crossed the line into extortion when she interfered with a $200 million merger and threatened to turn over allegations of criminal behavior to state officials, a California appeals court ruled. -
Appeals court rejects $685K in lawyer fees on $1 Lemon Law judgment
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - A California appeals court reversed an award of $685,000 in fees for a lawyer who won his client $1 in a complicated dispute over a leased Jaguar. -
Woman can't remember how she fell but jury can figure it out, court rules
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A woman who sued her sister’s landlord after falling down a pair of bathroom steps can take her case to a jury even though she doesn’t remember what happened, a California appeals court ruled.