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Calif. court lets mom keep pushing wrongful death suit over bicycle accident
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – A woman whose son was killed while riding his bicycle in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., will get a chance to prove the city failed to warn riders about the lack of a bicycle lane in the area of the accident. -
Calif. court approves attorneys fees 8x more than client recovered
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – A Lemon Law defendant will have to pay almost $170,000 to plaintiffs attorney despite the client only recovering $22,000. -
Wrongful death lawyers crossed line during closing, $30M verdict way too high, court rules
VENTURA, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A $30 million verdict in noneconomic damages is a miscarriage of justice, a California appeals court has ruled. -
Factors abound to decide if man with brain tumor actually sued in time, court finds
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – A California appeals court has reinstated the medical malpractice lawsuit of a man who says his doctors failed to diagnose a brain tumor in 2010, even though he didn’t file suit for another six years. -
California court: 'Reasonably prudent' sexual assault victims wouldn't wait to sue
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) – An alleged sexual assault victim won’t be granted extra time to sue, even after arguing people in her position often need more time to come forward. -
'One-sided' nature of company's arbitration agreement voids it
OAKLAND, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – Truck drivers have succeeded in keeping their proposed class action lawsuit against Daylight Transport in court. -
Hockey player with broken bones, punctured lung from cheap shot can sue opponent
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – A hockey player who sustained serious injuries in a no-check rec league can continue his lawsuit against the opponent he says cheap-shotted him. -
California court: Clock paused on bringing class action while others were pending
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – It’s not too late to sue your employer from four years ago, a California appeals court has ruled. -
Court: Ohio firm wrongly pushed out of California case for representing witnesses
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) – Attorneys for Big Lots can continue fighting lawsuits after a scuffle with plaintiffs lawyers over whether they could also represent witnesses in the case. -
Couple who wanted to bury dog next to daughter gets to sue over ashes screw-up
SANTA ANA, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A pet cremation company that advertised the emotional solace their services would provide must face a lawsuit alleging it gave random ashes to a couple who had hoped to bury their daughter’s beloved dog next to her. -
Live Nation can be sued over concertgoer's drug overdose
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - Concert promoter Live Nation can be sued by the parents of a young woman who died after overdosing on drugs during its “Hard Fest” electronic music festival, a California appeals court ruled, rejecting Live Nation’s argument it had no duty to protect the woman from the consequences of ingesting illegal substances. -
Arbitration clause doesn't protect Lyft from California's private attorney general law
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Lyft can’t prevent drivers who use its app from suing under a California labor law that deputizes employees as private attorneys general, an appeals court ruled, opening the ride-hailing service to lawsuits that otherwise would be barred by agreements requiring individual arbitration. -
Calif. privacy law covers one-way recordings, court rules
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Yelp can be sued under a California privacy law for making “one-way” recordings of sales calls where only the voices of its own employees were saved, an appeals court has ruled. -
Law of the sea bars daughter from seeking damages for father's diving accident in French Polynesia
SANTA ANA, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - A California appeals court has deep-sixed a Hawaii woman’s attempt to sue a movie production company over injuries her father suffered while diving in French Polynesia, saying maritime law doesn’t allow her to collect money for loss of consortium or punitive damages. -
Apple fends off lawsuit from company it didn't want to buy, hired employees away from
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – “Costly” litigation against Apple has possibly come to a close with a victory in a California appeals court. -
Lawyers lose $242K in fees in ADA case as court rules they weren't 'prevailing party'
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Disabilities lawyers are out of luck after a California appeals court found they aren’t entitled to the hundreds of thousands of dollars they requested in a lawsuit against a Rio Nido restaurant. -
Hostage who jumped out of car during gunfight loses lawsuit against police
SAN JOAQUIN, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A bank employee taken hostage who threw herself out of a car during a high-speed police chase has lost her lawsuit against the California city of Stockton. -
Employees win $416 for unpaid rest breaks after two trips to appeals court
SAN JOAQUIN, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - Farmworkers who said they weren’t paid for rest breaks won a total of $416 after a California appeals court rejected for a second time their claims they should be paid not only the minimum wage for time they spent on rest breaks but an additional hour of pay under a separate section of the state Labor Code. -
Company has to pay $400K to class action lawyers despite fixing problem before case was filed
VENTURA, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – Though the maker of Ken’s salad dressings fixed the misleading claims on its bottles before it was sued over them, they must still pay class action lawyers nearly $400,000. -
'Get over yourselves': High school counselor can't get job back after Facebook comment goes viral
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A high school guidance counselor's “Get over yourselves” Facebook comment to students who boycotted school to protest President Trump’s immigration policy appears to have cost her her job.