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NBA's Warriors still owe millions after leaving Oakland, court rules
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – The NBA’s Golden State Warriors must keep paying for renovations at Oakland Arena even after deciding to stop playing their games there. -
L.A. deputy on hook for $8M verdict after arrest killed Black man who was chasing woman
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – An officer involved in the fatal arrest of a Black man who chased a woman who claimed he was trying to kill her is on the hook for the entire $8 million verdict despite being found to be only 20% at fault. -
Family of man burned alive at work loses suit against property owner
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – Property owners aren’t at fault for the nightmarish death of a man who was burned alive at work in 2016. -
Ongoing sexual harassment has pool company in hot water
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A California pool company can’t escape a former employee’s sexual harassment lawsuit by claiming she had stopped reporting the conduct because nothing would have been done about it anyway. -
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Ruling might help Calif. dispensary get its thousands of marijuana plants back
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A marijuana dispensary that ran afoul of Santa Cruz County might get its 2,000 plants back, thanks to a California appeals court ruling. -
Deputy sheriff to be fired for not reporting excessive force; Said she didn't want to be a rat
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy will be fired after all, because she failed to report a colleague’s excessive force for fear of being labeled a rat. -
Private Attorney General claims trump arbitration agreement, Calif. court rules
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – An employer can’t defeat one of California’s Private Attorney General Act lawsuits by relying on an arbitration agreement its former employee signed. -
Nursing home not to blame for volunteer hitting, killing 14-year-old with car
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – The family of a 14-year-old boy who was hit by a car and died can’t sue the health care facility where the driver volunteered, a California appeals court has ruled. -
Chemistry group loses effort to keep DINP off California's Prop 65 list
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A California court has affirmed a judgment that puts a chemical used to soften vinyl on the state’s Prop 65 list as a possible cancer-causing agent, over the objection of the American Chemistry Council. -
Attack on arbitration agreement says initials were forgotten; Court says so what?
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – Forgetting to initial part of an arbitration agreement doesn’t void it, a California court has ruled. -
Spying on Richard Simmons could cost magazine publisher
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – Fitness guru Richard Simmons will be allowed to pursue a lawsuit that says a detective agency hired by In Touch Weekly spied on him with a tracking device on a car. -
Lawyer who told client 'I'm done' faces $300K malpractice ruling
FRESNO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A lawyer will stay on the hook for a $300,000 malpractice verdict after walking out on a client who was unhappy with the way settlement talks in a divorce were going. -
Plastic-surgery-gone-wrong verdict of $6.3M reinstated by Calif. court
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – A California appeals court has reinstated a $6.3 million jury verdict that was struck down by the trial judge. -
'Storage Wars' star loses lawsuit after $12K sale voided
SANTA ANA, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A former star on “Storage Wars” has lost his lawsuit against Public Storage after a $12,000 sale of a unit’s contents was voided. -
Ex-USC kicker wins case against expulsion; Abuser has become the victim, dissenting judge says
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – The expulsion of a former University of Southern California football player has been overturned, as a California court has found the proceedings were unfair. -
Landlords win challenge of Oakland garbage franchise fees
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) — A California appeals court in March ruled in favor of Oakland landlords challenging the legality of garbage collection franchise fees paid to the city by private companies. -
California court reverses part of ruling against East Bay Publishing over employee's wage claims
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – A sales and marketing director for a weekly California newspaper has won part of an appeal in his case over allegedly unpaid wages. -
Companies petition U.S. Supreme Court for review of California lead-based paint judgment
SAN FRANCISCO – Three companies on the hook for a potential billion dollar judgment have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a public nuisance case filed by 10 counties and cities in California mandating they clean up lead-based paint in dwellings. -
California county won't be getting surplus from sale of fraudster's property, appeals court decides
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – A nearly $300,000 surplus in a property sale should not go to the County of Los Angeles, the California 2nd Appellate District Court, Division Eight has ruled.