Finch WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A recent California Supreme Court decision in an asbestos case isn't good news for plaintiffs firms like Motley Rice.
Corrigan SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - The California Supreme Court says it will not expand products liability law to include an asbestos lawsuit against two companies that did not use asbestos in their products.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - The California Supreme Court last week declined to review an appeals court decision forcing the state's Franchise Tax Board to refund more than $900,000 in taxes that it charged Apple Inc. in the 1980s.
Werdegar SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - The California Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of Assembly Bill 1X 26 and struck down Assembly Bill 1X 27 on Thursday, resolving challenges filed by multiple organizations and cities.
Joyce WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Philadelphia's civil courts system has been named the nation's worst by the American Tort Reform Foundation for a second consecutive year.
Croskey SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - The California Supreme Court has declined to review a state appeals court's decision upholding a $13.8 million punitive damages award to a woman who died of lung cancer.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - A citizens group on Friday filed a petition with the California Supreme Court, asking it to prepare for the "likely qualification" of a state Senate redistricting referendum.
Conway FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge is deciding what to do with another challenge made by a company that claims it is unfair for a state attorney general to hire private attorneys on a contingency fee basis.
Harris SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - California Attorney General Kamala Harris is reportedly considering whether the state's Commission on Judicial Performance can discipline superior court judges for giving themselves more benefits.
Werdegar SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a plaintiff may only collect as damages the amount that actually had to be paid by insurers for medical treatment.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - The California Supreme Court has ruled that the state Labor Code's overtime provisions do apply to claims for compensation by a group of software company employees for work they performed in the state.
Werdegar SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that a Los Angeles city ordinance protecting grocery workers is "fully consistent" with both state and federal equal protection clauses.
Corrigan SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) -- The California Supreme Court, in a ruling Thursday, said the City of Manhattan Beach does not have to prepare a special report before implementing a ban on plastic bags.
Baxter SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - The California Supreme Court says a free speech law doesn't apply to an attorney who campaigned against his former employer.
Kennard SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - The California Supreme Court says two physical injuries can, in some circumstances, be considered "qualitatively different" for purposes of determining when the applicable statute of limitations period begins to run.
Chin SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - The California Supreme Court, in a ruling Monday, has remanded a lawsuit to an appeals court to decide whether the nearly seven-year-old case should continue.
Kennard SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - The California Supreme Court has ruled that a city's refusal to bargain with a firefighters union over its layoff decision does not violate state law.
Jones SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - The California Supreme Court has upheld the decision of an appeals court that wouldn't allow state consumers to sue their car insurance companies as a means to challenge their rates.