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Appeals panel: Local density caps OK'd by voters don't defeat state law allowing denser housing
California appeals judges said Senate Bill 10, which allows cities and counties to approve certain higher-density housing developments, don't violate the state constitution by overriding local voter initiatives setting housing density caps. -
Vardui Asiryan sues Medical Staff of Glendale Adventist Medical Center for suspension without due process
In the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Second Appellate District, Division One, plaintiff Vardui Asiryan has filed a lawsuit against the Medical Staff of Glendale Adventist Medical Center and Glendale Adventist Medical Center et al., with case ID B316313 and B317728 respectively. -
California cities can't bring class action to force Netflix, Hulu, other streamers to pay cable TV franchise fees
A state appeals court has pulled the plug, for now, on efforts by trial lawyers and California cities to force streaming entertainment services, like Netflix, to pay the fees normally levied by state law on cable TV companies -
$12 million verdict over broken roof hatch reversed; Mall owner not to blame
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - With narrow exceptions, property owners can’t be liable for injuries suffered by independent contractors working on their premises, a California appeals court ruled, reversing a $12.6 million jury verdict won by an electrical worker who was injured when a heavy roof hatch fell on him. -
Appeals court: Black, Latino parents can resume lawsuit vs LA schools, LA teachers union for disciminatory Covid schooling policies
An appellate panel has ruled a group of plaintiffs may continue their suit, which claimed Los Angeles school and union officials discriminated against students of color through remote-learning policies during the Covid-19 pandemic, saying that although schools are back in session, academic damage to students could remain -
Appeals panel agrees AirBnb properties aren't hotel-like 'developments' needing special coastal permits
Coastal Protection Alliance argued short-term rental properties needed to secure coastal development permits, like hotels or resorts. Judges said the rental homes are still being used as homes, no matter who is staying in them -
Appeals panel says Michael Jackson's corporations could have allegedly protected boys from singer's alleged abuse
An appellate court has ruled corporations wholly owned by late megastar Michael Jackson are on the hook for lawsuits claiming Jackson molested children, despite the corporations' assertions they were helpless to stop the alleged abuse because Jackson was the boss. -
Court trims Gascón recall supporters’ access to voter records, but recall supporters call it a win
The committee seeking to recall Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said LA County election officials wrongly spiked their recall petition, and are now wrongly fighting recall supporters' efforts to show why it was improper -
Appeals panel says San Francisco allowed to let noncitizens vote in school board elections
Ruling overturns dismissal of Proposition N ordinances as unconstitutional -
Appellate court says L.A. media production company allegedly canned technician for telling city inspectors venue was unsafe
An appeals panel has ruled a jury was right to award $7 million to a technician, who claimed he was fired, because he told Los Angeles building inspectors his media company was ignoring safety at a theater where a presentation was to be staged, saying the company was "reprehensible" in disregarding the concerns. -
Appeals panel says San Buenaventura officials were allowed to strip historic protection status from Serra statue
An appeals court has given its blessing to the city of San Buenaventura's removal of a statue of Catholic missionary Junipero Serra, ruling the statue has no historic status that would protect against removal. -
Former congressional candidate Joe Collins OK to sue Maxine Waters over false dishonorable discharge claims
According to the lawsuit, U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters has refused to recant her allegedly false claims that her congressional campaign opponent Joseph E. Collins III had been dishonorably discharged from the Navy, even after presented with evidence -
Court says Uber driver has to arbitrate his labor beefs with company, but can still later push class action for other drivers
A California appeals panel has ruled a Uber driver has to arbitrate labor code violations he alleges the gig company committed against him, but can press a class action on behalf of other drivers for the same alleged breaches. -
Appellate court rules against state judge who sided with restaurants over COVID ban
An appellate panel has turned the tables on a state judge who sided with restaurant owners when they asked for a stay on a COVID-19 order issued by the Los Angeles County health officials, which banned outdoor dining -
Los Angeles megachurch holds services despite coronavirus orders
Grace Community Church, a megachurch located near Los Angeles, recently held indoor services in defiance of a court ruling and a public health order from LA County. -
California appeals court declines to revive Long Beach apartment's bad faith case against insurer
LOS ANGELES — A state appeals court recently declined to revive a Long Beach apartment complex's bad faith lawsuit against an insurance company that refused to pay for water damage -
Appeals panel rules contract dispute with contractor, California DCR could've been resolved without bench trial
LOS ANGELES – A state appeals panel has determined a dispute between a contractor and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation was improperly resolved during a bench trial. -
Appeals panel says judge wrongly ended injured worker's lawsuit against Design Group Facility Solutions
LOS ANGELES – A state appeals panel has reversed a lower court’s opinion that ended the lawsuit of a construction worker injured when he fell through a skylight. -
Appellate court finds Los Angeles restaurant's website violated ADA in suit filed by blind woman
LOS ANGELES –The Los Angeles-based restaurant The Whisper Lounge was found to be in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act not for what was on-location, but what was off. More directly, the California Second District Court of Appeal, Division Eight recently ruled that the restaurant’s website violates ADA-based compliance regulations and that Title II of the ADA applies to a website.