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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. -
Settlement offer didn't tell defendant how to accept, as court rules against sex assault victim
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) – A victim of sexual assault has failed in her effort to collect even more money than the $3.9 million she recovered at trial. -
Calif. judges can strike PAGA claims when plaintiffs get carried away
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – Judges can decide claims made under California’s Private Attorneys General Act are too broad and throw them out. -
Trying to 'cancel' a business on Instagram isn't protected speech; 'Celebrity jeweler' faces defamation case
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A self-described “celebrity jeweler” who brought the wrath of his Internet followers down on a cake shop he accused of botching his son’s birthday cake can’t hide behind a law designed to protect statements made in the public interest, a California appeals court has ruled. -
$4.3M verdict stands against rehab clinic after man jumps off roof to his death
SANTA ANA, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - A California drug rehabilitation clinic lost all of its arguments after appealing a $4.3 million jury verdict against it over the death of a patient who committed suicide by leaping from a roof just minutes after a staff member checked in on him. -
Actors stormed by SWAT team during fake robbery for NCIS: New Orleans lose lawsuit against CBS
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – Actors instructed to rob a jewelry shop for an episode of NCIS: New Orleans but were instead taken down by a real-life SWAT team won’t be able to sue CBS. -
Model filmed topless can sue Bravo for footage shown on reality show
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – A model who is suing Bravo and Ryan Seacrest Productions received a favorable court ruling in her lawsuit that alleged the reality series “Shahs of Sunset” showed her nearly naked body without her permission. -
$5.5 million California asbestos verdict reversed; Wrong state's laws were used
A California appeals court reversed a $5.5 million verdict awarded to the family of a pipefitter who died of mesothelioma, saying the trial judge improperly instructed jurors to apply California’s standard of proof in asbestos cases when they should have used the stricter Michigan standard. -
Opioid makers lose key ruling in California as they seek records to help defense
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A California appeals court rejected an attempt by Johnson & Johnson and other opioid makers to obtain millions of patient records they said they needed to defend against lawsuits by Los Angeles and other counties. -
A court victory for cops who left dead man's genitals exposed during shootout
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - Cops who left a man’s body with pants down and genitals exposed for eight hours in a trailer park while police searched for his killer aren't liable for causing emotional distress to family members, a California court ruled. -
Pain clinic doc loses court challenge after CVS shuts off supply
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A physician who was cut off by CVS after his hydrocodone prescriptions surged nearly fivefold lost his bid to force the pharmacy chain to fill his scrips, after a California appeals court said he has to seek redress from state regulators first. -
Black man can sue after being called 'banana hands' at work
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – A Black employee of a California Jiffy Lube can sue Castrol for intentional infliction of emotional distress after he was called “banana hands” during one of a few odd exchanges at a presentation. -
Third trial's the $6 million charm for dismissed Rite Aid worker
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A Rite Aid worker who sued her former employer for wrongful dismissal and emotional distress won nearly $6 million in a third trial after an appeals court sent two previous verdicts back for reconsideration. -
Woman hit by car must take responsibility for jaywalking across five-lane road, California court says
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A California condominium complex that failed to provide enough parking spaces for visitors isn’t liable for the injuries of a woman who was hit by a car after she parked offsite and attempted to cross a busy five-lane thoroughfare, an appeals court ruled. -
Troubling court decisions rack up for Amazon in California
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – Two is a trend, for people injured by products they bought on Amazon who want to sue the retailer. -
Used condoms and skunks: Lawsuit alleging apartment complex was far from 'luxurious' gets second chance
SANTA ANA, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - A California apartment complex may have to defend itself in a lawsuit over claims of false advertising and allowing the property to be littered with dog feces and used condoms after an appeals court reversed a judge’s refusal to certify a class action by disgruntled former tenants. -
Lemon law attorneys in California fail to convince court to boost damages, fees
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A man who leased a Dodge Charger and sought restitution under California’s lemon law may be able to recover insurance premiums and registration costs after defects emerged in the car, but he can’t win the entire residual value of the vehicle, an appeals court ruled. -
Verdict of $9.5 million affirmed for woman who watched husband die at Fresno swap meet
FRESNO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A California appeals court has affirmed a nearly $10 million verdict to a widow who watched her husband die at a swap meet when a pole holding a banner touched an overhead power line. -
Arbitration can't decide whether PAGA case goes to arbitration, Calif. court rules
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – Plaintiffs using California’s Private Attorneys General Act to sue their employers can’t be sent to arbitration to decide if the case will go to arbitration, a California appeals court recently ruled. -
California asbestos ruling a boost for companies facing punitive damages
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A California appeals court has sharply limited the ability to obtain punitive damages against corporations, ruling in an asbestos lawsuit that the plaintiff had failed to identify specific employees who engaged in behavior deserving such punishment.