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LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - California’s law allowing for the quick dismissal of lawsuits challenging free speech won’t protect the producers of “Bling Empire” from a lawsuit by Kelly Li, onetime star of the reality series.
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A divided California state appeals panel says it doesn't matter if scooter rental company Bird Rides has abided by its city permits. If the scooter is left by anyone on a sidewalk, they could face a torrent of personal injury suits for allegedly causing a public nuisance
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A lower court judge had ordered lawyer John Birke to pay $94,000 as a sanction for bringing the lawsuit, which that court had determined was frivolous. Birke had allegedly 'tracked' an unmasked man through the store while phoning police, until the other man allegedly spat in his face
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A California appeals court has ruled an ex-spouse can be ordered to cover delinquent child support, even if an employer was already withholding support from the ex-spouse's salary, because nothing in state code shields the ex-spouse from back support payment demands
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LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A clothing manufacturer’s strategy of suing labor lawyers for malicious prosecution failed badly, as a California appeals court ordered the company to pay them additional legal fees on top of the tens of thousands of dollars they obtained after settling the underlying wage-and-hour lawsuit.
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A California couple that filed an emotional distress lawsuit after allegedly seeing their two-year-old, special needs son being abused by a vocational nurse are being given another hearing due to a ruling by the California Court of Appeals.
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The California Court of Appeal’s Second Appellate District recently reversed a $13 million judgment against the University of California Los Angeles in a gender discrimination and age harassment lawsuit.
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LOS ANGELES — Big pharma price hikes -- in the thousands of percentage points in recent years -- are not trade secrets that need to be kept confidential, a state appeals court ruled earlier this month.
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LOS ANGELES – A California State Court of Appeals Second Appellate District panel affirmed a judgment of the Los Angeles Superior Court rejecting a higher monetary award sought by a woman who won a malpractice suit in the death of her daughter from malignant melanoma.
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LOS ANGELES -- The California Court of Appeal has backed the city of Redondo Beach against the state of California in a dispute over a state voting law.
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LOS ANGELES – A California seaman who lost three fingers to amputation because of infection on a commercial fishing expedition that was being filmed by a reality TV show production company was denied an appeal by the California 2nd Appellate District, Division Two.
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LOS ANGELES – A California appellate court decided that a trial court erred in admitting testimony regarding the acquittal of a trio of nurses in criminal court, which was used to prove their innocence in a civil trial brought against a hospital.
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LOS ANGELES – While the coronavirus has put many court actions on hold, an earlier ruling from a state appeals panel determined a girl struck by a foul ball at a baseball stadium has a legal path to be compensated for her injuries.
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LOS ANGELES – A state appeals panel determined a coding error shouldn’t prevent proper reimbursement for medical services.
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LOS ANGELES – A state appeals panel has upheld a ruling that the city of Los Angeles isn’t liable for injuries suffered in a 2015 MacArthur Park bicycle injury.
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LOS ANGELES – A three-judge panel has ruled that a woman failed to establish a negligence claim in her suit regarding the death of her 16-year-old daughter.
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LOS ANGELES – The California Court of Appeals for the 2nd Appellate District upheld a ruling by the Superior Court of Los Angeles County awarding summary judgment to Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit in which a woman claimed the company’s Baby Powder caused her to develop mesothelioma.
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The State of California Second Appellate District Division Three Court affirmed a judgment issued by the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, deciding against an environmentalist activist group that challenged an environmental impact report for a housing project.
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SAN FRANCISCO – A petition was filed with the California Supreme Court earlier this month to reinstate a $417 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson in a high-profile talc case in which the plaintiff alleged its product was a substantial factor in causing cancer and displayed no warning label.
