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No cash for woman in case of exploding showerhead
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newline) - A woman who claimed she was injured by an exploding shower nozzle failed to muster any evidence a hotel was to blame, an appeals court ruled, rejecting her argument a maid must have damaged the device while she was out shopping.
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Steve Wozniak and 17 individuals sue YouTube, LLC and Google for a cryptocurrency scam
In the California Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District, plaintiffs Steve Wozniak and 17 others have filed a lawsuit against YouTube, LLC and Google (Case ID: H050042, Santa Clara County Super. Ct. No. 20CV370338) on April 2, 2024.
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Monique Howard sues Accor Management US for negligence and premises liability
Monique Howard, the plaintiff, filed a lawsuit against Accor Management US, Inc., the defendant, in the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Second Appellate District, Division Eight.
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Jasmin Vazquez sues SaniSure Inc. for inaccurate wage statements
In the case of Jasmin Vazquez vs SaniSure, Inc., filed in the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Second Appellate District, Division Six (2d Civil No. B3829219), on April 3, 2024, the plaintiff alleges that her former employer failed to provide accurate wage statements during her second stint of employment.
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Gail Dee Lew-Williams sues Sevana Petrosian and associates for alleged embezzlement
In the case of Gail Dee Lew-Williams et al. versus Sevana Petrosian et al., filed in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, California (Case ID: 20STCV15998) on April 2, 2024, the plaintiffs are appealing an order that dismissed their claims against the defendants.
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State of California sues Energy and Policy Institute for non-disclosure of calendar entries under the California Public Records Act
In the Court of Appeal of the State of California, a case was filed on April 5, 2024, with the court case ID B330847.
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Parks group sues over proposed gondola transit project to link Union Station, Dodger Stadium
A group advocating for the protection of Los Angeles-area parks is suing the county’s MTA over the agency’s approval of an environmental impact report for a downtown, high-wire gondola project.
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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.
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Southern California school district updates parental-notification policy after being sued by state
A San Bernardino County school district has revised its parental notification policy in the wake of California’s attorney general suing the district over alleged violations of the state constitution and state law, resulting in alleged discrimination against transgender students.
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Steve Wozniak sues YouTube LLC and Google for alleged involvement in a cryptocurrency scam
In a lawsuit filed on March 15, 2024, in the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Sixth Appellate District (Case ID: H050042), plaintiffs Steve Wozniak and 17 other individuals are suing YouTube LLC and Google for their alleged involvement in a cryptocurrency scam.
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Disney accused of underpaying Southern California hotel workers in class-action lawsuit
Southern California hotel maintenance workers have filed a class-action lawsuit against Florida-based Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, alleging Disney violated the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) and evaded the minimum pay rate.
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Court rules against booted USC football player in his fight against disciplinary process
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - It's more bad news from California courts for a University of Southern California player kicked off the team who claimed the disciplinary process to hear intimate violence charges against him was unfair.
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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.
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Lawsuit challenging Santa Monica elections sent back to L.A. Superior Court
A California appeals court has tossed a Santa Monica voting rights case back to a lower court that previously ruled Latino residents’ ability to elect their preferred candidates was hampered by the city’s at-large City Council elections, in one of the most high profile lawsuits under California's Voting Rights Act
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CA Supreme Court says car buyers can demand to keep trade-in credits under 'lemon law' verdicts
Automaker Stellantis/FCA had argued such a ruling would essentially allow car buyers to profit when they buy defective cars, trade them in toward the purchase of other vehicles, and then sue under the lemon law for a full refund.
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Another win for Netflix, Hulu as they fight attacks from private lawyers and local governments
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - The wildly unsuccessful litigation strategy that would have streaming providers like Netflix and Hulu pay franchise fees designed for cable TV providers has failed again.
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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
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California Supreme Court says employers can't beat PAGA suits by claiming they are not 'manageable'
The decision narrows the ability of employers to beat the sometimes sprawling lawsuits, increasing the likelihood they will get sued and the likelihood that they will need to pay to defend or settle the actions under California's controversial PAGA law
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Appeals panel: Judge can shut down major LA shipping terminal over environmental mitigations
A state appeals court says a San Diego judge improperly restrained himself from crafting a harsher "remedy" to address alleged mishandling of environmental mitigation at the Port of L.A.'s China Shipping terminal.
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No study, no problem: Court allows experts to link any cancer to diesel exhaust
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - There’s no need for expert witnesses to point to a specific study showing a substance causes a disease as long as they have a reasonable basis for believing the two are connected, a California appeals court ruled, reversing a trial judge’s disqualification of experts who linked diesel exhaust to blood cancer.