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Inmate's premature lawsuit over San Quentin COVID outbreak no reason for dismissal, court rules
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - An inmate at San Quentin State Prison can proceed with a proposed class action over an outbreak of Covid-19 he blames on the state’s failure to quarantine prisoners who were transferred from another jail in May 2020, an appeals court ruled. -
Life insurers face billions in liability for their actions before California changed the rules
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - Life insurance companies doing business in California face billions of dollars in potential liability as plaintiff lawyers seize upon a state Supreme Court ruling that applies a 2012 law to tens of thousands of policies sold years before. -
Case against Uber over death of highly intoxicated Univ. of San Diego student transferred
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Uber and two of its drivers won a change of venue in a lawsuit accusing them of responsibility for the death of a University of San Diego student who vomited in one vehicle and ran away from a second, dying miles away after being hit by two cars on the highway. -
Protestors who invaded horse racing track will face trespass lawsuit; Free speech concerns rejected
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - An animal-rights group can be sued over the actions of protestors who invaded a horse track, lit off incendiary devices and blocked a race by lying on the track, a California appeals court ruled, rejecting arguments by the Sierra Club and others that the protestors engaged in constitutionally protected speech. -
Southwest wins court case over death of passenger in lavatory
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Southwest Airlines and its employees aren’t liable for the death of a passenger who suffered a pulmonary embolism in the lavatory of a plane, even though they delayed providing medical care until after the plane landed because the pilots thought he was a security threat. -
Industry group loses constitutional challenge to California's Private Attorney General Act
SANTA ANA, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - A lobbying group for California businesses lost a constitutional challenge to a state labor law that allows citizens to act as private attorneys general, as an appeals court rejected claims the law violates the separation of powers. -
Google Drive subscriber can't sue under automatic-renewal law, California court finds
SANTA ANA, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - A Google Drive customer with hopes of leading a class action over violations of California’s automatic-renewal law has no case, a California appeals court has ruled. -
Calif. decision shows it's probably better to put your dog on a leash
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – The risk that a hiker assumed on a trail that allows dogs to be off-leash doesn’t apply to a personal injury lawsuit, a California appeals court has ruled.The First Appellate District ruled July 17 to let Diane Wolf’s case against Alexander Weber proceed. -
Man who broke hip on waterslide loses negligence claims
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A man who got turned around on a waterslide and broke his pelvis when he splashed down has lost his negligence claims against the waterpark. -
Appeals court upholds dismissal of lawsuit against Uber Technologies
SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit by cab companies and medallion owners against Uber Technologies. -
Four amicus briefs filed in case appeal of bellwether Roundup trial; Farmers question - 'what is the law?'
SAN FRANCISCO – Four amicus briefs have been filed in the California Court of Appeals, First Appellate District, Division One in the case of Dewayne Johnson v. Monsanto. -
Santa Cruz not liable for woman’s injuries from Davenport Beach tunnel
A court of appeal affirmed that the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission is not liable for injuries to a woman who fell while walking through a rock tunnel. -
State appeals court favors hotel owners in dispute over San Francisco rental laws
SAN FRANCISCO (Northern California Record) — A group of residential hotel owners recently scored a victory when a state appeals court found in their favor against San Francisco's attempts to lengthen required stays in short term rentals. -
First Appellate District Court reverses judgment in favor of Softsol Technologies in fraud case
SAN FRANCISCO – A California appeals court reversed and remanded the Alameda County Superior Court’s judgment on Sept. 11 “with instructions to enter an order sustaining the demurrer with leave to amend” in a first cause of action over fraud allegations against defendant and respondent Softsol Technologies Inc. -
Appeals court says disciplinary charges against San Francisco officers were filed in a timely manner
SAN FRANCISCO – A panel of justices in California's First District Court of Appeal recently disagreed with a San Francisco Superior Court decision that said disciplinary notices filed against several San Francisco police officers in 2015 had been filed within the statute of limitations. -
Court rules law firm's suit against Chuck Yeager, wife does not meet anti-SLAPP criteria
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A law firm and lawyers who briefly represented a record-setting test pilot and his wife were denied motion to strike a suit on anti-strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP) grounds, according to a May 16 opinion in the court of appeal of the 3rd Appellate District of California. -
Holocaust victim’s heirs win 16-year battle for Nazi-stolen art in Madrid museum
On July 10, the Court of Appeals ruled that the heirs of a Pissaro painting taken by Nazis during the holocaust may sue the Madrid museum holding the painting, after a 16-year legal battle. -
Ruling in reasonable accommodation for disabilities reversed
A ruling that provided for reasonable accommodation for employees with disabled associates has been reversed. -
Appeals court ruling complicates what's considered fair advertising
LOS ANGELES — A California appellate court has added a new wrinkle to the complications surrounding honest adverting. -
Expert witness backs appeals court decision in Nexium lawsuit
LOS ANGELES (Northern California Record) -- A Missouri doctor has agreed with a California state appeals court’s decision that he wasn’t qualified to opine on the general causation relationship between proton pump inhibitors like Nexium and bone fractures.