Alameda County Superior Courts
Recent News About Alameda County Superior Courts
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Lawsuit: Tesla intentionally misleading buyers about the range of their EV cars
Tesla has been accused in a new class action lawsuit of intentionally misleading consumers about the driving range of their battery-powered cars. -
Another Alameda County plaintiff accuses Johnson & Johnson baby powder of causing his cancer
Johnson & Johnson is facing a mountain of legal claims in California and across the country blaming their baby powder products for causing mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer associated with asbestos exposure. -
Evacuations during California wildfires complicate troubled virtual asbestos trial
ALAMEDA, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – Things aren’t smoothing out in the nation’s first attempt at virtual asbestos trials in Alameda County, Calif. -
No mistrial in virtual asbestos trial after plaintiff chatted with jurors about Zoom backgrounds
OAKLAND, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A friendly chat between a plaintiff and the jurors deciding his case was improper but isn’t enough for a mistrial, says the judge presiding over one of the first virtual asbestos trials during the coronavirus pandemic. -
Married couple testifies in third Monsanto cancer case
OAKLAND – Plaintiffs Alva and Alberta Pilliod testified in an Oakland courtroom last week, claiming that the common weed killer Roundup was a substantial factor in causing their non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. -
Alameda court must determine whether legal documents are privileged, appeals court says
SAN FRANCISCO – Alameda Superior Court must determine whether documents sought by a former legal consultant now suing Union Pacific Railroad Co. over asbestos exposure are privileged, according to a state appeals court ruling issued earlier this month.