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Asbestos plaintiff who named 800 John Does gets to add brake company
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A woman who waited to name an air-brake manufacturer in an asbestos lawsuit until after her husband’s death got a second chance to sue the company after a California appeals court ruled her case was improperly dismissed for failure to name the defendant in time. -
Employer not liable for wreck caused by supposedly sleep-deprived security guard
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A security company isn’t liable for an accident that occurred when one of its employees fell asleep at the wheel driving home from work, a California appeals court ruled, rejecting arguments for a “special exception” to the general rule protecting employers against accidents caused by employees commuting to work. -
Waiver saves Calif. school district from lawsuit over brain injury
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) - A California school district isn’t liable for a high-school student’s brain injury, an appeals court ruled, because his parents signed a complete release before the season started and there was no evidence coaches were guilty of gross negligence for failing to notice he was in distress. -
Stolen police gun used in murder possibly a liability issue for San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – San Francisco could still be held liable for a murder committed with a stolen police gun. -
Plaintiff experts escape hearsay trap in talc-asbestos lawsuit
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Plaintiff experts who cited evidence that Johnson & Johnson talcum powder contained asbestos, without actually performing tests themselves, can nevertheless offer their opinions the powder caused a man’s cancer, a California appeals court ruled. -
Glenn Newman, Cris O’Neall, Colin Fraser, and Brad Marsh to Present at COST 2021 Property Tax Workshop
Glenn Newman, Cris O’Neall, Colin Fraser, and Brad Marsh to Present at COST 2021 Property Tax Workshop. -
Alleged cover-up not grounds for extra money for student who says janitor molested him
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – Victims of sexual assault can’t pursue damages in court against public agencies above what would compensate them for their injuries. -
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. -
$87 million Roundup verdict stands despite 'clearly improper' conduct by plaintiffs lawyers
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A California appeals court rejected Bayer’s challenge to an $87 million award to a husband and wife who claimed they contracted non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma from spraying Roundup herbicide, saying the jury heard ample evidence to support findings the product not only causes cancer but that the conduct by Bayer’s Monsanto unit deserved punitive damages. -
Jury will have to decide how long asbestos lingered in the air 48 years ago
OAKLAND, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A victory for a defendant in an asbestos lawsuit has been overturned by a California appeals court. -
80 companies showed up to an asbestos deposition; Calif. court declares 14-hour limit on questions
OAKLAND, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – No matter how many defendants an asbestos plaintiff names, he or she can’t be subjected to more than 14 hours of deposition time. -
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. -
Factors abound to decide if man with brain tumor actually sued in time, court finds
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – A California appeals court has reinstated the medical malpractice lawsuit of a man who says his doctors failed to diagnose a brain tumor in 2010, even though he didn’t file suit for another six years. -
'One-sided' nature of company's arbitration agreement voids it
OAKLAND, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – Truck drivers have succeeded in keeping their proposed class action lawsuit against Daylight Transport in court. -
Hockey player with broken bones, punctured lung from cheap shot can sue opponent
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – A hockey player who sustained serious injuries in a no-check rec league can continue his lawsuit against the opponent he says cheap-shotted him. -
Arbitration clause doesn't protect Lyft from California's private attorney general law
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Lyft can’t prevent drivers who use its app from suing under a California labor law that deputizes employees as private attorneys general, an appeals court ruled, opening the ride-hailing service to lawsuits that otherwise would be barred by agreements requiring individual arbitration. -
Calif. privacy law covers one-way recordings, court rules
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - Yelp can be sued under a California privacy law for making “one-way” recordings of sales calls where only the voices of its own employees were saved, an appeals court has ruled. -
Apple fends off lawsuit from company it didn't want to buy, hired employees away from
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – “Costly” litigation against Apple has possibly come to a close with a victory in a California appeals court. -
Lawyers lose $242K in fees in ADA case as court rules they weren't 'prevailing party'
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Disabilities lawyers are out of luck after a California appeals court found they aren’t entitled to the hundreds of thousands of dollars they requested in a lawsuit against a Rio Nido restaurant. -
Hostage who jumped out of car during gunfight loses lawsuit against police
SAN JOAQUIN, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – A bank employee taken hostage who threw herself out of a car during a high-speed police chase has lost her lawsuit against the California city of Stockton.