As businesses seek to reopen amid the economic challenges of the pandemic, concerns persist that excessive litigation is causing many to close or leave the state and that such data has hasn’t prompted reform efforts by the state Legislature.
Last month the San Mateo County Superior Court was sued by civil rights lawyers over what they claim are unreasonably high penalties disproportionately affecting low income residents, homeless and black and brown Californians.
A recent court decision and new state legislation that will streamline local approval and mitigate litigation that blocks new residential development may finally help boost available housing for Californians.
SAN JOSE -- Isaac Jones filed a federal complaint on August 4 in the Northern District of California against the County of San Mateo County, James Salomaa, Nicholas Janakos and Dennis Loubal for alleged failure to protect.
REDWOOD CITY - A lengthy lawsuit in the San Mateo County Superior Court accuses a Walnut law firm of choosing to take a case the type of which they had no previous experience.
Starbucks was called to court in San Mateo County after a woman allegedly fell in the bathroom at the coffee shop's location on 1701 S. El Camino Real in San Mateo.
The El Camino Inn in Daly City is accused of multiple civil rights violations for after allegedly failing to accommodate disabled people in its online booking information.
The Foster City Preschool and Daycare Center on Eisenhower St. in San Mateo was pinned in an April 1 negligence lawsuit after a teacher fell onto a toddler.
The City of San Mateo, the San Mateo school district and a nonprofit theater are sued in the San Mateo County federal Superior Court for sexual abuse of a child claims.
Facebook faces charges in California federal court for allegedly violating its own terms of service, according to a lengthy lawsuit filed on March 25 in the San Mateo County Superior Court.
Numerous allegations including discrimination and harassment were filed against the City of Redwood, the Redwood City Fire Department and Redwood City FD Battalion Chief Greg DaCunha on March 18 in the San Mateo County Superior Court.
REDWOOD CITY - The San Mateo Union High School District faces a plethora of accusations, including deprivation of freedom of speech, in a March 10 lawsuit filed in the San Mateo County Superior Court.
REDWOOD CITY - Facebook is the defendant in a class action lawsuit in the San Mateo County Superior Court that accuses the social media platform of violating the California Business and Professions Code, according to February 22 documents.
REDWOOD CITY - A lengthy lawsuit filed against San Mateo County and its public health officer, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Public Health complains that it's unfair for collegiate- and professional-level sports to be permitted during the pandemic while the same sports remain banned on the high school level.
Fitness 19 San Bruno faces charges in the San Mateo County Superior Court from a woman who says a weight fell on her face and caused permanent disfiguration, according to a lawsuit filed on Feb. 16.
A San Jose man just hoping to learn how to save lives sued a CPR instruction company after he was injured during a CPR demonstration, according to documents filed on Feb. 11 in the San Mateo County Superior Court.
