The following toxic tort/environmental-related cases were on the docket in the Alameda County Superior Court on Jan. 10. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
Employers in California are in an impossible position, squeezed between the state and federal governments, because of an immigration act passed at the turn of the year, according to one business location consultant.
Plaintiffs suing the California Justice Department over its retention of DNA samples from people arrested but not convicted of felonies said erasing private evidence of the innocent should be made an automatic requirement.
SAN FRANCISCO — A California resident is suing the city and county of San Francisco and Does 1-50, citing negligence, after she allegedly stumbled in a hole from missing and broken road pavement.
FRESNO – A Fresno County man alleges he purchased a property in the county from a Merced County seller and that the title has not been transferred to him.
SAN FRANCISCO – A Table Bluff Rancheria cigarette shop owner has won a reversal from an appeals court regarding an Unfair Competition Law (UCL) claim in a case over cigarette sales filed by the state.
A lawsuit filed Sept. 21 in San Mateo County Superior Court alleges former “content moderators” for Facebook viewed thousands of graphic images and videos of child sexual abuse, rape and murder, and nothing was done to protect the employees from psychological trauma.
FRESNO – A widow and parent have filed a wrongful death suit against several medical entities after their decedent died after being struck by a vehicle.
SAN FRANCISCO – A California appeals court has upheld a ruling ordering the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians to pay a contractor for attorney's fees.
SAN FRANCISCO – An appeals court has upheld a denial of a petition submitted by a group of Sonoma County residents who claim a proposed Walmart would have a negative impact on the neighborhood.
FRESNO — A driver is suing Estela Juarez, Jose de Jesus Parra Juarez and Does 1 to 25, after a car accident with injuries on State Road 180 at the intersection of Peach Avenue.
FRESNO – On Sept. 12, the Court of Appeal for the State of California in the 5th Appellate District reversed and remanded a court order that denied four siblings’ request to compel a family member to hold shareholders’ meetings.
