News from January 2017
Class action filed against Starbucks by former employee alleging violations of labor codes
SAN DIEGO – A former Starbucks employee claims she was denied proper meal periods and has filed a class action.
IV Solutions alleges United Healthcare owes more than $45,000
LOS ANGELES – A health care provider alleges an insurance company has not paid it for services it provided to its members.
Life Insurance Co. of North America accused of wrongfully denying woman's disability benefits
LOS ANGELES – A Lockheed Martin employee alleges her insurer wrongfully denied her disability benefit claims.
Fashiongo alleges individual is using mark for domain name
LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles business alleges an individual in Vietnam that does business in the state is using its name for a website.
Delta Space Corp. alleges it is owed more than $24,000 for produce
LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles business claims a Vernon company did not pay for produce.
Provident Life and Accident Insurance alleged to have wrongfully denied disability claim
SAN DIEGO – A San Diego County man alleges his insurer denied his disability claim without fairly investigating it.
Delux Cab LLC claims Uber's safety advertising is misleading
SAN DIEGO – Three cab companies allege that Uber and its subsidiary use misleading advertising regarding the safety of their drivers.
Port City Logistics Inc. alleged to have defaulted on business loan
SAN DIEGO – A Carlsbad lender alleges a New York borrower defaulted on a loan.
Consumer claims Executive Financial Co. harassed her over alleged debt
SAN DIEGO – A woman alleges a debt collector unlawfully visited her residence in an attempt to collect a debt.
Pristine Environments Inc., Kleenhouse Building Maintenance alleged to owe contributions
SAN DIEGO – Trustees from a labor union fund are seeking more than $900 they allege they are owed from an employer and its parent company.
San Diego resident seeks $575,000 over alleged injuries from accident with federal employee
SAN DIEGO – A San Diego resident claims he was injured in an accident with a federal employee.
Gila LLC accused of calling consumer after she asked calls to stop
SAN DIEGO – A San Diego consumer claims a Nevada debt collector continues to call her after she revoked her consent to receive calls.
Nurse claims Anthem Life Insurance Co. wrongfully terminated disability benefits
SAN DIEGO – A registered nurse alleges she is disabled and that her insurer wrongfully terminated her disability benefits.
California court denies Students Matter’s plea to use test scores in teacher evaluations
MARTINEZ, Calif. — A California Superior Court judge has ruled against the petition of Students Matter to order districts to include the test scores of students as part of the criteria used in the evaluation of teachers.
Patent battle underway over camera mouth mount
SAN DIEGO — A camera mouth mount is at the center of a legal battle between San Diego-based company MyGo LLC and an entrepreneur who operates the website called Ho Stevie.
Energy-drink maker soothes customers following convictions
SAN FRANCISCO — Following the high profile trial and conviction of two people on charges of distributing potentially dangerous counterfeits, the maker of a popular energy drink were moved to remind customers they were removed from shelves many years ago.
Supreme Court rules for Samsung in patent dispute with Apple
SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Samsung on Dec. 6, in what is being heralded as a major victory in the patent controversy with rival tech giant Apple.
Former lawyer charged for posing as immigration consultant
SAN JOSE — A South Bay man has been arrested for allegedly defrauding as many as 1,000 individuals.
California may join 17 other states on ban on attorney/client sexual relationships
SAN FRANCISCO — A recent proposal has been submitted to add California to the other 17 states that ban attorneys from having consensual sexual relationships with their clients.
Berkeley dispensary off the hook after 3 years in litigation
BERKELEY, Calif. — A recently dismissed lawsuit against Berkeley Patients Group ended a three-year legal battle by the federal government to close Berkeley’s oldest marijuana dispensary.