News from June 2018
As Facebook faces class action, likelihood of other platform companies being sued increases
SACRAMENTO (Legal Newsline) - As Facebook faces a deeply damaging class action suit over its admitted sale of data to third parties, the potential that other social media and tech companies will be hauled before the courts is increasing in likelihood.
Pacific Research Institute says Janus ruling has different meanings for different employees
The Pacific Research Institute says Wednesday's landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Janus v. AFSCME will mean different things to different people in California.
Former employee alleges Dukes Shenanigan's owes unpaid overtime wages
FRESNO – A Fresno business is alleged to have failed to provide meal and rest periods to a former employee.
Woman alleges she was injured in rear-end collision in Fresno
FRESNO – A driver alleges a rear-end collision in Fresno caused injuries to her left arm.
Trustee alleges Don Burgess Construction failed to repay loan
FRESNO – A Fresno County woman alleges her late father loaned money to a construction company that was never repaid.
Man claims Powers Electric Products terminated him in retaliation for reporting alleged drug activity
FRESNO – A Fresno County company is alleged to have terminated an employee after he reported alleged drug dealing during company time.
Judge denies EPA's motion to dismiss suit over pesticide registration
SAN FRANCISCO – A judge has denied the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's motion to dismiss a complaint over allegations it violated duties regarding the registration of pesticides under a federal act.
Judge refuses to award all of the fees sought Christmas tree maker in patent case
SAN FRANCISCO – A federal judge in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California recently refused to award all of the attorney and expert fees that a company that produces artificial Christmas trees claims it is entitled to for its defense of a firm that marketed and sold its trees.
Judge denies tech company's motion to overturn jury verdict or order new trial in patent infringement case
SAN FRANCISCO – A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California recently denied a tech company's motion to either overturn a jury verdict in a patent infringement case or order a new trial.
Jack in the Box customer alleges slippery floor caused fall
FRESNO – A Los Angeles County woman has filed suit against a Fresno restaurant over allegations it failed to warn of a substance on the floor that caused her to fall.
Consumer claims Ford Fusion has defects, seeks replacement or restitution
FRESNO – A Ford vehicle purchased by a Palier consumer is alleged to have defects that have not been repaired despite attempts to do so.
A closely watched climate case is dismissed; Will the others survive?
The private lawyers who engineered the latest round of municipal lawsuits over climate change hoped they’d found a path through the thicket of precedents blocking their way by suing oil companies for selling hydrocarbons instead of burning them and by citing state instead of federal law.
Woman alleges she was bitten by dogs at Kingsburg property
FRESNO – A woman is seeking damages from the owners of three dogs and the pet owner's landlords after she was allegedly bitten at the property.
Damages sought from driver over Fresno County auto accident
FRESNO – A vehicle driver and passenger are seeking damages from another driver after a Fresno County collision.
Former Nations Roof West employee alleges he was wrongfully terminated
FRESNO – A Fresno County man alleges he was wrongfully terminated from his job at a roofing company after only two months.
Children of woman killed in tractor-trailer collision file wrongful death suit against Fernandez Trucking, others
FRESNO – The surviving children of a woman who died after her vehicle was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer in Fresno County have filed a wrongful death suit against the parties allegedly involved in the collision.
Crown & Anchor bar guest alleges he was injured when he was punched by another individual
FRESNO – A patron at a Monterey bar is suing the bar and another invitee after he was punched.
Judge boots global warming cases of San Francisco, Oakland against oil industry
A California federal judge has rejected the efforts of municipal officials who teamed with private lawyers to seek to hold the energy industry liable for the alleged future effects of climate change.
Queen of the Valley Medical Center doctors, nurse seek to have child birth injury suit moved to federal court
Queen of the Valley Medical Center physicians and workers named in a negligence suit claiming an infant suffered major injuries after birth filed a notice of removal earlier this month to have the case moved from Napa County Superior Court to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Double Image Barber Shop in El Cajon alleged to not have accessible parking
SAN DIEGO – A paraplegic alleges that an El Cajon property no longer has accessible parking spaces for patrons with disabilities.