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Appeals panel: Family of volunteer killed at school event can't bring lawsuit against district
Ruling holds district extended Workers' Compensation Act benefits to volunteers, and that limits the ability of the family to sue the school district for wrongful death.
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Google to pay $28M to settle claims it favored white and Asians, while 'paying lip service' to DEI
Attorneys for a "Mexican, indigenous" former Google worker announced the settlement in the discrimination case, which was approved by a Santa Clara County judge March 12. Under the deal, more than 6,600 current and former Google workers will get a share of $20M, while lawyers will get $7M.
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More lawsuits target hair care product makers, now claiming hair dye caused cancer
The lawsuits have been filed vs. L'Oreal, Clairol, Henken and others on behalf of hair stylists, claiming chemicals in hair dyes caused bladder cancer. Hair care product makers have also been targeted by thousands of suits over cancers allegedly caused by hair relaxers
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Appeals court: ClassPass can't use arbitration to escape class action; Dissent: Ruling leaves online biz 'guessing'
The Ninth Circuit rejected an attempt by online gym access pass seller ClassPass to beat a class action through arbitration because its user terms and conditions weren't good enough to show users agreed. A dissenting judge said the decision defies earlier rulings and fosters uncertainty
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'Hey, Siri:' $95M Apple Siri class action settlement gets initial OK from judge; Lawyers could get $28.5M
Under the settlement, eligible claimants could get $20 for each Siri-equipped Apple devices they may have owned since 2014, up to five devices. The lawsuit asserted Apple devices wrongly recorded user conversations and other interactions, even when Siri was not summoned
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Family of man who died while 'train surfing' sues, says BART should've stopped him
The family of 19-year-old Daniel Baran claims BART should pay because their trains aren't equipped with tech to stop the trains when someone climbs on the roof of a moving train
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LDS Church defeats bid to force refunds of 'tithes' over mall development
A majority of an 11-member panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said there was no proof Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints leaders lied to members about how it was funding a mall development project. Other judges on the panel said the lawsuit had serious First Amendment problems
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Appeals court: Ex-USC linebacker's family can't sue NCAA over player's CTE, death
Panel rejects widow's attempt to invoke assumption of risk doctrine
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Judge partially reboots class action vs Google over YouTube kids' data collection
Amended complaint alleged company targeted younger users with main website's tracking protocol
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Palisades, Eaton wildfires spawning lawsuits vs LADWP, SoCal Edison; Many more expected
Investigations could take months or years, but trial lawyers have rushed into court on behalf of the Pacific Palisades and Eaton wildfire victims. The suits accused LA Dept of Water & Power of failing to provide enough water and accused Southern California Edison of causing the blazes. Many more lawsuits are expected to be filed
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49ers can't be sued for death of man punched twice in Levi's Stadium lot
A state appeals panel said the family of a man who died, allegedly from brain injuries suffered when he was suddenly punched twice in the face by another man reacting to a beer bottle kicked against his car, can't sue the 49ers and their event staffing vendor for not doing enough to prevent the 2018 attack
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Google can't shut down users' privacy class action over WAA settings, info tracking
The lawsuit accused Google of continuing to collect user information and track their interactions with apps and other features on mobile devices, even after the users allegedly believed they had turned off the ability for Google to do so. A judge said the evidence isn't clear that Google abided by the law and its user agreement
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Appeals court revives landowner class action vs Humboldt County over using drones in marijuana-related code enforcement
Landowners say fine structure violates Eighth Amendment protections. The appeals court said a McKinleyville federal magistrate judge wrongly tossed the suit by finding the landowners couldn't sue because they hadn't yet paid the tens of thousands of dollars in fines assessed by Humboldt County.
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Walgreens flushes consumer fraud lawsuit over UTI pain drug
Medicinal use of PhenAzo predates 1938 federal drug licensing law
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Judge nixes $5.1M deal to end visual impairment website discrimination class action vs Fashion Nova
A San Francisco federal judge said he could not approve the deal to end the action vs women's clothing seller Fashion Nova because the retailer might get too much of its money back at the end of the deal. Attorneys would have gotten $1.24 million under the deal
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Judge refuses to delete class action over Twitter data breach
The lawsuit asserted the former owners and management at the social media platform formerly known as Twitter allowed an API defect to remain unfixed, letting hackers scrape private user data for nearly a year from 2021-2022 and then sell the data as recently as 2023
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Lawsuit OK to continue accusing Amazon of using user agreement to squelch bad reviews
Tech giant sought to send users' complaint to arbitration
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Face scans class action vs Google mostly tossed, because Google didn't 'profit,' judge says
Complaint accuses Google of using biometric data to improve smartphone technology
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Plaintiffs can seek emotional distress damages in class action vs CooperSurgical for loss of emrbyos
A San Francisco federal judge rejected CooperSurgical's efforts to toss a San Jose couple's class action lawsuit, which is one of at least 39 cases in California courts accusing the company of selling defective 'culture media' used by fertility clinics to aid embryo development in invitro fertilization
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'De-transitioned' woman accuses doctors of 'medical abuse,' pushing her as child to become 'trans'
A young woman has sued prominent transgender youth doctor Johana Olson-Kennedy and others, accusing them of inflicting traumatic "medical abuse" in allegedly pushing a "scared, confused, and traumatized" girl into trans "affirming care," causing psychiatric problems and irreversible physical damage