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Louie v BFS Retail & Commercial Operations 178 Cal.App.4th (2009) (3) Disabled customer L sued B over countertop heights.San-Diego-Auto-Accident-lawyer.com Claim not barred by prior class-action decree on ADA cases–where decree expressly reserved any damage claim–is not res judicata to state-law damage action. San Diego personal injury attorney.
Premises Liability is another area of San-Diego-Personal-Injury-attorney.com
Harris v City of Santa Monica 181 Cal.App.4th 1094 (2010) (2/8) At-will employee bus driver fired for some performance problems but also while she was pregnant.San-Diego-Auto-Accident-lawyer.com Trial court refused BAJI 12.26 mixed-motive defense instruction, givinginstead CACI 2500 which omits any mixed-motive factor. Error. Mixed-motive defenses is still good law. [2] JNOV properly denied, where some evidence showed other drivers w/ questionable records not fired, plus some positive performance-review comments, would permit jury to find firing motivated by pregnancy.San Diego personal injury attorney.
Premises Liability is another area of San-Diego-Personal-Injury-attorney.comChavez v City of Los Angeles 47 Cal.4th 970 (2010) Kennard 7-0. FEHA attorney fees case filed as unlimited civil matter, but recovery was “less than half the $25K jurisdictional limit for a limited civil case.”.San-Diego-Auto-Accident-lawyer.com Plaintiff requested $871K attorney fees. CCP § 1033(a) gives court discretion to deny attorney fees. Trial court must give “due consideration to policies and objectives of the FEHA in general and its attorney fee provision in particular. But in view of “Plaintiff’s minimal success and grossly inflated attorney fee request,” trial court had discretion to deny attorneyfees totally. San Diego personal injury attorney
| Product Liability is another area of San-Diego-Personal-Injury-attorney.comPower Balance, LLC recently admitted to an Australian court that their Power Balance bracelets don’t have “credible scientific evidence” supporting their claims.San-Diego-Auto-Accident-lawyer.com Over 2.5 million bracelets have been sold worldwide and are worn by many popular professional athletes to improve mental and physical performance. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ordered the company to pull its product from the market and provide refunds to consumers. San Diego personal injury attorney Adam Caparell , New York Daily News 01/05/2011 |
Discrimination is anther area of San-Diego-Personal-Injury-attorney.com
Supervalu Inc. has agreed to a $3.2 million settlement with 110 Chicagoworkers in a discrimination lawsuit over firings at local supermarkets.San-Diego-Auto-Accident-lawyer.com The lawsuit claimed that Supervalu and its Jewel-Osco chain “had a ‘policy and practice’ of terminating employees with disabilities at the end of their medical leaves.” The suit alleged that since 2003, 1,000 employees had been terminated under this policy. San Diego personal injury attorney Staff Report, Chicago Tribune 01/05/2011
Medical Malpractice is another area of San-Diego-Personal-Injury-attorney.com
Los Angeles County has approved a $1.175 million settlement with a female patient at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in a medical negligence lawsuit.San-Diego-Auto-Accident-lawyer.com The woman, who was treated at the medical center in 2008, claimed in her suit that one of her blood vessels was inadvertently punctured by a catheter tip during a procedure. The woman suffered further complications from the injury but was released a few days later. San Diego personal injury attorney Rong-Gong Lin II, LA Times 01/04/2011
Premises Liability is another area of San-Diego-Personal-Injury-attorney.com
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Premises Liability is another area of San-Diego-Personal-Injury-attorney.com
A California paint company has agreed to pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of “illegal transportation and mismanagement of hazardous waste and materials.”San-Diego-Auto-Accident-lawyer.com Vista Paint Corp. will pay the settlement to six district attorney’s offices and will also have to improve their training and storage methods. The company allegedly improperly transported paint thinners and solvents, unusable paint materials and rags and absorbents used to clean up spills of hazardous materials. San Diego personal injury attorney Staff and Wire Reports, The Desert Sun 01/05/2011
