Miscellaneous

• Federal Judge Permits Class-Action Lawsuit To Proceed Against VA

  Shehnaz Bhujwala | January 14, 2008 3:35 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Veterans of the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan shall have their day in court, after all. US District Court Judge Samuel Conti has cleared a national class-action lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the US Department of Veteran's Affair's claims system. The ruling affirms the rights of veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) to sue in federal court over the huge...

• Woman Assaulted at Dodger Stadium Sues

  Lance Rubin | January 09, 2008 6:12 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  A woman who was assaulted in the parking lot at Dodger Stadium by a fan has sued Dodger Stadium for her injuries. When is a landowner responsible for injuries to patrons when those injuries are caused by someone else -- not by the facility?Assaults can happen any time, anywhere. A woman heading off to Chavez Ravine to attend a Dodger game never thought her trip would end as it did - with her...

• Zero Tolerance in Fresno Diocese is a Myth

  Cheryl Buchanan | January 05, 2008 6:13 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Having been raised a Catholic, I believe in forgiveness, reconcilliation, and second chances. Having spent five years working on child molestation cases and coming to a deeper understanding of the psychosis that compels adults to habitually torture and victimize children, and the lifelong damage that those children struggle with as adults, I also believe we have a responsibility that preempts...

• Mortgage Meltdown Spawns State Efforts to Prevent Abusive Lending Practices by Mortgage Brokers

  Michael Eyerly | January 04, 2008 7:51 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  States adopt standard licensing requirements to curb abusive lending practices by mortgage brokers The so-called sub-prime mortgage crisis (by no means have the problems and abusive lending practices been limited to sub-prime borrowers only) has spawned efforts on a number of fronts to curb abusive lending practices. The most recent effort mandates a standardized application, licensing and...

• Denial of Employees Rights: Stealing the Intangible?

  Miriam Schimmel | January 03, 2008 2:12 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Recent news stories across the country illustrate how the denial of employees' rights continues to be a problem, and sadly, it seems that the victims are too often workers who work hard for low hourly pay. Some of the biggest offenses include not allowing employees their legal right to take rest breaks or lunch breaks, or not paying employees properly for overtime or vacation time. Employers...

• Avalanche of Support for Minor Sued by 60 Year Old Man Injured in Ski Accident

  Shehnaz Bhujwala | January 03, 2008 11:38 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  A 60-year-old man who filed a lawsuit against the family of a 7-year-old boy who collided with him on a ski slope last year near Vail, Colo. has become the target of an media backlash. Attorneys are split as to the minor's potential liability in the case. The lawsuit seeks $75,000 for medical expenses associated with a dislocated shoulder and rotator cuff injury the man says was caused by the...

• Action Brought for Alleged Overtime and Minimum Wage Violations

  Michael Eyerly | December 21, 2007 6:00 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  California wage and hour laws allegedly violated by failure to pay overtime or minimum wages to janitorial workers.Breaking rocks for the man. As many as 300 workers were allegedly paid as little as $50 a day for working 10-hour shifts and seven day work-weeks by two Southland janitorial services companies. But isn't that illegal. Yes it is.To begin, as of January 1, 2008 the minimum wage for...

• Mortgage Lending Fraud - Class Actions the best answer

  Paul Kiesel | December 19, 2007 8:32 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Mortgage Lending Class Action crisis in California only gets worse.When we brought the first class actions in California involving the Sub-Prime mortgage mess in June of 2007 I blogged here and said, prophetically, "this is the tip of the ice berg." True to that prediction matters have only gotten far far worse since then, and, I'm afraid, are only going to continue to trouble our economy and,...

• Is Your Doctor on Drugs?

  Lance Rubin | December 18, 2007 6:48 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  It's one of the most important choices you make -- picking a doctor. But how much do you really know about the people who are supposed to provide your medical care? Thousands of doctors hooked on drugs and alcohol continue to practice medicine while receiving treatment for substance abuse, yet most patients will never know about their physicians' addictions. How much information are patients...

• Train Accident in Riverside Kills Two

  Jenny Albano | November 02, 2007 10:48 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Two women were killed in a train accident Thursday morning. The victims were 18 and 23 years old. The woman were driving in a car when it became stuck on the train tracks in Riverside. The two victims were able to exit the car, but the train then hit the car which then ran into the women, crushing them.Police believe the high heel shoes they were wearing many have hindered their escape from...