Miscellaneous

• Class Action Against Wells Fargo is Settled

  Shannon Weidemann | April 26, 2007 2:54 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Wells Fargo Financial, Inc. was sued in a California class action lawsuit for unfair mortgage lending practices. It has settled the case and it now needs to be approved by the California Supreme Court. In the proposed settlement, Wells Fargo Financial commits to continue for three years several improvements it had already put into practice, which have further strengthened its nonprime real...

• Truck Safety A National Concern

  Paul Kiesel | December 05, 2006 11:26 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Deaths from trucking accidents take place in part due to relaxed federal regulations.The dangers posed by tractor trailer drivers can not be overstated. These vehicles traveling on our highways, turnpikes, and rural country roads present a clear and present danger to the lives and property of us. Remarkably at a time where we, as a nation, are more and more focused on safety and prevention of...

• Los Angeles Archdiocese Settles 45 Child Molestation Cases

  Cheryl Buchanan | December 02, 2006 11:05 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Cardinal Roger Mahony had just announced the first settlement by the Los Angeles Archdiocese."I never thought I would live to see this day", said John Doe as soon as he heard it was me on the phone. He acknowledged that his flat affect was based on the fact that he had never really had a sense of hope, but felt more of an obligation to come forward. He felt it was his responsibility to speak,...

• One Father's Crusade Reforms Medical Practices

  Elaine Mandel | November 28, 2006 4:27 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  A grieving father's fight changed the system that required medical residents to work too many hours and thereby provide sub-standard care.In 1984 eighteen year old Libby Zion died at a New York hospital. The resident caring for her had been on duty for thirty six hours. The senior resident was sleeping in a nearby building when Libby became agitated. Her temperature rose to 107 degrees. ...

• First they laugh at you, then they fight you...

  Cheryl Buchanan | November 19, 2006 12:54 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  This week, 100 more clergy child molestation cases in Los Angeles were released from a discovery stay and set to go forward in trial. For the Survivors who have come forward, Judge Fromholz's order signifies both the end of a three year attempt at mediation and an important milestone in a much longer journey. For many, the trial process is not nearly so overwhelming as the idea might have been...

• California Complex Courts' Seminar

  Paul Kiesel | November 17, 2006 1:16 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  California Los Angeles Complex Court annual seminarCalifornia is one of the few states in the country that has courts solely devoted to handling the litigation of complex cases. While some states, such as New York, have business courts devoted to business-related disputes, California has certain courts set aside to deal with all types of complex litigation case. Complex cases can include class...

• Kaiser Permanente Criminally Charged with Patient Dumping

  Patrick DeBlase | November 16, 2006 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  City files charges against Kaiser for dumping patients on skid row.As previously discussed in here, Los Angeles health care providers have been having a hard time caring for the poor and have even taken to dumping patients on skid row while they are dazed and confused. These patients require treatment, not transportation to a strange and dangerous place. Kaiser along with about ten other area...

• A Familiar Scenario in the Spokane Diocese

  Cheryl Buchanan | November 11, 2006 11:59 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  This week, the National Catholic Reporter gave us an in-depth, and all too familiar, view into the clergy child molestation crisis. This time, the cover story was foused on the Diocese of Spokane Bankruptcy. Beneath a tangeled web of corporate ownership and property law issues, lie the same simple truths: children were serially sexually abused, crimes were covered up, and lives continue to be...

• Are Your Kids Safe on the School Bus?

  Elaine Mandel | November 07, 2006 5:57 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  A new study shows that there are thousands of accidents on school busses each year. Looking at the types of injuries can hopefully shed light on how to decrease those numbers.Each year in the United States, 23.5 million children travel 4.3 billion miles on school buses. You put your child on the school bus every morning. You think they're safe. But a just-released study provides some scary...

• Judge Peter Lichtman priest molestation mediations

  Paul Kiesel | November 04, 2006 2:51 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Judge Peter Lichtman is a Superior Court judge in Los Angeles Superior Court and very well respected as a trial judge and mediator.Judge Peter Lichtman who had been the mediator assigned to oversee Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange cases was rebuffed in his attempt to creatively craft a settlement around recalcitrant insurers. In a fascinating discussion of California Court of Appeals decision...