Miscellaneous

• The Helpless Subprime Borrower

  Paul Kiesel | April 22, 2008 4:52 PM | 1 CommentLos Angeles, CA

  70 percent of seriously delinquent subprime mortgage borrowers are still not getting the help they to stay in their homes. Mortgage rescue programs like Hope Now are not able to keep pace with the...

• Wachovia and Others Preparing for a Rainy Day

  Paul Kiesel | April 14, 2008 8:58 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Wachovia is the latest financial institution to seek outside financing from foreign and private equity investors. Today, the company reduced its dividend and said that it would raise about $7...

• Don't Look to McCain for Help with the Mortgage Crisis

  Paul Kiesel | March 25, 2008 6:24 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  John McCain believes that the number one issue for Americans is national security. According to the Associated Press, and shortly after Governor Charlie Crist of Florida endorsed him as a Presidential candidate, Mr. McCain said, "Even if the economy is the, quote, No. 1 issue, the real issue will remain America's security [. . .]" This statement shows he has not wavered from his campaign's main...

• Cerebral Palsy Victim Awarded $37.5 million

  Lance Rubin | February 12, 2008 2:20 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Five year old Spencer Oram has cerebral palsy today because the obstetrician who delivered him failed to heed warning signs and perform a Caesarean section. Instead, the obstetrician waited. By the time the baby was born, he had been deprived of oxygen for too long and developed cerebral palsy, a life-long, debilitating condition. His twin sister, born half an hour earlier, is fine.Spencer's...

• Brain Injured Teen Gets $7.5 Million

  Lance Rubin | February 06, 2008 7:53 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  A West Virginia teen struck by a truck driven by a City employee recovers $7.5 million for his brain injury, even though the City claimed they weren't liable.Seventeen year old Travis Dalton was on his way to a job interview, when he was struck by a truck driven by an employee of the City of Norfolk, West Virginia. Now Travis will never work due to the brain injury he suffered in the accident. ...

• 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...

• Settlement Reached in Seven Clergy Abuse Cases

  Michael Eyerly | October 27, 2006 11:41 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Seven clergy cases pending against the Los Angeles Archdiocese settle for $10 million.The parties involved in seven clergy abuse cases reached a settlement agreement yesterday. The seven cases settled for a total of $10 million. Two of the victims alleged they were sexually molested while attending a school in Encino. The cases all involved 67 year old Dominic Savino, who was a Carmelite...

• "Absolutely No Other Problems" in Mark Foley's Case

  Cheryl Buchanan | October 22, 2006 12:05 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  The Catholic Church's response to former Congressman Mark Foley's allegations of sexual molestation by a Florida priest has captured lots of headlines. But is anyone really paying attention to the depth of the emptiness behind this "Zero Tolerance Policy" in action? As reported by the New York Times, on October 21st, Father Anthony Mercieca has acknowledged being naked with teenage Mark in the...

• 5 sexual abuse cases against Diocese of San Diego set for trial

  Paul Kiesel | October 18, 2006 11:34 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  The San Diego Union-Tribune reports today that 5 cases are scheduled for trial in early 2007 as part of the Southern California clergy abuse litigation against the Roman Catholic Church. The priests whose sexual abuse will be the subject of these San Diego trials include Patrick O'Keeffe, John Daly, Edward Anthony Rodrigue, William Kraft, and Franz Robier. Nicki Rister said she was 17 when the...