Cockroaches, bedbugs block life-saving kidney transplant: Landlords sued over...
A man who says he was told by members of a Cedars- Sinai Medical Center organ transplant board that he cannot get a new kidney as long as he lives in slum conditions with ‘bedbugs and cockroaches’...
View ArticleKids sue big rig carrier for Long Beach killing of mom
A vehicle transportation company and one of its drivers was sued Thursday by the five adult children of a 63-year-old woman struck and killed by a car carrier rig in Long Beach in 2016. Patricia,...
View Article‘Sixteen Candles’ actor sued for allegedly attacking Playa del Rey neighbor
Anthony Michael Hall via http://richestcelebrities.org/. Anthony Michael Hall, who was charged last fall with felony battery for allegedly attacking one of his neighbors at a Playa del Rey condominium...
View ArticleActor Terry Becker’s son suing mother over family trust
The son of the late actor-director Terry Becker is suing his 84-year-old mother for allegedly diverting family trust assets for her own benefit, as well as that of her new husband. Joseph Becker, whose...
View Article‘All-white boys club’ at LA Fire Department? Minority firefighters’ lawsuit
Los Angeles Fire Chief Ralph Terrazas. Photo by John Schreiber. A half-dozen male minority members of a Los Angeles Fire Department unit are suing the city, alleging they have been subjected to...
View ArticlePlastic surgeon sues E! Entertainment Television over ‘Second Wives’
Photo via Wikimedia Commons. A plastic surgeon sued E! Entertainment Television, NBCUniversal Media and Bright Road Productions Inc. Thursday, alleging he was induced to be part of a proposed show...
View ArticleMax ‘Jethro’ Baer of ‘Beverly Hillbillies’ remaining suit against CBS dismissed
Photo of Max Baer, Jr. as Jethro from the premiere of the television program The Beverly Hillbillies September 1962. Photo by CBS Television (eBay item photo front photo back) [Public domain], via...
View ArticleFamily sues landlord, real estate company and spa pump maker in 7-year-old...
Photo via Pixabay Relatives of a 7-year-old boy who died in 2016 after being pulled unconscious from a backyard spa at the family’s Encino rental home are suing the landlord, as well as a real estate...
View ArticlePool pump maker sympathetic but denies responsibility in Encino boy’s spa death
Lady Justice oversees son who murdered his father. Photo via Shutterstock The makers of a pump installed in a spa in which a 7- year-old boy died in 2016 after being pulled unconscious out of the water...
View ArticleTrump labor nominee’s Carls Jr. chain sued in LA over wages, working conditions
An example of Carl’s Jr. restaurant. Not the one from the story. Photo: Terence Ong/Wiki Commons One current and one former Carl’s Jr. employee filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging that parent company...
View ArticleAudrey Hepburn charity sues late actress’ son
Audrey Hepburn photo via http://lbc9.net. A charity named after Audrey Hepburn sued the actress’ oldest son Wednesday, alleging he interfered in the fund’s ability to raise funds for children’s...
View ArticleHollywood director sued for erratic behavior, wears Nazi garb on set
Music, War and Love LLC filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court against director Martha Coolidge and Ozma Productions Inc. A Hollywood director was sued Tuesday for allegedly breaching her...
View ArticleBaseball legend Lenny Dykstra sues attorneys over his alleged jail, hospital...
Lenny Dykstra. File photo Former Major League Baseball All-Star outfielder Lenny Dykstra sued a law firm Tuesday, alleging the attorneys were negligent in while representing him in a lawsuit in which...
View ArticleCollege frosh fights suspension over recording anti-Trump prof’s rant
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump addresses supporters during his election night rally in New York. REUTERS/Mike Segar An Orange Coast College freshman suspended for videotaping an instructor making...
View ArticleMichael Jackson’s mom wants to intervene in lawsuit against singer’s estate
Michael Jackson’s mother is seeking a judge’s permission to intervene as a plaintiff in a lawsuit brought against her late son’s estate by four people who maintain they had interests in a company the...
View ArticleJudge: Actor Ryan O’Neal can move forward in Farrah Fawcett portrait fight
A portrait of actress and UT alumna Farrah Fawcett by Andy Warhol is displayed in a 2011 exhibit at the blanton Museum of Art. Photo by Andrew Edmonson via dailytexanonline.com A judge ruled Tuesday...
View ArticleTorrance refinery faces suit over 2015 explosion and aftermath
Damage to the ExxonMobil refinery in Torrance is seen from Crenshaw Boulevard. Photo by John Schreiber. Three citizens are suing the Torrance Refining Co. and its new owners, alleging an ongoing...
View ArticleEx-Catholic teacher fired for gay marriage says he didn’t know church’s stance
Lady Justice oversees son who murdered his father. Photo via Shutterstock A former Catholic high school teacher who says he was stripped of his job for marrying his gay partner soon after same-sex...
View ArticleJudge dismisses Tatyana Ali’s lawsuit against Warner Bros., Time Warner
Tatyana Ali via Wikimedia Commons. A judge Friday dismissed a lawsuit brought by actress Tatyana Ali against Warner Bros. and Time Warner Inc. in which she alleged they stole her idea for a show...
View ArticleJudge: Ex-Catholic teacher fired for gay marriage can take lawsuit to trial
Photo via Pixabay A former Catholic high school teacher who says he was stripped of his job in 2013 for marrying his gay partner soon after the Supreme Court made same-sex marriage legal can take his...
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