Bill Cosby loses bid to stop part of former model’s lawsuit
Bill Cosby. Photo by The World Affairs Council of Philadelphia via Wikimedia Commons A judge Monday delayed ruling until next month on a motion by Bill Cosby’s attorneys to dismiss a defamation lawsuit...
View ArticleJudge says OK Sumner Redstone competency case may proceed
Viacom’s Sumner Redstone in 2014. Photo via jewishbusinessnews.com A former companion of ailing media mogul Sumner M. Redstone, who wants to regain authority to make medical decisions on his behalf,...
View ArticleJudgment sought in singer Jenni Rivera’s 2012 Learjet crash
Jenny Rivera at the Pepsi Center, August 22, 2009. Photo by Julio Enriquez/CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons. A lawyer for relatives of four members of...
View ArticleJudge won’t dismiss suit by 2 women alleging they got herpes from actor
Photo via YouTube A judge refused Friday to dismiss a lawsuit filed by two women who allege they were infected with herpes by an actor. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Linfield stated in a...
View ArticleOutraged neighbors, former rock star, angry dogs: Lawsuits in Studio City
Competing lawsuits from outraged Studio City neighbors – one of whom is a former rock star – created some confusion as both parties alleged far different Rashomon-style descriptions of allegedly...
View ArticleHomeless advocates’ lawsuit accuses LAPD of wrongdoing
Advocates for the homeless said Tuesday that even as pledges are being made at City Hall to help them, police and other city employees continue to seize and destroy their belongings and falsely arrest...
View ArticleEmployee accuses Chipotle managers of sexual harassment
Chiptole. Photo via Wikipedia Commons A former Chipotle employee sued the company Wednesday, alleging she and other female workers at its Woodland Hills eatery near the Warner Center were sexually...
View ArticleStop Pomona cops from destroying homeless stuff: Lawsuit alleges they even...
Attorneys for a group of homeless people and a local church Friday sued the city of Pomona over what they allege is an illegal practice of seizing and destroying the personal property of transients...
View ArticleFather, daughter sue LA Archdiocese for $10M over sex abuse by suicide coach
Los Angeles County Superior Court. Photo by John Schreiber. (NOTE: This is an updated article that includes a statement from the archdiocese saying the lawsuit wrongly identified a school with a...
View ArticleMichael Jackson dead but still in court: British firm sues in contract battle
Photo via Pixabay A British law firm is suing Michael Jackson’s estate, alleging it is owned fees relating to business performed on behalf of the singer in Great Britain before his death. Atkins...
View ArticleSuicidal woman who stuck pencils in her eyes settles remainder of Internet...
Photo via Pixabay A hospital patient who stuck pencils in her eyes in a suicide attempt, then saw a photo of her self-mutilation on the Internet three years later, settled her lawsuit against the two...
View ArticleFormer supermodel Janice Dickinson now fighting Cosby and breast cancer
Janice Dickinson attending Luisa Diaz’s Havana White Party at Berri’s Café in Los Angeles, California on August 27, 2014 – Photo by Glenn Francis of www.PacificProDigital.com. Photo by Toglenn (Own...
View ArticleWells Fargo Bank to pay $8.5M in civil complaint settlement
Photo via Pixabay Wells Fargo Bank will pay $8.5 million to settle a lawsuit alleging it was too slow to notify customers that phone calls were being recorded, county prosecutors announced Tuesday. The...
View ArticleJudge gives OK for ex-supermodel’s lawsuit against Cosby to move forward
Former supermodel Janice Dickinson can move forward with the bulk of her lawsuit against Bill Cosby that alleges that she was defamed when a former attorney for the comedian accused her of lying about...
View ArticleSanta Monica judge delays Cosby’s second deposition in sexual battery case
Bill Cosby. Photo by The World Affairs Council of Philadelphia via Wikimedia Commons A judge in Santa Monica agreed Wednesday to postpone next week’s planned deposition of Bill Cosby in connection with...
View ArticleJudge: Some claims of ‘Bones’ cast and producers suit may belong in arbitration
Photo via Pixabay A judge said Monday he believes some of the claims of “Bones” stars Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz and two of the show’s executive producers — all of whom are seeking profits from...
View ArticleWalgreens employee sues over firing during gender transition
Photo via Shutterstock A former Walgreens worker is suing the drug store chain, alleging she was fired because she was transitioning from male to female and the company ignored her complaints of...
View ArticleWoman who sued Bikram Yoga founder awarded attorneys fees
Photo via Pixabay. A judge awarded nearly $1.1 million in attorneys’ fees Friday to a woman who previously won more than $7 million from a jury that found she was harassed and punished by the founder...
View ArticlePuddle of Mudd singer sued by LAPD cop for alleged negligence of property...
Puddle of Mudd frontman Wes Scantlin screams out lyrics during his rock band’s performance at BayFest 2011 on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, July 16, 2011. Celebrating its twenty-second year as Hawaii’s...
View ArticleMetropolitan Water District faces another lawsuit over rates
The San Diego County Water Authority Wednesday announced the filing of another lawsuit over rates charged by the Metropolitan Water District, a Los Angeles-based water wholesaler. In its complaint...
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