Did Beverly Hills cop remove sheet from Whitney Houston’s body?
Photo by John Schreiber. A Beverly Hills Police sergeant can take to trial his lawsuits alleging he was harassed and denied promotions after he reported that a colleague removed a sheet covering...
View ArticleSan Clemente family sues Coastal Commission to protect seawall
File photo. A San Clemente family sued the California Coastal Commission Friday over a dispute about a waiver the agency insisted on as a condition for approving replacement of the residents’ mobile...
View ArticleLAPD Chief Charlie Beck denies unfairly treating captain who sued city
Police Chief Charlie Beck. Photo by John Schreiber. Chief Charlie Beck denied Monday that a Los Angeles Police captain was treated unfairly because it took five years to promote him within his rank....
View ArticleSex harassment lawsuit filed against Carson mayor
Photo via Pixabay The city of Carson and its mayor are being sued by a former council field representative who alleges she was fired for complaining about being sexually harassed by the mayor, who...
View ArticleDonald Sterling won’t go away: Battle rages over Clippers
Donald Sterling. Photo via YouTube Former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling filed notice that he will appeal the dismissal of his antitrust lawsuit against the NBA with the U.S.9th Circuit...
View ArticleJudge says ex-manager can depose Britney Spears
Britney Spears in 2013. Photo via Wikimedia Commons A judge granted a motion by lawyers for Britney Spears’ self-described former manager to depose the singer in a retrial of a lawsuit against the pop...
View Article2 Southland companies among several sued by circus acrobats in stunt gone awry
Photo via Pixabay Eight of nine circus acrobats seriously injured in a hair-hanging stunt that went awry in 2014 in Rhode Island are suing several companies, two based in the Southland, saying they...
View ArticleEx-USC football player alleging brain injury drops suit against school,...
Photo via Shutterstock A former USC cornerback who sued the university and ex-head coach Lane Kiffin, alleging he suffered a brain injury from being forced to play with a concussion, has dropped his...
View ArticleCentinela Valley School District gets OK to countersue ex-superintendent
File photo. A judge ruled Tuesday that the Centinela Valley Union High School District can countersue for breach-of-contract and fraud a former superintendent who alleges the district destroyed his...
View ArticleLA Unified faces lawsuit over alleged negligence
Photo via Pixabay A lawsuit was filed against Los Angeles Unified and Los Angeles County Thursday on behalf of a 15-year-old girl who alleges a school bus driver refused to pick her up in a high-crime...
View ArticleNuns continue fight to prevent Katy Perry from buying former convent
Image by Huntley Paton via Wikimedia Commons A judge said Friday she will decide Monday whether to move up a June 20 scheduled hearing on a motion by two nuns who want to put on hold a proposed sale by...
View ArticleLaywer tells judge he’s filing new papers to block convent sale to Katy Perry
Image by Huntley Paton via Wikimedia Commons An attorney for two nuns opposed to the sale of a former convent in Los Feliz to Katy Perry told a judge today that he will file new court papers seeking to...
View ArticleBill Cosby finally wins one – for now
Bill Cosby. Photo by The World Affairs Council of Philadelphia via Wikimedia Commons A judge put on hold former supermodel Janice Dickinson’s defamation lawsuit against Bill Cosby pending the outcome...
View ArticleJudge OKs $8M settlement in discrimination suit against Lowe’s
Photo via Pixabay A Los Angeles federal judge Friday approved an $8.6 million settlement in a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit accusing home improvement retailer Lowe’s of illegally...
View ArticleArmenian Glendale woman cop lawsuit: No promotion due to discrimination
Photo courtesy of the Glendale Police Department A female Glendale Police lieutenant is suing the city, alleging she was denied a promotion to captain because of her gender and Armenian ancestry, even...
View ArticleCarson Daly wins round in court; judge dismisses part of lawsuit with oil...
Carson Daly at Fort Irwin, California, on May 27, 2009. Photo by United States Army (Photo Credit: Spc. Nathaniel Muth) [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsTelevision host Carson Daly won a round in...
View ArticlePolice union outrage: Officer-discipline board unconstitutional?
Police Chief Charlie Beck. Photo by John Schreiber. The Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union representing the police department’s rank and file, Thursday filed a federal lawsuit against the...
View ArticleLawsuit filed over alleged California Presidential Primary rules confusion
A federal lawsuit alleging widespread confusion over California’s presidential primary rules asks that voter registration be extended past Monday’s deadline until the day of the state’s primary...
View ArticleNuns won’t release documents on Los Feliz convent Katy Perry wants
Image by Huntley Paton via Wikimedia Commons An attorney for two nuns opposed to the sale of a former Los Feliz convent to singer Katy Perry told a judge Monday that his clients are the ones refusing a...
View ArticleBill O’Reilly says cheating ex-wife must return $10 million
Fox News host Bill O’Reilly says he was taken for a $10 million ride when he split with his wife in 2011. Now he wants his money back, saying his ex, Maureen McPhilmy, was having an affair. Bill...
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