Home Depot hit with $27 million penalty in lawsuit settlement
A Home Depot store. Photo via Wikimedia Commons. Home improvement retailer Home Depot Inc. will pay more than $27 million in penalties and reform its hazardous waste disposal and privacy protection...
View ArticleGreen card nightmare gets British couple more than $3 million
A British citizen and his wife were awarded more than $3 million after green card delays attributed to his employer forced the couple to leave Los Angeles and return to the U.K. Photo from Pixabay. A...
View ArticleGraphic trial testimony in grisly workplace death of Anaheim father
A negligence and product liability trial is being held in Los Angeles Superior Court for the death of a father of three in a horrific workplace accident. Photo from Pixabay. Death likely came quickly...
View ArticleNun involved in legal dispute with Katy Perry dies in court
Image by Huntley Paton via Wikimedia Commons Sister Catherine Rose Holzman, one of two nuns fighting a court ruling involving the sale of a former Los Feliz convent to singer Katy Perry, collapsed and...
View ArticlePolice brutality claim: 35-year-old man dies after struggle with Anaheim...
Anaheim police cruiser. MyNewsLA.com photo. A 35-year-old man who fought and struggled with Anaheim police has died, and his family and their attorney plan a news conference to allege police brutality....
View ArticleRichard Simmons to pay the National Enquirer’s big fat attorneys’ fees
Richard Simmons in 2011. Photo via Wikipeda Commons Six months after dismissing Richard Simmons‘ libel- invasion of privacy suit against the National Enquirer, Radar Online and their publisher over...
View ArticlePreschool student alleges hot sauce assault by Glendale teacher
A special needs student is suing the Glendale Unified School District, alleging his teacher poured hot sauce in his mouth as punishment.By Alan Turkus (Hot Sauce auf flickr) [CC BY 2.0...
View ArticleUber rider allegedly sexually assaulted on the 10 Freeway settles lawsuit
A ridehailing app similar to one’s used to request transportation services. Photo courtesy Uber A woman who alleged that an Uber Technologies Inc. driver sexually assaulted her in 2017 settled her...
View ArticleRevenge porn distribution at Walmart? Lawsuit!
A Walmart store’s sign. Photo by MikeMozartJeepersMedia (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia CommonsA Wal-Mart employee filed a “revenge porn” suit...
View ArticleFormer assistant at Morgan Stanley sues financial adviser to Katy Perry...
Image from Pixabay. A man identified in a woman’s lawsuit as a financial adviser for Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, with Katy Perry among his clients, is being sued by a woman who alleges he hired...
View ArticleActor Charlie Sheen drops suit against Enquirer
By Joella Marano (Charlie Sheen) [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia CommonsCharlie Sheen dropped his lawsuit against the National Enquirer over a November...
View ArticleModel alleging Trump affair asserts she was tricked into silence agreement
Karen McDougal, posted a magazine cover shot of herself on social media. Image via Instagram A former Playboy model filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Tuesday seeking to nullify a 2016 agreement preventing...
View ArticleFred Savage, Fox sued by TV crew member alleging harassment
A judge’s gavel and legal documents. Photo via Wikimedia Commons. A female crew member on the now-defunct Fox comedy series “The Grinder” sued actor Fred Savage and the network Wednesday, accusing...
View ArticleL.A. Times Sues L.A. County Over Lack of Transparency
The Los Angeles Times reported Thursday that it has sued Los Angeles County, accusing it of repeatedly and routinely flouting laws designed to ensure government transparency. Over the last year alone,...
View ArticleState Supreme Court Revives Student Stabbing Lawsuit Against UCLA
The state Supreme Court Thursday reinstated a lawsuit brought against UCLA by a former student who was stabbed by a classmate in a campus chemistry laboratory in 2009. The court unanimously ruled that...
View ArticleFamily of `Star Trek’ Actor Settles Lawsuit Over His Death
The parents of “Star Trek” actor Anton Yelchin, who died when he was pinned by a rollaway Jeep Grand Cherokee in the driveway of his Studio City home, have settled their lawsuit against the automaker,...
View ArticleState Supreme Court Revives Student Stabbing Lawsuit Against UCLA
The state Supreme Court Thursday reinstated a lawsuit brought against UCLA by a former student who was stabbed by a classmate in a campus chemistry laboratory in 2009. The court unanimously ruled that...
View ArticleFamily of `Star Trek’ Actor Settles Lawsuit Over His Death
Anton Yelchin. Photo via Wikipedia The parents of “Star Trek” actor Anton Yelchin, who died when he was pinned by a rollaway Jeep Grand Cherokee in the driveway of his Studio City home, have settled...
View ArticleAppeals Court Rejects De Havilland Lawsuit Over `Feud’
A state appeals court panel Monday tossed out a lawsuit by actress Olivia de Havilland against the FX Network over her depiction in the docudrama series “Feud: Bette and Joan,” with the court ruling...
View ArticleFamily of Man Struck by Tree at Palm Springs Golf Course Files Lawsuit
The estate of a man who died about a week after being struck by a falling tree at a Palm Springs golf resort is suing the course’s owners, as well as the city of Palm Springs. David Hamaker, 71, of...
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