Lawsuit Challenges Air-Pollution Permit for Palmdale Gas-Fired Power Plant
Four conservation and public health groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Friday for approving a permit for a new gas-fired power plant in Palmdale. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. 9th...
View ArticleLawsuit Challenges Air-Pollution Permit for Palmdale Gas-Fired Power Plant
Four conservation and public health groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Friday for approving a permit for a new gas-fired power plant in Palmdale. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. 9th...
View ArticleLawsuit Alleges Coach Sexually Abused Underage Girl in OC
USA Water Polo officials Monday declined to comment on a lawsuit filed by a 19-year-old Orange County athlete, who alleges she was molested by a former coach. The victim, whose name was not released,...
View ArticleMother of Man Who Died in WeHo Home of Democratic Donor Files Lawsuit
The mother of a man who died at the West Hollywood home of Ed Buck in 2017 filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the prominent Democratic donor Tuesday, while also accusing the District Attorney’s...
View ArticleL.A. Charter School Settles Sex Discrimination Lawsuit
A now-defunct Palmdale charter school will pay $8,000 to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal agency announced Thursday. Guidance...
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Lawsuit Limiting Cleanups on Skid Row Up for Discussion by L.A. City Council
An area of Los Angeles’ Skid Row. Photo: Wikimedia Commons A lawsuit that has altered the city of Los Angeles’ policies on seizing the property of homeless people in Skid Row is set to be discussed...
View ArticleL.A. City Council Votes to Settle Lawsuit Over Skid Row Cleanups
The City Council voted Wednesday to settle a lawsuit that has altered Los Angeles’ policies on seizing the property of homeless people on Skid Row, and the decision will likely limit the city’s efforts...
View ArticleL.A. City Council Votes to Settle Lawsuit Over Skid Row Cleanups
The City Council voted Wednesday to settle a lawsuit that has altered Los Angeles’ policies on seizing the property of homeless people on Skid Row, and the decision will likely limit the city’s efforts...
View ArticleTrial Begins in Surgeon’s Lawsuit Alleging Excessive Force by LAPD
A chest surgeon’s career was severely impaired when Los Angeles police officers threw him to the ground outside his Brentwood home in 2014, leaving him with a severe injury to his left wrist, his...
View ArticleLawsuit Alleges Abuse by Former OC Priest
As attorneys announced a lawsuit Tuesday against the Diocese of Orange on behalf of a man who says he was molested by a priest in Placentia when he was 8 to 10 years old and demanded to know the...
View ArticleL.A. City Attorney Fights Lawsuit, Argues Oberstein Clear to Seek CD12 Seat
A judge declined Wednesday to take any immediate action in a lawsuit filed by a Los Angeles City Council candidate trying to block a former Ethics Commission president from running for the same seat...
View ArticleLawsuit Filed in L.A. Against ICE Over Railroad Police Activity
The ACLU of Southern California filed suit Wednesday against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for allegedly refusing to fulfill a Freedom of...
View ArticleHomeless Advocates File Another Lawsuit Against OC
Advocates for Orange County’s homeless filed a class action lawsuit against the county Monday alleging officials were illegally using the cost of shelter as “in-kind” income against welfare otherwise...
View ArticleFederal Lawsuit Alleges OC Jail Violations
A former “Real Housewives of Orange County” cast member’s son who is facing attempted murder charges and an inmate involved in a notorious jail break are among the plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed...
View ArticleFederal Lawsuit Alleges OC Jail Violations
A former “Real Housewives of Orange County” cast member’s son who is facing attempted murder charges and an inmate involved in a notorious jail break are among the plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed...
View ArticleFed Judge Denies Requesting For Restraining Order in County Jails Lawsuit
An attempt to compel religious services for Orange County Jail inmates in protective custody failed Monday as a federal judge refused to issue a temporary restraining order, but he ordered county...
View ArticleJudge Dismisses Comic’s Lawsuit Against Radio Personality
A judge Monday dismissed a comedian’s lawsuit alleging that a radio personality punched him repeatedly during a video podcast as it was being live-streamed on the Internet in 2017. Los Angeles Superior...
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Teen Girl Sex Abuse By High School Athletic Director Costs Archdiocese $8...
Cathedral of Our Lady of Angeles. Photo by John Schreiber. The Archdiocese of Los Angeles will pay $8 million to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of a then-teenage girl who was sexually abused and...
View ArticleMore Plaintiffs Added to Lawsuit Alleging Misconduct by USC Doctor
The number of current and former USC students suing the university alleging sexual misconduct by former USC men’s health doctor Dennis Kelly stood at 50 Thursday, with attorneys saying 18 more...
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More Misery For USC: Gay Men Allegedly Targeted By Health Doc
Photo by John Schreiber. The number of current and former USC students suing the university alleging sexual misconduct by former USC men’s health doctor Dennis Kelly stood at 50 Thursday, with...
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