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Chris Brown battles process server in life coach beating lawsuit
Chris Brown. Photo by Eva Rinaldi via Wikimedia Commons Chris Brown is disputing the claims of a process server who alleges he personally served the singer with a copy of a lawsuit filed by the life...
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Ugly side of defunct beauty school: $8.6 million resolves fraud claims
Photo via Wikimedia Commons. The insurance carrier of the now-defunct Marinello Schools of Beauty has paid $8.6 million to resolve civil allegations that the school — which operated in about a dozen...
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Church, synagogue sued by LA councilman’s family: Daughter hurt in crash off...
A lawsuit was filed on behalf of a daughter of Los Angeles City Councilman Mitchell Englander against a church and a synagogue that are the owners and managers of a Porter Ranch parking structure...
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Will it ever stop? Disgraced, convicted ex-undersheriff gets more bad legal news
Paul Tanaka. Photo via Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Former Undersheriff Paul Tanaka, already sentenced to five years in prison in a federal probe of jail misconduct, got some more legal bad...
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Black film instructor’s discrimination lawsuit
Photo via Wikimedia Commons. A black former instructor at a Burbank film school sued the campus, alleging wrongful termination, racial harassment and discrimination, retaliation, intentional infliction...
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No fraud from Universal in ‘Rocket Boys’ lawsuit
Photo via Pixabay The author of the 1998 best-seller “Rocket Boys” will be able to pursue a lawsuit against Universal Pictures for breach of contract and misappropriation of name, but the studio won’t...
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No horsing around: Truck backfire, thrown from saddle, injury lawsuit
A woman filed a negligence/premises liability lawsuit against a Los Feliz horse riding club Friday, alleging she was injured after being thrown from one of the animals after an employee’s truck...
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Bed bugs bite at ‘Happiest place on earth?’ Lawsuit blames pricey Disney hotel
Visitors enter the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim. Photo by John Schreiber. Excited members of a Northern California family looking forward to their 2014 trip to the “happiest place on earth” were...
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LA Archdiocese, funeral home settle cemetery lease suit
File photo. The Archdiocese of Los Angeles and a funeral home company have settled dueling litigation concerning the lease of land at six Catholic cemeteries for the operation of mortuaries. Lawyers...
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Lyft lawsuit: Passenger hit-and-run victim after driver dumps her in Marina...
Lyft’s new marker. Photo courtesy Paige Thelen /Lyft. Lyft Inc. was sued Tuesday by a woman who claims one of the ride-hailing service’s drivers left her in the middle of a busy Marina del Rey street,...
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Tax dollars for disabled: LA City Council OKs $200 million settlement
Photo by John Schreiber. The Los Angeles City Council agreed Tuesday to spend an average of at least $20 million annually for 10 years to rehabilitate or build housing accessible to the disabled to...
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Don’t you dare close Santa Monica Airport! Feds warn city
Photo by John Schreiber. The Federal Aviation Administration has threatened legal action against Santa Monica over its effort to reduce flight operations at the city’s airport, force out aeronautical...
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Vin Diesel, give me my money!
Vin Diesel speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International, for “Riddick”, at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Photo by Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of...
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Rams ripping off taxpayers with free LAPD security?
The Los Angeles Rams faced the Dallas Cowboys in their first game in Los Angeles since 1994. Photo courtesy Rams Facebook A taxpayer lawsuit was filed Wednesday against the city of Los Angeles alleging...
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‘All in the Family’ producer’s widow alleges verbal abuse by process server
Photo via Shutterstock Attorneys for the widow of Bud Yorkin, producer of such television series as “All in the Family,” “Good Times” and “Maude,” say a verbally abusive process server tried and failed...
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Psychotic inmate gouged out eyes, drug maker says ‘not our fault’
Photo via Pixabay Lawyers for Pfizer Inc. want a judge to dismiss the pharmaceutical company as a defendant in a lawsuit brought by a man who claims its anti-smoking medication was a factor in his...
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NASCAR doc court battle ends: ‘Super Size Me’ guy drops suit
Morgan Spurlock. Photo by Chris Jackson via Wikimedia Commons. Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock — best known for directing the McDonald’s wry documentary “Super Size Me” — dropped a lawsuit he...
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Hispanic workers favored at Chipotle? ‘Black girls’ have attitude alleged
via wikimedia commons A former Chipotle employee sued the restaurant chain Tuesday, alleging she was fired for complaining that her Latino co-workers were given preferential treatment by management and...
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DA files $10M lawsuit against debt collection giant iQor
Photo via Pixabay The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday that a $10 million lawsuit was filed against debt collection giant iQor US Inc. and its subsidiary Allied...
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Collection agency nightmare: DA’s $10M lawsuit to halt hassles
Photo via Pixabay Has a collection agency threatened or hassled you with hundreds of calls during early morning or late night hours? And you don’t even owe the debt? The Los Angeles County District...
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