Ex-LAPD cop sues city over public disclosures of records
LAPD patch. Photo by MyNewsLA.com A now-retired Los Angeles police sergeant who detained a “Django Unchained” actress in 2014 after responding to a report she and her boyfriend were having sex in a car...
View ArticleNo sex ‘Skyslide’ suit sparks company suits against other firms
The Los Angeles Skyslide. Renderings by Gensler, Courtesy OUE Ltd. An entertainment company sued by a woman who broke her right ankle and her husband who is claiming loss of consortium after coming...
View ArticleLAPD foul play in black woman’s death? Family demands answers
Wakiesha Wilson The mother of a 36-year-old woman who died in Los Angeles police custody on Easter Sunday has filed a $35 million claim against the city that seeks answers about her daughter’s death,...
View ArticleMore allegations against Jessica Alba’s The Honest Company
Courtesy of The Honest Company Jessica Alba’s The Honest Company was sued Tuesday by two women who allege the firm misleadingly labeled and marketed certain products as natural, even though they...
View ArticleDo $10,000 Apple Macs ‘freeze, crash?’ Don’t reboot, sue!
Photo by John Schreiber. A man who bought three of Apple’s 2013 line of Mac Pro computers sued the company Thursday, alleging that repeated malfunctions occurred in the devices. Douglas Kaplan filed...
View ArticleJenni Rivera estate settles lawsuit over fan’s broken leg at Morongo Casino
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 Jenny Rivera fan who broke a leg when...
View ArticleLatino majority but not one on West Covina City Council: Lawsuit says...
Lady Justice oversees son who murdered his father. Photo via Shutterstock A majority of West Covina’s population is Latino, but there’s no Latino on the City Council. So three West Covina residents are...
View ArticleApple bitten by unhappy Mac loyalist: Don’t reboot, sue!
Photo by John Schreiber. An unhappy Apple loyalist who bought three of the company’s 2013 line of Mac Pro computers is now suing the firm, alleging that repeated malfunctions occurred in the devices....
View ArticleLA man sues Yahoo! over data breach
Photo via Pixabay A Los Angeles man who has held a Yahoo! user account for more than a decade filed a lawsuit against the company Tuesday stemming from the technology firm’s acknowledgment of a...
View ArticleYahoo! ‘Largest data breach in history?’
A sign outside the Yahoo! headquarters in Sunnyvale. Photo by Sebastian Bergmann via Wikimedia Commons A Los Angeles man who has held a Yahoo! user account for more than a decade filed a lawsuit...
View Article83-year-old run over, killed by truck at shopping mall: Found between right...
File photo. Four women whose 83-year-old mother was run over by a flatbed truck in the parking lot of a West Covina shopping mall are suing the driver and the company that owns the vehicle. Pegi...
View Article‘I should have aborted you!’ Tina Turner film actress wins round in ‘slush...
The adult actress who as a child played a young Tina Turner in a movie scored a big win Wednesday in a bitter court battle against her real-life parents over $770,000 she earned in films. The...
View ArticleEx-undersheriff Tanaka sued by retired deputy alleging internal backlash
Paul Tanaka. Photo via Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department A retired deputy’s lawsuit, alleging that he endured an internal backlash for refusing to campaign for former Undersheriff Paul Tanaka or...
View ArticleMetrolink sues manufacturer of ‘cab cars’ alleges faulty parts
File photo by John Schreiber. Metrolink is suing the South Korean manufacturer of its passenger “cab cars,” like the one that derailed near Oxnard last year, alleging they had faulty parts that failed...
View ArticleRape lawsuit against NBA star Derrick Rose goes to trial in L.A.
Derrick Rose via public Twitter account. Jury selection began Tuesday for the trial of a $21 million civil lawsuit brought against New York Knicks guard Derrick Rose in Los Angeles by an ex-girlfriend,...
View ArticleEx-nanny sues Omar Epps over back wages
Omar Epps. Photo via Wikimedia Commons Rapper/actor Omar Epps and his wife, Keisha, were sued Thursday by a former nanny who allege she is owed back wages. Alba E. Hernandez, who worked for the couple...
View ArticlePregnant symphony conductor’s lawsuit: Why’d judge overturn part of jury award?
Pregnant woman, not the symphony conductor in story. Photo via Pixabay A symphony conductor’s attorney is lashing out at a judge for overturning part of a jury’s award in a pregnancy discrimination...
View ArticleHorrified parents of dead soccer player battle fraternity, USC over underage...
Eloi Vasquez. Photo courtesy of UC Berkeley Athletics Department Lawyers for the parents of an underage UC Berkeley college student who was killed by a car after drinking alcohol at a USC fraternity...
View ArticleSex assault mistrial in $21M NBA star Derrick Rose lawsuit?
Derrick Rose via public Twitter account. A Los Angeles judge said Tuesday he is considering whether to declare a mistrial in the sexual assault lawsuit against NBA star Derrick Rose and two others...
View ArticlePalisades Village developer sued by 2 businesswomen due to village’s direction
Photo via Pixabay Shopping center magnate Rick Caruso is being sued by two businesswomen who allege his Palisades Village project, aimed at revamping the Pacific Palisades shopping area, has all but...
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