Family wins $2 million wrongful death civil suit against highway patrol 
Published: February 6, 2012
Tags: California, police shooting, shooting, wrongful death
The family of Joey Pinasco – a 21-year-old shot to death by two California Highway Patrol officers – has won a $2 million civil lawsuit against the department in federal court Sacramento.
$1.3 million settlement reached in wrongful death case
Published: January 6, 2012
Tags: California, police, police shooting, wrongful death
A $1.3 million settlement has been reached between the City of Fresno, Calif. and the family of Steven Vargas, who was shot and killed by Fresno Police Sgt. Mike Palomino in October 2009, attorneys and city leaders announced.
County reaches $3 million settlement over road’s condition
Published: January 4, 2012
Tags: California, motorcycle accident, road safety
San Bernardino County has agreed to pay $3 million to settle a lawsuit by a woman injured in a motorcycle accident who claimed that a county road was dangerous and poorly maintained.
Family awarded $17.8 million in Marine jet crash settlement
By:
Noah Schaffer
Published: December 29, 2011
Tags: California, jet crash
Millions of dollars in compensation have been awarded to a California family that lost four of its loved ones in a military jet crash.
Woman fights Honda in small claims court
By:
Noah Schaffer
Published: December 29, 2011
Tags: California, small claims
A California woman could inspire a whole new litigation strategy against the auto industry and other businesses.
Starbucks ordered to pay $7.5M in slip and fall case
By:
Noah Schaffer
Published: December 27, 2011
Tags: California, slip and fall
A San Diego jury awarded a man and his wife nearly $7.5 million Friday in their civil suit against Starbucks after the man fell inside a coffee shop in 2008.
City will pay for citizen’s death by police officer
By:
Noah Schaffer
Published: December 22, 2011
Tags: California, police shooting
After a two week trial and two days of deliberations in federal court an eight person jury unanimously decided that the city of Fresno, Calif. was liable for a man’s death.
Hospital patient wins $67.4M for nurse’s sexual assault
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: December 5, 2011
Tags: California, hospital, negligent retention, nurse, sexual assault, sexual battery, sexual harassment
A California jury has awarded $67.4 million to a woman who claimed that a male nurse sexually assaulted her following a surgical procedure.
Winning attorney Michael Piuze suggested in closing arguments that the jury award $10 million in punitive damages. It came back with $65 million.
California jury orders Ford to pay $73 million for rollover
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: December 1, 2011
Tags: California, car crash, Ford, Goodyear, recall, rollover, tires, wrongful death
A California jury has ordered Ford to pay $73 million for a rollover crash that killed two people and injured two others when a recalled tire blew out.
The verdict includes $50 million in punitive damages.
Proponents of Prop 8 can defend it in court
Published: November 21, 2011
Tags: California, gay marriage, proposition 8, same-sex marriage
Advocates for Proposition 8, the ballot measure that instituted a ban on same-sex marriage, have standing to defend the law in a legal challenge, the California Supreme Court ruled.
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