Family of woman killed in car accident reaches $2M settlement 
Published: April 20, 2012
Tags: California, car accident, pedestrian, wrongful death
The family of a California woman who died in a car accident has reached a $2 million settlement with the driver of the car who struck her and the driver’s employer.
City may pay $4.5 million shooting settlement
Published: April 5, 2012
Tags: California, paralysis, police shooting
The Los Angeles City Council is set to consider a controversial $4.5 million settlement payment to a man paralyzed in 2005 when Los Angeles police officers shot the unarmed suspect during a foot chase, a shooting that a jury ruled was unjustified.
Jury awards $2.9 million to family of woman killed in truck crash
Published: April 3, 2012
Tags: California, car crash, negligence, UPS, wrongful death
A Sacramento Superior Court jury has awarded nearly $2.9 million to the survivors of an Oregon woman who was killed in an April 10, 2009, traffic collision with a United Parcel Service truck in Redding.
Groupon to settle class action lawsuit for $8.5 million
Published: April 3, 2012
Tags: California, class action, expiration date, Groupon
Groupon Inc., the biggest seller of so-called daily deals, agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging the expiration dates on its coupons are illegal.
Coma victim and her lawyers beat the odds in $22M verdict
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: April 2, 2012
Tags: California, comatose, medical malpractice, stroke
Five years ago, Robyn Frankel’s family debated whether to take her off life support. Doctors advised that she had only a three percent chance of coming out of a coma, and that even if she did she would be a vegetable. But her family remembered her last words – “I don’t want to die” – and could not bring themselves to pull the plug.
Jury awards $4 million to two girls in molestation case
Published: March 23, 2012
Tags: California, molestation, school, teacher
A jury has awarded more than $4 million to two girls who claimed they were molested by a Sacramento physical education teacher.
Woman wins $22 million med-mal verdict against medical foundation
Published: March 22, 2012
Tags: California, medical malpractice, paralysis
The Palo Alto Medical Foundation was hit with one of the largest medical malpractice verdicts in Santa Clara County, Calif. history after a Menlo Park woman suffered paralysis while undergoing treatment for migraines.
Family of motorcyclist killed in crash with truck files suit
Published: March 14, 2012
Tags: California, car crash, motorcyclist, wrongful death
The family of a motorcyclist killed in a Burbank, Calif. tractor trailer crash has filed a wrongful death suit against Sarasota, Fla.-based JCI Jones Chemicals, Inc.
Wrongly convicted man files civil rights suit
Published: February 13, 2012
Tags: California, murder, wrongful conviction, wrongful imprisonment
A man who served 18 years in prison for a San Francisco double murder he didn’t commit has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city.
Mother of slain actress settles suit with killer
Published: February 13, 2012
Tags: California, murder, wrongful death
A lawyer says the mother of the actress Phil Spector was convicted of killing has settled her wrongful death suit against the legendary music producer.
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