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California Appeals Court Holds Negligence Action Against Therapist is Barred by Litigation Privilege

January 4, 2017/in Negligence/by Neumann Law Group

Kimberley Cady and her daughters filed suit for negligence against their former therapist, Helen Cooper, a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Pasadena. The trial court granted Cooper’s motion for summary judgment, finding that the complaint was precluded by the one-year statute of limitations prescribed by the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA). The plaintiffs […]

Potential Legal Remedies For Victims of Oakland Fire

December 22, 2016/in Negligence, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death/by Neumann Law Group

At the beginning of this month, a fire broke out in an Oakland warehouse known as the Ghost Ship at roughly 11:30 p.m. The Fruitvale neighborhood warehouse had been converted into an artist collective and housing units. The Ghost Ship was hosting a concert promoted by an LA record label. Thirty-six people were killed in […]

California Appeals Court Affirms Grant of Summary Judgment to Defendant Restaurant Following Slip and Fall

December 8, 2016/in Personal Injury, Premises Liability/by Neumann Law Group

Shortly after unknown individuals removed a snow grate in front of a door at Whiskey Creek Restaurant in Mammoth Lakes (the restaurant), plaintiff Edgar Ward Jones walked out the door and fell through the opening in the deck. Jones sued defendant Whiskey Creek Restaurants, Inc. (the owner) for negligence and premises liability. Greg Alexander was […]

Former Student Sues Culver City School District for Negligent Supervision Following Rape

December 2, 2016/in Negligence, Sexual Assault/by Neumann Law Group

A former student claiming she was raped by three Culver City High School football players recently filed suit. The lawsuit, which was filed last month in Los Angeles Superior Court, accuses the Culver City United School District of negligently failing to supervise the victim and her attackers. The victim’s mother sued on behalf of the victim […]

Herbicide Cancer Lawsuits Consolidated in Northern California

November 18, 2016/in Personal Injury, Products Liability/by Neumann Law Group

This month, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated 37 lawsuits alleging exposure to Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer causes cancer. The lawsuits were consolidated in Northern California, where two of the initial lawsuits alleging herbicide caused cancer were filed.The active ingredient in Roundup–glyphosate–has become the most heavily used agricultural chemical in world history. […]

California Appeals Court Upholds Ruling for Defendant Gym Following Locker Room Injury

November 14, 2016/in Gross Negligence, Negligence, Personal Injury/by Neumann Law Group

Plaintiff Kirk Anderson appealed from a trial court’s grant of summary judgment for defendant Fitness International, LLC, (L.A. Fitness) following his being injured in a locker room shower. Anderson contended the trial court erred because a triable issue of fact existed as to whether L.A. Fitness was grossly negligent. The California appeals court disagreed and upheld the […]

Lawsuit Filed Over Palm Springs Tour Bus Crash

November 7, 2016/in Negligence, Personal Injury/by Neumann Law Group

The relatives of two deceased passengers in a Palm Springs tour bus crash last month have filed suit. The crash, which took place in the desert east of Los Angeles, resulted in 13 fatalities–the deadliest California crash in decades. The first lawsuit, which alleges negligence and wrongful death, was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court […]

Two Gymnasts File Case in California Alleging Sexual Abuse by Doctor

October 21, 2016/in Personal Injury, Sexual Assault/by Neumann Law Group

Two American gymnasts, one of whom won a medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, recently filed suit, claiming that the team doctor sexually assaulted and molested them. The medal-winning victim is identified only as Jane J.D. Doe. The second is Rachael Denhollander, who was 15 at the time of the allegations. As defendants, the suit lists the physician, […]

Inmate’s Daughter Sues California DOC For Wrongful Death Following Prison Murder

October 21, 2016/in Assault, Wrongful Death/by Neumann Law Group

A recent lawsuit filed in federal court in California claims officials should have prevented the death of California inmate Hugo Pinell, who was killed just two weeks after being released into the general prison population last August. Pinell was revered by civil rights activists for his role in California’s prisoner rights movement of the 1960s.Born […]

Assaulted Student Wants Lawsuit Against Oklahoma Football Player to Remain in California to Avoid Bias

October 14, 2016/in Assault, Negligence, Personal Injury/by Neumann Law Group

In 2014, University of Oklahoma senior Amelia Molitor was struck in the face by football star Joe Mixon in a campus cafe. Molitor, 22, filed suit for negligence this summer in the Northern District of California. (She was able to do so because Mixon is from California.) Mixon seeks to move the lawsuit to federal […]

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