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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 […]

California Appeals Court Reverses Ruling for Employer Following Employee’s Car Accident After Leaving Work

September 20, 2016/in Personal Injury, Respondeat Superior/by Neumann Law Group

Respondent Leopoldo Jorge, Jr. sued Almir Da Fonseca and appellant Culinary Institute of America for injuries suffered when he was hit by a car driven by Da Fonseca, a chef instructor employed by the Institute. Although Da Fonseca had finished his shift at the Culinary Institute and was driving home in his own vehicle at the […]

Federal Lawsuit Filed in California Regarding Dangers of Youth Football

September 9, 2016/in Personal Injury/by Neumann Law Group

On September 1, a lawsuit was filed in California U.S. District Court against Pop Warner, the United States’ largest league for youth football. The class action was filed by the mothers of two now-deceased players. The suit claims that the organization put players at risk by consciously disregarding the dangers of football-related head trauma.The lawsuit suggests […]

$16.3 Million Awarded to Survivors of Deceased Construction Worker in Southern California

September 2, 2016/in Personal Injury, Wrongful Death/by Neumann Law Group

The widow and children of a construction worker killed at a wastewater treatment facility in Southern California were recently awarded $16.3 million in their case against the construction company.In August 2011, Edgar Alejandro Gonzalez was working at the Hyperion Treatment Plant, a wastewater plant in Playa del Rey that handles Los Angeles’ water supply. Edgar was […]

California Appeals Court Reverses Lower Court Finding that Medical Malpractice Expert Was Unqualified

August 15, 2016/in Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury/by Neumann Law Group

The California Court of Appeals for the First Appellate District recently reversed a lower court’s grant of summary judgment for a defendant doctor in a medical malpractice lawsuit, holding that the lower court incorrectly found the plaintiff’s expert was unqualified simply for being licensed outside the United States. Plaintiff Lidia C. Borrayo sued defendant Dr. G. James […]

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