California Failure to Warn Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Andy Clay Cruz </h2> </center>
San Francisco, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and one count of failure to appear before a court as required by conditions of release. Andry Cruz, 40, who previously resided in Oakland, was initially charged by complaint on Oct. 11, 2023, and by indictment on October 25, 2... More...
$ (03-27-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> Kaley G.M. v. Instagram and YouTube </h2> <center>
Los Angeles, California personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a tort theory claiming she was addicted to the defendants' website by design. Kaley, G.M., age 20, claimed that she got "hooked" on YouTube and Instagram in grade school. Jurors were charged with determining whether the companies acted negligently in designing their products and failed to warn her of the danger... More...
$5000000 (03-25-2026 - CA)Robert Shane Salley v. Outfront Media, LLC
Los Angeles, California employment law lawyers represented the Defendant on failure to pay earned commissions, failure to provide meal and rest periods, waiting time penalties, and unfair competition. Robert Shane Salley sued his former employer, Outfront Media, LLC (Outfront), for 10 causes of action arising from his employment and termination. Outfront successfully moved for summary judgment.... More...
$ (02-27-2026 - CA)<H2> Dr. James Taylor, ex rel. United States of America v. Kaiser Permanente
San Francisco, California, qui tam lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendant on a False Claims Act violation theory. Under the Medicare Advantage (MA) Program, also known as Medicare Part C, Medicare beneficiaries may opt out of traditional Medicare and enroll in private health plans offered by insurance companies known as Medicare Advantage Organizations, or MAOs. The Centers f... More...
$556000000 (01-15-2026 - CA)Richard Fox Emmons, Jr. v. Tobias Jesso, Jr.
Los Angeles, California commercial litigation lawyers represented the parties in a landlord and tenant dispute.<br> <br> n April2015, tenant entered into a written lease agreement for the lower level of 2500 Lake View Avenue for $1,000 per month. In 2016, landlord purchased the property.<br> <br> In March 2018, landlord received an order from the city saying the unit he was renting to tenant was ... More...
$0 (08-28-2025 - CA)The People of the State of California v. Jared Reed Thomason
Mendocino, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multiple offenses including driving under the influence of alcohol with a blood alcohol content (BAC) of more than 0.08 percent causing bodily injury.<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> Did the trial court properly exercise its discretion in revoking probation and imposing a previously suspended prison sentence due to a pro... More...
$0 (07-17-2025 - CA)The People of the State of California v. Danny William Franklin
Redding, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with driving under the influence.<br> <br> Defendant Danny William Franklin killed his passenger while driving under the influence. Franklin was convicted of second degree murder and two counts of driving under the influence. The trial court sentenced him to 15 years to life for the murder conviction and stayed the rema... More...
$0 (07-17-2025 - CA)The People of the State of California v. Ike Nicholas Souzer
Santa Ana, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with d with the manufacture and possession of a weapon while in custody.<br> <br> Legal issue Can an inmate successfully claim a defense of legal necessity for possessing a weapon in jail when alleged threats are speculative and not reported to authorities?<br> <br> CRIMINAL LAW. POSSESSION OF WEAPON IN CUSTODY. The c... More...
$0 (07-17-2025 - CA)United States of America v. John Harvey Comeau
San Jose, California criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with Willful Failure to Account for and Pay Over Federal Employment Taxes.... More...
$0 (07-08-2025 - CA)The People of the State of California v. Robert Joseph Medellin
San Jose, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault by a police officer.<br> <br> * * * <br> <br> Legal issue Can a trial court's failure to reduce a felony conviction to a misdemeanor under Penal Code section 17(b) be challenged on appeal if no such request was made during the trial?<br> Headnote<br> <br> CRIMINAL LAW. APPELLATE REVIEW/WAIVER. The case dis... More...
$0 (05-28-2025 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Kari Marie Russo </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> San Francisco, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with submitting numerous fraudulent unemployment insurance claims using stolen identities </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Oakland Woman Who Made Multiple Fraudulent Unemployment Insurance Claims Using Stolen Identities Sentenced To 33 Mo... More...
$0 (03-31-2025 - CA)The People v. Sayed Alirez Fatemy
Sacramento, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child molestation.<br> <br> Christie Hirota is a detective with the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office. She is a member of the Sacramento Valley High-Tech Crimes Task Force, Internet Crimes Against Children. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (National Center) had issued a CyberTip to the Sacr... More...
$0 (02-25-2025 - CA)Gretchen Haist and Beth Kuhl v. Carol Maust and Laura Labair </CENTER>
Bad Axe, Michigan civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a probate and trust property dispute.<br> <br> Gretchen Haist and Beth Kuhl, filed a combined complaint and petition requesting that respondents-appellees, Carol Maust and Laura LaBair, be examined about trust property pursuant to MCL 700.1205(1), and trust assets that were improperly distributed and should be returned pursuant ... More...
$0 (02-04-2025 - CA)The People of the State of California v. Bryan Meneses Ferreira
Visalia, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with filing a false report.<br> <br> On January 15, 2020, the Tulare County District Attorney's Office filed a 48-count indictment, charging defendant with filing a false report (§ 118.1; counts 1, 5, 6, 9, 12, 15, 17, 19, 22, 24, 26, 28, 29, 31, 34, 37); conspiracy to commit a crime of perjury (§§ 182, subd. (... More...
$0 (01-24-2025 - CA)Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services v. B.L.
Los Angeles, California family lawyer lawyer represented the Defendant in a parental rights termination action.<br> <br> At a Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26[1] hearing, the juvenile court ordered a legal guardianship for minors J.G. (born 2013) and D.G. (born 2016), with monitored visits for B.L. (mother) and E.G. (father). Mother appeals and contends the visitation orders improperly... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - CA)<H2> San Joaquin County Human Services Agency v. C.M.
Stockton, California family law lawyer represented the Defendant in a parental rights termination proceeding.<br> <br> C.M., mother of the minor A.M., appeals from the juvenile court's orders terminating parental rights and freeing the minor for adoption. (Welf. &Inst. Code, §§ 366.26, 395.)[1] Mother contends the juvenile court erred in failing to find the beneficial parental relationship e... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - ca)In re V.A., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law
Stockton, California family law lawyer represented father of V.G. in a parental rights termination action.<br> <br> In February 2022, the Agency detained the minor V.G. (then a newborn) and her half sibling A.T.[2] (then nine years old) and filed a dependency petition pursuant to section 300, subdivisions (b) and (g). At that time, mother A.R. (mother) stated she had no known Indian ancestry and ... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - CA)The Peopple of the state of California v. Angela Heers
San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.<br> <br> M.W. owns and lives on a multiacre property in Oceanside, some of which he rents out to F.R. to run a plant nursery. Heers works for M.W. on the property and lives in a room in M.W.'s house. Heers and F.R. were not on good terms with each other. In July ... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - CA)The People of the State of California v. Terry Edward Keegan
Santa Ana, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual offenses against three minors and destroying or concealing evidence.<br> <br> The operative amended information, filed in 2023, included the same offense charged as count 4 in the complaint. It also charged Keegan with committing a lewd act on a child under the age of 14 (§ 288, subd. (a)); count 1 re: ... More...
$0 (01-15-2025 - CA)<H2> Daniel Roy b. Robinson Helicopter Company, Inc.
Los Angeles, California personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a wrongful death product liability theory.<br> <br> In July 2021, plaintiffs filed suit against Robinson in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, asserting claims of negligence, strict products liability, wrongful death, and breach of warranties in connection with the helicopter crash that killed the decedent. Roy was... More...
$0 (01-06-2025 - CA)Michael Rhambo v. Safelite Autoglass, et al.
Los Angeles, California civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an Americans with Disabilities Act violation theory.<br> <br> The Complaint filed in this action asserts a claim for injunctive relief arising out of an alleged violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (the "ADAâ€), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12010-12213, and a claim for damages pursuant to California's Unruh Civil Righ... More...
$0 (12-27-2024 - CA)Jesus "Jesse" Fonseca v. WalMart
San Bernardino, California employment lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a defamation theory claiminng that he was falsely accused of fraud before firing him while he was on medical leave.<br> <br> Jesus "Jesse†Fonseca worked as a truck driver for Walmart's Apple Valley Distribution Center for 14 years before he was hurt on the job when another vehicle rear-ended his truck on a hi... More...
$0 (11-22-2024 - CA)Anders v. California
Counsel, appointed by a California appellate court on petitioner's motion to prosecute the appeal of his felony conviction, concluded after studying the record and consulting with petitioner that there was no merit to the appeal, and so advised the court. He also advised it that petitioner wished to file a brief in his behalf. Petitioner's request for another attorney was denied. He then filed a b... More...
$0 (05-14-1967 - CA)Josanna Harrington v. Neutron Holdings, Inc., d/b/a Limebike and/or Lime
<h2><br> Denver, Colorado personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a negligence theory.<br> <h2><br> <br> ¶ 1 Electric scooters have permeated cities throughout the United States in recent years, and Denver is no exception. And with new technologies often come new twists on established legal principles. This is such a case. Applying tort common law, we must determine whether t... More...
$0 (11-15-2024 - CA)The People of the State of California v. Juan Manuel Barrera
<h2><br> San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon.<br> </h2><br> <br> Juan Manuel Barrera was sentenced to 24 years in prison for attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. Then, after a change in sentencing laws, the trial court resentenced Barrera to 23 years total. When doing so, the court decl... More...
$0 (11-15-2024 - CA)United States of America v. Dzung Ahn Pham
<h2><br> Santa Ana, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances in violation of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).<br> </h2><br> The panel affirmed the district court's denial of Dzung Ahn Pham's motion to withdraw his guilty plea to<br> conspiracy to distribute controlled substances in violation of the Controlled Subst... More...
$0 (11-07-2024 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Salman Salman </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Oakland, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Tax Evasion </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> East Bay Entrepreneur Sentenced To One Year In Federal Prison For Tax Evasion</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Salman Salman was sentenced today to one year and a day in fe... More...
$0 (09-18-2024 - CA)Brotton Chang v. Lee Cher Sim
<h2><br> Martinez, California family law divorce lawyers represented husband and wife in a divorce.<br> </h2><br> <br> In this marital dissolution proceeding, self-represented appellant Lee Cher Sim challenges two prejudgment orders entered by the trial court-a ruling awarding interim attorney fees to Sim (but in an amount less than she requested) and a later order directing her to vacate a reside... More...
$0 (08-22-2024 - CA)United States of America v. Geoffrey Palermo
<h2><br> San Francisco, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in a kickback scheme, fraudulently obtaining SBA and PPP loans for his care repair shop business, and failing to pay over taxes withheld from employee paychecks.<br> </h2><br> <br> Palermo, 60, of Novato, Calif., pleaded guilty on March 11, 2024, to one count of conspiracy to commit wire frau... More...
$0 (07-12-2024 - CA)Scott Gilmore, et al. v. Monsanto Company
<h2><br> San Francisco, California personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on product liability theories.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> Plaintiffs and Monsanto Company ("Monsanto") reached a nationwide class settlement agreement resolving Plaintiffs' claims that Monsanto omitted information on the labeling of its "Roundup" products to warn about the products' alleged carcinogenic prop... More...
$0 (05-29-2024 - CA)Gustavor Naranjo, et al. v. Spectrum Security Services, Inc. </centure)
<h2><br> Los Angeles, California employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a labor code violation theory,<br> </h2><br> <br> California law requires employers to provide their<br> employees with written wage statements listing gross and net<br> wages earned, hourly pay rates, hours worked, and other<br> employment-related information. (Lab. Code, § 226.) If a<br> claimant demo... More...
$0 (06-06-2024 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Jerry Nehl Boylan </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with operating a Dive Boat that Burned and Sank</font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b>Captain of Santa Barbara-Based Dive Boat that Burned and Sank, Resulting in 34 Deaths, Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison </h2></center><br> <br> ... More...
$0 (05-02-2024 - CA)<h1> United States of America v. Palm Care Pharmacy </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with diverting controlled substances, failed to keep necessary accounting records for controlled substances, and improperly sold pseudoephedrine chemical products. </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b> San Diego Pharmacy Pays for Mishandling C... More...
$0 (05-02-2024 - CA)<h3> Melinda Brantley, et al. v. Zurich American Insurance, et al.
Sacramento, California employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued on wrongful termination theories.<br> Zurich Insurance was founded in Switzerland in 1872. The company expanded into North America in 1912 to become a leading provider of commercial property-casualty insurance solutions and services in the U.S. and Canada. A wholly owned subsidiary of the Zurich Insurance Group, Z... More...
$80000000 (04-19-2024 - CA)Victoria Phipps v. Camp Pendleton & Quantico Housing, LLC, et al.
San Diego, California personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a negligence theory.<br> <br> Negligence is the term that refers to an individual's failure to behave with the level of care that someone of ordinary prudence would have exercised under the same circumstances. The behavior usually consists of actions, but can also consist of omissions when there is some duty to act... More...
$1 (04-09-2024 - CA)<h1> UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. AHMED ALAHMEDALABDALOKLAH</h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> San Francisco, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with participating in a conspiracy that targeted U.S. military personnel and property in Iraq.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> </h3></center></i><br> <br> The panel affirmed in part and reversed in part the <br> conviction, after a jury t... More...
$0 (02-28-2024 - CA)United States of America v. Simon Chu and Charley Loh
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with distribution and sale of defective residential dehumidifiers linked to multiple fires in the first corporate criminal enforcement action ever brought under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA).<br> <br> Simon Chu, 68, of Chino Hills, and Charley Loh, 65, of Arcadia, were found guilty afternoon of one count ... More...
$0 (11-19-2023 - CA)United States of America v. Simon Chu and Charley Loh
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy and failure to report information related to defective residential dehumidifiers that had been linked to multiple fires.<br> <br> Simon Chu, 68, of Chino Hills, California, and Charley Loh, 65, of Arcadia, California, were convicted of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ... More...
$0 (11-17-2023 - CA)Leonardo Garcia v. Hertz Local Edition Corp., et al.
San Diego, California civil litigation lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking various state court remedies.<br> <br> This case was filed in the San Diego Superior of California, 37-02023-00027206-CU-WTC-NC, and was removed to federal court by the Defendants.<br> <br> Plaintiff began working for Defendant Hertz Local Edition Corporation ("Defendant†or "Hertzâ€) in January 2016. By 2... More...
$0 (11-08-2023 - CA)Daniel J. Callahan v. Marriott Marquis Hotel, et al.
San Francisco, California civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a job discrimination theory claimed failure to make reasonable workplace accommodation for his medical condition.<br> <br> Daniel Callahan worked for Marriott for thirty years as a concierge at the San Francisco Marquis Marriott.<br> <br> Callahan suffered a spinal cord injury that made it impossible ... More...
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