Proposition 65, also known as the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement
Act of 1986 (Health & Saf. Code, §§ 25249.5-25249.13), requires the Governor to
publish a “list of those chemicals known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive
toxicity.” (Health & Saf. Code, § 25249.8.) In 2013 the Carcinogen Identification
Committee (Committee) voted to list the chemical diisononyl ... More...   $0 (07-12-2020 - CA)

{¶ 3} Early in the morning of November 18, 2018, an Ohio State Highway Patrol
trooper encountered a pick-up truck, partially off of the road, on the Miami Street exit
ramp from Interstate 75 in Toledo, Ohio. The truck’s engine was running, a female was
in the driver’s seat, and a man was outside of the truck. There was also a vehicle parked
a short distance away from the truck, in ... More...   $0 (07-11-2020 - OH)

Plaintiff Ronald Talley pleaded nolo contendre to a criminal offense for which he
was sentenced to 18 days in the Fresno County Jail. Rather than serving those days in
county jail, plaintiff was deemed eligible to serve the sentence by participation in the
Adult Offender Work Program (AOWP) administered by Fresno County’s Probation
Department. Plaintiff was injured while performing... More...   $0 (07-11-2020 - CA)

A neighborhood organization and a resident sued the City
of Santa Monica, which uses at-large voting to elect its City
Council. The plaintiffs claimed this system discriminated against
Latinos, which is the term all parties use. After a bench trial, the
trial court agreed and ordered the City to switch to district-based
voting. We reverse and enter judgment for the City because... More...   $0 (07-10-2020 - CA)

On the far end of the Trail of Tears was a promise. Forced to leave their ancestral lands in Georgia and Alabama, the Creek Nation received assurances that th... More...   $0 (07-09-2020 - OK)

This matter arises out of an alleged mortgage fraud scheme
designed to defraud mortgage lenders and involving numerous
realtors, loan brokers, loan officers, and real estate brokers. One
defrauded lender is Milestone Financial d/b/a Alviso Funding
(Alviso), the original plaintiff in this case.
The operative complaint alleges that various defendants set
up a sham transaction... More...   $0 (07-08-2020 - CA)

Madison, IL - The United States of America charged Dudley Hellenbrand and Cherie Hellenbrand with tax evasion.

Dudley Hellenbrand, 68, and Cherie Hellenbrand, 46, both of Middleton, Wisconsin, were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to each serve six months in federal prison for filing a false income tax return with the Internal Revenue Service. The judge staggered ... More...   $0 (07-07-2020 - WI)

This case is about preemption and causation:
whether the Medical Device Amendments (MDA) to the federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) preempt the state-law
products liability claims at issue here, and whether Rexina Mize
and her husband, Minh Nguyen, sufficiently pled causation to
survive Mentor Worldwide LLC’s demurrer to those claims. We
conclude that the tort claim... More...   $0 (07-06-2020 - CA)