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Trial Begins In Dangerous Double Decker Bus Lawsuit

LOS ANGELES, Ca. (Oct 30, 2015)— Opening statements begin today in LA Superior Court in a civil trial involving a woman who’s suing Starline Tours Inc. for eye injuries she suffered while riding on the upper deck of a chartered, open-air tour bus. In 2013, a tree branch struck Lauren

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Use of Criminal Convictions in Subsequent Civil Trials

Brian S. Kabateck and Shant A. Karnikian July/August 2015 A tortfeasor’s acts giving rise to a personal injury lawsuit may also be the basis for criminal charges. As a common example, a driver of a vehicle who hits a pedestrian may face both civil and criminal consequences, depending on the

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Ascertainability Relaxed: The New Wave Of Rulings

Law360, New York October 19, 2015 When ascertainability emerged as a new hurdle for plaintiffs attorneys in class certification in Carrera v. Bayer Corp., 727 F.3d 300 (3d Cir. 2013), courts initially took a strict stance in their analysis. However, the tide is turning and the barrier that Carrera’s standard presented

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Insurance Bad Faith Current Cases

Marrufo vs. Interinsurance Exchange of Automobile Club (AAA) This class action arises out of AAA’s unlawful conduct of imposing a five-thousand-dollar sublimit for claims involving “any smoke, soot, ash, char, odor, dust, particulate or other material that is produced, discharged, emitted or released by, or otherwise caused by or resulting

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Consumer Cases

Rachel Smith et al. v. Luxottica Retail North America, LensCrafters, Eyexam of California Our firm filed a class action in Los Angeles Federal Court accusing the largest eyeglass frame maker in the world of a bait-and-switch scheme that defrauds consumers and breaks California law. The lawsuit accuses the defendants Luxottica

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Brian Kabateck files lawsuit over dangerous railroad crossing

KGO ABC7 Sunday, September 27, 2015 10:00PM by Melanie Woodrow Watch the video on Youtube RICHMOND, Calif. (KGO) — A 22-year-old Richmond man who planned to teach music to underprivileged children will never get the chance. This past March he died at a railroad crossing in an accident that had

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Patient Infected With Superbug At Local Hospital Speaks Of His Ordeal

KCBS2 Los Angeles September 21, 2015 Watch the video on Youtube.WESTWOOD (CBSLA.com) — One patient stricken by a deadly superbug that spread at several local hospitals spoke out about his affliction for the first time. Life had been a globetrotting adventure for Steve Wilkinson, a retired flight attendant from Lompoc. Last December, he went

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Medical Malpractice Current Cases

Sanchez v. Riverside County Regional Medical Center, et al. This is a medical malpractice case involving a 5 year old girl who suffers from severe developmental delay and cerebral palsy.  At Birth baby Sanchez was diagnosed with jaundice.  The condition when untreated and led to a buildup of bilirubin in

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