At the Lectern
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
The opinion reversed an award, including $2,500,000 in punitive damages, against an insurance company regarding the sale of the company’s annuity, because, the appellate court concluded, the person who sold the annuity was not the company’s agent. The court denied review in Linovitz Capo Shores LLC v.
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 23, 2021
Many of the crew were from California but the set is in New Mexico. The California code contains an ample criminal negligence or manslaughter provision: PART 1. This incident could well prove a violation of a statute or regulation making the act “negligent per se.” Walgreen Hastings Co., Legg, 441 P.2d 2d 912 (Cal.
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At the Lectern
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
concerning California’s whistleblower statute. Superior Court , where the Second District, Division Three, held in a published opinion that public entities are not subject to treble damages under Code of Civil Procedure section 340.1 (b)(1), State of California. The court agreed to hear People ex rel.
At the Lectern
DECEMBER 2, 2021
Superior Court , where review was granted in September to decide if Government Code section 818 , which bars punitive damages against government defendants, precludes recovery under Code of Civil Procedure section 340.1 , subdivision (b), which permits an award of up to treble damages after a child is sexually abused as a result of a cover up.
JayS.Rothman&Associates
MAY 1, 2022
In California, employees are protected from sexual harassment in the workplace by the Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”) (Labor Code secs. as well as general damages for any mental anguish, emotional distress, or other pain and suffering. In addition, punitive damages are available if the additional elements of Cal.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
DECEMBER 11, 2020
Like the district court, the Ninth Circuit rejected an argument that the regulations were a “project” subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because the rules could impact the environment by increasing “deadhead” trips to and from the airport. 1:20-cv-00056 (D.D.C. Union of Concerned Scientists v. 19-1230 (D.C.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
OCTOBER 20, 2020
In 2019, the Wyoming federal court stayed these proceedings challenging the Waste Prevention Rule while a challenge to the Trump administration’s repeal of the rule was pending in the federal district court for the Northern District of California. 1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. California v. 19-1189 (U.S.
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