After being penned in by police officers, the driver of a stolen vehicle refused to turn off the engine following a 100 mph police chase. One officer opened fire on the driver, killing her. A jury awarded $30,000 each to the two children of the driver, and the court awarded almost a half a million dollars […]
To Avoid An IRS Late Filing Penalty Can You Trust Your Accountant’s Advice About When Your Taxes Are Due?
Plaintiff was acting as the executor of an estate when he asked his accountant to apply for an extension of the deadline to file the estate-tax return from the Internal Revenue Service. The accountant told him the deadline had been extended for one year, when, in fact, it had only been extended for six months. When […]
An Appellate Court Has The Inherent Power Under The “ Disentitlement Doctrine ” To Dismiss An Appeal By A Party Who Refuses To Comply With A Lower Court Order.
Defendants, an individual and a corporation located in New York, appealed from a California judgment in favor of plaintiffs, but did not post a bond to stay enforcement of the judgment. Plaintiffs registered the judgment in New York and proceeded with execution. Defendants did not comply with a New York subpoena or with a New York […]
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Firefighters on the scene on a fatal house fire in Glen Carbon (Credit: Paige Hulsey / KMOV)Crews working to pull an SUV from Silver Lake Thursday morning. At Irwin Chapel Funeral Home in Glen Carbon.Justin Campbell’s body was found dead with gunshot wounds after a house fire, and Cristy Campbell drowned in Silver Lake after […]
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Hickox tested negative for Ebola in two tests, but was kept quarantined for more than two days. She was then driven to Maine, where she almost immediately decided against following the state voluntary quarantine. A judge later gave her the OK to go wherever she pleased as long as she continued daily monitoring of her […]
County Not Responsible On Civil Rights Violations For Fake Letters Written By Its Employee For Personal Reasons.
A correctional officer accessed information about various jail inmates and wrote fake letters to those inmates, signing the name of another inmate who had brought a personal injury lawsuit against the correctional officer. The inmate whose name was used in the letters brought a lawsuit against the county for the actions of the correctional officer, a […]
Adverse Possession Law Students Will Be Tortured With Blackacre Hypos Based On This One!
Owner of a 30-acre parcel of land [owner #1] placed a boundary fence in the wrong place in 1987. Since then, owner #1 has been occupying and improving the .44-acre of the 173-acre parcel owned by owner #2, a religious group. Owner #1 paid no taxes on that .44-acre piece of land, but, because it was […]
Bureaucracy v. Lies With In-Home Supportive Services.
A county determined a disabled woman was eligible to receive In-Home Supportive Services [IHSS; Welfare & Institutions Code section 12300], and she selected her son to be her individual provider. The county sought return of $29,560 it paid to the son on the ground he did not perform the services. In fact, it was the […]
Summary Judgment Affirmed On Harassment Claim But Reversed On Retaliation Claim.
Plaintiff worked for a construction company. Her supervisors used foul language, referred to a woman with large breasts as “Double D,” told plaintiff she was lucky because women had multiple orgasms, and asked her whether women “got off” when they used a particular type of tampon. At one point, she was told to wear a French […]
Law Firm’s Arbitration Petition Denied In Employment Case.
In an employment discrimination action, defendant law firm petitioned to compel arbitration of the claims based on a letter agreement: “You and the Firm agree that any legal disputes which may occur between you and the Firm and which arise out of, or are related in any way to your employment with the Firm or its […]
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