The Los Angeles Unified School District has developed a statistical model designed to measure a teacher’s effect on his or her students’ performance in the California Standards Tests. This model yields a result—known as an Academic Growth Over Time (AGT) score—which is derived by comparing students’ actual scores with the scores the students were predicted […]
Protect Public School Students From Bullying At School.
An elementary school boy who is not a native English speaker, and has been diagnosed with a number of emotional disabilities including bipolar disorder, depression, attention deficit disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder, allegedly was forcibly restrained by other students, beaten, kicked, and forced to endure derogatory comments, epithets and ethnic slurs. The Legislature has imposed […]
Too Late To Sue For Patent Defects.
In 1993, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) completed the rail station at 4th Street and Hill Street in Los Angeles. In 2011, plaintiff fell on a stairwell at the station. Alleging that the stairwell was “too small” and that its banister was “too low,” plaintiff sued the MTA. The MTA cross-complained against, […]
Passage Of Time Not Enough To Demonstrate Constructive Notice Of A Dangerous Condition Of Public Property.
After a man tripped and fell on the protruding base of a post on public property, he filed an action against a city. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the city after finding the city lacked constructive notice of a dangerous condition. On appeal, plaintiff contended that based solely on the length […]
No Living-In-Car Ordinance Held Unconstitutional.
Plaintiffs are four homeless persons who are Living-In-Car contend a city ordinance is unconstitutional. In 1983, the City of Los Angeles enacted an ordinance, Municipal Code section 85.02: “No person shall use a vehicle parked or standing upon any City street, or upon any parking lot owned by the City of Los Angeles and under the […]
New Trial Because Court Permitted Irrelevant Evidence Of Decedent’s Marijuana Use.
A man was standing near his car after a freeway accident when he was struck and killed by a police car. The trial court concluded evidence of the decedent’s marijuana use was relevant to assess any fault attributable to him in his minor daughter’s wrongful death case. A jury apportioned fault of 14 percent against […]
Less Water For The Crops.
After young salmon died along the Russian River during a cold month in a dry year, federal scientists concluded the deaths were caused by abrupt declines in water level after water was drained to spray on vineyards and orchards. The State Water Resources Board adopted a regulation “that is likely to require a reduction in […]
Traffic Camera Evidence Properly Admitted (Get Out Your Checkbook!).
A woman was cited for failing to stop at a red light. Evidence against her was generated by an automated traffic camera enforcement system [aka red light traffic camera]. She objected to the admission of the traffic camera photograph and 12-second video on the basis of lack of foundation. At her infraction trial, a City […]
Law Didn’t Keep Up With Science On Abortions [Or Didn’t Want To Keep Up With It].
In 2000, the Food and Drug Administration [FDA] approved the use of medications to perform abortions, and medication abortions now account for 41 percent of all first-trimester abortions performed at Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide. This less invasive procedure is particularly important for victims of rape or sexual abuse as well as women with medical issues […]
Superior Court Lacks Jurisdiction.
Plaintiff filed an action in superior court seeking an injunction to stop members of the Public Utilities Commission [PUC] from proceeding with a meeting “since the commission would not permit her to attend the meeting because of her affiliation with the Sierra Club, the meeting violated the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act. (Government Code section 11120). The […]
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