VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — A state appeals court said Tuesday that a Southern California hospital can be held responsible for sexual abuse by an employee, upholding a jury’s damage award of $6.75 million to two elderly patients who were abused …
NEW YORK — A lawyer for a former TCW Group Inc fund manager who recently ran for New York City mayor urged an appeals court to restore the manager’s sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against her former employer. Sara Tirschwell …
An appeals court has ruled that a South Florida Indian tribe cannot be held liable for a $4.1 million wrongful death judgment stemming from a fatal 1998 car crash. The 3rd District Court of Appeal decided last week that the …
With only eight days to live, a wealthy, ailing Massachusetts merchant wrote in his will 351 years ago that he was leaving a spectacular 35-acre seafront property for the benefit of public school children, decreeing the land should never be …
A JPMorgan unit cannot force insurers to pay a $250 million settlement between failed investment bank Bear Stearns and government regulators, a state appeals court ruled on Tuesday. Reversing a trial court, the appeals court threw out a lawsuit against …
A Texas appeals court reinstated a couple’s lawsuit against animal shelter that accidentally euthanized their 8-year-old dog, ruling that they can sue to recover the sentimental value of their pet. Randy Turner, the attorney for plaintiffs Jeremy and Katherine Medlen, …
In a copyright infringement case at the heart of media company battles to win Internet viewers, an appeals court grappled on Tuesday over whether to revive Viacom Inc’s landmark $1 billion lawsuit against Google Inc’s YouTube. Media conglomerate Viacom , …
An appeals court has ruled in favor of Copper Mountain Resort in a lawsuit filed by a doctor who says he was injured after unwittingly skiing off an unmarked cornice. Rajeev Kumar accused Copper Mountain of negligence after the 2006 …
An Ohio appeals court has ruled in favor of former Cleveland Browns center LeCharles Bentley, saying the team can’t force NFL arbitration to halt a lawsuit on the career-ending staph infection he says he contracted at the team’s training facility. …
A western Michigan man excluded from his wife’s insurance policy still is eligible for benefits in a drunken crash, thanks to a line of court decisions that covers joyriders from the same family. The state appeals court on Wednesday reluctantly …