New York, NY - The United States of America charged Purdue Pharma, L.P. on civil and criminal theories relating to the manufacture and sale of opoids by the Sackler family.

“The abuse and diversion of prescription opioids has contributed to a national tragedy of addiction and deaths, in addition to those caused by illicit street opioids,” said Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen. “... More...   $0 (10-21-2020 - NY)

M.D. (mother) appeals from the juvenile court’s order granting her ex-boyfriend
(Albert) presumed parent status for her son, J.P. Mother argues that the juvenile court did
not have the authority under Welfare and Institutions Code section 3851
to reconsider its prior order in which it found that Albert did not qualify as a presumed parent to J.P.
We disagree and conclude that the j... More...   $0 (10-04-2020 - CA)

Liberal, KS - class action lawyer, recovery of underpaid gas royalties


This class action seeks recovery of underpaid gas royalties. It is brought by about
2,300 royalty owners against the operator, Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas, known as OPIK
in this litigation. OPIK sells the raw natural gas at the wellhead to third parties, who, in
turn, make the gas fit to enter our... More...   $0 (10-02-2020 - KS)

Plaintiffs Arash Alborzi, M.D., and Arash Alborzi, M.D.,
Inc. sued defendants University of Southern California, Keck
School of Medicine of USC, and USC Verdugo Hills Hospital
(collectively, USC); as well as Concord Hospitalist Group and
Elevate Health Group. Alborzi and his corporation were part of a
panel of on-call physicians at Verdugo Hills Hospital. Plaintiffs
alleged... More...   $0 (10-01-2020 - CA)

Appellants Corinna Reyes and Golden State Care Collective, Inc. (together,
“Reyes” or “appellants”), filed a complaint for malicious prosecution against property
owner Kim Kruger and Kim Kruger Trust (together, Kruger) and Kruger’s former
attorney, Todd Rothbard (Rothbard), for what Reyes contended was a wrongful eviction.
The trial court granted Kruger’s and Rothbard’s (together, ... More...   $0 (09-28-2020 - CA)

Plaintiff Richard Robinson, on behalf of himself and other aggrieved employees,
appeals from the judgment entered in favor of his former employer defendant Southern
Counties Oil Company (Southern Counties). Robinson’s complaint seeks civil penalties
under the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA) (Lab. Code,1
§ 2698 et seq.) based on Southern Counties’s alleged un... More...   $0 (08-14-2020 - CA)

California’s Eminent Domain Law (Code Civ. Proc.,
§ 1230.010 et seq.)
1 —and, in particular, Code of Civil Procedure
section 1245.245—provides that when “[p]roperty acquired by a
public entity [through eminent domain] . . . is not used for [its
intended] public use . . . within 10 years of adoption of the
resolution of necessity [that authorized its taking],” the entity
... More...   $0 (07-31-2020 - CA)

Plaintiff Ronald Talley pleaded nolo contendre to a criminal offense for which he
was sentenced to 18 days in the Fresno County Jail. Rather than serving those days in
county jail, plaintiff was deemed eligible to serve the sentence by participation in the
Adult Offender Work Program (AOWP) administered by Fresno County’s Probation
Department. Plaintiff was injured while performing... More...   $0 (07-11-2020 - CA)

This matter arises out of an alleged mortgage fraud scheme
designed to defraud mortgage lenders and involving numerous
realtors, loan brokers, loan officers, and real estate brokers. One
defrauded lender is Milestone Financial d/b/a Alviso Funding
(Alviso), the original plaintiff in this case.
The operative complaint alleges that various defendants set
up a sham transaction... More...   $0 (07-08-2020 - CA)