Personal Injury

The Supreme Court of California recently ruled that advanced Alzheimer’s patients are not liable for assaulting their in-home caregivers. This ruling extends the established rule that barred nursing home caregivers from suing Alzheimer’s patients for assaults. The court reasoned that California has a public policy against institutionalizing disabled individuals, and that allowing in-home caregivers to

A Santa Cruz-area physician was recently sued by a patient for medical malpractice. Dr. Sharon Jamieson, MD of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation was sued by a patient who alleges that Dr. Jamieson failed to warn her of serious side effects of a medication she prescribed. The patient fell into a coma and was left

A Contra Costa County gym was recently sued by a female patron who slipped in its locker room. Zahra Naser alleges that she fell in the locker room of Lakeridge Athletic Club in El Sobrante. A court recently found that Naser’s claim was barred by the liability release in her gym membership contract.

After blaming San Francisco Airport controllers, Boeing, and its own pilots, Asiana Airlines says that malfunctioning software was also a contributing factor in the July 2013 crash that killed three people. The airline says that the “inconsistences in the aircraft’s automation logic” were partially to blame for the plane accident.

After months of blaming U.S. airport officials and mechanical errors, South Korea’s Asiana Airlines finally admitted that pilot error was a contributing factor in last summer’s deadly San Francisco plane accident. Asiana Flight 214 crashed at San Francisco International Airport last July, killing three. The plane was coming in too low and too slow, which

A Los Angeles County area couple recently sued Mulberry Mobile-home Park after their neighbors allegedly burned down their trailer. Anthony and Marcela Follett claimed that the Mulberry trailer park was liable for their damages because the act of arson was foreseeable based on a pattern of ongoing criminal activity. According to court documents, the couple

A Bay Area appeals court recently decided a case involving a boating accident. The lawsuit was brought by Jeff Koopen, who was seriously injured as a passenger in a motorboat that hit a small, low-lying island. The boat was driven by Rick Aberle, who was found negligent after a jury trial. A jury determined that

A Santa Monica jury recently awarded a female bar patron $5.42 million after finding that lax rules at a WeHo bar contributed to her 2009 sexual assault. The woman is a 43-year-old news producer who says that she was in a unisex bathroom stall at Here Lounge when a club employee burst in and sexually