The father of a black teenager has filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against a Northern California school district because an employee called his son a slave. N’Jai LeBlanc says he decided to sue the Redwood City School District after Selby …
Some $61 million in wrongful death claims have been filed by the family of a California man shot to death in April by a Stanislaus County sheriff’s deputy. The deputy was responding to a 911 family dispute call at a …
Mercury General Corp.’s net premiums written for the third quarter rose 3.4 percent to more than $684 million, the Los Angeles, Calif.-based company reported on Monday. Mercury reported third-quarter net income of $66.2 million, or $1.21 per share, compared with …
Susan Lee, 24, Angelique Jones, 20, and Angela Medeiros, 40, all of Sacramento, Calif. have been arrested on three felony counts each of insurance fraud. The bail for the three ranges from $20,000 to $50,000. A fourth suspect, Krystelmaree Marquez, …
A Hollywood visual effects specialist fired for reporting on-the-job cocaine use is getting at least $450,000 for wrongful termination. A Los Angeles jury deliberated much of the day Tuesday before returning the verdict in favor of Andrew MacDonald, who sued …
Actor Tom Cruise has filed a lawsuit in a California court against the publisher of Life & Style magazine over a story that suggested he abandoned his daughter, Suri, according to an article on Wednesday in entertainment trade publication The …
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced a 30.5 percent rate reduction, for “lender-placed” homeowners’ insurance coverage offered by American Security Insurance Co., an Assurant Inc.-owned company. The reduction will result in an estimated $42.7 million savings to homeowners, with an …
California environmental groups have filed a lawsuit protesting a decision to combat San Joaquin Valley smog by increasing automobile registration fees instead of fining industrial polluters. The lawsuit filed Friday in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals accuses the …
Conservation groups are suing California’s oil and gas drilling regulators over hydraulic fracturing, charging officials with failing to properly study the practice’s environmental impacts. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in Alameda County Superior Court charges the California Department of Conservation, Division …
California regulators are investigating reports that CVS Caremark Corp. refilled prescriptions without patient consent, or insurance approval. The Los Angeles Times reported customers in California and other states discovered CVS Caremark had renewed doctors’ prescriptions and billed their insurance companies …
