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Five Female Prosecutors from Northern California Survive a Motion to Dismiss in Their Federal Sex Discrimination Lawsuit
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Court of Appeal: Misstating an Employer’s Proper Legal Name on a DFEH Complaint is Not Fatal to a FEHA Lawsuit
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A New Bill in the California Assembly Would Expand the Group of Workers Protected from Discrimination and Entitled to Reasonable Accommodations
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COVID-19, Employer-Mandated Vaccinations and California Anti-Discrimination Law
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Succeeding in Your Injury Case Caused by a Multi-Vehicle Crash in Northern California
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The Differences Between Federal and California Disability Discrimination Law and How Those Differences May Help Your Case
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Proposed California Bill Would Erect a New Protected Class Within the the Fair Employment and Housing Act
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How to Go About Seeking Compensation in California After a Vehicle Accident Has Killed Your Loved One
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A California Appeals Court Revives a Police Bomb Technician’s Sexual Harassment Case Against Her Employer
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These Times Are Trying for Everyone. That’s Especially True for Californians Juggling a Job and Children Whose School or Childcare Facility Has Closed.
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How You Can Take Your Discrimination or Harassment Case to Trial in California, Even if You Signed an Arbitration Agreement With Your Employer
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A Tractor-Trailer’s Collision With a Disabled Car Leaves a Northern California Teen Dead
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When a Single Racial Slur May Be Enough to Give You a Successful Discrimination Case in California
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A Tragic Chain Reaction Crash in Contra Costa County Kills 2 California Drivers
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What the ‘Fair Chance Act’ and Its New Regulations Mean For California Job Applicants with Criminal Convictions in Their Past
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A Motor Vehicle Crash Claims the Life of Yet Another California Bicyclist
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A Tragic Truck Accident in California Takes the Life of a 12-Year-Old Child
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What to Do When You Have Been Subjected to Discriminatory Humiliation and Abuse on the Job in California
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A Bank Executive in California Wins a $17M Wrongful Termination Judgment After Proving the Bank Fired Him to Avoid Paying Him a Bonus He’d Earned
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I Was Harassed on the Job But Didn’t Report It at Work. Can I Still Win a Harassment Case in California?
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What You Can Do in California if Your Employer Has Punished You for Being a Caregiver for Family Members
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Coronavirus and How Your Employer’s Response May Have Violated Workplace Disability Discrimination Laws in California
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Collateral Effects of the Pandemic in California: Fewer Vehicle on the Road Has Meant More Speeding and More Fatalities
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A Motorcyclist’s Death Along California’s Central Coast Highlights the Dangers Bikers and Their Passengers Face
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What You Can Do If Your California Employer Fired You for Resisting or Complaining About Sexual Harassment by Your Supervisor
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What ‘Equitable Tolling’ and ‘Continuing Violations’ Are and How They Can Help You in Your California Workplace Discrimination Case
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A Delay in the Onset of Your Symptoms Doesn’t Have to Doom Your California Injury Lawsuit
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How You Can Hold a Vehicle Owner Liable for Your Auto Accident Injuries in California, Even if the Owner Wasn’t Driving
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California DFEH Reminds Employers: COVID-19 Pandemic Doesn’t Reduce Employers’ Obligations to Avoid Discrimination and Harassment
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Overcoming Hearsay Objections to the Evidence in Your California Wrongful Termination Lawsuit
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A Motorcyclist in Oakland Dies after Being Struck by a Car on I-880
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How Asserting Multiple Causes of Action Can Help You Maximize Your Odds of Success in Your California Retaliation Case
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Can I Still Recover Compensation if I Was Partly Responsible for a Bicycle Accident in California?
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Effective Jan. 1, 2020, You Now Have 3 Years in California to Pursue Your Discrimination or Harassment Claims Under FEHA
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A California Man’s $513,000 Jury Verdict Shows That Sometimes Even Low-Speed Crashes Can Cause Extensive Harm
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Winning a Disability Discrimination Case in California, Even if Your Case is Devoid of Proof of Employer Malice or Bad Faith
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I Was Discriminated Against While Working as a Temp. Can I Sue the California Entity Where I Was Actually Working?
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A California Woman Receives a $6.1M Damages Award After a Sleepy Commercial Box Truck Driver T-Bones Her Vehicle
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California Court of Appeal Revives a New Father’s Gender Discrimination and Parental Leave Case
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A California Job Applicant Allegedly Rejected Based on to Race Doesn’t Include a FEHA Claim in His Lawsuit, and Loses
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A California Paint Store Employee Fired Due to Her Disability Recovers a $974K Judgment
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I Was Fired from My Job in California for Cooperating with an Investigation into my Supervisors. What Can I Do Now?
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The Importance of Participating in the Interactive Process for Your California Disability Accommodation in Good Faith (and Proving that Your Employer Didn’t)
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A California Jury Awards $420,000 to Two Plumbers Rear-Ended by a Distracted Driver
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What is (and is Not) a ‘Constructive Discharge’ from Your Job and Why It May Be So Important in Your California Discrimination Case
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California Driver in T-Bone Accident on Multi-Lane Arterial Roadway Persuades Jury of Limo Driver’s Fault, Nets $1.1M in Damages
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What is ‘Unconscionability’ in an Employment Contract and What Can it Mean to My California Discrimination or Wrongful Termination Lawsuit?
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Military Vet’s Concussion Syndrome and Possible Autoimmune Disorder Were Enough for His Disability Discrimination Case, CA Appeals Court Says
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Using Your Success in a Workers’ Compensation Case to Enhance Your Odds in Your California Discrimination Lawsuit
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A New Bill in California Seeks to End Workplace Discrimination Based Upon African Americans’ Wearing of ‘Natural’ Hairstyles
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The Options You Have if Your California Employer Wrongfully Terminates You for Filing a Workers’ Compensation Claim
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The Details of Your Employment Contract and What They May Mean If You Are Eventually Wrongfully Terminated from Your California Job
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How a Musician’s Unsuccessful Discrimination Lawsuit May Help Your California Discrimination Case
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Pursuing a Race Discrimination Case in California, Even if You Are Not a Racial Minority
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Road Rage Impacts Safety on California Highways, But May Also Affect Your Auto Accident Injury Case
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How You Can Continue to Pursue Your California Injury Case Even After the Jury Returns a Defense Verdict
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California Court of Appeal Rules that ‘Offer of Compromise’ Statute Doesn’t Apply to Nonfrivolous FEHA Cases
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Wrongfully Terminated California Catholic School Teacher Wins Jury Awards Totaling More Than $3.6 Million
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How California Law May Let You Avoid Arbitration in Your Discrimination Case, Even If You Signed an Arbitration Agreement
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The Process for Holding a Driver’s Employer Liable in a California Auto Accident Injury Case
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How to Undertake a Retaliation Claim if Your Employer Punishes You for Filing an Employment Law Action
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Restaurant Manager Lands $7.97M Verdict in Wrongful Termination Case After Her Employer Destroyed the Video that Allegedly Showed the Employee’s Misconduct
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How a Recently Signed Bill May Offer Enhanced Protections and Options for California Workers Harmed by Sexual Harassment
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What Happens When Your California Employer Forces You to Sign an Arbitration Agreement Written in a Language You Don’t Comprehend
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New Regulations Established by California Clarify and Expand What Can Constitute National Origin Discrimination in the Workplace
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My Ailment Doesn’t Qualify as a Disability Under Federal Law. Can I Still Pursue a Disability Discrimination Case in California?
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How One Bay Area Worker’s Wrongful Termination and Discrimination Case Proved to Be Worth More than $1 Million
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Southern California Woman With Head Injury After Sidewalk Trip-and-Fall Accident Reaches Settlement for Up to $3 Million
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A Supervisor’s Mocking of a Corrections Officer’s Stutter was Severe and Pervasive Enough to Warrant $500K in Damages
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Know Before You Sign: How a Workers’ Compensation Settlement Cost a Delivery Driver His Age Discrimination Lawsuit
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Patron at a Riverside Eatery Entitled to Pursue Her California Premises Liability Case After Receiving a Bite from a Venomous Spider
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New Regulations Expand the Protections Offered to California Workers Against National Origin Discrimination
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They Lied in Order to Discourage Me from Applying for a Job. Do I Have a Discrimination Case in California?
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California Administrative Assistant Fired While on Medical Leave Lands $723K Judgment
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How Jury Mistakes May Allow You to Obtain a New Trial in Your California Discrimination Case
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The Importance of Complying with Discovery Obligations and the Benefits of Working with Skilled California Counsel
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Singer/Songwriter Obtains $7M Judgment After Gas Tanker Rear-Ends Prius
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California Legislature Contemplates Extending Discrimination and Harassment Statute of Limitations from One to Three Years
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What Evidence Is Needed to Put Together a Successful Employment Discrimination Case in California?
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Can Obesity Be the Basis of a Valid Disability Discrimination Case in California?
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Employment Contracts, Arbitration Clauses, and Your California Wrongful Termination Lawsuit
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City to Pay $9.75M to Parents of Baby Killed in Crash Involving a Police Officer
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Sacramento Man Obtains $2M Judgment After Crash with Lake County Sheriff’s Deputy
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How a California Worker Got to Pursue Her Discrimination Case Despite Signing an Arbitration Agreement
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How a Fired California Worker Turned Her Employer’s Inadequate Response into a $578K Jury Verdict in a Discrimination Case
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A California Court Allows a Hotel Worker Sexually Assaulted by a Trespasser to Pursue a Harassment Case Against Her Employer
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A Hollywood Pedestrian Receives a $15 Million Settlement from the City Due to Dangerous Intersection
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California Professor’s Discrimination Case Survives University’s Claim that Anti-SLAPP Law Blocked the Lawsuit
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Deciding When the ‘Clock’ Starts Running for the Statute of Limitations in Your California FEHA Case
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California Medical Office Worker Revives Wrongful Termination Claim After Winning Appeal Challenging Employer’s Alleged Acts of Age Discrimination
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Parks and Wrecked: State Loses Argument that California Employee Can’t Pursue Both Workers’ Compensation and Civil Claims
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Legal Experts Assess Memo-Writing Google Engineer’s California Legal Options in the Wake of His Termination
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How Your Employer’s Actions May Create an Implied Contract and Help Your California Wrongful Termination Case
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New California FEHA Regulations Clarify, Expand Protections for Transgender Workers
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California Diversity Manager Allowed to Resume Pursuing a Claim That His Employer Fired Him for Being ‘Too Gay’
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Southern California Mother and Child Allowed to Pursue City of Pasadena in Premises Liability Claim
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Statutory Limits Allow Truck Driver to Avoid ‘Vocational Rehabilitation’ Exam in His California Personal Injury Action
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California Pharmacy Tech Gets New Opportunity to Pursue Emotional Distress Damages in Wrongful Termination Case
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Ninth Circuit Revives County Employee’s Case Because Sheriff’s Hugs Could Amount to Harassment
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California Supreme Court Rules Employee Allowed to Demand a Jury Trial for Wrongful Termination Claim
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Employer’s Neutral Application of Its Policies Dooms California Sales Representative’s FEHA Case
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California Vehicle Accident Victim’s Unique Medical Makeup Triggers $2.8M Jury Verdict Award
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Appeals Court Upholds FEHA Liability Judgment in Favor of LAPD Academy Recruits
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California Appeals Court Revives Injured Driver’s Case Against Tow Truck Company
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California Counselor Allowed to Pursue Sexual Orientation Discrimination Case Even Though She Was Heterosexual
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California Appeals Court Revives Producer’s Wrongful Termination Case Against CNN
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California Supreme Court Refuses to Hear FEHA Case of Association Discrimination: What it Means for Employees and Employers
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Workplace Absences and How They Can Influence Your California Disability Discrimination Case
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California Employee’s Criticism of Employer’s Policies’ Impact on Disabled Community Wasn’t Protected by FEHA
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When Your Employer Can (and Can’t) Force You to Arbitrate Your California Wrongful Termination Case
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California Worker Can Pursue Employment Contract, But Not Disability Discrimination, Claim Based Upon Medical Marijuana Use
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Suing a Negligent Driver’s Employer as Part of Your California Personal Injury Case
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California Employee Allowed to Continue Disability Discrimination Case Despite Failure to Obtain Doctor’s Note About Limitations
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California Employees, Fitness-for-Duty Psychological Exams, and FEHA Compliance
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Overly Broad Release Agreement Costs California Driver in Pedestrian Accident Case
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EEOC’s Investigation in California Man’s Discrimination Claim Extends Filing Deadline, Making Lawsuit Timely
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Alternative Claims for Liability and Your California Auto Accident Case
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Going It Alone in Your California Auto Accident Case: A Cautionary Example
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California Appeals Court Upholds $16M Judgment in Age Discrimination Case
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Courts Refuse to Allow San Francisco Mechanic to Pursue Title VII, FEHA Claims Over Noose Hung in the Workplace
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California Deputy Wins Appeal Because Disability Discrimination Cases Don’t Require Proof of an Employer’s Ill Will
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Failure to Word Statutory Settlement Offer Properly Costs Defendants in California Motorcycle Accident Case
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California Appeals Court Rules that FEHA Protections Cover Employees who Have Family Members With Disabilities
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Appeals Court Upholds Verdict Declaring Truck Driver Not Liable for Man’s Death Despite Marijuana Use
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How a Waiver Agreement Can Cost You in Your California Auto Accident Injury Suit
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Immunity Statute Blocks Southern California Man’s Lawsuit Against County Over Dangerous Intersection
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Arbitration Clauses in Employment Contracts and Your California FEHA Violation Claim
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Appeals Court Revives Wrongful Termination Case Brought by California Worker Fired After Suffering Workplace Injury
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California Lender Employee Fired for Stealing, Not Domestic Violence Absences from Work
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Man Assumed Risk of Minor Injury when He Visited Southern California ‘Haunted Hotel’
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Southern California Coach Sues University, Claims Termination Constituted Discrimination Against His Disability of Alcoholism
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Insurer Not Liable in Bad Faith for Not Settling Claim Following Fatal Southern California Crash
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Timing Proves Critical to Failure of Employer’s Defense in California Woman’s Pregnancy Discrimination Case
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California Accident Victim Entitled to Recover Full Amount of Past Medical Expenses, Despite Medical Providers’ Sale of Lien at a Discount
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California Gas Company’s Psychological Evaluation Demand Was Reasonable in Light of Employee’s Stalking Behavior
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Statute’s Religion Exemption Blocks California Teacher’s FEHA Claim
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Introducing Settlement Agreements in California Auto Accident Cases
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Harassment Not Sufficiently Severe, Pervasive to Allow California Spa Worker to Win Case
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California Driver Forced to Pay Accident Victim’s Fees, Costs for Unreasonable Refusal to Admit Liability
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Governor Signs New California Law to Expand Definition of Protected Activities under FEHA
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California Court Says Passenger May Be Liable to Victims for Her Exhortations to Driver in Fatal Crash
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California Court Rules that Medical Bills, Expert Testimony Enough to Prove Damages in Multi-Million Dollar Auto Accident Case
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Supervisors, Stress, and Your California Disability Discrimination Case
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California Court Rules Insurer Can’t Dodge Coverage Simply Because Injured Passenger Was Driver’s College Roommate
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Be Wary of the Release Agreements You Sign as Part of Your California Personal Injury Case
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California Supreme Court Says Employers Can’t Recover Costs in Non-Frivolous Discrimination Suits
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California Property Owner Prevails in Premises Liability Case Based on Second-Hand Exposure to Asbestos
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California Maintenance Worker with Bowel Disease Allowed to Sue for Disability Discrimination After Managed ‘Chilled’ Accommodation
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Policy Language Stops California Widow’s Claim Against Insurer in Fatal Drunk Driving Crash
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California Employers Not Required to Eliminate Essential Job Duties to Accommodate Employees With Disabilities
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California Prison Guard Allowed to Pursue Premises Liability Case Against Employer
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California Disability Law Does Not Require Providing Employees With Indefinite Leave
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Improper Use of Driver’s Prior Traffic Offenses Derails $1.2M Award for Passenger
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The Extent of an Employer’s Obligation in Responding to an Employee’s Disability Accommodation Request
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Family Able to Sue Restaurant Owner for Dangerous Parking Lot, Even When Injury Occurred Offsite
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Employee With ADHD Not Covered by ADA When His Primary Impairment is Being ‘Cantankerous’
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Car Owner’s Failure to Maintain Vehicle Doesn’t Provide Grounds for Additional Recovery for Injured Passenger
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University Allowed to Require Professor to Submit to Psychological Exam
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Jury Verdict Holding Driver Not Liable for Crash Survives Despite Improper Testimony
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Court Declares Employers Must Pay for Work-Related Calls Made on Employees’ Personal Cell Phones
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California Appellate Court Wrong for Allowing Prejudicial Evidence of Crash Victim’s Marijuana Use
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Franchise Agreement Prevents Server From Suing Pizza Chain for Sexual Harassment She Encountered at Work
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San Francisco Employer Fails to Show that Eliminating All Male Employees Was Only Way to Protect Female Inmates
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Injured Trucker, Passenger Can Use Doctors, Not Unpaid Bills to Establish the Value of Medical Services
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FEHA Protections Apply to Worker Regardless of His Immigration Status
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Law Does Not Require ‘Big Box’ Store to Keep Defibrillator on Hand in Case of Cardiac Emergencies, Supreme Court Rules
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Employee’s Own Words Doom Job Duties Dispute in Discrimination Case
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Trucker Potentially Liable for Teen Driver’s Injuries Due to Illegal Parking Stop
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Northern California Mom Launches Class Action Against Employer for Refusing to Extend Reasonable Accomodation of Her Pregnancy
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Pre-approved Agreement Caps Driver’s Liability at $100K
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Employee Allowed to Pursue Sexual Harassment Case, Despite Language in Job Application
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Family Allowed to Pursue Hospital on Claim that It Placed Living Woman in Morgue Freezer
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Auto Maker Agrees to $1.2B Settlement to End Federal Probe of Defective Vehicle Accelerators
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Understanding the Obligations of a Confidentiality Agreement in Your Employment Discrimination Lawsuit
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Error in Jury Instruction Prompts New Trial in Sexual Harassment Case
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Family Receives Multi-million Dollar Damages Award Against Parts Maker After Man’s Asbestos-Related Death
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Transvaginal Mesh Device Maker Fails to Derail California Woman’s Defect Lawsuit
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Mom’s Financial Independence Blocks Effort to Sue Over Son’s Construction Accident Death
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Employee’s Criminal Conviction Defeats Discrimination Claim, Regardless of Employer’s Motives
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Employee Must Defend Both Trade Secret, Non-competition Violation Claims Against Former Employer
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Tenant’s Failure to Use Existing Lighting Unravels Slip-and-Fall Injury Case
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Employee Allowed to Pursue Claim of Discrimination Based Upon Intent to Donate Organ
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Trucker’s Improper Interstate Stop Results in Fiery Crash, $150M Wrongful Death Judgment
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New Statute Widens the Parameters of California’s Non-Discrimination Protections
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