SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A California law providing treble damages for victims of child sexual abuse that was covered up doesn't extend to public entities, the California Supreme Court ruled, overturning several prior cases that suggested there was a difference between treble and punitive damages.
Frances Atkins was a long-term employee of St. Cecilia Catholic School, and in her final year with the school, she worked part-time as an art teacher and office administrator.
SAN DIEGO (Legal Newsline) - An aspiring actress who suffered a traumatic brain injury after the driver of the Kia Forte she was riding in made a sudden U-turn across a three-lane highway won’t get a second chance at winning money from the manufacturer after a California appeals court rejected her arguments Kia should have been penalized for withholding documents and the jury room was too small.