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California’s Commission on Judicial Performance has ordered the removal of Justice Jeffrey Johnson from the California Courts of Appeal for misconduct that included unwanted touching and sexual harassment. ....
Chaney LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - A California appeals court has sharply limited the ability to obtain punitive damages against corporations, ruling in an asbestos lawsuit that the plaintiff had failed to identify specific employees who engaged in behavior deserving such punishment. The plaintiff in Morgan v. J-M Manufacturing, a construction worker afflicted with fatal mesothelioma, sued former units of bankrupt asbestos manufacturer Johns-Mansville over claims it had sold asbestos-containing concrete pipe that caused his illness. The jury awarded the late Norris Morgan and his widow $15.3 million in compensatory damages and another $15 million in punitives. The defendant company argued the Morgans weren’t entitled to punitive damages because they failed to show any particular officer or executive authorized the type of conduct meriting exemplary damages. Plaintiff lawyers at Simmons Hanly Conroy argued the entire organization wa ....
California Supreme Court allows high-ranking justice to be removed from office FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 FILE Justice Jeffrey Johnson of the Second District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles. California’s judicial disciplinary agency has accused Johnson on Monday of sexually harassing and groping a fellow justice, harassing attorneys, court staff and a California Highway Patrol officer, and repeatedly appearing drunk in public.Judicial Branch of CaliforniaShow MoreShow Less 2of3California Court of Appeal Justice Jeffrey Johnsonn/a / California CourtsShow MoreShow Less 3of3 Jeffrey Johnson, a state appeals court justice who was found by a disciplinary agency to have sexually harassed attorneys, staff and a court colleague, lost his state Supreme Court appeal Wednesday and will become the highest-ranking California judge ever removed from office for misconduct. ....