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California Lawmakers Raise Awards for Malpractice Lawsuits
May 13 2022 // The California Legislature has agreed to increase how much money people can win in medical malpractice lawsuits, resolving one of the thorniest disputes in state politics by raising a cap on damages for the first time in...
Tentative $32M Settlement in Abuse Death of California Boy
May 13 2022 // A tentative $32 million settlement has been reached with Los Angeles County in a lawsuit over its child welfare agency’s supervision of a boy who allegedly was abused to death by his mother and her boyfriend,...
Report Estimates $530M Reconstruction Cost for Homes in Line of California Wildfire
May 13 2022 // Newly released data from CoreLogic show the Coastal Fire in California has burned at least 20 homes in the Orange County community of Laguna Niguel. The estimated reconstruction cost value is $530 million for the area...
California Fire Destroys Mansions; New Mexico Wildfire Grows
May 12 2022 // The largest wildfire in the U.S. was spreading toward mountain resort towns in northern New Mexico, prompting officials to issue another set of warnings for more people to evacuate. Meanwhile, a wildfire that erupted...
California Water Use Up Dramatically Amid Worsening Drought
May 12 2022 // California’s water use jumped dramatically in March, state officials said Tuesday, as one of the driest stretches on record prompted a wave of homeowners to start watering their lawns earlier than usual in defiance...
People Moves: Dohrmann in California Promotes Jensen; SAIF Names Graneto Vice President
May 11 2022 // Dohrmann Insurance promoted Brian Jensen to vice president in employee benefits. Jensen will be responsible for managing the operations and account management team of the division. Jensen has 15 years of experience in the...
California State Bar Notifies 1,300 Identified in Data Breach
May 10 2022 // The State Bar of California has begun notifying individuals whose names appeared in more than 322,000 confidential attorney discipline records published online in a massive data breach. The State Bar said it will contact...
Armored Car Company Settles California Suit over $1 M Pot Sale Seizures
May 9 2022 // An armored car company has settled its lawsuit that accused the San Bernardino County sheriff of illegally seizing over $1 million in cash it was transporting from medical marijuana businesses in California. The settlement...
Hospital in California Sued for Racism in Black Mother’s Death
May 6 2022 // The husband of a Black woman who died hours after childbirth in 2016 sued Cedars-Sinai Medical hospital on Wednesday, saying she bled to death because of a culture of racism at the renowned Los Angeles medical...
Trust Distributed $1.69B to PG&E California Fire Victims in 2021
May 6 2022 // Nearly $1.7 billion has been distributed to victims of California wildfires for which Pacific Gas & Electric was blamed, a new report shows. The Fire Victim Trust has filed its annual report and claims report for the...
Jury Rules for Kardashians in California Lawsuit
May 4 2022 // A jury gave a sweeping win to the Kardashian family in former reality TV star Blac Chyna’s lawsuit against them. The Los Angeles jury found that none of the members defamed Chyna, nor did any interfere with her...
California City Pushing Back on $85M Award in Restraint Case
May 3 2022 // San Diego County lawyers are seeking to wipe out an $85 million jury award to the family of man who died after being restrained by sheriff’s deputies in 2015, or get a new trial in the lawsuit that generated the...
People Moves: Highwing Names McKenney CEO; Gorst & Compass Adds Oliva in California
May 2 2022 // Highwing named Jim McKenney CEO, and added an advisory board of experienced professionals to support its expansion. McKenney will lead the company’s team of insurtech professionals. President and Co-founder Erik...
California Workers’ Comp Committee OKs 7.6% Pure Premium Filing
May 2 2022 // The governing committee of the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California authorized the WCIRB to submit a Sept. 1, 2022 pure premium rate filing to the California Insurance Commissioner that is on...
California Workers’ Comp Bureau OKs 7.6% Pure Premium Filing
Apr 29 2022 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California submitted pure premium rate filing to the California Insurance Commissioner calling for a 7.6% increase. The advisory pure premium rates for the roughly...
California Increasing Awards in Medical Malpractice Cases
Apr 29 2022 // People who get hurt because of a doctor’s negligence in California could soon get a lot more money in malpractice lawsuits under an agreement reached Wednesday that – if approved by the state Legislature – would...
Former California Insurance Agent Sentenced for Stealing Premiums
Apr 29 2022 // Formerly licensed insurance agent Narek Harutyunyan, 31, of Camarillo, California, was sentenced this week in Ventura County Superior Court on two felony counts of grand theft after Harutyunyan reportedly stole insurance...
$18M Settlement in Fatal California Lamborghini Crash Involving Teen
Apr 29 2022 // The family of a woman killed when a 17-year-old driver crashed his father’s Lamborghini into her car in Los Angeles has reached an $18.85 million settlement in the case, attorneys announced. Monique Munoz, 32, was on...
California Labor Commissioner Cites Car Wash $800K
Apr 28 2022 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office cited Torrance Car Wash more than $800,000 for wage theft violations affecting 35 workers, including minimum wage, overtime and contract wage violations. An investigation...
California Cites Agencies, Foster Farms $3.8M for COVID-19 Sick Leave Violations
Apr 27 2022 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office cited three temporary staffing agencies as well as joint employers Foster Farms, LLC and Foster Poultry Farms nearly $3.8 million for failure to inform 3,476 temporary...
