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The state Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed California's public employee pension system to sue credit-rating giants Moody's and Standard & Poor's for hundreds of millions of dollars over the high ratings they gave to investments that collapsed in 2007-08. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The state Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether a former Bay Area man who is dying of an asbestos-related cancer can sue a company that employed his uncle, who used to come home with his clothes covered in asbestos dust. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The family of Ted Agu - the 21-year-old Cal football player who died after being escorted with breathing trouble from an all-team training run in February - sued the University of California on Tuesday and said his death could have been prevented if trainers had remembered that Agu had sickle cell trait, recognized his symptoms and immediately stopped his workout as protocol required. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Los Angeles Dodgers were partly responsible for the 2011 beating of Giants fan Bryan Stow, a jury ruled Wednesday in awarding the Santa Cruz man $18 million from the team and the two men who attacked him. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Los Angeles Dodgers were partly responsible for the 2011 beating of Giants fan Bryan Stow, a jury ruled Wednesday in awarding the Santa Cruz man $18 million from the team and the two men who attacked him. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The state Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a former Bay Area service station owner to seek additional damages from Ford Motor Co. for exposing him to brake-lining asbestos that has afflicted him with terminal cancer. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Employers in California can prevent their employees from suing jointly for unpaid wages or overtime and instead require case-by-case arbitration, the state Supreme Court said Monday in a ruling that limited - but did not eliminate - collective legal action in pay disputes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A state appeals court has upheld more than $300,000 in damages for a Hayward truck driver who was fired after complaining about having to lift a heavy tractor-trailer gate that had caused back injuries to him and other truckers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

When a Californian is unjustifiably killed by police, the victim's family members can seek damages under federal law for the pain their relative suffered before death, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

An Alameda County jury awarded more than $14 million to a Richmond woman who suffered a broken back when the AC Transit bus she was riding in went over a speed bump in San Pablo. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Those who fail to read a contract's fine print - in other words, most of us - may not realize we are routinely forfeiting our right to a fair grievance process when we get a job, seek medical treatment or buy anything from a cell phone to a car. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Silvi Rider thought she was buying a brand-new Honda Accord. With interest and the trade-in of her used car, it cost her more than $35,000. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The parents of a Saratoga girl who killed herself after photos of her alleged sexual assault were texted to classmates share responsibility for the death, according to a legal filing by attorneys for one of several teenage boys being sued by the parents. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A judge issued a final ruling Tuesday ordering three paint companies to pay the state $1.15 billion to remove lead paint from interior surfaces of pre-1978 homes in 10 California cities and counties, including San Francisco, Alameda and San Mateo counties. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A Berkeley woman who lost her legs when she fell through a gap on a railway platform in Austria and was hit by a train can sue the state-owned railroad for damages because it lost its government immunity through ticket sales in the United States, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A federal appeals court has refused to dismiss a suit by a San Francisco limousine driver who said a city parking control officer followed him out the door of a fast-food restaurant after a shouting match, then pepper-sprayed and punched him. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The family of a Berkeley resident bludgeoned to death last year outside his home, allegedly by a mentally disturbed man, has resolved its wrongful-death lawsuit against the city after police agreed to tell people calling for help that officers might be delayed, the family's attorney says. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Moraga School District has agreed to pay $1.8 million to a former student who accused a science teacher of sexually abusing her, officials said Tuesday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]