GOVERNMENT
Representative Cases - GOVERNMENT
- Claims of retaliatory discipline and termination of officer for whistleblowing about superior’s corruption in investigation of another officer
- Mental health worker for county claims racial discrimination amidst alleged false claims of competence issues and sealed county investigation
- Trip on unsecured guide wire on sidewalk: city and utilities deny liability.
- Third grader had bone broken in disputed bullying incident; prior incidents with claims of nonreporting and no notice versus school district’s failure to properly document
- Transformer explodes, throws neighbor unconscious, damage to neighborhood
- Civil rights action by lawyer arrested when law enforcement found illegal cannabis grow in his rented unit he was not aware of; stopped for missing front plate, cuffed.
- Broken tibia from slip during rain on metal utility plates placed on school walkway; Plates were code compliant when school was built, but new regs control friction coefficient; student had history of dropfoot.
- Hostile work environment with constant uninvited sexually charged comments, discrimination against epilepsy medical condition
- City sued for reckless negligence in treatment by paramedic crew; claims of forged signature on refusal to be transported
- School district suit against construction and management contractor; claims of misrepresentation
- Twelve year old female student jumped and beaten by other students; disputed claims of prior reports and requests for assistance and protection
- Claims of harassment by actor in television seriesRacial discrimination and wrongful termination of assistant principal for special education in charter school
- “Me-too” allegations claim by model in fashion industry followed by retaliatory termination.
- Dispute with state board of compensation over claims business underreported payroll by millions
- Dispute over auditing discrepancies between service provider and Corrections department
- Multidecade tenancy with federal entity with expiring lease and dispute over terms of “restoration of facilities” and improvements
- Wrongful failure of probation, refusal to promote and refusal to accommodate PTSD in fire department.
- Conflict re trip in pothole under repair by Beverly Hills in City of West Hollywood
- Civil rights violations by bouncers in bar assaulting transgender plaintiffs while protecting other customers who were attacked the plaintiffs
- Bullying suit between elementary students resulting in scar on cheek; disputed prior incidents
- Wrongful termination case with Bureau of Automotive repairs
- Ten families with disabled children claim abuse by special ed teacher over years
- Seven year old student steps on schoolyard irrigation cover and lacerates foot
- Officers for police department sue for retaliation as whistleblowers
- Untenured first grade teacher claims discrimination as Hispanic and harassment from principal; retaliation for declining to perform translation activities as a certified Spanish speaker.
- A number of officers sue city and police department for imposition of unlawful quotas and retaliation for complaints about the quotasCounty and child protective service sued for negligence in not finding and stopping years of abusive treatment of twin brothers by guardian; guardian appointed by probate court, not dependency.
- Inverse condemnation action from sewage overflow damage during city maintenance
- Suit against school for damages from teacher affair with student
- 35 year employee of CHP claimed age discrimination and wrongful termination
- Ten year old had spiral fracture from bully and school failed to take action
- Civil rights action for suit against state and county corrections for unreasonable force on inmate
- Mutual claims of theft, sexual harassment and wage and hour claims, wrongful classification
- Fire damage from public utility power lines causing fire
- Efforts to muzzle community activist on city development and easement restrictions
- Mutual combat between employees from two university departments
- Plaintiff rear-ended by police officer
- Tree branch falls onto teenager in public park: dispute between entities
- Fight on high school campus over claims student stole wallet
- Fight on campus with gang intervention; fractured spine
- Student blinded after school on campus when hit by thrown ball
- Trip on extension of temporary fence at fair; injury to left ankle
- Plaintiff 12-year-old student subject to bullying repeatedly over months with alleged non-action by school district, principal and other school personnel. Assault aggravated wound from prior surgery,
- Suit against University by student claiming harassment after roommate posted video of masturbation and posting seen by other students.
- Claims of rape by 14 year old against another 14 year old and publication of video after encounter in middle school.
- Negligence/wrongful death claims against County and Department of Child Protective Services for failure to protect plaintiff’s daughter, killed by family relative.
- Action against County and Sheriff for injuries to pretrial detainee in custody resulting in broken vertebrae.
- Suit for traumatic brain injury from student assaulted during football skit.
- Several cases of injuries from bicycles flipped from defects in roadway.
- Fall on asphalt/concrete sidewalk divide outside car dealership; meds covered workman comp.
- Fatalities from double car crash caused by hydroplaning on freeway after rains and claims against DOT and State for failure to clear drains on freeway.
- Officer killed two pedestrians in walkway while racing to scene of crime with no lights or sirens.
- High School Football player tackled causing brain damage. Claims of dangerous condition of turf on football field.
- Inverse condemnation where raw sewage overflowed into residence.
- Constructive eviction suit against city from sewage eruption and damage from residence basement filling with raw sewage and e-coli contamination.
- Traumatic brain injury to student in mascot costume during sports rally.
- Sexual relationship by government entity staff with underage wards of court.
- Part-time lifeguard for beach city claimed age discrimination and constructive termination
- Sexual relationship by government entity staff with underage wards of court.
- Parttime lifeguard for beach city claimed age discrimination and constructive termination.
- Civil rights action for suit against state and county corrections for unreasonable force on inmate.