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a claim or dispute brought to a court of law for adjudication.



Jury awards half million to tech exec fired by Paso Robles firm

Written on 14 Jun, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A former Paso Robles technology firm executive has received a $500,000 judgment against his former employer for wrongful termination. Paso Robles law firm Kinman and Curry successfully sued Applied Technologies Associates on behalf of Mark Kenyon, whom the company fired... (Continue reading)

Injured man files lawsuit against SLO firefighter

Written on 8 Jun, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 29 comments

The man beaten unconscious by a San Luis Obispo firefighter filed a civil lawsuit on May 31. [Tribune] In June 2011, John Ryan Mason, 34, allegedly beat Jory Brigham, 32, unconscious in a bathroom after an eight-month rift stemming from... (Continue reading)

Cuesta Title ex-employee tight-lipped at deposition

Written on 28 May, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 28 comments

By KAREN VELIE A former Cuesta Title employee refused to answer questions posed to her at a Kelly Gearhart-linked deposition, asserting her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. In 2009, investors filed a lawsuit alleging Stewart Title and Cuesta Title aided... (Continue reading)

Friends of Oceano Dunes appeals judge’s ruling

Written on 27 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

The legal battle over the controversial San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control Disctict dust rule will continue in an appellate court. San Francisco attorney Thomas Roth has filed an appeal on behalf of Friends of Oceano Dunes over San... (Continue reading)

Lawyers say Brown defiant of prison order

Written on 16 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

Prison inmates’ lawyers have filed court papers requesting federal judges to find Gov. Jerry Brown and his tool corrections official in contempt of court for the way the pair has handled prison overcrowding in California. (San Jose Mercury News) According... (Continue reading)

Nipomo board votes to borrow $4 million for pipeline

Written on 11 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Nipomo Community Services District Board members voted unanimously for a plan to borrow an additional $4 million for the construction of a water pipeline from Santa Maria, shortly after a lawsuit was filed contesting drawing the money from a reserve... (Continue reading)

Brennler files anti-SLAPP motion against Torres

Written on 10 May, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 103 comments

By CALCOASTNEWS STAFF Mike Brennler’s attorney filed a motion to strike down a lawsuit filed against him by a Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo (CAPSLO) coordinator, citing laws enacted to stop people with deep pockets from attempting to... (Continue reading)

First Amendment case threatens public employee unions

Written on 3 May, 2013 in Featured, Opinion | 15 comments

OPINION By PETER SCHEER Public employee unions face a new, and mortal, threat. It’s not the unfunded liability of union pension plans or municipal governments’ resort to bankruptcy to void union contracts. It’s not state initiatives to restrict collective bargaining... (Continue reading)

Lompoc stabbing victim sues school district over racial hostility

Written on 24 Apr, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 17 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The victim of a brutal stabbing carried out by gang members at Lompoc High School has filed suit against the Lompoc Unified School District over its alleged indifference to a hostile racial climate. The lawsuit, filed in... (Continue reading)

Judge tentatively approves Atascadero Walmart

Written on 23 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 26 comments

A San Luis Obispo Superior Court judge tentatively ruled against a lawsuit alleging that the city of Atascadero did not follow environmental laws in the process of approving the construction of a Walmart. [Tribune] Save Atascadero, a group opposed to... (Continue reading)