City loses legal appeal over Measure M sewer and water fees
The city could lose $9 million in annual revenue if it ultimately loses its legal battle over Measure M.
In lawsuit, driver alleges ex-employer called coronavirus a hoax, refused to provide protective gear
A former driver who worked in Signal Hill for a chemical company is suing his ex-employer, alleging he was forced to resign this spring after management ignored his pleas for protective uniforms and social distancing, and called the coronavirus a “hoax.”
Mentally ill man ‘needed help, not beatings,’ says attorney announcing lawsuit against LBPD
By the lawsuit’s timeline, Eugene Martindale’s beating followed a cascading series of misunderstandings where people mistook his cries for help as aggression.
California says Neptune Society bilked cremation customers
California’s attorney general sued the Neptune Society on Monday, claiming the well-known company pocketed $100 million that it should have kept in reserve for those who signed up for its prepaid cremation service plans.
Residents of sinking mobile home park win more than $50M settlement
Residents who were part of a lawsuit over conditions at the park will receive about $50 million in the settlement, in addition to $7 million generated from the sale of the park, attorneys said.
Judge upholds $36 million jury verdict for residents of mobile home park built on sinking trash dump
More than 100 families have sued the owners and operators of the Friendly Village Mobile Home Park saying they lived in squalor at the property that was once a trash dump for the city of Long Beach.
Jury rules in favor of city over alleged ‘mystery boulder’ car crash
A jury has found that the city of Long Beach was not at fault in a 2012 accident in which a 25-year-old man was seriously injured when the car he was riding in hit landscaping boulders at the intersection of Second Street and Appian Way.