Cachet swivel chair product liability 265
March 24th, 2011 
admin Product Liability is another area of San Diego Personal Injury Law.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a recall of 165,000 Cachet swivel chairs due to safety risks. Steelcase, the product’s manufacturer, said the front seat support part of the chair can crack and fail, causing the user to fall. There has been one reported back injury associated with the defect. San Diego personal injury attorney Soham Chatterjee, Reuters 01/25/2011
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Anaheim Ducks religious discrimination 264
March 24th, 2011 admin Discrimination is another area of San Diego Personal Injury Law.
A Jewish hockey player drafted by the Anaheim Ducks has filed a lawsuit against the team over religious discrimination. The plaintiff claims in his suit that he was “forced to endure a barrage of anti-Semitic, offensive and degrading verbal attacks” while a member of the Ducks’ farm team, theBakersfield Condors. The lawsuit is seeking unspecified damages. San Diego personal injury attorney Staff Report, LA Times 01/26/2011
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Medical Malpractice causes 4 year-old death 263
March 24th, 2011 admin Medical Malpractice is another area of San Diego Personal Injury Law.
A $2.5 million settlement has been reached in a medical malpractice lawsuitagainst a psychiatrist at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. The suit was filed against Dr. Kayoko Kifuji and claimed she was responsible for prescribing psychiatric drugs to a 4-year-old girl that resulted in her death. The girl’s parents were both convicted of murdering their daughter through “reckless dispensing of the drugs.” Kifuji was not charged criminally in the case. San Diego personal injury attorney Patricia Wen, Boston Globe 01/25/2011
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Police Department gender-discrimination lawsuit 262
March 24th, 2011 admin Discrimination is another area of San Diego Personal Injury Law.
The Concord Police Department in California has agreed to a $150,000 settlement with a female officer in a gender-discrimination lawsuit. The plaintiff complained in her lawsuit that the department was “rife with overt hostility and disparate treatment toward female officers” and she and other female officers were subjected to a “de facto” male hierarchy. In 1999, the city paid $1.25 million to the plaintiff and other female employees to settle a similar lawsuit. San Diego personal injury attorney Henry K. Lee, San Francisco Chronicle 01/25/2011
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Paintball gun product recall 261
March 24th, 2011 admin Product Liability is another area of San Diego Personal Injury Law.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a recall of 1,400 paintball gun/markers due to a safety risk. KEE Action Sports LLC announced that the BT SA-17 Paintball Gun/Marker has a CO2 cartridge that can fly off the gun, posing an injury risk to the user. There have been no injuries reported with the product. San Diego personal injury attorney Staff Report, PR Newswire 01/27/2011
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Facebook discrimination lawsuit 260
March 24th, 2011 admin Discrimination is another area of San Diego Personal Injury Law.
A Staten Island man has filed a $500,000 lawsuit against social media giant Facebook for shutting down his account for no reason. The man said he has contacted Facebook multiple times about the problem without receiving a response. The plaintiff, who is Muslim, is also accusing the company of religious discrimination. San Diego personal injury attorney Jose Martinez , New York Daily News 01/26/2011
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Alcohol poisoning lawsuit 259
March 24th, 2011 admin Wrongful Death is another area of San Diego Personal Injury Law.
Utah State University has agreed to a settlement in a lawsuit filed against them by the family of a student who died of alcohol poisoning in 2008. The suit claimed USU officials “failed to exercise meaningful oversight over its Greek-letter societies, long ignoring misbehavior at the Sigma Nu fraternity chapter,” where the incident occurred. As part of the settlement, the school will “fine-tune” measures related to alcohol awareness and hazing. San Diego personal injury attorney Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune 01/15/2011
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Pipe line explosion causes 20 year-old death 258
March 24th, 2011 admin Wrongful Death is another area of San Diego Personal Injury Law.
The family of a California girl has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) over a gas pipeline explosion that resulted in the 20-year-old’s death. The lawsuit claims the company was aware of defects in the pipeline before the explosion but ignored the safety issue. “PG&E failed to maintain or properly inspect the pipe or install automatic or remote shutoff valves,” the suit claims. The family is seeking unspecified damages. San Diego personal injury attorney Shaun Bishop, San Francisco Examiner 01/26/2011
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Events promoter premises liability 257
March 24th, 2011 admin Premises Liability is another area of San Diego Personal Injury Law.
California events promoter Live Nation has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit filed against them over improper fees charged by subsidiary Ticketmaster. The suit claimed Ticketmaster added “delivery” fees that were really ways to boost the company’s profit. The $22.3 million settlement will cover legal fees and refunds to affected customers. San Diego personal injury attorney Alex Pham, LA Times 01/26/2011
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Border patrol wrongfully fired 256
March 24th, 2011 admin Premises Liability is another area of San Diego Personal Injury Law.
A former U.S. border patrol agent has filed a lawsuit against his former employer, claiming he was wrongfully fired due to his views on drug legalization and illegal immigrants. The plaintiff claims in the suit that he was fired merely because of his personal views, not because of his work performance, which is a violation of his rights to freedom of speech. The lawsuit is seeking unspecified damages. San Diego personal injury attorney Tim Gaynor, Reuters 01/27/2011
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