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Settlement
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California Employment Law Update
Employee’s Overtime Claims Were Barred By Settlement Agreement
By Tony Oncidi
Larner v. Los Angeles Doctors Hosp. Associates, LP, 168 Cal. App. 4th 1291 (2008) Josephine Larner, a nurse, sued her former employer, a hospital, for allegedly unpaid overtime. Larner brought…
TortsProf Blog
Arkansas Sizzler Suit Settled
Earlier this year, I noted the lawsuit, related to the death of a seven-year-old boy on a Sizzler carnival ride on Easter 2007. It's now settled for an undisclosed amount.I've…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Offers of Settlement in Discrimination / Civil Rights Cases
Harold Lewis, Jr. (Mercer) and Thomas Eaton (Georgia) have just posted on SSRN their article The Contours of a New FRCP, Rule 68.1: A Proposed Two-Way Offer of Settlement Provision…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Secunda on Wal-Mart Settlement
Our own Paul Secunda was quoted in today's Wall Street Journal on the Wal-Mart settlement we recently posted on. As Paul notes, one of Wal-Mart's reasons for settling now may…
International Law Prof Blog
Terrorism judgment against Libya to be nullified
In January 2008, a group of American families obtained a U.S. $6 billion judgment in U.S. District Court against Libya in connection with the 1989 bombing of UTA Flight 772…
ContractsProf Blog
The King of Pop Settles with Bahraini Prince
Alas, Michael Jackson's fans will have to wait for his next law suit if they want to hear him testify. As reported earlier on this blog, Sheikh Abdulla bin Hamad…
TortsProf Blog
A Final (?) Note on the Kentucky Kingdom Settlement
As I noted last week, Six Flags settled with the Lasitter family regarding their daughter's injuries. As of the initial reports, it was not clear whether the park chain had…
British Columbia Insurance Blog
Insurance companies and their lawyers tend to evaluate the value of claims better than plaintiffs’ counsel.
Eighty to 92 percent of all cases settle before trial. A recent study by Kiser, “… An Empirical Study of Decision Making in Unsuccessful Settlement Negotiations”, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Volume 5,…
British Columbia Insurance Blog
Past settlements must be deducted from tort awards
The recent British Columbia Court of Appeal decision of Ashcroft v. Dhaliwal 2008 BCCA 352 September 16, 2008, clarifies that past settlements will be deducted from judgements. The settlement has…
California Employment Law Update
Wage & Hour Class Action Settlement Is Vacated Because Of Insufficiency Of Record
By Tony Oncidi
Kullar v. Foot Locker Retail, Inc., 168 Cal. App. 4th 116 (2008) Crystal Echeverria and two other objectors challenged the fairness and adequacy of a settlement of a class action…