It was up to the Los Angeles jury to decide if Thomas and Gail Steinbeck interfered with deals and should pay up. She also said Gail Steinbeck learned of projects and threatened moviemakers, saying she and her husband had legal rights to the work. In the same case, a judge earlier ruled the couple breached a contract between Kaffaga’s late mother and Thomas Steinbeck and his late brother, John …
Both sides had another day in court Tuesday in a family battle that has been waged for decades over who controls the works of iconic author John Steinbeck. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments to an appeal by the estate of Steinbeck’s late son, Thomas Steinbeck. The lawsuit said Thomas Steinbeck and his wife, Gail Steinbeck, impeded film adaptations of the classic works. A judge earlier …
Richard Williams argued the Regional Health Authorities Act is relevant because it offers the province an “immunity provision.” Section 61(1) of the act states neither the province nor the minister of health is liable “for an act or omission of a regional health authority official, a person on the medical staff or nursing staff of a regional health authority or an employee or agent of a …
Prison death lawsuit cites Sheriff David Clarke: report By Mallory Shelbourne – 08/15/17 09:11 AM EDT The family of an inmate who died in a Milwaukee jail has reportedly filed a civil suit against Milwaukee County and Sheriff David Clarke. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Clarke is one of numerous defendants named in the lawsuit over the 2016 death of inmate Terrill Thomas, who died …
NFL player Nate Allen filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Fort Myers on Thursday, nearly two years after his wrongful arrest. Allen, a defensive back with the Oakland Raiders and Cape Coral High graduate, was arrested by the Fort Myers Police Department in February 2015. He was held for five hours after a victim wrongly …
To date, a common practice when hiring in California, and throughout the nation, has been to have new hires sign an employment contract. And, often times, there’s a little– but mighty– clause in there requiring the use of arbitration to solve any future disputes between employee and employer. What’s more, these agreements sometimes have something called a class-action waiver attached to them, …
The complainant is Taylor, Bean & Whitaker (TBW), which was a top-10 wholesale mortgage lending firm. The trustees of the company are accusing PwC of negligence in their audits of TBW’s lender, Colonial Bank. In an agreement between the top management of the borrower and the bank, starting from 2002, TBW chairman Lee Farkas sent mortgage data to Colonial Bank for fake loans or those the company …