Wrongful Death Lawsuit Ends with $700,000 Settlement Agreement

Over two years ago San Diego musician Nicki Lyn Carano was driving when a “giant tree fell o her car in Pacific Beach.” Since her tragic death, her parents spent time filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the city that finally reached a settlement recently for $700,000. In their lawsuit against the city of San Diego, Carano’s parents, Anthony and Carole Ann Carano, alleged “city authorities had ‘actual and/or constructive knowledge’ that there was a defect in the tree that caused their daughter’s death


$2.6M Settlement Reached Between Female Professors and Denver Law School

After working her entire career at a Denver law school, Lucy Marsh discovered that she was one of the lowest paid professors in the school, despite being one of the most experienced. As a result, she filed a lawsuit against the school, which led to “years of litigation against the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law.” Fortunately for Marsh, the lawsuit finally ended on Thursday with a $2.6 million settlement for not only Marsh but for six other women as well.



California Bill Might Extend Medicaid Coverage to All Adults — Including Illegal Immigrants

An ambitious California bill that would extend Medicaid coverage to all adults is taking the endeavor a step further, promising to insure illegal immigrants as well. According to POLITICO, the measure builds on Gov. Jerry Brown’s 2015 decision to offer health insurance to all California children, regardless of immigration status. The latest announcement, writes columnist


Disability Rights Advocates Launch Class Action Against Stanford, Claiming Discrimination

Berkeley-based Disability Rights Advocates is filing a class action against Stanford University on behalf of at least three students, all of whom, says the DRA, faced discrimination due to mental health issues. First reported by The Fountain Hopper last Thursday, the suit alleges that Stanford placed three students on ‘involuntary leaves of absence’ after they




Ziyad Tahini Recalled Nationwide Amid Salmonella Scare

Eggs aren’t the only products being contaminated by salmonella at the moment. Recently, tahini pasts sold in Walmart was recalled by Ziyad Brothers Importing after state test results found traces of salmonella in the products. The recall is for Walmarts nationwide, though the Cicero, IL company noted that it “had not yet received the results of confirmation testing, but it initiated the recalls a precautionary move.”