The Court of Appeal for this district has affirmed an order granting a new trial on damages to the plaintiff in a personal injury case, agreeing with a Los Angeles Superior Court judge that there were multiple instances of misconduct on the part of the defendant’s lawyer including a false statement to jurors that a medical doctor who was about to testify as an expert witness had been sued by 136 patients for fraudulent billings.

Orange County Superior Court Judge Richard King last month overturned the 2017 conviction, ruling that the detective’s testimony — that “pimps are generally Black” — violated the state’s Racial Justice Act.

(Subscription required) State bar prosecutors say Robert Finnerty knew, or should have known, Tom Girardi was concealing a multimillion-dollar payout due to a San Bruno pipeline explosion victim. Finnerty's lawyer told a court Tuesday that Girardi deserves all the blame.

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has rejected a water agency’s challenge to endangered species protections for the Southern California steelhead trout.