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Family Files Suit In Peninsula Bicyclist Big-Rig Death
REDWOOD CITY (BCN) – The family of a woman fatally struck by a big-rig while riding her bicycle in unincorporated Portola Valley last month has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in San Mateo County...
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Parents Of San Bruno Explosion Victim Sue PG&E
SAN BRUNO (BCN) — The parents of a woman who was killed in the San Bruno gas line explosion in September filed a wrongful death lawsuit against PG&E in San Francisco Superior Court Wednesday. The...
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Wrongful Death Suit Filed In SJPD Shooting
SAN JOSE (BCN) — An attorney for the parents of a mentally ill man who was shot to death by San Jose police officers two years ago has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the officers and the city...
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Wrongful Death Ruling Appealed Amid East Bay Officer Allegations
PITTSBURG (AP) — Criminal allegations against an East Bay narcotics officer have prompted an appeal of a judge’s ruling that Pittsburg police were justified in opening fire on a man in 2008. The appeal...
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$1.5M Settlement In Deputy Killing Of Knife-Waving Martinez Hospital Patient
MARTINEZ (CBS/AP) – Contra Costa County will pay nearly $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit over the death of a knife-waving man who was shot by sheriff’s deputies in an emergency room. The settlement was...
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Wrongful Death Lawsuit Over SF Dementia Patient Left At Wrong Location
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – An elder abuse and wrongful death case has been filed in California Superior Court in the disappearance and death of a San Francisco dementia patient who was missing for 10 days...
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Wrongful Death Case Begins Against Convicted Murderer Hans Reiser
HAYWARD (CBS SF) — More than four years after he was convicted of murdering his wife, computer engineer Hans Reiser returned to court Monday to defend himself in a wrongful death lawsuit that was filed...
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Convicted Murderer Hans Reiser Defends Self In Wrongful Death Case
HAYWARD (KCBS) — Convicted murderer Hans Reiser wore an orange prison uniform with two file boxes in front of him as he appeared in court Tuesday to outline his strategy in the wrongful death lawsuit...
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Reiser Attacks Slain Wife’s Character In Wrongful Death Case
HAYWARD (CBS SF) — Convicted killer Hans Reiser began his defense in his wrongful death trial on Wednesday by talking at length about the hormone oxytocin and by attacking his wife’s character. Reiser,...
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Convicted Killer Reiser Admits Wife Never Directly Harmed Children
HAYWARD (CBS SF) — Convicted wife-killer Hans Reiser admitted in his wrongful death trial Thursday that his wife never directly harmed their children. His statement while testifying in his own defense...
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Reiser Wrongful Death Trial Goes To Jury
OAKLAND (CBS SF) - An attorney who represents Hans Reiser’s two children asked jurors Monday to order Reiser to pay millions of dollars of damages for depriving them of their mother, Nina Reiser, by...
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Jury Orders Reiser To Pay Children Millions In Death Of Oakland Mom
OAKLAND (CBS SF) - Jurors on Tuesday ordered convicted wife-killer Hans Reiser to pay his two children a total of $60 million in damages for the loss of their mother. Reiser, 48, who is serving a term...
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Family Insists San Jose Marine Was Wrongfully Killed By SoCal Police
FREMONT (CBS) — Friends and family gathered Saturday to mourn the death of a 22-year old San Jose Marine who was killed last week by Palm Springs police. The family believes it is a case of wrongful...
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Judge Says Park Officials Destroyed Evidence Case Of Boy Who Died From Fall...
SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) — A federal magistrate judge says the National Park Service purposely destroyed evidence in the wrongful death case of a 9-year-old boy who fell to his death from a crumbling...
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Berkeley PD To Change Policies After Wrongful Death Settlement
BERKELEY (CBS SF) – The wife and two sons of a man who was killed outside his home in the Berkeley Hills last year have reached a resolution of their wrongful death lawsuit against the city of...
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San Mateo Bridge Limo Fire Victims’ Families File Wrongful Death Suits
SAN MATEO (CBS SF) — Family members of the victims of a fatal limousine fire on the San Mateo bridge are filing wrongful death lawsuits. Five of the nine women inside the limo were killed in the May...
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Family Of Sonoma Teen Killed By Deputy To File Civil Rights Suit
SANTA ROSA (CBS SF) – The attorney for the family of 13-year-old Andy Lopez Cruz will file a federal civil rights lawsuit in San Francisco Monday against Sonoma County and the sheriff’s deputy who...
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Phil Matier: Wrongful Death Suit Could Change How Uber Does Business
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — A wrongful-death lawsuit involving Uber and one of its drivers who struck a 6-year-old girl, could be instrumental in changing the way ridesharing companies are regulated. The...
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Union Files Complaint In Death Of Window-Washing Custodian At UC Berkeley
BERKELEY (CBS/AP) — A union representing service workers at the University of California, Berkeley has filed a complaint with state authorities over the death of a custodian. Forty-five-year-old Damon...
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Family Of Cal Football Player Ted Agu Filing Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against...
BERKELEY (CBS/AP) — Attorneys representing the family of former California football player Ted Agu filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Regents of the University of California. Agu died following...
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