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Family of teen killed by Oakland police receives $110K settlement

Posted on June 4, 2014

ABC 7 News

OAKLAND, Calif. — A $110,000 settlement for the family of a teen shot and killed by an Oakland police officer more than two years ago was approved by the Oakland City Council Tuesday night, the family’s attorney confirmed today. Alan

Jury Awards Whistleblower $613,302 in Lawsuit Against City of Oakland

Posted on September 24, 2015

The East Bay Express

The City of Oakland lost a big whistleblower lawsuit yesterday in federal district court. The case, brought by Daryelle Lawana Preston, Oakland’s former director of employee relations, included allegations that a top Oakland official pressured her to falsify reports to

Tears, hugs follow jurors’ $3.1 million award to whistleblower in teacher credentialing case

Posted on August 19, 2016

Sacramento Bee

A Sacramento woman fired from the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing after disclosing a three-year backlog in teacher misconduct complaints has won a $3.1 million jury verdict in a lawsuit against the agency and two of its executives. Whistleblower Kathleen

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Embattled UC Teacher Is Granted Tenure

Posted on May 21, 2005

San Francisco Chronicle

Critic of campus’ ties with biotech lost initial bid A widely watched tenure battle at UC Berkeley has ended in victory for assistant professor Ignacio Chapela, an outspoken critic of campus ties to the biotech industry. The university has reversed

Trial Shocker: $19M

Posted on December 7, 2007

The Fresno Bee

Jury says CSUF discriminated against Stacy Johnson-Klein. A jury Thursday awarded $19.1 million to former Fresno State women’s basketball coach Stacy Johnson-Klein in a verdict that was stunning as much for its speed as its size. After eight weeks of

Judge allows suit by family of woman killed by Emeryville police

Posted on March 14, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle

A federal magistrate has refused to dismiss a lawsuit by the family of an Oakland woman who was killed by Emeryville police after allegedly shoplifting from a store, saying a jury could find that she posed no threat to the

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Fruitvale Station trial ends as Bart settles with Oscar Grant’s friends

Posted on May 21, 2014

The Guardian

Five friends of Oscar Grant, the man who was fatally shot by a San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer, have reached a deal to settle a federal lawsuit against the agency, officials said. Jack Bryson Jr, Nigel Bryson,

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Both Sides Claim Victory In Breakaway Union Tiff

Posted on April 12, 2010

The Daily Journal

SAN FRNCISCO — A federal jury on Friday sided with the Service Employees Union and its California local United Healthcare Workers-West when it returned a verdict assessing $1.6 million in damages against several former local leaders and the rival union

Federal trial set in Plumas school racial bias suit

Posted on November 15, 2011

Sacramento Bee

QUINCY – A racial discrimination lawsuit filed in federal court against the Plumas Unified School District remains scheduled for jury trial following an order by Judge John A. Mendez with the U.S. District Court’s Eastern District of California. In his

Discrimination – Retaliation – Settlement: $850,000

Posted on March 7, 2014

Daily Journal

CASE/NUMBER: Jerald Clinton Eaglesmith, Ramona Eaglesmith, Justus Eaglesmith, Eileen Cox, Bruce Barnes v. Jeff Ray, Sue Segura, Board of Trustees of Plumas County Office of Education/Plumas County Unified School District / 2:11-cv- 00098-JAM-AC. COURT/DATE: USDC Eastern / Aug. 12, 2013.

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