San Diego Law Blog
How a vicarious liability claim can help you recover compensation
The damages suffered in a truck accident can be devastating. They can not only ruin your financial stability, making it difficult to cover your daily living expenses, but they can also prevent you from obtaining the medical care you need and leave you struggling to...
How the “savings to suitors” clause works
Usually, when an employee seeks compensation for injury while on the job, filing a negligence suit either with attorney representation or pro se in state court would be the way to proceed. For maritime workers and seaman, however, the blend of federal and state...
Retaliation for reporting harassment is an ongoing problem
In San Diego, throughout California and across the nation, people who are confronted with workplace violations are increasingly emboldened to speak out about it. This includes various forms of harassment, most notably sexual harassment. Still, even when employees...
Grocery chain settles pregnancy discrimination case
Many employers view a pregnant female employee as someone who cannot fulfill the physical demands of their job. Unhappily for these employers, at least two federal statutes protect these women from discrimination based upon their physical condition. A local grocery...
More changes to CA’s controversial independent contractor law
As soon as California passed the landmark law known as AB 5, people were discussing changes. The goal of AB 5, according to its supporters, was to crack down on misclassification by instituting a much stricter definition of what it means to be an independent...
Accident at an area intersection leaves best friends dead
Two young women, both in the early 20s, died in a serious car accident at San Diego intersection. Rescuers also took 6 other people to local hospitals, but their condition was not disclosed. Police said that a person came through a red light at a high speed while the...
Employment Discrimination In Response To Newest Recession
The Covid-19 pandemic is still very much active and continues to threaten health and life throughout the United States. But even as we worry about the risks of infection, we also need to worry about the many other issues related to the Pandemic, such as the economic...
Do you need a personalized approach to your case?
Employment decisions are made based on a lot of different factors. Your experience, education, training, and even your fit within the workplace culture can all be taken into consideration when hiring, promoting, assigning work, and even reducing hours or terminating...
Gender Discrimination Allegations Made Against TMZ
California is home to certain industries with notorious reputations for how women are treated in the workplace. These industries, which tend to be male dominated, include tech companies in Silicon Valley, the venture capital industry and much of the entertainment...
California Ballot Measure Focuses On Fate Of Gig Workers
One of the biggest employment law issues of this generation is the proliferation of the so-called “gig economy.” In the absence of good-paying fulltime jobs with benefits, many workers are forced to string together several part-time jobs, often ones where they are...
