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How Saving The Thai Soccer Team Was Like The Defective Heater Recall
This may sound like a bit of a stretch, but what do the globally covered Thai Soccer Team rescue and the well-publicized Defective Heater Recall have in common? Both were teams of people facing incredible odds –– one team had to negotiate miles of flooded, darkened caves in a remote area, with young boys who…
Read MoreHow The Stoll Law Corporation Pursued Heater Recall Witnesses Across The US
Read the behind-the-scenes story of how Albert G. Stoll and Walter A. Haynes IV kept tabs on discovering evidence and finding witnesses across the country. Earlier this year, the Albert G. Stoll Law Firm in San Francisco settled a huge lawsuit against a leading oil-filled radiator heater manufacturer. That company had created more than…
Read MoreClosed Business: A Multi-Million Dollar San Francisco BNI Success Story
How did members of two San Francisco BNI Chapters – partners in a personal injury law firm – each recently report $1.8 million in closed business? A referral from a former Business Network International member that became the catalyst for an a wide-reaching lawsuit. A case worthy of “CSI” meets “Law & Order”. A substantial…
Read MoreSan Francisco Law Firm Wins $9 Million Defective Oil-Filled Heater Lawsuit Settlement
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, June 8, 2018 / PRNewswire / — Albert G. Stoll, Jr. | A Law Corporation, has obtained a complete victory in a $9 million settlement against the manufacturer of defective oil-filled heaters in a settlement six days prior to going to trial. A Defective Heater Caused A Christmas Night Fire. The focal…
Read MoreUnsafe Left Turns: A hazard to San Francisco bicycle riders.
Left Turn Bike Accident animation. This video illustrates one of the most common hazards to bike riders in San Francisco. The inattentive or careless driver who turns left in front of a bicycle rider proceeding straight.
Read MoreLitigation Over Noncompete Agreements Up 61%
According to the Wall Street Journal, litigation over noncompete agreements has risen 61%in the past decade – a number that may be low considering most cases are settled out of court and not reported. Long considered the standard for senior management employment contracts, noncompetes are becoming increasingly common at all levels of employment as a…
Read MoreMinimum Wage Violations Now Also Enforced by Labor Commissioner
Assembly Bill 240 this bill amends California Labor Code Section 98 and 1194.2 and allows employees to recover liquidated damages in labor Commissioner proceedings for claims alleging they they were paid less than California’s minimum wage. Existing law had allowed liquidated damages, for minimum wage violations, only in a civil court action. Now employees and…
Read MoreCalifornia Expands Workplace Law By Clarifying Gender Classification
A new California employment law expands the protections under California’s FEHA by clarifying that the gender classification in both FEHA and the Unruh Civil Rights act include both gender identity and gender expression as protected categories. Gender expression is defined under the statute as a person’s gender related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically…
Read MoreCalifornia Expands Law Prohibiting Discrimination Based on Genetic Information
The California Fair Employment and Housing Act and Unruh Civil Rights act were recently expanded by California Senate Bill 559 to prohibit discrimination based on genetic information. The FEHA and Unruh Civil Rights Act now also prohibit employers from seeking information regarding: 1. An individual’s genetic tests; 2. Genetic tests of the individual’s family members;…
Read MoreOutlook for 2013: The New Year
I have been reading Sam Walton Made in America My Story by Sam Walton with John Huey. David Glass is quoted at page 39 as follows: “Two things about Sam Walton distinguish him from almost everyone else I know. First, he gets up every day bound and determined to improve something. Second, he is less…
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