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CAOC CEO Nancy Drabble provided a quick review of 2024 and thanked members for their support as we look forward to 2025!

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Blair and McGregor v. Moreno Valley Unified School District SCHOOL DISTRICT TURNS A BLIND EYE TO A CHILD MOLESTER ON STAFF For 20 years, the Moreno Valley Unified School District employed child predator Thomas Lee West as a teacher, despite having ...

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Womack v. First Access Entertainment, LLC, et al. A MUSICIAN’S DRUG OVERDOSE DEATH ABETTED BY HIS AGENCY/RECORD LABEL Gustav Elijah “Gus” Ahr, a musician, songwriter, and model known professionally as “Lil Peep,” saw his fan base increase...

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In re: Juul Labs, Inc. Marketing, Sales Practices & Products Liability Litigation and JUUL Labs Product Cases VICTORY FOR INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES HARMED BY THE E-CIGARETTE EPIDEMIC In 2015, two Stanford graduates launched an e-cigarette company wi...

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McCracken, et al. v. Riot Games, Inc. CHANGING A COMPANY’S HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT FOR WOMEN Video games maker Riot Games Inc. was sued by a class of women who contended that the company fostered a hostile work environment and toxic work culture...

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French, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al. JUSTICE FOR A MAN KILLED BY AN OFF-DUTY POLICE OFFICER Salvador Sanchez, an off-duty Los Angeles police officer, was holding his 1-1/2-year-old son while shopping at Costco in Corona when he was struck ...

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Cingari v. Natural Health Sports Therapy, et al. Cingari, et al. v. Mid-Century Insurance Company, et al. FAILURE TO DEFEND: A CHINK IN THE ARMOR OF THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES EXCLUSION This case stands for the proposition that insurers must think t...

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Kim v. Doe ER Doctor and Doe Hospital ATTORNEY’S INTUITION EXPOSES COVER-UP OF MISSED DIAGNOSIS LEADING TO DEATH 41-year-old Aaron Cua went to the emergency department with sudden onset of severe chest pain and significantly abnormal elevated he...

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Callahan v. Marriott International, Inc. EMPLOYER WOULDN’T ACCOMMODATE LONGTIME EMPLOYEE’S PARAPLEGIA Dan Callahan worked for the San Francisco Marquis Marriott for 30 years as a concierge. Twenty-five years into his employment, Dan became an i...

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I.M. a minor, et al. v. Doe CHP Officers E.W. and L.W., Minors v. State of California, California Highway Patrol and Doe CHP Officers HE DIED AFTER TELLING OFFICERS “I CAN’T BREATHE” – 14 TIMES In March 2020, two California Highway Patrol o...

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These are the finalists for CAOC's 2024 Street Fighter of the Year award. Eligibility for Street Fighter of the Year is limited to CAOC members who have practiced law for no more than ten years or work in a firm with no more than five attorneys. To b...

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These are the finalists for CAOC's 2024 Consumer Attorney of the Year award. Consumer Attorney of the Year is awarded to a CAOC member or members who significantly advanced the rights or safety of California consumers by achieving a noteworthy result...

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CAOC President Kathryn Stebner recorded a reel to advertise our 2024 #JusticeDay in May.

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JUSTICE FOR A SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD WHO COULD NOT TESTIFY IN TRIAL Latrina Gray was an 11-year-old special needs child who was emotionally disturbed and developmentally delayed. She had a terrible history of abuse since birth. By age 10, Latrina had be...

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CORPORATIONS STOPPED FROM SELF-SERVING ASSERTIONS OF INNOCENCE Alicia Ramirez developed asbestos-caused mesothelioma after using Avon talcum-powder products for over 30 years. When she sued, Avon moved for summary judgment, purporting to designate a ...

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IMPROPERLY PRESCRIBED MEDICATIONS LEAD TO A DISABLING STROKE Matthew Andreeff suffered from neurofibromatosis, which caused him to develop skin lesions. He also suffered from chronic kidney disease. Immediately before undergoing elective surgery for...

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AN AVOIDABLE DEATH OF A STUDENT WITH ASTHMA LEADS TO CHANGES 13-year-old Adilene Carrasco had difficulty breathing after a long walk from her classroom to an athletic field for an outdoor science class. She asked her teacher for permission to walk ba...

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RETALIATION AGAINST EMPLOYEES WHO REPORTED SEXUAL AND RACIAL HARASSMENT Alfredo Martinez and Justin Page worked at Southern California Edison’s South Bay office. In February 2017, Page made an anonymous report to the company’s ethics hotline that...

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A HEALTH INSURER’S DELAYS AND DENIALS LEAD TO OPIOID ADDICTION Elaine Courtney needed urgent medical care for a pelvic prolapse issue that was causing her extreme pain. She received an urgent referral to a colorectal specialist for a surgical consu...

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A FAMILY GRIEVES AFTER A MORTUARY’S MISTAKE After 29-year-old Hector Villegas died in a car crash, his family arranged for a brief viewing at a mortuary, to be followed by cremation. When the family showed up for the viewing, they were told that th...

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A SURGEON’S UNDISCLOSED DISABILITY RESULTS IN A PATIENT’S BLINDNESS When one of the world’s leading vitreo-retinal surgeons botched an elective eye surgery for treatment of floaters, the plaintiff was left blind in one eye. Three doctors – th...

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THE TRAGIC PREVENTABLE DEATH OF AN ICON IN A U.S. NATIONAL PARK Esther Nakajjigo was raised in Uganda by an unwed teenage mother in a two-room home with a dirt floor. From these humble beginnings, she became a spokesperson for women and girls as a te...

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NAVY SEAL DISCHARGED BECAUSE OF CAR CRASH INJURY Decorated U.S. Navy SEAL Jonathan Fuller hired solo practitioner Maria Kelly due to his ongoing head and neck pain after a rear-end crash. Two years before the crash, Jon returned from Mosul, where he ...

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These are the finalists for CAOC's 2023 Consumer Attorney of the Year award. Consumer Attorney of the Year is awarded to a CAOC member or members who significantly advanced the rights or safety of California consumers by achieving a noteworthy result...

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These are the finalists for CAOC's 2023 Street Fighter of the Year award. Eligibility for Street Fighter of the Year is limited to CAOC members who have practiced law for no more than ten years or work in a firm with no more than five attorneys. To b...

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CAOC CEO Nancy Drabble has details of the great things CAOC accomplished in 2022.

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Aguirre v. Nissan North America, Inc. Roger A. Dreyer, Robert B. Bale and Noemi Nuñez Esparza Bolger v. Amazon.com, Inc. Jeremy K. Robinson Rehal v. Harvey Weinstein, The Weinstein Company, et al. Jane Doe v. Harvey Weinstein, The Weinstein Comp...

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Alarcio v. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department M. Lawrence Lallande, Arnoldo Casillas, Karina N. Lallande and Denisse O. Gastélum Hindawi v. Value Cars, Inc. Angel J. Carrazco and Christopher L. Holm Summer J. v. United States Baseball Feder...

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Rehal v. Harvey Weinstein, The Weinstein Company, et al. Jane Doe v. Harvey Weinstein, The Weinstein Company, et al. Genie E. Harrison FIGHTING FOR VICTIMS OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT BY HARVEY WEINSTEIN Harrison represented several victims of horrific ...

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Alarcio v. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department M. Lawrence Lallande, Arnoldo Casillas, Karina N. Lallande and Denisse O. Gastélum EXPOSING JAIL PRACTICES THAT LED TO AN INMATE’S MURDER After suffering a mental-health crisis, Wesley Alarcio...

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Southern California Gas Leak Cases Brian J. Panish, Raymond P. Boucher, Jesse Creed, R. Rex Parris, Gary A. Praglin, Frank M. Pitre, Michael Louis Kelly, Kelly Winter Weil, Mariana Aroditis McConnell, Paul R. Kiesel, Patricia K. Oliver, Devin Bolton,...

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Bolger v. Amazon.com, Inc. Jeremy K. Robinson HOLDING ONLINE MARKETPLACES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRODUCTS THEY SELL We don’t expect laptop batteries purchased from Amazon to explode in our lap and cause awful burns to our bodies – but that is exa...

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Aguirre v. Nissan North America, Inc. Roger A. Dreyer, Robert B. Bale and Noemi Nuñez Esparza A TEN-YEAR FIGHT TO PROVE A DANGEROUS VEHICLE DEFECT Jose Aguirre came to America seeking a better life. Though undocumented, he worked two jobs, paid ta...

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Yaeger v. Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, The Regents of the University of California William D. Shapiro and Brian D. Shapiro CHANGING HOSPITAL PROCEDURES AFTER A WOMAN’S BRAIN DAMAGE Jackie Yaeger, a young attorney just starting her career, ...

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Rice and Donahue v. City of Roy and Johnson Christopher B. Dolan and Jeremy M. Jessup JUSTICE IN THE NICK OF TIME FOR TWO MEN SHOT IN A POLICE AMBUSH It snowed heavily in the city of Roy, a one-stoplight town in rural Washington State, when David R...

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Summer J. v. United States Baseball Federation Steven B. Stevens, Thomas M. Dempsey and Daniel E. Selarz CHANGING A CENTURY-OLD DECISION TO PROTECT BASEBALL SPECTATORS In August 2013, 12-year-old Summer Johnson was struck in the head by a line-driv...

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Hindawi v. Value Cars, Inc. Angel J. Carrazco and Christopher L. Holm A LONG ROAD TO JUSTICE FOR A MAN INJURED ON THE JOB Car salesman Abdel “Alex” Hindawi was asked to move a high-performance motorcycle at his dealership. When he started the m...

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CAOC President Craig Peters explains how MICRA will be updated under AB 35.

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CAOC President Craig Peters explains how MICRA will be updated under AB 35.

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Bloom, et al. v. ACT, Inc., et al. Rahul Ravipudi, Jesse M. Creed, Jennifer Bennett and Marci Lerner Miller Presenter: Abbas Kazerounian

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In re Ghost Ship Fire Litigation Mary E. Alexander, Robert B. Bale, Thomas J. Brandi, Christopher B. Dolan, Bobby Thompson, Roger A. Dreyer, Brendan D.S. Way and Brian J. Malloy Presenter: Niall McCarthy

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Mendez Jimenez v. County of Sacramento, The Regents of the University of California, et al. Douglas L. Gordon and Lyndsie N. Russell Presenter: Stuart Chandler

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In re Roundup Products Liability Litigation R. Brent Wisner Presenter: Steve Brady

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Doe v. University of Southern California, et al. Vince W. Finaldi, John C. Manly, Sharyl B. Garza, Jane E. Reilley, Mike Arias, Alfredo Torrijos, Arnold C. Wang and Courtney Pendry Presenter: Geoff Wells

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Sheppard, et al. v. Mandalay Bay, LLC, et al. Mark P. Robinson, Jr., Daniel S. Robinson, Wesley K. Polischuk, Michael Olson, Kevin R. Boyle, Matthew J. Stumpf and Matthew G. Freeman Presenter: Greg Bentley

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Kali v. Young, et al. Bibi Fell Presenter: Doris Cheng

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Swetlin v. Black-Maynard Jayme E. Simpson Presenter: Bibi Fell

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Singh and Rani v. Capay, Inc. Ricardo Echeverria, Kristin E. Hobbs and Stuart R. Chandler Presenter: Gretchen Nelson

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B.B. v. County of Los Angeles John E. Sweeney, Olu K. Orange, Carl E. Douglas, Jamon R. Hicks, Scott Tillett, Norman Pine and Michael D. Seplow Presenter: Bruce Broiliett

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Ruehle, et al. v. Chavez, et al. Christopher R. Aitken, Megan G. Demshki and Wylie A. Aitken Presenter: Greg Rizio

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Abarca v. Citizens of Humanity, LLC Daniel Kramer, Teresa Ann Johnson, Michael Burgis, Zhenia Burgis and Stuart B. Esner Presenter: Conal Doyle

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Roger E. Booth, Carly L. Sanchez and Andrew S. Pruitt

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Dale K. Galipo

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Deborah S. Chang, Brian J. Panish, Patrick K. Gunning and Alan Charles Dell’Ario

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C. Brooks Cutter, Robert A. Buccola, Steven M. Campora and John R. Parker, Jr.

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Rahul Ravipudi, Paul A. Traina, Ian P. Samson, Bobby Saadian and Jonathan C. Teller

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H. Gavin Long

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Christopher B. Dolan, Dianna L. Albini and Megan R. Irish

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Conal Doyle, Robert S. Gianelli and Joshua S. Davis

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Thomas J. Johnston and Donald G. Liddy

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J. Gary Gwilliam and Randall E. Strauss

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H. Gavin Long Presenter: Brian Chase

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CHRISTOPHER J. KEANE, JENNIFER J. LOTHERT AND ANDREW N. CHANG Miller v. Sutter Amador Hospital, et al. Presented by Arnold Levinson www.caoc.org

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SEVY W. FISHER, GREYSON M. GOODY AND JEFFREY I. EHRLICH Pebley v. Santa Clara Organics, et al. Presented by Robert Simon www.caoc.org

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WYLIE A. AITKEN, MEGAN G. DEMSHKI, JOHN C. ADAMS III AND WILLIAM J. KOPENY Sumrall v. Modern Alloys, Inc. Presented by Greg Rizio www.caoc.org

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MARY E. ALEXANDER, JOSEPH W. COTCHETT AND JUSTIN T. BERGER County of Santa Clara, et al., v. Atlantic Richfield Co., et al. Presetned by Gretchen Nelson

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DAVE RING AND LOUANNE MASRY Felicia M. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Presented by Geoff Wells www.caoc.org

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KATHRYN A. STEBNER, KARMAN GUADAGNI, ANOUSH LANCASTER, KIRSTEN M. FISH AND MICHAEL D. THAMER Minson, et al. v. Oakmont Senior Living, LLC, et al. Presented by Casey Johnson www.caoc.org

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RAHUL RAVIPUDI, ROBERT S. GLASSMAN AND SCOTT A. LILJEGREN Pierce v. Murrieta Valley Unified School District Presented by Deborah Chang www.caoc.org

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MARTIN I. AARONS AND SHANNON H.P. WARD Meadowcroft and Brown v. Silverton Partners, Inc., et al. Presented by Deborah Chang www.caoc.org

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TIMOTHY G. TIETJEN Rowe v. Pacific Gas & Electric Company, et al. Presented by John Feder www.caoc.org

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C. Brooks Cutter, Robert A. Buccola, Steven M. Campora and John R. Parker, Jr. Presenter: Frank Pitre

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Rahul Ravipudi, Paul A. Traina, Ian P. Samson, Bobby Saadian and Jonathan C. Teller Presenter: Craig Peters

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Deborah S. Chang, Brian J. Panish, Patrick K. Gunning and Alan Charles Dell’Ario Presenter: Michael Kelly

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CAOC's New Lawyers Division Presents: Tips & Tricks for Navigating the Job Market in the COVID-era!

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Cynthia Craig 2019 Marvin E. Lewis Award www.caoc.org

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Doris Cheng 2019 Robert E. Cartwright Sr. Award www.caoc.org

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2019 CAOC Street Fighters of the Year Sevy Fisher, Greyson Goody, and Jeffrey Ehrlich www.caoc.org

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CAOC 2020 President Micha Star Liberty Incoming Speech CAOC Convention 2019 www.caoc.org

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County of Santa Clara, et al. v. Atlantic Richfield Co., et al.

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