Judge Delays Sentencing Of California Marijuana Dispensory Owner
April 24th, 2009 | 
Author: LOS ANGELES—A federal judge indicated Thursday he will consider reducing the sentence for a convicted medical marijuana dispensary owner, but believes he’s bound by the law to issue at least a one-year prison term.
U.S. District Judge George Wu postponed the sentencing of Charles Lynch until June 11. In front of a courtroom packed with reporters, attorneys and Lynch supporters, Wu listened for more than two hours before asking lawyers on each side to file further arguments stating their position. Read Full Story
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Jobless Rates Climb In 46 States With California At 11.2 %
Reported By Stu Woo and Sudeep Reddy from The WSJ
California and North Carolina in March posted their highest jobless rates in at least three decades, as unemployment increased in all but a handful of states during the month, the Labor Department said Friday.
California’s unemployment rate jumped to 11.2% in March, while North Carolina rose to 10.8%, the highest for both since the U.S. government began a comprehensive tally of state joblessness in 1976. Read Full Story
Kaiser Makes $1M Settlement With Kidney Transplant Patient’s Families
Sacramento Business Journal – by Chris Rauber San Francisco Business Times
Five medical malpractice cases involving Kaiser Permanente’s now-defunct Northern California kidney transplant program in San Francisco have been settled for a total of $1 million, according to their Irvine-based attorney, who blamed flaws in California’s malpractice laws for the relatively small size of the settlements.
Three of the five cases were wrongful death cases, which alleged that Kaiser failed to provide transplant kidneys on a timely basis. In another case, the patient’s transplant allegedly was delayed by a year and a half due to the improper refusal of a donor kidney. In the fifth case, allegedly inappropriate post-transplant care contributed to the rejection of the transplanted organ. Read Full Story
Woman Who Lost Her Left Leg In Bus Accident Awarded $27.5 Million
Reported By New York Timesm By Liz Robbins
A Manhattan jury on Wednesday awarded $27.5 million to a woman who lost her left leg after a New York City Transit bus ran over her while it was turning a corner two blocks from her apartment in 2005.
The woman, Gloria Aguilar, 45, who had to have her leg amputated and has worn a prosthetic leg ever since, cried when the verdict was announced. She then thanked some members of the jury who had heard the nearly seven-week trial in Manhattan Supreme Court, her lawyer, Ben Rubinowitz, said on Thursday. Read Full Story