Part 2 of 2: Second Ten Grouping—Nos. 1-10.      We already gave you our top 11-20 decisions previously this month.      As noted in an earlier post, we have accumulated our “top 20” attorney’s fees decisions, recognizing that we limit the list to published decisions and that t ...

Last week, Sherri Lee Chinn was driving on Highway 1, which is just north of Santa Cruz, when her car went from the southbound lane to the northbound lane. A man driving a motorcycle, Jose Absalon Barrientos, was hit head-on and died immediately. Passengers of a car in front of Chinn's car also got ...

Federal Court of Appeals Sustains $180,029.50 Fee Award to Tenants. In Barrientos v. 1801-182 Morton LLC, Case No. 07-56697 (9th Cir. Oct. 9, 2009) (certified for publication), tenants won summary judgment and permanent injunctive relief with respect to illegal notices of eviction served ...

Orange County Fire Authority was called to the parking lot of La Tierra Elementary School with a 9-1-1 call concerning an unconscious 14 year old boy. Initially it was thought that he had a skateboarding accident, but after the facts were revealed, it seems he had sustained head trauma through a sen ...

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District. Jose A. BARRIENTOS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 2D07-2221. Feb. 6, 2009. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; J. Rogers Padgett, Judge. James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Megan Olson, Assistant Pub ...

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District. Jose B. BARRIENTOS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 2D07-1301. Feb. 6, 2009. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; J. Rogers Padgett, Judge. Michael Ufferman of Michael Ufferman Law Firm, P.A., Tallahassee, for ...

“To take or not to take an alcohol test?” That is the question that every person who is suspected of drunk driving must ask. When faced with such a potentially life-altering decision, perhaps its best to get some guidance from our elected officials. According to a report in the Austin American Sta ...

Reflecting on a risk-mad Wall Street, Debora Spar argues that a finance sector less dominated by men would have been more responsible: "Whether it be from a protectiveness born of biology or a reticence imposed by social norms, women may be less inclined than men to place the kind of bets that can g ...

Mexico Extradites Ten More Criminals to U.S., Bringing Total for 2008 to 95Statement by Ambassador Antonio O. Garza "Mexico City, December 31, 2008 - “President Calderon has again demonstrated his relentless, focused commitment to confronting organized criminal networks and their vicious leaders. To ...

Yah, I remember back when U.S. Attorney Coluntuano vowed to me, by and through former NH AAG Mark Zuckerman, that they would turn multiple felon Gregory W. Floyd's case over to the ATF and prosecute him under 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1). Nothing happened, so we're turning in our own Citizen Petitions. Last ...