Amazon has become part of most of our lives. The Amazon Prime vans have become ubiquitous in our neighborhoods. But there’s a catch. If something bad happens, Amazon will disavow responsibility and try to pass the buck to a no value, underinsured third party. It’s no secret that Amazon attempts to avoid liability for accidents…
Modesto has been suing two of the world’s largest chemical companies for the past 24 years over a colorless cleaning chemical that research indicates can cause cancer. Dry cleaners across the city have been using the chemical for decades. Read More
CHULA VISTA- La seguridad es una vez más el tema de conversación entre los padres del Distrito Escolar de Preparatorias Sweetwater Union. “Envío a mis hijos a la escuela con la esperanza de que sea un lugar seguro, un lugar donde puedan aprender y simplemente concentrarse”, dijo Aysha Ali, madre de la Preparatoria Castle Park.…
CHULA VISTA, Calif. (KGTV) — Two South Bay families plan on suing the Sweetwater Union High School District after, they say their kids were hurt due to unsafe conditions on campus. The family attorney’s filed the legal complaints on Thursday and say their clients feel the district could have avoided these injuries. The families are…
Safety is once again the topic of conversation among Sweetwater Union School District parents. “I send my children to school, hoping it’s a safe place, a place where they can learn and just focus,” said Aysha Ali, a Castle Park High School parent. Yet, two Sweetwater families say that’s no longer the case. According to Civil…
POMONA (CNS) – Two former employees and one current worker at Romano’s Macaroni Grill, all females, are suing the owners of the restaurant chain, alleging that management did not do enough to stop two male supervisors at the now-closed Industry location from sexually harassing them. Shanell Covarrubias, Maria Raya and Idalia Carrera brought the lawsuit…
“We lose everything in that. We are waiting one year for a solution now,” Jose Becerra said. “With the city not accepting the claim it’s really hard to understand. They promised to help and they never give the help.” A report from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives said human error was the…
“And suddenly I heard a scream say ‘fire in the hole!’” he said. “And suddenly the big explosion. I saw the sun coming to me, my family was screaming.” Nearly 10 months ago, an accidental fireworks explosion on 27th and San Pedro streets in South LA in front of Jose Becerra’s home put him in a…
LOS ANGELES – Eight months after the Los Angeles Police Department bomb squad detonated illegal fireworks in a South Los Angeles neighborhood, families remain displaced. Read More
Two assistant principals at Rialto’s Wilmer Amina Carter High School threatened to expel a student unless she dropped a complaint that she was verbally abused and sexually assaulted by another student, according to a legal claim filed Thursday, March 3, by the girl’s attorney. Read More
An attorney representing a 16-year-old Rialto high school student who claims her allegations of sexual assault by another student were ignored by school officials filed a legal claim this week against the district’s handling of the incident. Read More
The mother of a 15-year-old girl who reported being sexually assaulted by a fellow student at Carter High School in Rialto is accusing school officials of threatening to expel her daughter for reporting the abuse. Read More
RIALTO, Calif. (KABC) — With two assistant principals in Rialto facing criminal charges after allegedly failing to report several accusations of sexual assault by the same student, an attorney representing one of the victims wants to know if there might be other victims. Read More
The family of a student who says she was sexually assaulted at Carter High School in Rialto spoke out on Friday. Read More
The case has already lead to the arrest of two school administrators. Both were charged with felony child abuse for failing to report claims of sexual assault committed by the same 17-year-old suspect against three victims. Read More
Alder Law firm founders, Gina Zapanta and Mike Alder, launch a weekly virtual dance FUNraiser to donate meals to healthcare professionals. Los Angeles, CA, April 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Los Angeles, CA, April 13, 2020 – Gina Zapanta and Mike Alder host a weekly virtual dance fundraiser on Facebook and Instagram, to help small…
An office building in Valley Village has been purchased by Alder Law, a Los Angeles-based legal firm, for $5.3 million, or $266 per square foot, according to brokerage CBRE Group. Located at 12800 Riverside Drive and built in 1985, the 17,300-square-foot, two-level building features private balconies, a central courtyard and 36 covered parking spaces. Buyer…
Attorneys for his family said Wednesday that they had filed a claim against the city and LAPD for injuries and property loss related to the explosion. The family of nine, who live near the intersection of 27th and San Pedro streets, lost everything in the blast and were still recovering from their injuries nearly two…
Things changed in an instant for the victims of the June 30 fireworks explosion that rattled a neighborhood in South LA, injured 17 people and destroyed apartments and cars up and down the street. Jose Bacerra is one of the victims of the explosion, which occurred when the Los Angeles Police Department attempted to safely…
ABOUT ROCK FOR RESEARCH AlderLaw is proud to sponsor the 4th Annual Rock for Research Summer Concert which will support the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Innovation Center. The Innovation Center aims to develop treatment strategies through comprehensive molecular profiling of diseases using leading-edge biomedical technologies. These efforts will focus on prevention and discovery of the…
