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$2.25 Million Settlement Expected For Woman Injured During Early-Morning Fall From Palace Of Fine Arts Structure

#SF could pay $2.25M to woman injured at Palace of Fine Arts https://t.co/yllJUZ1BVb pic.twitter.com/KMFdL3swoE— SF Examiner (@sfexaminer) March 22, 2016 San Francisco's City Attorney has recommended

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Shorted On Latte, SF Starbucks Fan Sues

Put on your pearls and clutch hard: Starbucks has come under fire after being accused of under filling their lattes in an effort to save money on milk, as KQED reports. The class

SF Pride Reaches Secret Settlement With Man Shot During 2013 Celebration

Over two years after a shooting during San Francisco's LGBT pride celebration left a Los Angeles man with a shattered leg, the event's organizers have settled with him for an undisclosed amount of

$5 Million Lawsuit After Giant Fisherman's Wharf Area Pine Cone Crushes Man's Skull

A photo posted by Eve Batey (@evelb) on Jul 22, 2015 at 4:31pm PDT Surely I'm not the only person who assumed that the above sign, posted to a fence at an

SF State Student Sues Pugilistic R&B Star Chris Brown

A San Francisco State University student who was shot during a San Jose show by controversial performer Chris Brown is now suing the entertainer, claiming that Brown's violent past was in part the

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Environmental Activists Claim Techie Fave 'Soylent' Might Give You Brain Damage

When software engineer Rob Rhinehart wrote a blog post on the lengths he'd go to live "less wastefully", many corners of the internet reacted with anger, dismay, and concern — the Soylent creator seemed

Owners Of Mission Building Destroyed By Fire Slapped With 48-Tenant Lawsuit

The owners of a Mission building where a January fire killed one and displaced scores of tenants was served with a long-anticipated lawsuit Tuesday, as former residents of the structure claim that the

The Legal Costs Of The Oscar Grant Shooting, By The Numbers

As noted a few weeks ago, Johannes Mehserle, the BART cop who shot and killed Oscar Grant III on New Year's Day 2009, was back in court for yet another civil case related

Man Shot At SF Pride Sues For $10 Million

Should past violent incidents at events like Halloween, Pink Saturday, and previous SF Pride celebrations have spurred Pride organizers to increase the level of security for their 2013 event? "Absolutely," says the attorney

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Oakland In-N-Out Allegedly Refuses To Call 911 For Injured Patron

Though the UC Berkeley community was thrown into a spiral of despair after a hopes of an In-N-Out Burger's new location near campus were dashed, there's one recent grad who's probably happy that

Skee-Ball Inc. No Longer Cool With Drinking Skee-Ball League

The makers (and legal copyright holders) of Skee-Ball games have decided they are no longer kosher with a national drinking and rolling league. After nine years, the nearly century-old Skee-Ball Inc. is suing

Gay Sailor Sues America's Cup For Wrongful Termination

Openly gay boat captain Larry Jacobson, who was employed by the America's Cup from June to September of last year, is suing the Cup's organizers for discriminatory treatment and wrongful termination. Jacobson, who

Greg Gopman, Startup Founder Who Lambasted Homeless People, Is Getting Sued

Just days after we wondered what despiser of the undomiciled Greg Gopman was up to, we have our answer: he's busy getting sued. Former AngelHack CEO Gopman, as you know, authored a Facebook

Abercrombie Wrongly Fired Muslim For Hijab, Rules Judge

Back in 2010, Hani Khan, an 18-year-old Muslim, claimed Abercrombie & Fitch fired her for wearing a head scarf at work. Well, today a judge agreed with her. U.S. District Judge Yvonne

Asiana Suing KTVU Over Pilot-Naming Snafu [Update]

Asiana Airlines said today that they will sue Bay Area station KTVU for accidentally broadcasting the now-infamous fake pilot names of flight 214. This comes one week after the airline caused the death

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Monster Energy Drink Is Suing S.F. for Being Totally Lame

Monster Beverage, the makers of the caffeine-laden energy drink that someone, somewhere, still buys, are suing San Francisco city attorney Dennis Herrera for hounding them in his bid to address safety issues around

Porn Company Sued By Penis Injector

A man who used to work for a noted San Francisco adult film studio is now suing the porn purveyor's company for emotional distress and related health problems after pricking himself while injecting

$1 Million Awarded To Pepper Sprayed UC Davis Students

The University of California will fork over $30,000 to each of the 21 UC Davis students pepper sprayed during last November's Occupy demonstration, "with and an additional $250,000 for their attorneys

Apple's $1 Billion Triumph: Jury Rules Samsung Infringed On Apple Patents

Last yesterday, a federal jury found that Samsung had indeed infringed upon Apple's smartphone and tablet patents and ordered the Korean electronics maker to pay Apple over $1 billion in damages. As the

NYC Man Sues Apple Because Siri Doesn't Understand Him

Those of us with an iPhone 4S boasting Apple's personal-assistant Siri, we understand the frustration when the nice lady inside our phone doesn't grasp a word we're saying. However, one New York man

Frenchman, Caught Peeing In Garden By Street View, Sues Google

A perturbed frenchman, caught peeing in his garden by Google's popular Street View feature, is suing the company for humiliation and invasion of privacy. The photo, posted online, has reportedly made him the

LA Dodgers: Bryan Stow Partially Responsible for Attack

Citing his blood alcohol level at the time of the attack, an attorney for the Los Angeles Dodgers plans to partially blame Bryan Stow for the brutal attacked that left him in a

Family Of Woman Killed By Muni Bus To Sue S.F.

The family of Emily Dunn, the 23-year-old who was struck and killed by a Muni bus driving an improvised route in the Castro last August, will sue San Francisco. The Examiner reports: "Michael

Judge Rules Against Same-Sex Marriage Ban; Judge Walker's Ruling Valid

Chief Judge Ware has ruled against anti-marriage ilk, throwing out the inane argument that Judge Vaughn Walker's ruling against Prop 8 was unconstitutional since he is a homosexual." Their complaints, if you recall,