Parents love bounce houses and children love bouncing in them.  However, according to Attorney General Jerry Brown of California, it may also be toxic.
A lawsuit was filed on Wednesday by Mr. Brown’s office and claims that some of the inflatable bounce houses that help entertain young children at parties have unsafe levels of lead, sometimes dozens of times the federal limit.
“I was surprised,” said Mr. Brown, who is running for governor in a state with 2.7 million children under age 5. “But as we test more and more of these …

Fire Captain Steven Nixon, from Richmond, was injured in a boating accident on the Rappahannock River last month and is facing felony charges related to the crash.
Nixon is facing involuntary manslaughter charges as well as six other felonies in the crash that killed his brother’s fiancee Amanda Brady, a Henrico school teacher.  The Fire Captain’s son and wife also suffered serious injuries.
Nixon was in command of the boat when it struck a channel marker on July 5.  According to court records, Nixon had been drinking at the time the boat, …

A lawsuit was filed Tuesday against Farmers Group Inc.  The lawsuit accuses Farmers of refusing to pay claims to policyholders whose homes were damaged by last summer’s massive Station Fire near Los Angeles.  The suit claims breach of contract and unfair business practices.  It seeks unspecified damages for more than 1,000 homeowners who reported smoke, ash and other damages from the blaze that killed two firefighters, destroyed 89 homes and scorched 250 square miles of Angeles National Forest.
Brian Kabateck, an attorney for the plaintiffs, stated that Farmers denied claims to …

The chairman of the Irvine Co. and the 45th richest man in the world according to Forbes, Donald Bren, recently had a $1.4 million tax refund check stolen from him in an identity theft case the Secret Service is investigating.
According to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in May a man who looks nothing like Bren set up bank accounts in Bren’s name earlier this year, deposited Bren’s refund check into one, and then transferred most of the money out.
The complaint did not say how the man obtained …

Motorola is facing a four-count lawsuit filed by a group of former employees who claim the toxic substances used to manufacture Motorola products caused serious birth defects in their children. The lawsuit was filed in the Cook County Circuit Court by seventy-one plaintiffs who claim negligence, abnormally dangerous and ultrahazardous activity, willful and wanton conduct and loss of consortium against Motorola according to the Chicago Sun Times.
According to the plaintiffs at least 30 children born to workers who were employed by Motorola since the 1960s have birth defects.  These defects …

Starbucks Coffee Company has agreed to settle a harassment lawsuit only a few weeks prior to the scheduled trial.  The lawsuit involves a former barista, 16 years old at the time, who alleged she was pressed with incessant sexual demands from her manager.
Kati Moore, now 20, contended Tim Horton, her 24-year-old supervisor at a California based Starbucks coffee shop, would send her inappropriate text messages on a daily basis.  Reports state one of the messages read, “I’d like to f-tomorrow.”
Moore accused Starbucks of failing to protect her from the daily …

The E*Trade commercial featuring a “milkaholic” baby named Lindsay, is in the headlines again.  Lindsay Lohan believes the commercial is directed towards her.  E*Trade and its “milkaholic” baby is fighting back against the $100 million defamation lawsuit by Lindsay Lohan.  The finance company is in the process of trying to persuade a judge to dismiss the lawsuit filed by Lohan according to reports.
Lawyers representing E*Trade have filed hundreds of pages depicting Lohan’s drug abuse, DWI busts and brawls, in order to further prove that E*Trade cannot further defame her in …

A lawsuit filed Monday regarding alleged inappropriate sexual conduct toward a female listed Missouri Valley Swimming of Raymore, and the Kansas City Dolphins, Inc., of Blue Springs.  Also listed was United States Swimming.  The lawsuit was filed in Jackson County Circuit Court on Monday.
Also listed as defendants were Alan R. Jones, of Raymore,  Aaron Dean, of Centreville, Va., and Robert D. Mirande, of Manassas, Va.
Mirande is accused of grooming the teen for sexual relations including providing her with alcohol and having inappropriate sexual contact with her.
The victim reported that she …

A child advocacy group filed a federal class action lawsuit Thursday against Massachusetts.  The lawsuit alleges the abuse and neglect of thousands of children in state care.
The Children’s Rights group which filed the case is seeking changes on behalf of approximately 8,500 children in foster care statewide.
The lawsuit contains 6 child plaintiffs who suffered because of the system’s failures. The children’s advocacy group is being represented by the Boston law firm of Nutter McClennen & Fish.
The lawsuit alleges that the state Department of Children and Families breached the constitutional rights of …

A $10 million claim has been filed against the city of Irvine by he family of an Irvine woman who died after falling and hitting her head while ice skating at the Great Park.  The claim alleges that park officials didn’t maintain a safe facility or provide sufficient medical personnel.
According to the claim the accident occurred last month when Cherlynn Tang fell backward in accumulated melted water, suffering a fatal head injury. Tang was attending the skate session with her teenage children.  The claim states that the city didn’t maintain …