Legal Help Live offers free legal advice each Wednesday at 4 PM. During the show the Hosts take calls from viewers with legal situations from parking tickets to personal injury. Viewers can catch the show on LA cable channel 36 or 16 in Santa Monica. Online the show can be viewed on LA36.org.
If you'd like to ask the Hosts a question call 1(800)405-4222
SHOW TOPICS 3-24-2010
-Keanu Reeves Sends Well Wishes to Sandra Bullock -Us Magazine - Sandra Bullock's longtime pal Keanu Reeves -- who costarred with her in 1994's Speed and 2006's The Lake House -- wishes the best for the Oscar-winning actress, 45, whose husband Jesse James allegedly had an 11-month affair with a tattoo model.
-Condo law-DAVIS STERLING ACT BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING ARE OPEN-EXCEPT FOR LITIGATION AND OTHER EXCEPTIONS - Raise dues-Assessment increases and voting requirements are set by statute. Regardless of anything to the contrary in the governing documents, boards may increase regular assessments up to 20% and levy special assessments up to 5% without membership approval. Anything more requires owner approval, which is defined as approval by a majority of votes at a meeting with more than 50% of the owners in attendance. Civil Code 1366(b).
-Toyota shareholders sue over fallen stock price -MIAMI (AP) - Toyota shareholders incensed over a sudden drop in the Japanese automaker's stock price are heading to court with lawsuits claiming company executives deliberately misled investors and the public about the depth of accelerator problems in millions of its vehicles.
-Whale Wars news: Sushi restaurant serving Whale meat in Southern California closes for good - When a California Highway Patrol officer is sitting on the other side of the freeway in the complete dark with no parking lights or anything indicating his presence and uses his radar gun for speed control and nabs you, is that entrapment? And how can it possibly be legal?
-First Comes Fire, Then Comes Rain- is there insurance coverage?
GOING GREEN AND DAYLIGHT SAVINGS EXTRA HOURS USES –PEOPLE DON’T PUT LIGHTS OR HEAT ON AND ITS QUITE A SAVINGS OF ELECTRICIY-Reduction in crime, reduction in traffic accidents,reduction is use of energy, more recreation time - The federal law that established "daylight time" in the United States does not require any area to observe daylight saving time. But if a state chooses to observe DST, it must follow the starting and ending dates set by the law. From 1986 to 2006 this was the first Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October, but starting in 2007, it is observed from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November, adding about a month to daylight saving time.
-Mandatory helmet law for motor cycles-bill pending in ca mandatory helmet law for snow boarding and skiing
-NYC: Taxi drivers overcharged riders by $8.3M-plus -EW YORK (AP) — Thousands of New York City taxi drivers overcharged passengers by more than $8.3 million over the past two years by setting their meters at a rate that was supposed to be used for trips to the suburbs, the Taxi and Limousine Commission said Friday
At least 1.8 million trips were wrongly charged at the suburban rate, which is double the rate within city limits, the commission said. The city has about 48,300 licensed cabbies, and data shows that 35,558 have illegally charged a rider at least once, the city said. A smaller group of drivers is responsible for the majority
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Legal Help Live Show Notes
Legal Help Live offers free legal advice each Wednesday at 4 PM. During the show the Hosts take calls from viewers with legal situations from parking tickets to personal injury. Viewers can catch the show on LA cable channel 36 or 16 in Santa Monica. Online the show can be viewed on LA36.org.
If you'd like to ask the Hosts a question call 1(800)405-4222
SHOW TOPICS 3-10-2010
-L.A. City Council considers shutting down ambulances-10 RESCUE AMBULANCES
-Man charged in sweeping student visa fraud case -went to school for foreign students on student vias…Eamonn Daniel Higgins spent seven years attending college.
Between 2002 and 2009, he attended 10 different schools in Southern California,
including Cal State Los Angeles, Irvine Valley College and Santa Monica College,
according to federal prosecutors. During that time, he studied sociology, marketing,
English, business and math
-RUN AWAY TOYOTA PRYIS ON FREE WAS LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD 2010 MEG WITMAN
-David Letterman Thanks Authorities in Blackmail Case-People Magazine - Stephen M. Silverman -David Letterman spoke briefly on his CBS Late Show Tuesday to thank authorities who handled the $2 million extortion attempt against him, which earlier in the day had resulted in Robert "Joe" Halderman's guilty plea and sentence
-Under new federal guidelines that take effect next month, airlines can be fined up to $27,500 per passenger if a plane is stuck on the tarmac for longer
than three hours. “How can they say there is nothing wrong with having someone sit on a seat and run out of water and everything and sit on there for three, four, five hours? That's ridiculous,” Kelly said.With the new fines, a delayed MD-80 could cost American Airlines close to $4 million, and a fine for a full 757 could cost more than $5 million.
-Toyota attacks claim of defect in vehicles' electronics Wash. man electrocuted by urinating on power line-MONTESANO, Wash. (AP) - Authorities believe a Washington man was killed by accidentally urinating on a downed power line after a car crash.
-Grays Harbor County sheriff's Deputy Dave Pimentel (PIM'-en-tel) said Monday 50-year-old Roy Messenger was not seriously hurt after he collided with a power pole Friday and called a relative to pull his car from a ditch. However, family members found Messenger electrocuted when they arrived. Pimentel says Messenger apparently urinated into a roadside ditch but didn't see the live wire. The urine stream likely served as a conductor, allowing the electricity to reach his body. Pimentel says there will be an autopsy but burn marks indicated the way the electricity traveled through Messenger's body.
-Tsunami swept away fleeing bus full of retirees-By MICHAEL WARREN and EVA VERGARA
PELLUHUE, Chile (AP) - The 40 retirees enjoying summer vacation at a seaside campground nestled under pine trees knew they had to move fast after Chile's
powerful earthquake struck. They didn't make it. The tsunami came in
three waves, surging 200 meters (yards)into this Pacific Ocean resort town and
dragging away the bus they'd piled into, hoping to get to high ground. Most of those
inside were tourists, and only five of their bodies had been found by Monday,
firefighters and witnesses said.
If you'd like to ask the Hosts a question call 1(800)405-4222
SHOW TOPICS 3-10-2010
-L.A. City Council considers shutting down ambulances-10 RESCUE AMBULANCES
-Man charged in sweeping student visa fraud case -went to school for foreign students on student vias…Eamonn Daniel Higgins spent seven years attending college.
Between 2002 and 2009, he attended 10 different schools in Southern California,
including Cal State Los Angeles, Irvine Valley College and Santa Monica College,
according to federal prosecutors. During that time, he studied sociology, marketing,
English, business and math
-RUN AWAY TOYOTA PRYIS ON FREE WAS LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD 2010 MEG WITMAN
-David Letterman Thanks Authorities in Blackmail Case-People Magazine - Stephen M. Silverman -David Letterman spoke briefly on his CBS Late Show Tuesday to thank authorities who handled the $2 million extortion attempt against him, which earlier in the day had resulted in Robert "Joe" Halderman's guilty plea and sentence
-Under new federal guidelines that take effect next month, airlines can be fined up to $27,500 per passenger if a plane is stuck on the tarmac for longer
than three hours. “How can they say there is nothing wrong with having someone sit on a seat and run out of water and everything and sit on there for three, four, five hours? That's ridiculous,” Kelly said.With the new fines, a delayed MD-80 could cost American Airlines close to $4 million, and a fine for a full 757 could cost more than $5 million.
-Toyota attacks claim of defect in vehicles' electronics Wash. man electrocuted by urinating on power line-MONTESANO, Wash. (AP) - Authorities believe a Washington man was killed by accidentally urinating on a downed power line after a car crash.
-Grays Harbor County sheriff's Deputy Dave Pimentel (PIM'-en-tel) said Monday 50-year-old Roy Messenger was not seriously hurt after he collided with a power pole Friday and called a relative to pull his car from a ditch. However, family members found Messenger electrocuted when they arrived. Pimentel says Messenger apparently urinated into a roadside ditch but didn't see the live wire. The urine stream likely served as a conductor, allowing the electricity to reach his body. Pimentel says there will be an autopsy but burn marks indicated the way the electricity traveled through Messenger's body.
-Tsunami swept away fleeing bus full of retirees-By MICHAEL WARREN and EVA VERGARA
PELLUHUE, Chile (AP) - The 40 retirees enjoying summer vacation at a seaside campground nestled under pine trees knew they had to move fast after Chile's
powerful earthquake struck. They didn't make it. The tsunami came in
three waves, surging 200 meters (yards)into this Pacific Ocean resort town and
dragging away the bus they'd piled into, hoping to get to high ground. Most of those
inside were tourists, and only five of their bodies had been found by Monday,
firefighters and witnesses said.
Legal Help Live Show Notes
Legal Help Live offers free legal advice each Wednesday at 4 PM. During the show the Hosts take calls from viewers with legal situations from parking tickets to personal injury. Viewers can catch the show on LA cable channel 36 or 16 in Santa Monica. Online the show can be viewed on LA36.org.
If you'd like to ask the Hosts a question call 1(800)405-4222
SHOW TOPICS 3-3-2010
-WHAT IS DAMAGE FOR EMOTIONAL DISTRESS?
-Wrong body in casket at funeral?
-Stranded at 124 floor in elevator?
-Spending 20 years on death row for murder you did not commit
-Find out unmarried teenager is pregnant
-Bogus rape charges against college sports persons
Terrified passengers were left stranded between floors in the world’s tallest building after a lift broke as they were descending in the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai. Visitors queueing to descend from the observation deck on the 124th floor of the recently opened 828-metre (2,717ft) tower heard a crash and the sound of breaking glass from the lift shaft. Dust then billowed back into the room through the small gaps in the lift shaft doors.
-TOYOTA DEBACAL-Pryis-Camary-mat-acelerator petal-electronics
-Credit destroyed for not paying lease or bank payment
-If sell or get out on lease $9000 cash out of pocket
-Honda expands airbag inflation recall to expand airbag inflation recall, says devices can deploy with too much pressure-DETROIT (AP) -- Honda Motor Co. is adding more than 378,000 cars to an existing safety recall for air bag inflation problems, the company said Tuesday. The company will replace the driver's side air bag inflator on the cars because they can deploy with too much pressure, causing the inflator to rupture and injure or kill the driver. The recall now affects more than 822,000 vehicles, including certain 2001 and 2002 Accord sedans, Civic compacts, Odyssey minivans, CR-V small sport utility vehicles and some 2002 Acura TL sedans.
The Life of a "Puppy Bowl" Referee
Animal Planet's most popular shows, working as the referee for "Puppy Bowl," two hours of alternative programming before the Super Bowl and featuring 43 playing puppies. He gets a break for kitten halftime. Mr. Schecter says being an animal referee takes patience and a sense of humor. He spoke with writer Dawn Fallik about his career. Edited excerpts follow.
-U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE 9TH CIRCUIT -Female Wrestlers' Title IX Suit Can Proceed-By Laura Ernde -Daily Journal Staff Writer- A federal appellate panel Monday revived a class-action lawsuit brought by female students who were excluded from the UC Davis wrestling team.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the women can pursue damages even though they didn't give the school a chance to fix the alleged discrimination first.
-Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Ninth Circuit Upholds Strip Searches For All Prisoners
Breaking with its previous rulings, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of routine strip searches at jails
-Weight loss issues and how to keep it off-Diet, exercise(biggest loser)-Pill and medicine-Surgery-gastric bands-gastric bypass
-Baby and Infant Crib Recall: 2010 Update February 2010, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall of more than 500,000 drop-side cribs sold at Buy Buy Baby, Kmart, Wal-Mart and other stores after the death of three infants
If you'd like to ask the Hosts a question call 1(800)405-4222
SHOW TOPICS 3-3-2010
-WHAT IS DAMAGE FOR EMOTIONAL DISTRESS?
-Wrong body in casket at funeral?
-Stranded at 124 floor in elevator?
-Spending 20 years on death row for murder you did not commit
-Find out unmarried teenager is pregnant
-Bogus rape charges against college sports persons
Terrified passengers were left stranded between floors in the world’s tallest building after a lift broke as they were descending in the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai. Visitors queueing to descend from the observation deck on the 124th floor of the recently opened 828-metre (2,717ft) tower heard a crash and the sound of breaking glass from the lift shaft. Dust then billowed back into the room through the small gaps in the lift shaft doors.
-TOYOTA DEBACAL-Pryis-Camary-mat-acelerator petal-electronics
-Credit destroyed for not paying lease or bank payment
-If sell or get out on lease $9000 cash out of pocket
-Honda expands airbag inflation recall to expand airbag inflation recall, says devices can deploy with too much pressure-DETROIT (AP) -- Honda Motor Co. is adding more than 378,000 cars to an existing safety recall for air bag inflation problems, the company said Tuesday. The company will replace the driver's side air bag inflator on the cars because they can deploy with too much pressure, causing the inflator to rupture and injure or kill the driver. The recall now affects more than 822,000 vehicles, including certain 2001 and 2002 Accord sedans, Civic compacts, Odyssey minivans, CR-V small sport utility vehicles and some 2002 Acura TL sedans.
The Life of a "Puppy Bowl" Referee
Animal Planet's most popular shows, working as the referee for "Puppy Bowl," two hours of alternative programming before the Super Bowl and featuring 43 playing puppies. He gets a break for kitten halftime. Mr. Schecter says being an animal referee takes patience and a sense of humor. He spoke with writer Dawn Fallik about his career. Edited excerpts follow.
-U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE 9TH CIRCUIT -Female Wrestlers' Title IX Suit Can Proceed-By Laura Ernde -Daily Journal Staff Writer- A federal appellate panel Monday revived a class-action lawsuit brought by female students who were excluded from the UC Davis wrestling team.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the women can pursue damages even though they didn't give the school a chance to fix the alleged discrimination first.
-Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Ninth Circuit Upholds Strip Searches For All Prisoners
Breaking with its previous rulings, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of routine strip searches at jails
-Weight loss issues and how to keep it off-Diet, exercise(biggest loser)-Pill and medicine-Surgery-gastric bands-gastric bypass
-Baby and Infant Crib Recall: 2010 Update February 2010, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall of more than 500,000 drop-side cribs sold at Buy Buy Baby, Kmart, Wal-Mart and other stores after the death of three infants
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