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Zoo Settles With Brothers in Tiger Attack
(06/02/2009)
 The San Francisco Zoo agreed Thursday to pay $900,000 to two brothers who survived the fatal attack by an escaped tiger on Christmas Day 2007, sources familiar with the case told The Chronicle.
The agreement with Kulbir, 25, and Amritpal "Paul" Dhaliwal, 20, resolves claims the brothers brought in U.S. District Court against the city, zoo and Sam Singer, a crisis public relations consultant the zoo hired after the attack, one source said.
Thursday's settlement comes less than two weeks after attorneys for the brothers filed court documents alleging that police officials had ordered officers to issue arrest warrants for the Dhaliwals, accusing them of manslaughter in the de ...[MORE]
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FROM THE MARGINS: Are we doomed to repeat mistakes?
(04/07/2009)
 A lot has been said about the false incarceration of Edmond Ovasapyan by the Glendale Police Department. The 28-year-old spent eight months in prison for the crime he did not commit and was later released as the Glendale police officers found evidence of his innocence.
There seem to be two approaches on how to view this experience.
The federal cour ...[MORE]
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Jury Orders Pfizer to pay $38 million
(02/03/2009)
 A California jury has ordered drugmaker Pfizer to pay $38 million to a leading Bay Area medical research nonprofit for stealing trade secrets to develop a pain relief drug.
A Santa Clara County Superior Court jury reached the verdict Monday in a 2004 lawsuit filed against Pfizer by the San Bruno, Calif.-based nonprofit Ischemia Research and Education Foundation.< ...[MORE]
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A federal jury Wednesday awarded $1.3 million in civil damages to a Glendale man who was falsely accused of murder and spent eight months in a Los Angeles County jail before being cleared of the charges.
The family of a 17-year-old leukemia patient has sued health insurance giant Cigna Corp. for her death in 2007 after the company initially refused to ...