BRIEFLY : 1 CLAIM DISMISSED AGAINST ACTRESS.A judge threw out part of a movie company's $5 million lawsuit against actress Pamela Anderson
Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is a Canadian-born actress, sex symbol, glamour model, producer, TV personality, and author. Lee, but two breach of contract claims remained and will be decided at the end of trial. The Private Movie Co. claimed the actress reneged on a verbal promise to appear in the Showtime movie ``Hello, She Lied.'' Lee testified last week that she objected to simulating sex acts and never signed a deal. Superior Court Judge David Horowitz
But Horowitz only threw out the claim alleging the company lost money because she failed to perform, and the judge said he will rule on the breach of contract allegations at the end of the nonjury trial. ?13Associated Press Stalking case will go to trial VAN NUYS - Rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg's bodyguard was ordered Tuesday to stand trial on a charge of stalking a former girlfriend who jilted jilt tr.v. jilt·ed, jilt·ing, jilts To deceive or drop (a lover) suddenly or callously. n. One who discards a lover. him after they dated for six months. A Van Nuys Municipal Court judge ruled that prosecutors have enough evidence to proceed with the case against McKinley Malik Lee, 27. Lee earlier pleaded no contest to the felony stalking charge but then withdrew the plea, dissatisfied with the prearranged pre·ar·range tr.v. pre·ar·ranged, pre·ar·rang·ing, pre·ar·rang·es To arrange in advance. pre sentence he would have received. Nash called police to her home last Dec. 24, when Lee allegedly showed up uninvited un·in·vit·ed adj. Not welcome or wanted: uninvited guests. uninvited Adjective not having been asked: uninvited guests and refused to leave. Lee's attorney argued that his client never threatened Nash - that he was heartbroken and just wanted to talk to her - and that the District Attorney's Office overreacted by filing the felony stalking charge. If convicted, Lee faces up to three years in prison. ?13City News Service Wilson names 3 new judges Gov. Pete Wilson made three judicial appointments Tuesday in Los Angeles County. Deputy District Attorney Elizabeth Ann Lippitt was named to replace Municipal Court Judge Michelle Rosenblatt, who was elevated to the Superior Court. Lippitt, 38, of Agoura Hills has been a prosecutor in the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office since 1987. She is a former technical legal adviser for Lorimar Productions and CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. Productions. Burbank resident Michael C. Solner was appointed to replace Municipal Court Judge Marvin Lager, who was elevated to the Superior Court. Solner, 55, has been a sole practitioner since 1988. He was an assistant U.S. attorney in Los Angeles from 1972 to 1977. Assistant U.S. Attorney Spurgeon Smith was named to replace Municipal Court Judge Ann Kough, who was elevated to the Superior Court. Smith, 42, of Pasadena has been a federal prosecutor in Los Angeles since 1987. The annual salary for a Municipal Court judge is $98,070. ?13City News Service Tunnel worker's family sues MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. The family of a construction worker killed Feb. 15 in a Hollywood subway segment filed a wrongful-death lawsuit Tuesday against the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Jaime Pasillas was crushed to death when one side of a cone-shaped ``muck bucket'' he was loading broke free from a chain, slamming the 52-year-old East Los Angeles East Los Angeles, uninc. city (1990 pop. 126,379), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles, in an industrial area. It has a large Mexican-American population. There is a performing arts center and a cultural center. A junior college is there. resident against the tunnel wall. An attorney for his wife and four children filed the complaint in Los Angeles Superior Court, seeking unspecified general and punitive damages Monetary compensation awarded to an injured party that goes beyond that which is necessary to compensate the individual for losses and that is intended to punish the wrongdoer. . A message left with an MTA spokesman was not immediately returned. ?13City News Service Armory impact report available VAN NUYS - A draft environmental assessment of a proposed California Army National Guard The California Army National Guard is a component of the California National Guard, the United States Army and the United States National Guard. The California Army National Guard is composed of about 20,000 soldiers. armory in Van Nuys is available for review at two San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. area libraries, a spokesman said Tuesday. The two-story, 53,000-square-foot building would replace the one that was severely damaged in the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, said Herb Nesmith, a spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which will build the armory. The draft report evaluates the potentially significant impacts from the armory's construction and operation and makes mitigation recommendations. An environmental survey of the two-acre property in the northwest Sepulveda Basin, off Victory Boulevard, determined there would be no threat to sensitive plants, wildlife or waterfowl waterfowl, common term for members of the order Anseriformes, wild, aquatic, typically freshwater birds including ducks, geese, and screamers. In Great Britain the term is also used to designate species kept for ornamental purposes on private lakes or ponds, while in species, Nesmith said. Construction is scheduled to begin in June and should take about 18 months to complete, Nesmith said. The public review period began last week and runs through June 6. The document is available at Van Nuys and Sherman Oaks public library branches. |
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