A California appeals court has revived a malpractice suit brought by the family of an 80-year-old grandmother they claim was prematurely declared dead by doctors then frozen alive inside a body bag in the hospital’s morgue.

A California appeals court said a dispute between Jennifer Lopez and her first husband over the release of intimate home videos should be handled through arbitration, not the public court system.

A California appeals court has rejected Hollywood director Roman Polanski's bid to have his sex case dismissed, it announced today.

Mariah Carey is facing charges from two songwriters who allege the singer plagiarised one of their tunes in a case reinstated by the California appeals court.