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Jan-1-08 New York, NY Smoking is not the easiest habit to break. It can cause irritability in the best of us, as we try to wean our bodies of addictive nicotine. But suicide ? That's what one consumer experienced with Chantix , the so-called smoking cessation wonder drug that was proven in clinical trials to be more effective than Zyban. Today, the US Food and... - Medtronic: "Proceed with Extreme Caution"
Dec-30-07 Bloomington, MN When Sarah was diagnosed with occipital neuralgia after a car accident, she was told that a Medtronic device would help take her pain away. However, Sarah did not know that the leads in her device would break, causing her to be shocked constantly, and she also did not know that she would have continuous problems with the battery in her de... - Burn Injury caused by Propane Tank
Dec-29-07 Denton, MD Roger L. says he is lucky to be alive after a propane explosion leveled his home. "The neighbors heard it from miles around and my wife thought we had been bombed," he says. Roger is a retired criminal investigator and that probably saved his life; because of his police training, he had the sense to hold his breath and crawl to safety. But his... - Optometrist Harassment, National Vision Inc. pays $175,000 after doctor harassed four female patients
Lufkin, TX: (Oct-25-07) Four women brought a lawsuit against Dr. S.J. Charendoff, a Lufkin optometrist with National Vision Inc., alleging that they were sexually harassed by him. The women's complaints stemmed from alleged incidents in 2003 and 2004 where they said Charendoff rubbed their arms, backs and shoulders, and claimed that he rubbed his crotch on... - Storm Water Pollution, Dutton-Lainson Co. pays $50,000 for environmental damages
Hastings, NE: (Oct-24-07) Attorney General Jon Bruning's office brought a lawsuit against Dutton-Lainson Co. of Hastings, alleging that the facility polluted the environment. The suit claimed that the company violated air temperature requirements outlined in its air quality permits in 2005. As part of a settlement reached, the company agreed to pay $25,000... - Immigration Officer, Department of Homeland Security pays excessive force settlement
El Paso, TX: (Oct-24-07) Maria Antonieta Martinez-Aguero brought charges against the city, alleging that she was physically abused by an immigration officer at the Paso del Norte Bridge in 2001. The suit named the Department of Homeland Security as a defendant. Martinez-Aguero, 53, of Juarez, said that former INS agent Humberto Gonzalez, now a Border Patrol... - Hydroelectric Dam Land, Avista Corp. pays state of Montana $4 million per year for renting land
Helena, MT: (Oct-24-07) The state of Montana brought charges against Avista Corp., as part of its effort to collect rent payments for state owned land underneath hydroelectric dams. Records show that Avista, of Spokane, WA, owns Avista Utilities, which serves about 350,000 electricity customers in Eastern Washington and northern Idaho. As part of a set... - Processor Copyright, Intel Corp. pays Transmeta $250 million for copyright infringement
Santa Clara, CA: (Oct-24-07) Transmeta brought a lawsuit against Intel Corp., alleging that the chip maker infringed on its copyright. The copyright dispute was over patents that improved processor technology and were used in Intel's Pentium III, Pentium 4, Pentium M, Core and Core 2 products. Transmeta filed suit in October 2006 in federal court in Delaware... - Propane Antitrust, BP Plc pays $303 million settlement for manipulating the cost of propane
Washington, DC: (Oct-23-07) The US Department of Justice and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) brought civil charges against BP Plc, alleging that the company tried to manipulate propane prices in the United States by cornering the market in February 2004. The suit stated that BP employees bought enormous quantities of propane, until it own... - Accounting IRS Payment, McGill, Power, Bell & Associates pays Lawrence Park Golf Club settlement for accounting errors
Erie, PA: (Oct-23-07) The Lawrence Park Golf Club brought charges against McGill, Power, Bell & Associates LLP, an accounting firm, claiming that an undetected financial problem cost the company $1.7 million. The club claimed audits performed by McGill, Power, Bell & Associates failed to show that money that was supposed to be funneled to the Internal Reve... - Middle School Principal, Jackson Public Schools pays former principal $350,000 settlement for wrongful termination and retaliation
Jackson, MS: (Oct-23-07) Chastain Middle School Principal Michael Ellis brought a lawsuit against Jackson Public Schools, alleging that he was terminated after he exposed Superintendent Earl Watkins's sexual misdemeanors. Ellis was Chastain's principal for 2 1/2 years before he was fired in December 2006. Superintendent Watkins said he fired Ellis after an a... - More Plane Crash Lawsuits and Settlements Announced
Dec-28-07 Dubuque, IA: A settlement has been announced in a lawsuit filed by two student passengers against their flight instructor after a 2004 plane crash. The plaintiffs alleged the pilot knowingly flew in icy conditions. The plane crashed after the pilot tried to land to remove ice on the plane. The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the f... - Stand 'n Seal: Harmful if Swallowed, and then some!
Dec-28-07 Las Vegas, NV Frank B. bought a pallet of tile and four cans of Stand 'n Seal from Home Depot: he had a big project in store. "After the tile dried, I used this grout sealant and did exactly what I read in the instructions--stand and spray," says Frank. Trouble was, Stand 'n Seal did more than seal the tile. Frank believes it also got into his lungs. T... - Apartment Closure Injunction, Juanita Apartments pay city of Burien $200,000 fine for health and safety code violations
Burien, WA: (Oct-23-07) The city of Burien brought charges against property owners of a Juanita apartment complex after it shut its building doors during a 2004 emergency closure. Records show that Burien filed a nuisance abatement action in January 2004 against the owners of the Juanita and then got a court ordered injunction to close the apartment comple... - Logging Forest Fire, Babbitt Logging Inc. and Stimson Lumber Co. pays state of Idaho $1.5 million for wildfire damage
Boise, ID: (Oct-23-07) The state of Idaho brought charges against Babbitt Logging Inc., based in Coeur d'Alene, and Portland, OR-based Stimson Lumber Co., over a 2003 wildfire that torched nearly a square mile of state-owned timber on the eastern shore of Priest Lake. The state filed suit claimed that the companies caused the fire by rigging logging equipm... - Storm Sewer Death, City of Omaha pays family $207,500 wrongful death settlement after Chad Sieger was swept away by storm waters
Omaha, NE: (Oct-23-07) The family of Chad Sieger brought a wrongful death lawsuit against the city, after the man drowned when he was washed into an Omaha storm sewer in 2004. Reports state that Sieger, 29, of Bellevue was driving near 108th Street and Borman Avenue in a heavy rainstorm on July 22, 2004, when his car stalled. Police said he got out of his... - ATM Contract, Hanco ATM awarded £1.8 million from Cashbox
London, UK: (Oct-23-07) Hanco ATM systems brought charges against Cashbox, a UK based ATM provider, over contractual problems. As part of a settlement agreement reached by the parties, sources confirmed that Cashbox agreed to pay around £1.8 million and conclude the litigation brought by Hanco. The deal stipulated that Hanco will receive £1.8 million to... - Unlimited Internet, Verizon Wireless pays $150,000 fine and $1 million in reimbursements for deceptive marketing
Albany, NY: (Oct-23-07) New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo brought a lawsuit against Verizon Wireless, alleging that the cellular giant engaged in deceptive marketing practices for its unlimited Internet service. In the suit, the company was accused of marketing its wireless Internet plan as unlimited, but then terminated accounts for excessive use... - Burn Injuries Involve Many Legal Rights
Dec-21-07 Phoenix, AZ When people think of burn injuries, they typically think of the traditional injuries that occur during house or building fires. However, there are many different ways that burns can occur. And while the laws concerning burn injuries might seem straightforward—whoever caused the burn injury is responsible for the damages—the laws... - Burn Injury: "It Was Excruciating Pain"
Dec-27-07 Ormond Beach, FL: When Kelly R. went to her local Dollar Tree to purchase a candleholder she had no idea what was in store for her. All she wanted was a candleholder to disperse scented oil around her house. Unfortunately, she wound up with first-, second-, and third-degree burn injuries on the left side of her face. Kelly had used the particular cand...