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Sort by date 16,481 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Illegal Music Downloading, Woman pays $220,000 settlement for downloading and sharing 24 songs
Chicago, IL: (Oct-04-07) The Recording Industry of America and six major music labels filed a lawsuit against Jammie Thomas, a single mother from Minnesota, alleging that she illegally shared 24 songs online. Faced with the suit, Thomas, 30, was the first among more than 26,000 people sued by the world's most powerful recording companies to refuse a settle... - Texaco Oil Refinery, Company pays $2.25 million settlement for pollution violations
Dover, MD: (Oct-04-07) The Natural Resources Defense Council and Delaware Audubon Society brought environmental damage charges against Motiva Enterprises, over pollution from the Delaware City oil refinery. The lawsuit, filed in 2005, sought to hold Texaco, the former refinery operator, in contempt for not complying with court orders to study the impact... - Fired District Attorney, Otay Water District pays former company attorney settlement for wrongful termination
Spring Valley, CA: (Oct-04-07) Tom Harron, former Otay Water District attorney, brought charges against the district, alleging that he was wrongfully fired in 2001 from the job he had held for nine years. Harron filed suit in San Diego Superior Court after he was fired in January 2001. Sources claim that at the time, the district struggled with employee di... - Whistleblower: Beverly Living Centers Eliminate Choice
Dec-10-07 Columbus, OH Ken Williston used to work for Beverly Living Centers (part of Golden Ventures LLC), an Arkansas and California-based private equity firm. Beverly owns and operates over 400 nursing homes, assisted living centers, and hospice/home care facilities throughout the US. Williston, as whistleblower against the firm, was fired—illegally. W... - Zyprexa Suicide: Husband Hung Himself
Dec-10-07 Rockford, IL: Sarah Thompson's (not her real name) husband, David, committed suicide on March 7, 2002, after taking Zyprexa for only three months. Thompson says she has no doubt that Zyprexa changed her husband and altered his thinking. The coroner may agree with Thompson—on David's death certificate, next to "How injury occurred," he wrote, "P... - Inmate Wrongful Death, Family awarded $1.8 million settlement after inmate died of flesh eating bacteria
Mobile, AL: (Oct-04-07) Dana Carpenter, the ex-wife of Mobile Metro Jail inmate James Carpenter, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city, after Carpenter, 42, died July 28, 2000. The suit, filed against the city, county, and state officials in 2002, was filed on behalf of Carpenter's estate. As part of a settlement reached, the city agreed to... - Gender Harassment, Smithfield Chicken 'n Bar-B-Q employee awarded $1.15 million settlement
Wake County, NC: (Oct-04-07) Jason Hallaman, a former employee, brought a lawsuit against Gregory Moore, the president of the Smithfield Chicken 'n Bar-B-Q restaurant chain, alleging that he was sexually harassed by Moore. The suit claimed that Hallaman, 39, was wrongfully terminated as a butler and maliciously prosecuted while working for Moore. The jury... - Securities Contract, Applied Digital pays shareholder $2.1 million settlement
Miami, FL: (Oct-04-07) A lawsuit was filed by Hark Vasa, the majority shareholder of Pacific Decision Sciences Corp., against Applied Digital, who acquired Pacific Decision, alleging that the company breached contract and the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Vasa claimed that there was a delay in the registration of shares received in Appli... - Hiring Discrimination, JBS Swift & Co. pays $200,000 settlement to female job applicants
Cactus, TX: (Oct-04-07) The US Department of Labor brought charges against JBS Swift & Co.'s facility in Cactus, TX alleging that the company engaged in hiring discrimination based on gender over a two-year period against 402 female applicants. The suit claimed that the applicants had applied for the position of laborer in the general production job gro... - City Building Access, Calistoga pays $73,000 settlement for Americans with Disabilities Act violations
Calistoga, CA: (Oct-04-07) Jeff Stivers, a Calistoga city resident, brought a lawsuit against the city, alleging that a number of the city's buildings violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The Act had provisions calling for easy public access for disabled individuals. The lawsuit was filed in 2006 in Sonoma County courts against the city and... - Unlicensed Software, J&B Importers and Media Lab Ventures pay $225,000 fine
Miami, FL: (Oct-03-07) The Business Software Alliance (BSA) brought charges against two Florida-based companies, Miami based J&B Importers and Tampa based Media Lab Ventures LLC, alleging that they had unlicensed software on their computers. The crack down was part of a state wide investigation. Florida consistently ranks in the top 10 in dollars recovered... - Restricted Substance, Carrier Guam fined by EPA for importing an ozone-depleting substance
Tamuning, Guam: (Oct-03-07) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought a lawsuit against Carrier Guam, a refrigeration and heating equipment company in Tamuning, alleging that the company illegally imported an ozone-depleting substance. The report said Carrier Guam imported over 32,000 kilograms of hydro chlorofluorocarbon, which is restricted by... - $27 Million Awarded after Burn Injury
Dec-2-07 Fresno, CA A man who was burned over 65 percent of his body was awarded more than $27 million by an eight-person jury. The plaintiff suffered burn injuries during an industrial accident at a biomass power plant. As a result, he had to go through 27 surgeries and spent more than eight months in the hospital. The jury found that North American Industr... - Avandia Heart Attack: "Quite a Shock"
Dec-8-07 Lansing, MI When Colin Hurt suffered a heart attack in May 2007, he was understandably surprised. Although he says he had been diagnosed with diabetes 12 years ago, he had for the most part treated the diabetes naturally, through diet and exercise. However, three months after his doctor put him on Avandia, Hurt experienced a heart attack that he believes... - Sewage Spill, Escondido to pay $1.8 million fine for sewage spills and discharging improperly treated sewage
Escondido, CA: (Oct-03-07) The San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board brought charges against Escondido, over a series of sewage spills and discharging improperly treated sewage. The city claimed that its failure to properly treat sewage during a six-week period in 2004 resulted from illegal dumping of toxic chemicals by a golf-club manufacturer... - Hiring Discrimination, Alltel pays $275,000 settlement for gender bias in hiring employees
Little Rock, AR: (Oct-03-07) The US Labor Department's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs brought a lawsuit against Alltel Corp. alleging that the company discriminated against its employees on the basis of gender. According to the federal agency, the Alltel Communications facility at Little Rock was accused of engaging in hiring discrimination... - Mud Slide, Family awarded $85,000 after a mud slide damaged their home
Penn Hills, PA: (Oct-03-07) The Colaizzi family brought a lawsuit against Penn Hills after their house was destroyed by mud that slid from municipal property. The suit stated that the family had lived there for 27 years, but had to demolish the house after local officials declared it uninhabitable because of the damage. Forty tons of dirt and trees hit Den... - Railroad Worker Leukemia, Union Pacific pays settlement to former manager exposed to carcinogenic chemicals
Marshall, TX: (Oct-03-07) James Smith, a former railroad worker, brought a lawsuit against Union Pacific, seeking more than $2 million as compensation for exposure to the toxic chemicals he claims caused his leukemia. Smith filed the original complaint against Union Pacific Railroad on March 23, 2006, in the Marshall Division of the Eastern District of Tex... - Workplace Harassment, City of York pays employee $130,000 settlement
York, PA: (Oct-03-07) Kathleen Thomas, an employee at the York County Youth Development Center, brought charges against her boss Wayne Bear, director of the center, alleging that he sexually harassed her. Thomas claimed that Bear made sexually suggestive grunts, pelvic thrusts, and obscene and unwelcome advances. The suit further alleged that Bear repeated... - Miami FTAA Riots, Demonstrators awarded $460,000 for excessive force by city and county police
Miami Dade, FL: (Oct-03-07) Over twenty protesters brought a lawsuit against the city of Miami, naming the police and other authorities as defendants, following the brutal 2003 Free Trade Area of the Americas riots in downtown Miami. Sources claimed that when trade ministers from throughout the hemisphere gathered at the InterContinental Hotel for the FTAA...