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Sort by date 16,481 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Have Lawsuits Changed Unum Group?
Oct-19-07 Chattanooga, TN In the past few years, Unum Group has faced repeated [ lawsuits ] alleging the company is guilty of illegally denying valid customer claims. Some of those lawsuits have been settled, while others have now been consolidated into class action lawsuits. In the face of growing criticism from customers and lawmakers, including a multi-state i... - Hartford Accident and Indemnity Lodi Groundwater Contamination Settlement
Lodi, WI: (Aug-14-07) The city of Lodi brought charges against Hartford Accident and Indemnity, one of its insurance carriers, in an ongoing groundwater contamination case. In a settlement reached, Hartford Accident and Indemnity agreed to pay the city of Lodi $4 million. This brings the city's total to $4.8 million in recent settlements from insurance com... - Robeson, NC School Employees Racial Discrimination Settlement
Robeson, NC: (Aug-14-07) Various problems are plaguing the Robeson School, including one, where the school board learned 23 schools may have to offer parents the option of transferring their children to another school based on preliminary test scores. Parents will be able to choose between two neighboring schools at the elementary level, leaving no options... - Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Employee Unpaid Overtime Settlement
San Francisco, CA: (Aug-14-07) The California Labor Commissioner brought charges against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., alleging that the store underpaid its employees when it came to doing overtime work. The suit was filed on behalf of almost 50,000 workers who were inadvertently underpaid overtime and other wages. In a settlement reached, Wal-Mart Stores,... - Baldwin County Sewer Service Raw Sewage Water Contamination Settlement
Baldwin County, AL: (Aug-14-07) The residents of Baldwin County brought charges against the privately owned Baldwin County Sewer Service, alleging that crossed pipes directed human waste into their drinking water. The complaint filed in Baldwin County Circuit Court alleged, among other things, negligence and wantonness on the part of the Baldwin County Sew... - Rocori School District Shootout Wrongful Death Settlement
Rocori, MN: (Aug-14-07) The families of Aaron Rollins and Seth Bartell, two students killed by John Jason McLaughlin in a September 2003 shooting at the high school, filed a lawsuit against the Rocori School District, former high school principal Douglas Standke and the parents of John Jason McLaughlin. The civil lawsuits had been dismissed by a judge earl... - Roseville, MN Twin Lakes Land Dispute Settlement
Roseville, MN: (Aug-14-07) The legal battle between Roseville and developers, who brought the doomed proposal to develop a blighted area, ended with a settlement in which the city forfeited the right to $827,650, leaving them in a quandary regarding the use of the land. In 2005, citizens sued the city, arguing that the City Council needed a super majority... - Jupiter Aluminum Corporation Pollution Civil Penalty
Washington, DC: (Aug-13-07) The Justice Department brought a lawsuit against Jupiter Aluminum Corporation, the operator of a secondary aluminum production facility in Hammond, alleging that the company violated the federal Clean Air Act and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP), applicable to aluminum recyclers that recycle pain... - Banc One Investment Advisors Market Timing Investor Fraud Settlement
Columbus, OH: (Aug-13-07) The US Securities and Exchange Commission brought charges against Banc One Investment Advisors, alleging that the Columbus, Ohio-based company defrauded investors in one of Banc One's mutual funds. The commission claimed that an investigation into the company's business practices revealed that it allowed market timing in its One G... - Tony Masilotti Real Estate Fraud Settlement
Palm Beach, FL: (Aug-13-07) A public corruption charge was filed against former Palm Beach County Commissioner Tony Masilotti. Earlier, in June 2007, Masilotti was sentenced to five years in federal prison for his role in a number of illegal land deals. Following a federal review suspecting him of using his influence in land deals, Masilotti resigned fro... - Daniel V. Leccese Sr. Felony Mail Fraud Fine
Alapaha, GA: (Aug-14-07) A lawsuit was brought against Daniel V. Leccese Sr., a court clerk in the Alapaha Judicial Circuit, alleging that he engaged in felony mail fraud. Leccese Sr. entered a guilty plea on one count of felony mail fraud in the US District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. Following the admission, Leccese resigned as clerk of t... - Car Crashworthiness: When (If Ever) Do Airbags Deploy in Rear-End Collisions?
Oct-12-07 Phoenix, AZ Miraculously, Lynn H. walked away from a multiple car crash; her car was so badly mangled even the police couldn't fathom why she wasn't seriously injured after the airbags in her 2004 Toyota Corolla didn't deploy—another car that miserably failed car crashworthiness . Before buying her car, Lynn H. did a lot of research to find a ca... - US Government DEA Employee Discrimination Settlement
Washington, DC: (Aug-13-07) Sandalio Gonzalez, a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) field-office chief, brought a lawsuit against the US government, alleging that he faced discrimination at his workplace. Gonzalez filed suit against the government in federal court in Miami. That lawsuit stemmed, in part, from the treatment Gonzalez received from his emp... - Bayonne, NJ Broken Ankle Personal Injury Settlement
Bayonne, NJ: (Aug-13-07) Catherine Schmidt, a lifelong Bayonne resident, filed suit against the city, alleging that negligence on the part of the city resulted in her stepping off the curb near the intersection of Avenue C and West 13th Street, tripping and breaking her left ankle. Schmidt, who was 50 at the time of the mishap on Sept. 30, 2001, had surger... - Unlimited Restoration, Inc. Cleanup Laborers Pay Settlement
Washington, DC: (Aug-13-07) CASA of Maryland brought an employment lawsuit against Unlimited Restoration, Inc. (URI), a labor contracting company, alleging that it underpaid nearly 50 day laborers from Montgomery and Prince George counties who helped in the Gulf Coast cleanup after Hurricane Katrina. CASA spokespersons claimed that the laborers had been re... - HCA Inc. Inflated Stock SEC Settlement
Nashville, TN: (Aug-13-07) A shareholders lawsuit was brought against hospital operator HCA Inc., alleging that company executives made false statements about the company's growth, which had the effect of inflating HCA's stock price. The lawsuits claimed the alleged false statements caused the stock to be inflated, and when HCA later reported poorer than e... - Rensselaer County, NY Employee Wrongful Termination Settlement
Troy, NY: (Aug-13-07) Jeffry Jackson, former Rensselaer County Director of Real Property Tax Services, brought a lawsuit against the county, alleging that he was retaliated against because he spoke out regarding irregularities in tax collections. Jackson, who served under former county Executive Henry Zwack, alleged that his employment with the county was... - Franklin, TN Firefighter Racial Discrimination Settlement
Franklin, TN: (Aug-13-07) Two black Franklin firefighters, Ricky Cotton and Greg Baltimore, brought charges against the city and top city officials, claiming that they faced racial discrimination while at work. The lawsuits were first filed in 2006 by Cotton and Baltimore, alleging that they were passed over for promotion because they are black, among othe... - Parkway Hospital, Inc. Medicaid Fraud Settlement
New York, NY: (Aug-13-07) The Health and Human Services Office (HHS) of the Inspector General and the Office of Investigations filed charges against Forest Hills's Parkway Hospital, Inc., following an investigation that revealed that Parkway defrauded the Medicare Program. The government's investigation established that for the years 1992 through 1998, Par... - Arrigo and Giuseppe Cipriani Restaurant Tax Evasion Settlement
New York, NY: (Aug-12-07) A federal lawsuit was brought against Arrigo Cipriani and his son, Giuseppe Cipriani, who run restaurants owned by the Cirpiani family, including the Rainbow Room, alleging that the duo engaged in tax evasion tactics. In a settlement reached, patriarch Arrigo Capriani and CEO of the Cipriani USA Inc., Giuseppe Cipriani agree...