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Buena Park, CA: (Jul-09-07) The family of Juan Herrera filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Buena Park, after Herrera, 23, was shot and killed by veteran gang officer Ron Furtado, two days before Christmas in 2004. Furtado claimed that he shot out after he believed Herrera was leaning over as if to grab a weapon from under his car seat. However, Herrera... - District 149 Superintendent Remediation Settlement
Ann Arbor, MI: (Jul-07-07) Former Dolton Elementary District 149 Superintendent Doris Hope-Jackson filed a federal lawsuit against the state, after the District 149 School Board placed Hope-Jackson on remediation after just about seven months on the job following her hiring in July 2002. In a settlement reached, the state agreed to pay Hope-Jackson a $165,... - Goshen, NY Over Assessed Property Tax Settlement
Goshen, NY: (Jul-06-07) Dana Distributors, a beer distributor, filed charges against the town of Goshen alleging it over assessed its property taxes for the years 2005 and 2006. Town Supervisor Doug Bloomfield explained that the county collects property taxes and then distributes them to school systems and municipalities. Because the town agreed to a settl... - US Federal Government FBI Shooting Personal Injury Settlement
Baltimore, MD: (Jul-07-07) Joseph Schultz and his girlfriend filed civil lawsuits against the US government after Schultz was mistakenly shot by an FBI agent in 2002. Schultz, who was 20 at the time of the shooting, suffered a shattered jaw, but survived the shooting. He claimed that he was unarmed at the time of the accident. Schultz's girlfriend at the t... - Jacksonville, FL Foster Care Child Abuse Settlement
Jacksonville, FL: (Jul-07-07) A 32-year-old woman, identified in court documents by the initials S.A.P., filed a child abuse lawsuit, alleging that she was horribly abused in her Orange Park foster home in 1979 while state child welfare workers looked the other way. The case had been scheduled for a jury trial in Jacksonville mid July after the Florida Sup... - Intcomex and TGM, SA Tax Audit Settlement
Miami, FL: (Jul-06-07) The Uruguayan tax agency Direccion General Impositiva (DGI) brought charges against Intcomex and its Uruguayan subsidiary, TGM, SA following a tax audit for the period 2002 through 2006. The audit raised questions about the alleged failure of two local suppliers to pay value added and other taxes in connection with the sale of certai... - Omega Advisors Inc. Hedge Fund Bribery Settlement
Denver, CO: (Jul-07-07) Federal officials filed a lawsuit against Omega Advisors Inc., the $6 billion hedge fund run by Leon Cooperman, following a US bribery investigation into its investment of more than $100 million in Azerbaijan with Czech financier Viktor Kozeny. The suit alleged that Kozeny, while living in Aspen, cheated investors of hundreds of mil... - Gerald Metals Asarco Breach of Contract Settlement
Dallas, TX: (Jul-05-07) Asarco LLC, a copper producer, filed a lawsuit against Gerald Metals, a metals trading company, in 2006 over a contracts dispute between the two companies. The suit charged breach of contract and fraud. In its complaint, Asarco claimed Gerald Metals owed it $7.1 million from various agreements. The bulk of that money, more than $5 m... - State Auto Insurance Company Car Accident Wrongful Death Settlement
Pierce County, WI: (Jul-05-07) Andrew Junior Diesing was born eight months after the death of his father, Andrew P. Elsen, 21, of Ellsworth. Elsen died in an accident that was caused by the negligence of Kyle A. Jensen, who was subsequently found guilty of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle and second degree recklessly endangering safety. Since Jense... - Mooresville, NC Landscaping Property Damage Settlement
Mooresville, NC: (Jul-04-07) Victor Marquis, his wife Madeline, and his daughter and son-in-law, Elena and Richard DaCosta, filed a lawsuit against the town of Mooresville, claiming that they would lose land and landscaping as a result of the town's decision to pave an adjacent street. The Marquis' and the DaCosta's jointly own approximately 2 acres on the... - Chester, NH Police Chief Resignation Settlement
Chester, NH: (Jul-04-07) Former police Chief Alfred Wagner agreed to a settlement that was proposed by the Board of Selectmen, leading Wagner to resign from his post after 20 years as police chief. Wagner, 58, has had a number of run-ins with selectmen over the years but has declined to say if that had anything to do with his decision to retire. In 2004, s... - Jacksonville, FL Naval Hospital Infant Wrongful Death Settlement
Jacksonville, FL: (Jul-05-07) Thomas and Jessica Hugaboom of Virginia filed a federal lawsuit against the government after their infant son died after repeated trips to the Jacksonville Naval Hospital emergency room. Seven-month-old Michael died in 2004 of undiagnosed meningitis after three trips and three calls to the emergency room while his father was s... - Ketek: The Importance of Reporting Adverse Effects
Sep-11-07 Washington, DC Clinical studies of a pharmaceutical drug are generally not enough to foresee adverse effects. The antibiotic Ketek is a prime example. Recently prescribed for sinus infections -- from bronchitis to bacterial sinusitis to pneumonia -- it is now only prescribed for the latter, and it also comes with added warnings. This changes came about o... - Clark & Post Architects City Hall Building Costs Settlement
Elyria, OH: (Jul-05-07) The city of Elyria filed a breach of contract lawsuit against Clark & Post Architects of Lorain in May 2005, claiming $2.5 million for excessive costs incurred during the building of the New City Hall. The city's lawsuit claimed the architects failed to evaluate conditions at the 139-year-old City Hall and misled the city into incor... - San Francisco, CA Sheriff's Deputy Discrimination Settlement
San Francisco, CA: (Jul-05-07) Jon Gray, a gay San Francisco sheriff's deputy brought charges against the city, alleging that he suffered discrimination at his workplace, including being subjected to anti-gay harassment by fellow officers who posted homophobic comments on an unofficial Web site. Workers' Compensation Administrative Law Judge Jacqueline C... - Pemstar Inc. Securities Fraud Settlement
Rochester, MN: (Jul-05-07) A shareholders lawsuit was filed against Pemstar Inc. alleging that the Rochester-based electronics company and its executives misled investors in order to inflate the price of Pemstar stock. The lawsuit claimed the company discovered accounting problems at its factory in Mexico and revised financial statements to show larger los... - Sound Transit Delayed Light Rail Design Settlement
Seattle, WA: (Jul-05-07) Kiewit, a construction subcontractor, filed suit against Sound Transit, claiming that the company caused cost overruns when it delayed completion of the design for the maintenance facility of the initial 15.7-mile, $2.4 billion light rail line between downtown Seattle and Sea-Tac Airport. In a settlement reached, Sound Transi... - Attorney Subpoenas J&J AstraZeneca and Lilly for Hidden Antipsychotic Data Part II
Sep-10-07 Washington, DC Attorney Jim Gottstein is the director of the Law Project for Psychiatric Rights, a public interest law firm that has mounted a campaign against forced psychiatric drugging all over the country. He represents mostly indigent clients through his non-profit organization and is not involved in the lawsuits filed against the atypical makers by p... - Attorney Subpoenas J&J, AstraZeneca and Lilly for Hidden Antipsychotic Data Part I
Sep-10-07 Washington, DC Alaska attorney Jim Gottstein has issued subpoenas for the discovery of any suppressed data on the atypical antipsychotic drugs Zyprexa , Risperdal, and Seroquel which he says is necessary before a Forced Drugging Petition can possibly be considered for approval for a client he is representing. Mr Gottstein contends that the informatio... - New London, NH Sewage Spills Settlement
New London, NH: (Jul-03-07) The New Hampshire Attorney General's Office brought charges against the town of New London, after about 100,000 gallons of raw sewage spilled into Lake Sunapee in April 2004. The spill at the George's Mills Pump Station was followed by another spill of about 2,500 gallons in September 2006. Both incidents were due to a variety o...