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Sort by date 16,481 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky Employee Work Wage Settlement
Scott County, KY: (May-07-07) The Department of Labor filed charges against Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky in 2006, alleging that TMMK had violated labor laws by not paying employees according to stipulated wage/hour norms. The suit involved an issue which debated as to whether workers should be paid for the time they take to put on and take off prote... - Edward Waters College Student Shooting Wrongful Death Settlement
Jacksonville, FL: (May-06-07) The family of Johnathan Wesley Glenn, an 18-year-old student at Edward Waters College, filed charges against the college after Glenn was fatally shot a day after he wrote an essay critical about campus safety. Glenn was a freshman when two men approached him and demanded a sports jersey he was wearing, his cell phone and wal... - Union Carbide Corp. et al. Asbestos Exposure Death Settlement
San Francisco, CA: (May-04-07) The family of Charlie Piazza of Santa Clara filed a lawsuit against Union Carbide Corp., Georgia-Pacific Corp., Kelly-Moore Paint Co. Inc., Hamilton Materials Inc., Kaiser Gypsum Co. Inc., and CertainTeed Corp. alleging that Piazza was exposed to asbestos products manufactured by the six defendants and died due to the prolonged... - Alabama, USA Youth Detention Center Abuse Settlement
Birmingham, AL: (May-07-07) The state of Alabama faced a lawsuit filed by a dozen girls who claimed that they were abused at a youth detention center near Birmingham. The allegations of sexual and physical abuse at the state Department of Youth Services detention center in Chalkville surfaced in 2001, eventually leading to fifteen employees being fired or... - DuPont Co. Benlate Birth Defects Settlement
Dover, DE: (May-06-07) Two lawsuits filed against the DuPont Co. claimed that the fungicide Benlate caused birth defects in children. The lawsuits was filed in 1997 on behalf of children in Britain and New Zealand who were born without eyes or with abnormally small eyes, and defects. The lawsuit reached a settlement according to a filing with the Securit... - Stratagene Corp. Genetic Analysis Patent Infringement Settlement
La Jolla, CA: (May-03-07) Third Wave Technologies, Inc., a genetic analysis products manufacturer, filed charges against Stratagene Corp and reached an out-of-court settlement regarding the patent infringement issue litigated in US District Court in Wisconsin in September 2005 and appealed to the Federal Circuit Court. In a settlement reached, Stratagene... - University of Wisconsin Religious Discrimination Settlement
Madison, WI: (May-04-07) The University of Wisconsin Roman Catholic Foundation filed charges against the university, alleging religious discrimination after the group was denied recognition, despite a campus presence dating to the 1880s. The group filed suit last year after UW-Madison said it could no longer be recognized because only three of its 12 board... - FAG Bearings Groundwater Contamination Settlement
Joplin, MO: (May-03-07) The US Department of the Interior filed a suit against FAG Bearings, a ball bearings manufacturing company, accusing it of natural-resource damages for the release of trichloroethylene at its plant in Joplin. FAG used TCE as a degreaser from 1972 to 1982. The hazardous substance was released when an underground pipe containing a sma... - Arkansas State Police Trooper Mistaken Escapee Wrongful Shooting Settlement
Bentonville, AR: (May-03-07) Larry Norman, a former state trooper pleaded guilty to a negligent homicide charge over the fatal shooting of a mentally disabled man mistaken for a fugitive in 2006. Joseph Erin Hamley was mistaken to be a suspected escapee near the Benton-Washington county line, when Norman and several other officers were responded to the cal... - Mohegan Sun Racetrack Property Assessment Taxes Settlement
Wiles-Barre, PA: (May-03-07) The Wilkes-Barre Area School District filed charges against Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs over a property assessment dispute regarding the value of s racetrack property. The suit filed with the courts in 2002, argued that the assessed value of the racetrack property, then owned by Pocono Downs L.P., was too low, giving the distri... - Jackson County, GA Manager Wrongful Termination Settlement
Jackson County, GA: (May-03-07) Former Jackson County manager Crandall Jones was terminated from service without any specific reason. The action came after three of the five commissioners voted to fire him. One commissioner voted against the action and another abstained from voting. Jones alleged that the move was racially motivated in part and was the res... - Whittaker Corp., Remediation Financial and Santa Clarita LLC Perchlorate Groundwater Contamination Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: (May-03-07) The Castaic Lake Water Agency, Newhall County Water District, Santa Clarita Water Co., and Valencia Water Co. filed a lawsuit against the current and former operators of the Whittaker-Bermite facility, alleging perchlorate contamination. Perchlorate is a chemical used in the manufacturing of explosives, munitions, and rocket fuel... - Pacific Steel Noxious Emissions Pollution Settlement
Berkeley, CA: (May-02-07) The Bay Area Quality Management District filed charges against Pacific Steel, a West Berkeley steel foundry, alleging that the steel company is one of the Bay Area's worst polluters. In a settlement reached with the Bay Area Quality Management District, Pacific Steel agreed to pay $150,000 in fines and install air pollution contro... - Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP Gas Blending Violations Settlement
Houston, TX: (May-02-07) The US Environmental Protection Agency filed charges against Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, alleging that one of the company's master limited partnership subsidiaries was in violation of air and hazardous waste regulations. The EPA claimed that Kinder Morgan Transmix Co. had violated certain environmental laws which came to li... - A.G. Edwards SEC Market Timing Settlement
St. Louis, MO: (May -02-07) The US Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges against A.G. Edwards, the brokerage arm of A.G. Edwards Inc., alleging that the financial services holding company failed to reasonably supervise brokers who placed market timing of mutual funds. In a settlement reached, A.G. Edwards agreed to pay $3.86 million to the Secur... - MGM Mirage Inc. Disability Act Violations Penalty
Biloxi, MS: (May-02-07) The Justice Department filed charges against MGM Mirage Inc., the world's second-largest casino company, following a complaint filed by a patron, alleging that fell in a shower because he couldn't reach shower controls. The suit claimed that the hotel had violated the Americans with Disabilities Act in making in designing their hote... - Siebel Systems Inc. Employee Fraud Settlement
San Francisco, CA: (May-02-07) Silicon Valley billionaire Thomas Siebel, founder and former chief executive officer of Siebel Systems Inc., was sued in 1996 by Debra Christoffers, a one-time company saleswoman, who alleged that she had been wrongly terminated, faced gender discrimination and was defrauded out of lucrative commissions and stock options. Chr... - Queen's Seaport Development Inc. Queen Mary Lease Settlement
Talk to a local bankruptcy lawyer right away! Los Angeles, CA: (Jan-30-07) A lawsuit between the City of Long Beach and Queen's Seaport Development Inc. finally saw resolution for long standing rent dispute. The historic ship, the Queen Mary, owned by the city, was leased to the Queen's Seaport. On declaring bankruptcy, Queen's Seaport agreed to pay... - Edgar Reinoso Infested Apartment Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: (May-01-07) Former tenants of a seedy, vermin-infested Palmdale apartment building filed a lawsuit against the owner Edgar Reinoso, alleging that they faced slum-like conditions in Antelope Valley apartments. In a settlement reached with the tenants, Reinoso agreed to pay $1 million to settle allegations. The latest settlement involves a s... - M.J.D. Construction Services Inc. and Donald Russo Blown Tire Crash Wrongful Death Settlement
Palm City, FL: (May-01-07) Cheryl Palmer, widow of 45-year-old Howard Siegel, filed suit against M.J.D. Construction Services Inc., a Palm City construction company, after her husband was killed in an Aug. 14 crash. The suit claimed that the death occurred when co-defendant Donald Russo's truck blew a tire near the intersection of High Meadow Avenue and Go...