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Perth Amboy, NJ: (Mar-15-07) The US Department of Justice pressed charges against the Raritan Bay Medical Center, accusing it of improperly increasing charges to Medicare patients in order to obtain enhanced reimbursement. The suit exposed that between January 1998 and August 2003, Raritan Bay purposefully inflated charges for inpatient and outpatient care... - District of Willamina, OR Female Firefighter Gender Harassment Settlement
Willamina, OR: (Mar-15-07) Aileen Bono, former West Valley Fire District firefighter and paramedic, filed suit against Fire Chief Chuck Eddings, Clerk Lisa Hargitt, board members Gary Brooks, Bob Chapin, Twila Hill, Derek Ivy, and Rick Mishler, former board members Dale Lux, Vern Mosser, and Don Smith, and volunteers Kevin Bolen, Kirk Harless and David Jen... - Raytheon Co. Accounting Fraud Settlement
Washington, DC: (Mar-15-07) The US Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges against three former Raytheon Co. executives, Franklyn Caine, former chief financial officer; Edward Pliner, former controller; and James Gray, former chief financial officer of Raytheon Aircraft Co. The lawsuit accused them of improper accounting involving Raytheon's comme... - Glendale, AZ Student Crosswalk Wrongful Death Settlement
Glendale, AZ: (Mar-15-07) A lawsuit was filed against the city of Glendale by Nazifa Zafari, the mother of Yalda Zafari, a junior at Alhambra High School. The lawsuit claimed that the city was responsible for the wrongful death of Yalda Zafari. The 16-year-old student was fatally struck by a motorist on her way to school. The lawsuit claimed Glendale was a... - Fiscal Dynamics Inc., Cumulative LLC, and Northwest Assets Foreclosure Fraud Settlement
Spokane, WA: (Mar-16-07) The Washington Attorney General's Office booked charges against three businesses offering foreclosure rescue services. Fiscal Dynamics Inc., Cumulative LLC, and Northwest Assets were accused of having searched public records to find and target Washington residents who had fallen behind on their property taxes and faced foreclosure... - Rich-Tex, Inc. Asbestos Drywall Death Verdict
San Francisco, CA: (Mar-18-07) Douglas Ivance died on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2003 from respiratory failure caused in part by asbestos and severe asbestos-related pleural disease. He had been a career drywall taper throughout the San Francisco Bay Area for 47 years. Rich-Tex was a manufacturer and supplier of asbestos-containing drywall products, including... - Fosamax and Osteonecrosis of the Jaw
May-22-07 Whitehouse Station, NJ: One hundred years ago, people who manufactured matches for a living were susceptible to a horrible ailment called Phossy jaw. Caused by exposure to the white phosphorus then used in matches, Phossy jaw reduced facial bones to rotten mush. Surgical intervention was often required to remove the jawbones of workers unlucky enough to co... - Shelhigh Tries a New Tactic
May-22-07 Newark, NJ: Medical product manufacturer Shelhigh is trying a new legal tactic in court. Embroiled in a bitter battle with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration over the safety of its products, Shelhigh lawyers have gone from crying, "foul" to crying, "broke". Appearing in U.S. District Court in Newark, NJ on May 15, Shelhigh lawyer Daniel Jarcho plea... - Avandia: Heart Attack risk Revealed
May-22-07 Avandia, (known generically as rosiglitazone) a widely used diabetes drug, raises the risk of heart attacks and possibly death, as published in [ The New England Journal of Medicine ] on May 21, 2007. The analysis was based on a review of about 28,000 patients involved in 42 previously conducted clinical studies. The Journal concluded that: Rosiglitazo... - Nueces County, TX Fairgrounds Contract Settlement
Nueces County, TX: (Mar-15-07) A lawsuit filed by Zachry Construction Corp., the fairgrounds' general contractor, against the city accused it of breach of contract. The commissioners agreed at a special meeting to pay the firm $5,924,367 for work it completed at the fairgrounds before the commissioners voided their contract with Zachry after the county's b... - Visalia, CA Parking Lot Barrier Personal Injury Settlement
Visalia, CA: (Mar-15-07) Husetta Colello, 41, filed suit against the city after she was injured in a Visalia parking lot in 2004. Her suit accused the city of being negligent in improperly placing concrete parking lot barriers contributing to her accident and fracture of her right ankle. The City of Visalia did not admit any liability when it settled to pa... - Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Short Trading Settlement
New York, NY: (Mar-15-07) A lawsuit filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission and NYSE Regulation against the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. accused it of failing to detect customers' illegal short sales of stock in companies just before those companies completed public offerings. The SEC and NYSE both settled enforcement actions against the company's Gold... - Muskogee County District Attorney Drug Property Seizures Settlement
Muskogee, AZ: (Mar-15-07) A civil rights case filed against the office of former Muskogee County District Attorney John David Luton accused it and its Drug Task Force of illegally seizing, forfeiting, and selling plaintiffs' property under claims that the property was connected to drug activity and warranted forfeiture under seizure and forfeiture laws. Lu... - Shell Chemical Co. Environmental Violations Settlement
Baton Rouge, LA: (Mar-15-07) In a six year long legal battle concerning Shell Chemical, a settlement was reached with the company agreeing to pay $6.5 million to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. The settlement covers 21 violations between 1999 and 2004 at four sites in St. Charles Parish and one in Ascension Parish, according to DEQ. It i... - TIG Insurance WTC Claims Settlement
Manhattan, NY: (Mar-15-07) In a long ensuing legal battle with its insurers, World Trade Center leaseholder Larry Silverstein reached a settlement and recent pay out of an additional $12.5 million from one of its insurers, TIG Insurance. The settlement amount is a crucial step towards rebuilding Lower Manhattan. Silverstein and workers from the World Trade... - Rye Township, NY Construction Breach of Contract Settlement
Rye, NY: (Mar-14-07) A legal battle ended when Rye Township agreed to pay Horne Construction Co. $190,000. A case of mismanagement was evident among the town's selectmen since the inception of the contract the town signed with Horne in 2004 to build its public safety building. From unfinished schedules to issues including incomplete construction documents,... - Feds Investigate Profits From Off-Label Heart Stent Procedures - Part I
May-21-07 Washington DC The stenting for profit industry may soon be history. On March 1, 2007, the chairman of the US House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Henry Waxman (D-CA), ordered Johnson & Johnson and Boston Scientific to turn over documents as part of an investigation into the off-label marketing of drug-eluting stents. Boston's Taxus, and... - Non-Sterile Environment at Shelhigh Shocking
May-8-07 Washington, DC: On May 2nd, 2007 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration formally requested (in other words, an order) that Shelhigh Inc. recall all of its medical devices in the marketplace due to concerns regarding sterility. (Shelhigh initially refused a voluntary recall.) The recall includes Shelhigh medical devices in the marketplace and in hospital i... - 9/11 Cleanup Crew urged to Register
May-14-07 New York, NY Everyone involved in the "toxic" 9/11 cleanup are urged to register immediately for New York State workers' compensation. A pro-labor organization is sending out the message: If you or someone you know worked on the post-9/11 clean up in New York City, whether paid or as a volunteer, between September 11, 2001, and September 12, 2002, you n... - Settlement Reached In Biloxi Councilman's Case Against State Farm
$66,234 paid to policyholder for hurricane damage. State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. : A suit filed by Edward Gemmill against State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. accused the insurance companies for denying claims after hurricane damage. The Aug. 29, 2005, storm demolished Gemmill's home, leaving only a slab. The home was valued at $217,813 and the contents...