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Sort by date 16,481 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Summit Refrigeration Group Trade Secrets Settlement
Menomonee Falls, WI: (Feb-16-07) The co-owners of Summit Refrigeration Group pleaded guilty in 2006 to a misdemeanor count of unauthorized use of a computer. The case first charged the three owners, Michael P. Conti, Frederick Anderson and Richard DeGroot, with trade secrets violations; a felony under the US corporate espionage law. The lawsuit addresse... - Madison County, AL Working Connection Program Whistleblower Settlement
Huntsville, AL: (Feb-17-07) A federal whistleblower lawsuit was filed against the defunct Working Connection welfare-to-work program by Tommie Lockhart, former executive director of the company from December 1999 to August 2000. The program was designed to help find jobs for parents who did not have custody of their children, to help those parents pay c... - Winston-Salem, NC Wrongful Conviction Settlement
Fayetteville, NC: (Feb-16-07) Darryl Hunt was convicted twice in the stabbing death of Deborah Sykes, a white woman who was raped and killed in 1984 while walking to work downtown. He spent 18 years in prison before DNA evidence helped clear Hunt of the crime. The evidence also led to the identification of another man, Willard Brown, who pleaded guilt... - Lodge at Torrey Pines Partnership Employee Hostility Settlement
Santa Barbara, CA: (Feb-15-07) A lawsuit filed in the California Court of Appeals by Scott Jones against the Lodge at Torrey Pines Partnership accused the lodge of having a hostile work environment for homosexual employees. The lawsuit resulted in the court of appeals reversing the trial court, and reinstating a jury verdict for $1,395,000 against Jones... - Ryan A. Brant CEO Backdating Stock Options Fine
Washington, DC: (Feb-14-07) Ryan A. Brant, publisher of the "Grand Theft Auto" video games and founder and former chairman of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., was convicted of backdating stock options to inflate their value. A civil lawsuit was filed in Manhattan's state Supreme Court alleging that during a seven-year period, Brant enriched himself a... - Mary Muncie Amputation Accident Settlement
Richmond, KY: (Feb-15-07) Raymond Powell III and his wife Tamara filed a lawsuit against Mary Muncie and were awarded $2,251,940. The lawsuit resulted from an accident that left Powell with an amputated leg; he was struck by Mary Muncie's vehicle while riding his motorcycle. Muncie could not see well at the time. Powell and his wife were awarded $25,500... - Los Angeles, CA Inmate Murder Settlement
Long Beach, CA: (Feb-15-07) A Superior court judge labeled Santiago Pineda, as a "Houdini in jail," after he murdered two people. Judge William Pounders sentenced Pineda to death for the murders. He also denied a defense motion for a new trial and refused to reduce the jury's death sentence recommendation to life in prison without the possibility of par... - Appeals Court Vindicates Victims' Choice -- Decides Southwest Airlines Chicago Midway Crash Should Be Heard in State Court
May-1-07 Chicago, IL The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the lead plaintiffs in the Southwest Airlines Chicago Midway crash-landing shall be heard in state court. Lead plaintiffs, Mariko Bennett and Stanley Penn filed suit on December 20, 2005 in Illinois state court in Chicago against Southwest Airlines, Boeing and the City of Chicago on account... - Zyprexa Hole Gets Deeper
May-1-07 Washington, DC: On March 7, 2007, Montana's attorney general, Mike McGrath, filed the latest Medicaid fraud lawsuit against Eli Lilly, under the False Claims Act, for illegally promoting the sale of the atypical antipsychotic drug Zyprexa for off-label uses and concealing its link to serious health problems. Considered to be one of the most effecti... - A.O. Smith Corp. and Paul and Doris Lay Bathtub Burns Wrongful Death Settlement
Cumberland, MD: (Feb-15-07) Heather Johnson, 19 months old, succumbed to severe burns over 80% of her body after being placed in a bathtub filled with hot water. She died in a hospital 20 days after the accident. A lawsuit was filed by the administrators of the child's estate, James and Jean Fralish, against the company who made the water heater and the... - Novartis Withdrawing Zelnorm: But at what Cost?
Apr-30-07 Washington, DC Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation has put the cost of withdrawing its Zelnorm medication at $52 million according to The Wall Street Journal online. The medication was first approved by the FDA in July 2002 for treatment of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and severe constipation. In March 2007, the FDA requested that Zelnorm sales be... - Norfolk, VA Officer Death Workers Compensation Settlement
Hampton, VA: (Feb-14-07) Officer Seneca Darden, of Norfolk, was killed on the job in May 2006. The city of Hampton has agreed to pay the family $600,000 as compensation; they will receive $160,000 from insurance, plus $295,000 from the US Government, and $75,000 from the state of Virginia for the death of the officer while in the line of duty. Apart fro... - Scenic Chevron and Evanston Insurance Co. Signage Car Accident Settlement
Baton Rouge, LA: (Feb-15-07) Signs at Scenic Chevron, a gasoline station, obstructed the view of traffic and caused Melissa Benton's death when she collided with a speeding off duty police officer. The Louisiana state district court panel said Officer Paul Rhea and the city-parish government of East Baton Rouge were 20 percent liable for its $1.6 millio... - St. James's University Hospital Cerebral Palsy Medical Malpractice Settlement
Yorkshire, Northern England: (Feb-13-07) Laura Hegarty, 8, suffers from cerebral palsy as a result of brain damage that occurred after a traumatized birth at St. James's University Hospital in August, 1998. The parents claimed that despite Lisa Hegarty having been previously treated for pre-eclampsia, staff failed to identify her as high risk when she w... - Landair Transport, Great West Casualty Co. and Axis Surplus Insurance Co. Motorcycle Crash Wrongful Death Settlement
Greenville, SC: (Feb-14-07) Rebecca Ann Hilliard sued Landair Transport, Great West Casualty, and Axis Surplus Insurance for being contributors to her husband's wrongful death. The suit alleges Glen Hilliard's Harley Davidson collided with a Landair Transport tractor-trailer that was trying to make a left turn. Rebecca Hilliard claimed records sho... - Trafigura Abidjan Oil Dump Settlement
South Africa: (Feb-14-07) Oil magnum Trafigura was sued by the Ivory Coast after thousands of people died after waste from the oil trader's ship was unloaded. Trafigura agreed to pay the authorities $198 million, which will be used to reimburse costs incurred for removing the waste and treating those affected after black sludge was dumped in open-air si... - Curtiss-Wright Corp. Gender Discrimination Settlement
Roseland, NJ: (Feb-14-07) Joyce Quinlan, a former executive at the Curtiss-Wright Corp. filed a lawsuit against Martin Benante, chairman and chief executive officer of the company, for denying her a promotion based on her gender. The suit alleged Benante was following a company tradition of keeping women out of top executive positions. An Essex County... - Dr. Hugh Moncrief Neurosurgeon Malpractice Settlement
Dayton, OH: (Feb-14-07) Dr. Hugh Moncrief, a neurosurgeon with the Ohio Neurosurgical Institute Inc., was held liable and construed negligent in the death of Terri Shepherd. On complaining of headaches and vomiting, Shepherd was diagnosed with a brain hemorrhage from a ruptured aneurysm, which was successfully treated. On May 23, 2005, Moncrief attempte... - Rhode Island, USA Inmate Human Rights Settlement
Providence, RI: (Feb-12-07) Michael Walsh, a former inmate at the Adult Correctional Institutions in Providence, RI, sued the state for abuse suffered while he was in prison. The lawsuit alleged Walsh was forced to put his own fecal matter in his mouth by the guards on Valentines Day. Corrections officers often adapt to brutal tactics to command respect... - Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Prempro Breast Cancer Settlement
New York, NY: (Feb-20-07) Jennie Nelson filed a lawsuit against the maker of Prempro after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Wyeth was ordered to pay $3 million in damages after a jury found the company's menopause treatment was linked to a woman's breast cancer. The verdict found Wyeth failed to provide an adequate warning regarding the link betwee...