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In April 2006, Umpire Rick Cacciatore was hit with a baseball bat thrown by minor-leaguer Delmon Young in at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, R.I., during a game between the Durham Bulls and Pawtucket Red Sox. According to Cacciatore, he called Young out on strikes in the top of the first inning with nobody out and runners on first and second. Cacciatore tr... - Cory Pelnar embezzlement Settlement
Cory Pelnar was the business manager at St. Bernadette's Church when she was accused of embezzlement after the Omaha Catholic Archdiocese hired an auditor to look at its books. Pelnar was fired, charged and convicted of theft when the Church's books came up $180,000 short. Under the agreement, Pelnar paid back $180,000 with five years probation and the... - DYNO Nobel Inc. and other Mining Companies Settlement
A criminal antitrust probe into the explosives industry finally wrapped the last remaining monies from a $60 million settlement against two of the largest manufacturers of explosives that began in 1992. One of the companies, Salt Lake City-based DYNO Nobel, paid a fine of $15 million. Manufacturers and distributors of commercial explosives allegedly con... - Bell Canada pay equity Settlement
Current and former telephone operators of Bell Canada, most of them women, have voted 95 percent in favor of a $104 million settlement to end a 14 year-old dispute -- covering the years 1993 to 1999 -- with The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada and Bell Canada over pay equity for 4,765 telephone operators. CEP filed its claim for p... - City of Dearborn Settlement
In 2003, Agron Seiko, a traffic officer in the City of Dearborn, Michigan was driving a city vehicle when he broadsided a car and killed William V. Owen IV, a Ford Motor Co. computer engineer. Seiko had joined a police pursuit at the time but had not been ordered to do so. Seiko pleaded no contest to negligent homicide and was put on probation. In 2005,... - Spotlight Focused On Pfizer's Lipitor Follies
Aug-27-06 According to the book, "Health Myths Exposed," by former pharmaceutical chemist turned whistleblower, Shane Ellison, "When used as prescribed, pharmaceutical drugs kill more people than terrorism, car crashes, AIDS, and street drugs combined." Although many health care professionals have come forward in recent years with warnings that prescription drugs a... - Accutane still a Top Seller for Hoffman-LaRoche
Aug-25-06 Accutane, manufactured by Hoffman-LaRoche, was FDA approved in 1982, only to treat the most severe form of acne. Yet by 1998, the medication was the company's second-largest-selling drug, with about $800 million in sales. Accutane (Isotretinoin) entered the market in the US in 1982, and has been at the center of one firestorm after another ever since. It... - Washington State Department of Corrections Settlement
In December 2004, Amber Bulus-Steed was violently beaten to death in front of her two small children just outside Port Angeles by Nathan Eugene Hipsher, her live-in boyfriend. Hipsher was a convicted felon at the time and under the supervision of the state Department of Corrections. Her family sued the state Department of Corrections on homicide charges... - Keane Inc. Sexual Harassment Settlement
Brian T. Keane, President and chief executive of Keane Inc., allegedly sexually harassed vice president of marketing, Georgina Fisk. Keane received the first allegation April 25 and resigned May 10, on the advice of the board's corporate governance committee. On May 12, company officials announced that harassment complaints had been made by one current... - Marine Shale Processors Inc. Settlement
Marine Shale, a recycler of non-hazardous oilfield wastes, opened in 1985, claiming its incinerator in Amelia could burn industrial sludge at heat so high that the chemicals turned to glassy black chunks that were safe for use in road beds. In the late 1980s environmentalists blamed the plant for an outbreak of a rare childhood cancer, but couldn't find... - Cytodyne Technologies Nutraquest Settlement
Diet pill manufacturer Cytodyne Technologies, also known as Nutraquest, allegedly deceived customers by advertising its diet pill Xenadrine RFA-1 was a revolutionary thermogenic diet supplement clinically proven to increase fat loss 17 times more than diet and exercise alone. A lawsuit was filed against that Cytodyne and its president Robert Chinery. Nu... - Saint Barnabas Health Care System Fraud Settlement
Saint Barnabas, New Jersey's largest health care provider, allegedly cheated Medicare out of more than half a billion dollars over the past eight years by inflating charges for patients with serious illnesses. Prosecutors claimed that Saint Barnabas hospitals deliberately inflated charges under the Medicare program that increased reimbursements to hospi... - Boy Scouts of America wrongful death Settlement
On August 2, 2002, 350 Boy Scouts were dismissed from the dining hall at Resica Falls Boy Scout camp to their wooded campsites during a lightning storm. Sixteen-year-old Matthew Tresca was killed by a lightning bolt that struck a tent pole about 10 feet away from where he was standing and six others were injured. Tresca's parents sued the Boy Scouts of... - Hillenbrand Industries, Inc. antitrust class action Settlement
In 2003, Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System filed an antitrust class action lawsuit against Hillenbrand Industries, Inc. alleging that it used its monopoly power in the hospital bed market to coerce hospitals into renting specialty made beds. Spartanburg claimed that, since 1990, the huge health care and funeral services company hurt competition and... - Monongalia General Hospital Cerebral Palsy Birth Settlement
In 1997, complications arose during Ms. Pochron's labor at the general hospital. Her obstetrician, Louise Van Riper, allegedly neglected to perform an emergency C-section. Baby Marissa was deprived of oxygen and she suffered severe brain damage. The Porchron family filed a lawsuit against the hospital alleging medical malpractice after Marissa was abandon... - Dr. Joseph Rudolph drug import Settlement
Dr. Joseph Rudolph was accused by the federal government of illegally benefiting from a federal prescription drug program. The allergist imported prescription drugs from Canada, thus providing discounts to his patients, until the government ordered him to desist. Prosecutors accused him of illegally selling discounted medicines to doctors nationwide fro... - Huelo Point Flower Farm wrongful death Settlement
Honolulu resident Mr. Stephen A. Goddard was found dead at the base of a cliff Dec. 31, 2003. Goddard and his family were staying at Huelo Point Flower Farm for a family reunion. Because it was rented as a hotel or condominium would be, the owners were responsible to protect guests from hazards. The property is at the edge of a 300-foot sheer cliff, b... - City of Detroit Student Search Settlement
City of Detroit In February 2004, school officials and police conducted a sweep to search students at Mumford High. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan sued Detroit public schools on behalf of students whose backpacks, clothing and other items were searched without reasonable suspicion. The city and its police department will pay mor... - Dole Food Company E. coli Settlement
An outbreak of E.coli occurred In September, 2005 that was traced to bags of Dole Food Company brand prepackaged lettuce. The Minnesota state department of health found 17 confirmed cases and 8 hospitalizations in the twin cities area. Several lawsuits have been reached, the most recent from a 12-year-old girl who was hospitalized for 34 days with acu... - Lawmakers sever ties between CDC and Big Pharma
Aug-21-06 In the wake of overhauling the FDA, lawmakers are also cracking down on conflicts of interest within the Centers for Disease Control. Last month, Representatives, Dr Dave Weldon (R-FL), and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), held a press conference to announce the introduction of a bill that would give responsibility for vaccine safety to an independent agency withi...