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Sort by date 16,481 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Canon Inc. and Canon U.S.A., Inc. Patent Infringement Settlement
St. Clair Intellectual Property Consultants, Inc. filed a lawsuit against the camera maker for allegedly infringing four patents covering digital camera technology. On February 28, 2003, St. Clair sued Canon in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware regarding the patent dispute. A jury awarded St. Clair $34.7 million in damages. (... - Extendicare Homes Negligent Care Settlement
In 2002, Donald Burdick was admitted to Lakeside Nursing & Rehabilitation in Chippewa Falls after having heart surgery that left him paraplegic. Burdick developed bedsores after the nursing home did not follow proper care procedures. He filed a lawsuit against the nursing home for negligence in his care. Extendicare Homes agreed to pay Burdick a $2.75 m... - San Bernardino County and Deputy John Monaghan Suspect Wrongful Death Settlement
On February 9, 2003 reserve deputy John Monaghan was responding to a report of a burglary alarm. He spotted Jose Luis Perea driving slowly through the area and running a red light. Monaghan followed Perea, who got out of his truck and ran into a pallet yard. Monaghan fired his weapon at the suspect; two gunshots missed Perea, a third struck him in the n... - Microsoft Corp. Antitrust Class Action Settlement
Californian local government entities filed a class action lawsuit against the computer company for allegedly engaging in anticompetitive conduct and using its market power to overcharge members of the government class. The case was filed on behalf of San Francisco City and County and the City of Los Angeles, as well as the counties of Santa Clara, San... - Gentamycin hearing loss and kidney damage
Gentamycin or Gentamicin (Garamycin ophthalmic) and other members of the aminoglycoside family of antibiotics (Amikacin, Kanamycin, Neomycin, Netilmicin, Paromomycin, Streptomycin, and Tobramycin) are well known for severe side effects and irreversible injuries. Gentamycin is prescribed as an ointment, a cream or as a solution to treat ear infecti... - Lawsuits - Only Weapon Available Against Giant Big Pharma Pushers
Jul-11-06 Over the past several years, new studies have shown the new generation of psychiatric drugs to be not only extremely dangerous but also ineffective, and the majority of these medications in fact now carry black box warnings about a number of life-threatening side effects associated with their use. The drugs include selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor... - Norwalk Hospital and Dr. Jay Angeluzzi C-Section Medical Malpractice Settlement
In July 2003, at the age of 35, Mia House gave birth via a Caesarean section. House suffered permanent brain damage and now lives at a long-term care facility. Her family filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the hospital and the doctor alleging Dr. Angeluzzi administered an anesthetic after her blood-oxygen level had dropped. Court records show N... - QuadraMed� Corp. MedCath Contract Breach Settlement
MedCath Incorporated and QuadraMed were in a legal battle with one anther. In 2004, MedCath filed a breach of contract lawsuit against QuadraMed in relation to a software license and service agreement. The complaint alleged QuadraMed's software products failed to perform in accordance with a 2002 contract. The two companies have jointly reached an out o... - Emergency Debt Relief Fraud Settlement
The state of Florida filed a lawsuit against the debt company for allegedly fraudulently claiming it could reduce consumers' payments to creditors by as much as 50 percent. Emergency Debt Relief charged an 18 percent monthly fee based on the consumer's total indebtedness and failed to negotiate the debt even after being paid by consumers. The debt compa... - Home Depot Inc. Employee Gender Discimination Settlement
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Seattle filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the home improvement company on behalf of a female former employee. The female employee worked as a kitchen designer at the Shoreline store and was allegedly subjected to gender discrimination and was terminated after eight years of satisfactory per... - University of the Cumberlands Gay Student Expelled Settlement
Jason Johnson has reached a settlement with the University of the Cumberlands after being expelled for being gay. The University discovered that he was gay from a posting on his MySpace.com page and expelled him from the university stating that his sexual orientation violated a school policy. The university also planned to give the honor student f... - Air Ambulance Helicopter Transport Wrongful Death Settlement
The family of Alicia Goodwin has settled a lawsuit against the air ambulance company that owned and operated a helicopter that crashed while attempting to transport Goodwin to a medical center after she was hit by a truck near a rest area. The helicopter collision killed everyone aboard, including the flight nurse, flight paramedic and pilot. Medi... - Hazle Township Quarry Closure Settlement
Lonzetta Trucking and Hazle Township settled a federal case regarding the closing of a quarry. While the settlement is for an undisclosed amount, Lonzetta Trucking had sought more than $1.5 million during the civil trial which accused the city of wrongfully closing the quarry in a manner that was "shocking to the conscience" and violated the civil right... - Avery County High School Basketball Coach Abuse Settlement
A North Carolina School Board has agreed to pay $5,100 to cover the medical expenses of a teenager who alleged that he had been sexually assaulted by older members of Avery County High School's basketball team while at a camp in Raleigh in 2003. The settlement relieves the coaches from admitting liability, a position maintained by the board of education... - Zhijian Chen Anti-Spyware Fraud Settlement
Washington State has settled an $84,000 spyware lawsuit with Zhijian Chen, an Oregon man, who allegedly marketed bogus anti-spyware software called "spyware cleaner". Chen made thousands of dollars by sending e-mails and posting advertising meant to mislead the public into believing their computers were infected by a virus and that "spyware cleaner" co... - USA Healthcare, Inc. Medicare Fraud Settlement
Charges were filed against the health care facility for allegedly overcharging Medicare. USA Healthcare was accused of failing to disclose on its cost reports that it did business with vendors that were related to it by common ownership or control. An outside consultant who formerly worked for USA Healthcare failed to file required reports with the gove... - Berlin Intermediate School Teacher Gender Harassment Settlement
Five former Berlin Intermediate School female teachers filed a lawsuit against the school claiming gender harassment and misconduct by vice principal Darrell Birckett during the 2003-2004 school year. The women claimed Birckett touched them, made suggestive gestures, told offensive jokes and made obscene statements. The Worcester County Board of Educati... - Microsoft and Autodesk z4 Technologies Patent Infringement Settlement
David Colvin, the founder of z4 Technologies, sued the two software companies in federal court, claiming they appropriated two of his antipiracy software patents with Microsoft's Office and Windows XP and Autodesk's AutoCad programs. A Texas Jury has ordered Microsoft to pay $115 million and Autodesk was required to pay $18 million in the patent infring... - Allegations of Price Fixing could cost Airlines over 1.5 billion dollars
Jul-4-06 United Airlines, American Airlines, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic are named in a related price fixing suit... A lawsuit filed recently in federal court in New York alleges that four transatlantic airlines - United Airlines, American Airlines, British Airways (BA), and Virgin Atlantic - fixed prices on fuel surcharges on flights between the United S... - Minnkota Power Cooperative Clean Air Violations Settlement
The federal Environmental Protection Agency filed charges against the plant for allegedly violating federal clean air laws. The Milton Young electric power plant did not have equipment to control sulfur dioxide or nitrogen oxides which can cause asthma and respiratory problems. Minnkota Power Cooperative has agreed to install $135 million worth of anti-...