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On February 11, 2003, four year old Elizabeth Dominguez and her mother were walking along a sidewalk when a Muni truck hit the young girl and pinned her against a restaurant. Elizabeth died at the scene. Sebastian Garcia was the Muni truck driver and has been charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter. A San Francisco jury has awarded $27 million t... - Cheesecake Factory Unpaid Overtime Settlement
California employees and wait staff filed a lawsuit against their employer for allegedly routinely denying breaks, forcing them to work off-the-clock or pay fellow employees $5 in order to take legally mandated breaks. The case also claimed abusive management practices and working conditions. The $4.5 million settlement will provide San Francisco based... - Illinois National Insurance Co. Sunoco MTBE Settlement
Sunoco filed a lawsuit against the insurance provider regarding coverage for dozens of pending lawsuits over alleged groundwater contamination caused by methyl tertiary butyl ether, a gasoline additive manufactured by Sunoco. The lawsuits against Sunoco alleged MTBE was defectively designed and constituted a dangerous product, and that Sunoco breached a... - Mutual Benefits Corp. Life Insurance Fraud Settlement
Investors filed a lawsuit against the now defunct company for allegedly being defrauded in the purchase of life insurance policies. Mutual Benefits has agreed to pay more than 29,000 Mutual Benefits investors a $10 million settlement. (Aug-30-05) [ MIAMI HERALD ] Legal Help If you have a similar problem and would like to be contacted by... - New Line Cinema Lord of the Rings Royalties Settlement
Hollywood producer Saul Zaentz filed a claim against the movie company for allegedly owing him $20 million in royalties from the "Lord of the Rings" films. Details of the out of court settlement were not released. Zaentz claimed New Line cheated him out of the money by calculating his royalties based on net receipts from foreign distribution, instead of... - HealthEssentials Solutions Health Care Fraud Settlement
The federal government filed claims of health care fraud against the company's home health operations. HealthEssentials filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March, yet agreed to pay the government a $1.85 million settlement to be able to sell its companies to the highest bidder. (Sep-03-05) [ COURIER JOURNAL ] Legal Help If you have a similar prob... - Evanston-Skokie School District 65 Free Speech Settlement
Evanston middle school teacher, Vikki Proctor, filed a lawsuit against her former employer alleging the district violated her free speech rights by transferring her to another building after her protest. Proctor and two other teachers displayed a skeleton in the teachers lounge at Evanston's King Laboratory School to protest new testing mandates. Accord... - Eisenhower Medical Center Over Billing Medicare Settlement
Healthcare Financial Advisors acted as the Riverside County desert hospitals' consulting firm and was assigned to prepare cost reports for insurers. Whistleblower, Mark Razin, claimed Eisenhower over billed Medicare from 1990 to 1998 by failing to disclose information that would have resulted in reduced Medicare reimbursements. The lawsuit claimed the h... - Anheuser-Busch Cos. Roger Maris Defamation Settlement
The family of the late Roger Maris filed a defamation lawsuit against the brewer for breach of contract. Anheuser has agreed to pay the baseball star's family $120 million cash; not the total amount of the settlement. (Aug-25-05) [ LOS ANGELES TIMES ] Legal Help If you have a similar problem and would like to be contacted by a lawyer at no... - Sony BMG Music Entertainment Pac Man Patent Infringement Settlement
Namco America and its parent company Namco Ltd. filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Sony for allegedly using sounds from its video game Pac-Man. Sony BMG recording artist Lil' Flip's song, 'Game Over' from his album 'U Gotta Feel Me' apparently used the sounds without permission. The suit was resolved in Namco's favor, but the terms of the settl... - Squaw Valley Ski Corp. Pollution Settlement
Regulators from the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board claimed the ski resort caused pollution damage by dumping dirt into Squaw Creek during construction. In January 2002, Attorney General Lockyer filed a lawsuit on behalf of the water control board for continued disregard of water quality and other environmental standards. Squaw Valley Ski... - Akashi City, Japan Beach Wrongful Death Settlement
On Dec 30, 2001, five year old Miho Kingetsu was visiting Hyogo Prefecture man made beach in Akashi when the sand caved in beneath her as she was walking with her family. Miho was buried in the sand; she was immediately pulled out but sustained critical injuries. She died May 26, 2002, five months after the accident. The state and the city will pay the... - KPMG Tax Shelter Settlement
The Big Four accounting firm will escape a criminal indictment for its sale of questionable tax shelters from 1996 to 2002 by paying a $456 million fine to the federal government. The agreement was settled in the Southern District of New York with the Internal Revenue Service. KPMG will continue to provide high quality audit, tax, and advisory services... - Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Metro Rail Contract Settlement
Eight years ago, the transport authority filed a lawsuit against Argonaut Insurance Co. claiming breach of contract and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing regarding the construction of the Metro Rail System from 1986 to 1996. Argonaut filed a counterclaim lawsuit against the LA County MTA for unpaid deductibles and expenses. Argonaut... - Safety Systems Workers Compensation and Wrongful Death Settlement
Four people were killed in a fiery crash involving a flatbed truck and two cars on the H-1 freeway at 3 o'clock in the morning on February 13th, 2004. A speeding car struck a Safety Systems truck and they both burst into flames. A second car crashed into the wreckage and was engulfed in flames. Both car drivers and a car passenger were killed in the acc... - U.S. Navy and Hunt Building Co. Retention Pond Drowning Settlement
On February 28th, 2004, five year old Charlotte Paige Schaefers jumped into a rain swollen retention pond to save a three year old child who couldn't swim. Charlotte drowned in the drainage ditch at the Navy housing complex. Residents of the complex had previously filed more than two dozen safety hazard complaints about the pond due to flooding and inad... - Schlegel Builders Inc. and Deck & Sons Workers Compensation Settlement
In April 2002, Michael Helffrich was inspecting construction soil at a Kutztown site where a car dealership was being built. A bulldozer hit Helffrich and severed the lower part of his right calf. Helffrich filed a lawsuit against the construction company and contractor claiming they were negligent in not providing him with an adequately safe work envir... - Literary Works Copyright Settlement
A class action lawsuit was filed against the company claiming commercial electronic databases and certain print publishers infringed the copyrights of freelance authors. Print publishers first published the works with the authors' permission, but then allegedly sold them to electronic databases which reproduced, displayed, sold and distributed the autho... - University of Illinois Whistleblower Settlement
Former chief of transplant surgery Dr. Raymond Pollak filed three lawsuits against the university at Chicago Medical Center for fraud in its transplant program. Dr. Pollak publicly accused the facility of improperly diagnosing some patients to make them eligible for transplants. The University of Illinois will pay Pollak $2.5 million to settle pending w... - Bancroft NeuroHealth Employee Age and Race Discrimination Settlement
Kolma Tobey of Woodlyn, PA filed a lawsuit against the company after he failed to receive a promotion on three attempts. The lawsuit claimed race and age discrimination while he worked at Bancroft's South Harrison Township branch. Bancroft has agreed to offer the next available position for program manager as well as pay Tobey a $100,000 settlement. (Au...