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Sort by date 16,481 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Settlements and Verdicts: Housing Authority of Louisville.
A $3.5 million dollar verdict has been found in the lawsuit filed against the Housing Authority of Louisville on behalf of 12-year-old Julius Burns. The suit claimed that the Housing Authority had contributed substantially to the boy's mild retardation by failing to adequately remedy lead-tainted soil in the area where the boy's family lived. The suit... - Settlements and Verdicts: MCI/WorldCom.
A $750 Million dollar settlement has been reached between MCI (formerly WorldCom) and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fine is 75 times larger than the previously largest fine of $10 million dollars levied by the SEC against Xerox Corporation for accounting irregularities. Under the terms of settlement the company has agreed not to violate an... - Settlements and Verdicts: Pizzeria Uno Chicago Bar and Grill.
A $900,000 settlement has been approved in the lawsuit filed against the Pizzeria Uno Chicago Bar and Grill of West Dekalb Pike in King of Prussia, and the restaurant's various holding companies in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. The suit was filed by a couple who claimed that the restaurant served alcohol to a visibly intoxicated woman, which resulted i... - Settlements and Verdicts: Avjet Corporation.
An $11.7 million settlement has been reached in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against Avjet Corporation. A jury found the company negligent and responsible for the deaths of the passengers aboard a March 29, 2001 flight which crashed and killed all eighteen people on board. The suit alleged that a pilot had attempted to land the flight under unsafe,... - Settlements and Verdicts: Ernst & Young.
A settlement has been reached between the accounting firm Ernst & Young and the government, over improperly registered tax shelters and improperly maintained lists of people who bought them. Under the settlement terms, the company will pay $15 million dollars to the IRS, and supply details of the deals and customer names to the government. (Jul-03-03)... - Settlements and Verdicts: Safeway Corporation.
A $1.5 million dollar settlement has been reached in the consumer protection lawsuit filed against The Safeway Corporation. The suit claimed that the company's "Buy One, Get One Free" advertising was misleading, as the policy did not apply to two identically priced items, but only to different priced items, the lower-priced item being free. (Jul-07-03)... - Settlements and Verdicts: Ohio Valley Bistros Inc.
A $21 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed against Ohio Valley Bistros Inc. (the owner of T.G.I. Friday's), on behalf of the parents of two teenagers who were killed by a drunken driver. The suit was filed after 16-year-old Cory Stauble and Jamie Parsley were killed by 42-year-old Mark Eberenz who had been drinking alcohol for about ei... - Settlements and Verdicts: Campbell Industrial Park.
A $1 million settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed against Campbell Industrial Park yard owner Michael Cunningham of Hawaii. Dan Easterday filedthe suit when has leg was crushed by a forklift in October 2001 while using the yard to repair cars. The forklift reversed into Easterday, and his leg was nearly severed as a result. (Jun-21-03) [ HO... - Settlements and Verdicts: Dey, Inc.
An $18.5 million dollar settlement has been reached in the Medicaid fraud settlement filed against Dey Inc. (a California-based subsidiary of Merck KGaA) by the state of Texas and the federal government. The suit claimed that the company falsified price reports to the Texas Medicaid program. (Jun-11-03) [ BIZ JOURNAL ] Legal Help If you have... - Settlements and Verdicts: Government of Ontario.
A $414 million dollar settlement has been reached in the pay-equity suit filed against the government of Ontario on behalf of 100,000 female public-sector workers. Under the terms of settlement, the pay adjustments will be phased in by one per cent of payroll per year until 2011. (Jun-14-03) [ CANADA ] Legal Help If you have a similar problem and... - Settlements and Verdicts: Lockheed Martin.
A $7.1 million dollar settlement has been reached in the suit filed against Lockheed Martin regarding reimbursements of alleged false claims sought through contracts with NASA. The settlement brings to an end the investigation into the false lease cost claims following the disclosure that John J. McGurr, former Director of Contracts Administration, had em... - Settlements and Verdicts: Guidant Corp.
A $92 million dollar settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed against the Guidant Corp. subsidiary EndoVascular Technologies Inc. The company pled guilty to 10 felony counts for putting a defective product, Ancure Endograft, on the market. Ancure was used to treat abdominal aortic aneurysms. (Jun-13-03) [ FORBES ] Legal Help If you have... - Settlements and Verdicts: Nestle Food Co.
A $5.1 million dollar verdict in an age discrimination lawsuit against Nestle Food Co. has been upheld. The suit was filed by Richard Herr claiming that the company favored young people as managers and refused to promote him despite excellent evaluations. (Jun-14-03) [ CNBC ] Legal Help If you have a similar problem and would like to be contacted... - Ebay Inc patent infringement settlement.
Ebay has been ordered by a jury to pay $35 million dollars to MercExchange in regards to a patent infringement lawsuit. MercExchange alleged that eBay and its Half.com unit infringed on their innovations for conducting fixed-price sales over the Internet. Ebay has contested the accusations, saying that it uses its own innovations, and the company plans... - Settlements and Verdicts: Taco Bell.
A $30 million dollar verdict has been awarded to Joseph Shields and Thomas Rinks in their lawsuit filed against Taco Bell. The two men charged the company with failing to pay them for coming up with the idea of using a talking Chihuahua in the Mexican fast-food chain's advertisements. The jury sided with the two marketers, who claimed Taco Bell had brea... - Settlements and Verdicts: Wal-Mart.
A $200,000 settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed against Wal-Mart over the sale of toy guns in their New York stores. The company was accused of selling the toys without safeguards to ensure that they did not look too much like real weapons. Under federal law, toy gun barrels must have an orange end piece on the toy gun barrels, and under New... - Settlements and Verdicts: City of Pittsburgh.
A $250,000 settlement has been reached in a reverse lawsuit filed by two police officers against the City of Pittsburgh. Benny Sledge and Anthony Hildebrand claimed that they were demoted after reporting alleged improprieties by their supervisor, Assistant Police Chief Earl Woodyard, Jr. The two officers claimed that they were subject to a hostile work... - Settlements and Verdicts: Fort Worth Prison, Texas
A $4 million dollar verdict has been found for former federal prison inmate Marilyn Shirley, who claimed that she was raped while an inmate at a women's prison in Fort Worth, Texas. The 47-year-old woman claimed that the offence occurred six months before her September 2000 release from the prison, where she was serving a 3-year term for a drug-related... - Settlements and Verdicts: Gilroy Foods.
A $1 million dollar voluntary settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed against Gilroy Foods and its owner, ConAgra Foods Inc. The suit, which alleged disability bias, found that the company was in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act by denying hire to certain workers. The settlement will provide compensation of $993,500 to workers,... - Settlements and Verdicts: Healthcare Company
has agreed to play guilty to defrauding government health-care programs and will pay more than $840 Million in the largest fraud penalty ever handed down by the Justice Department. (Dec-14-00) [ PRESS RELEASE ] Legal Help If you have a similar problem and would like to be contacted by a lawyer at no obligation, please click the link below to su...