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Defective Merry-Go-Rounds Sold Exclusively at Toys-R-Us Approximately 15,000 Playsafe Spinning Quad Merry-Go-Rounds are being recalled by the manufacturer, Pacific Cycle Inc., of Madison, WI, due to a faulty inner bearing. The inner bearing on the merry-go-round can fail, causing the seat assembly to suddenly drop to the ground, putting children a... - K-2 Sports Snowboard Bindings Recalled
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and K-2 Sports has announced the recall of about 2,500 pairs of K-2 snowboard bindings. The recall was prompted due to a faulty cable that links the toe strap to the binding that can break, posing a fall hazard to snowboarders. K-2 Sports, based in Seattle, WA, indicated the product in question is the 2007 model y... - Kenmore Ovens Recalled Due to Fire Hazard
Frigidaire Canada, a sister company of Electrolux Home Products Inc., is recalling about 7,500 Kenmore brand wall ovens. The ovens pose a possible fire and burn hazard to consumers when, during extended broiling, a gas buildup in the oven cavity escapes when the oven door is opened. This can cause flames to escape from the oven door resulting in possible sin... - Wharf agrees to $149,300 settlement in environmental lawsuit.
Pierre, SD: (Apr-24-08) The Department of Environment and Natural Resources of the state of South Dakota brought charges against Wharf Resources, a Black Hills gold mine, alleging that there were several environmental violations at the facility. The violations involve the collection and treatment of water that runs off parts of the company's open pit gol... - Vought to pay $1.5 million settlement in discrimination lawsuit.
Dallas, TX: (Apr-11-08) The US Labor Department brought charges against defense contractor Vought Aircraft Industries Inc., alleging that the company's hiring practices discriminated against minorities and women. The suit was filed after Labor Department investigators found that Vought's hiring process disproportionately eliminated black and Asian men. T... - BJ's Warehouse Club to pay $100,000 settlement in employment lawsuit.
Miami, FL: (Apr-03-08) The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed charges against BJ's Wholesale Club, over its Homestead store, alleging that the store created a hostile workplace when one of BJ's managers subjected a Puerto Rican employee and a black employee to offensive slurs based on race and national origin. The EEOC said that the... - Washington to pay $700,000 settlement in racial employment lawsuit.
Olympia, WA: (Apr-02-08) Randy Davis of University Place, a longtime Department of Ecology worker, brought a lawsuit against the state of Washington, alleging that he was denied promotion because he is black. Davis filed a complaint with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, stating that he was discriminated against on the basis of race. The co... - Riverside, CA to pay $800,000 settlement in wrongful death shooting.
Riverside, CA: (Mar-06-08) The family of Douglas Steven Cloud brought a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Riverside, CA after Cloud, 28, was shot and killed by Riverside Police Department officers Nicholas Vazquez and David Johansen. The suit stated that the two officers shot at Cloud after he had sheared off a small palm tree at a high speed and... - Woman's Basketball Coach, Former employee accepts $6.6 million wrongful termination settlement from Fresno State University
Fresno, CA: (Feb-14-08) Stacy Johnson-Klein, former Fresno State women's basketball coach, brought a lawsuit against Fresno State University, alleging that she was wrongfully terminated. She filed suit three years after she was fired, accusing university officials of sexual harassment and discrimination. Johnson-Klein stated that the school retaliated ag... - Lieutenant Racial Discrimination, Pennsylvania State Police pays former trooper $67,500 settlement
Erie, PA: (Feb-07-08) Lt. Billy Williams, a retired trooper, brought a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania State Police, alleging that he was racially discriminated against. Williams sued state police in 2003, claiming that racism at his Mercer County barracks forced his transfer twice. He alleged that caricatures of him were drawn next to the words "Negro"... - State of Georgia Settles Medical Malpractice Lawsuit, Lone Defendant Resigns
Jan-30-18 Macon, GA: It was a Georgia medical malpractice lawsuit in its most basic form: written in longhand by a convicted murderer and filed from prison initially without an attorney. That was in 2014. However, lest one assume that plaintiff Michael Tarver, an inmate at the Macon State Prison would face an uphill battle in his lawsuit, in the end Tarver would... - Bank Robbery, City of Golden Valley pays law abiding citizen $1.1 million settlement for excessive police force in his wrongful arrest
Golden Valley, MN: (Jan-23-08) Al Hixon, a man who was chased and pepper sprayed after being mistaken for a bank robber, brought a lawsuit against the city of Golden Valley, alleging officers used excessive force during the incident. On April 2, 2005, Hixon was changing oil at a gas station when a nearby bank was robbed, and the pursuit followed. Hixon is... - Uber enfrenta demanda colectiva en California
Jan-19-18 Los Ángeles, CA: Una demanda laboral de California presentada por un conductor de Uber alega que el modelo de fijación de precios de Uber impide que los conductores obtengan salarios adecuados como lo exige la legislación laboral de California. Por su parte, el coacusado Uber Technologies Inc. no está de acuerdo con las alega... - Two security guards receive undisclosed out-of-court settlement after being attacked and discriminated against by several teenage boys
Stockton, CA: (Jan-04-08) Two security guards, unnamed for security and confidentiality reasons, brought a lawsuit against the families of the teenage boys who attacked them in the Brookside subdivision in February 2007, alleging that they were assailed with firebombs and racial epithets. The suit stemmed from a Feb. 3 incident, where the boys, then 15 to... - Corroded Pipeline, BP Exploration Alaska Inc. agrees to $20 million fine related to an oil spill
Anchorage, AK: (Nov-29-07) Federal agencies brought an environmental damage lawsuit against BP Exploration Alaska Inc., the Alaska subsidiary of oil company BP PLC, alleging that the company failed to prevent a crude spill across a swath of delicate tundra in America's largest oil field. Sources confirmed that the company pleaded guilty to the allegations,... - Racial Discrimination, Frankfort-Elberta Area School District settles elementary school student racial bias case
Frankfort, MI: (Nov-18-07) Euniecia Snyder brought a federal complaint against the Frankfort-Elberta Area School District in 2005, alleging that an elementary school principal forced her daughter, Realite Peebles, a black third-grader to use a separate bathroom. The racial discrimination lawsuit was filed on behalf of Peebles, who attended the district's e... - Mine Shaft Accident, Families of miners and rescue workers awarded wrongful death settlement after the Crandall Canyon mine shaft imploded
Salt Lake City, UT: (Nov-04-07) The families of six miners and three rescue workers who died in the Crandall Canyon mine brought wrongful death charges against the state of Utah. In a recent development, sources claimed that the parties reached a settlement agreement which stands to benefit the plaintiffs. The suit claimed that Kerry Allred, Don Erickson,... - Oil Rig Racial Discrimination, Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co. pays seven workers $290,000 for racial bias
Birmingham, AL: (Oct-25-07) Seven black workers filed charges against Tulsa, OK-based Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co., alleging that they were subjected to hangman's nooses in a racially hostile environment on an offshore oil rig. The suit was filed with the assistance of the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), who claimed that... - Football Coach, Former University of Louisiana head football coach awarded $2 million settlement for racial discrimination
Baton Rouge, LA: (Oct-19-07) Jerry Baldwin, former University of Louisiana head football coach, brought charges against the varsity, claiming that he was wrongly fired because he is black. Sources stated that Baldwin coached for University of Louisiana from 1999 to 2001 until he was fired for poor performance, but the former coach filed suit against the sc... - Manager Racial Bias, DeKalb County pays former recreation program manager racial discrimination settlement
DeKalb County, GA: (Oct-11-07) Jane McMillan, a former DeKalb County recreation program manager, filed a lawsuit against DeKalb alleging that she was racially discriminated and wrongfully terminated. McMillan, who is white, contended that her April 2004 firing by Parks and Recreation Director Marilyn Boyd Drew, an African American, was part of a plan to cr...