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Dec-7-17 Los Angeles, CA: A California labor lawsuit brought by a Uber driver likens a pricing model observed by Uber to stiffing drivers of proper wages as required under California labor law. For its part, co-defendant Uber Technologies Inc. disagrees with plaintiff Sophano Van’s allegations and is trying to have the lawsuit tossed. As outlined in L... - Los Angeles, CA Female Firefighter Discrimination Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: (Sep-13-07) Brenda Lee, a firefighter, brought charges against the Los Angeles Fire Department, alleging that she was discriminated against because she is a lesbian and black. Lee alleged in her lawsuit that her superiors made derogatory comments about her and ignored her protests of discrimination. The lawsuit said that she was forced int... - Menlo Park, CA Police Officers' Harassment Settlement
Menlo Park, CA: (Sep-12-07) Three former Menlo Park police officers, Keith Butler, Joe Hinkston, and Kenneth Clayton, brought a racial discrimination lawsuit against the city, alleging that Sgt. Ron Prickett, their supervisor, insulted and harassed them because of their race. In the lawsuit filed in October 2006, the officers alleged that Prickett, their s... - Shelley Stevenson YMCA Embezzler Settlement
Black Hills, SD: (Sep-07-07) The YMCA brought a lawsuit against Shelley Stevenson, 36, of Rapid City, after an investigation showed that she issued herself several additional paychecks that didn't correspond to payroll dates. The lawsuit also claimed she had issued checks in the names of two other women who didn't work at the YMCA, and had issued a pay rai... - Black Hawk County, IA Jail Deputy Misconduct Settlement
Waterloo, IA: (Aug-25-07) Three women brought a lawsuit against Black Hawk County, alleging that they were sexually abused while being held in the county jail. The plaintiffs are not being named because they were victims of sexual assault. The suit, filed in 2006 in US District Court, against the county, the estate of Deputy Jeffrey Condit, Sheriff Micha... - New York, USA State Employee Racial Discrimination Settlement
Buffalo, NY: (Aug-22-07) Mark Pasternak brought a lawsuit against the state of New York alleging that he faced racial discrimination in his workplace. The suit claimed Pasternak, who is white, was dismissed from his state job helping troubled youths because he could not tolerate being called names like "cracker," "polack" and "stupid white boy." Pasternak... - Possible SpongeBob SquarePants Toxic Lead Toy Lawsuit
The CPSC, in cooperation with Martin Designs Inc., announced a voluntary recall of about 250,000 SpongeBob SquarePants™ Address Books and Journals. The paint on the metal spiral bindings of the address books and journals can contain excessive levels of lead, which violates the federal lead paint ban. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can ca... - Possible International Home Fashions Inc. Defective Electric Throws Lawsuit
The CPSC, in cooperation with International Home Fashions Inc., of Black Mountain, NC, announced a voluntary recall of about 37,100 classic beauty rest electric warming throws. Bunching, folding or tucking of these electric throws can cause them to overheat, resulting in smoldering, melting, fire and burn hazards. Bilt-Safe has received 38 reports of the t... - Dr. Lathardus Goggins University Funds Fraud Settlement
Akron, OH: (Aug-02-07) Dr. Lathardus Goggins, 79, a former associate dean at the University of Akron (UA), brought a lawsuit against himself in April 2005, after he filed a discrimination lawsuit against UA alleging he was demoted from associate dean of the university's graduate school because of his race and age. Goggins is black. Following Goggins's suit... - Milwaukee, WI Police Discrimination Settlement
Milwaukee, WI: (Jul-23-07) A discrimination lawsuit was brought against the Fire & Police Commission, alleging that former police chief Arthur Jones and the Fire & Police Commission passed them over for promotion because they were white men. The lieutenants filed suit in 2003, accusing the city's first permanent black police chief of discriminating against... - Bishop State Community College History Instructor Racial Discrimination Settlement
Mobile, AL: (Jul-19-07) Sara Taylor, who is white, brought a lawsuit against Bishop State Community College in 2002, alleging that she was fired because of discriminatory policies followed by college officials. She argued that the school's president, state Rep. Yvonne Kennedy, D-Mobile, terminated her to make room for a black instructor who had once served... - Lansing, MI Jail Detention Officer Racial Discrimination Settlement
Lansing, MI: (Jul-03-07) Lakiesha Allen, 28, filed a discrimination lawsuit against the city, claiming that she worked in a racially hostile environment. The suit alleged that Allen's supervisors discriminated against her by disciplining her more harshly than her white co-workers while she was employed as a jail detention officer. Allen, who is black, said... - Pittsburgh Public Schools Administrator Discrimination Settlement
Pittsburgh, PA: (Jun-29-07) Andrew King, a former Pittsburgh Public Schools administrator filed suit against the Pittsburgh Public School District, alleging that he was wrongfully passed over for superintendent. King, who has a prior arrest for lewdness, served as interim chief in 2005 and applied for the job on a permanent basis. The position went instead... - Clayton County, GA Police Officers' Racial Discrimination Settlement
Jonesboro, GA: (Jun-20-07) Thirty-four sheriff's department employees filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against Clayton County, after they were fired by Sheriff Victor Hill on his first day in office. Deputies summoned the employees to the jail that morning and took their guns and badges. Sheriff's office snipers stood guard on the jail's roof as the... - Marlboro, MD Wrongful Arrest and Imprisionment Settlement
Marlboro, MD: (Jun-20-07) Daniel Anthony Miller, 39, of Spotsylvania County, VA, filed a federal civil lawsuit, alleging that he was wrongfully arrested and imprisoned by a police detective. The suit stemmed from an incident when Miller was stopped in May 2004 by a Virginia State trooper for not having a front tag on his vehicle. A computer check showed th... - Pemco Aeroplex Inc. Employee Racial Discrimination Settlement
Birmingham, AL: (Jun-01-07) The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission brought charges against Pemco Aeroplex Inc., a division of Birmingham-based Pemco Aviation Group Inc., alleging that the company racially discriminated against its employees. The case, filed in 2000, was based on 36 separate discrimination charges brought against the aerospace and d... - Freightliner LLC Lemon Law Settlement
Black River Falls, WI: (Jun-04-07) Ken's Septic Cleaning of Holcombe filed suit against Oregon-based Freightliner LLC in March 2006 under the lemon law, after more than a dozen attempts to repair a 2005 freightliner, purchased for $80,000, failed to make it run properly. The suit claimed that the Freightliner truck continued to experience problems, even af... - $1 billion compensation in Indian civil rights racial discrimination lawsuit.
Fort Belknap, MT: (May-14-07) Dozens of Native American farmers and ranchers in Montana, have filed a federal lawsuit against the government, claiming that they have been dealt with unfairly in government farm and loan programs. Sixty Fort Belknap Reservation residents joined in a 1999 discrimination lawsuit that accuses the US Department of Agriculture... - Port St.Lucie, FL City Employee Racial Discrimination Settlement
Port St.Lucie, FL: (May-09-07) City employee Julie Kimble and three meter readers under her supervision filed a federal lawsuit against the city in September 2006, alleging that they faced racial discrimination, in part by a supervisor who allegedly called them the "dark side" and "Aunt Jemima." All four employees claimed that the city treated them differe... - Springfield, MA Police Manhandling Arrest Settlement
Springfield, MA: (May-07-07) Douglas Greer, a black man and principal of the Robert M. Hughes Academy Charter School in Springfield, filed suit against the city of Springfield, Massachusetts, claiming that he was attacked by five white police officers as an act of discrimination. The suit stated that Greer was pulled from his car by the officers in January...