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Redlands, CA: (Apr-25-07) A federal lawsuit was filed, following a whistleblower's lead against the Loma Linda Behavioral Medicine Center, accusing it of fraudulently over billing federal health insurance programs. The allegations made against Loma Linda BMC in a lawsuit filed pursuant to the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act led to a settlement i... - Impac Mortgage Holding Inc. Derivative Actions Settlement
Irvine, CA: (Apr-24-07) A federal lawsuit filed against Impac Mortgage Holding Inc., a mortgage real estate investment trust, over federal and state derivative actions, reached settlement, dismissing all claims asserted against Impac's officers and directors, without prejudice. Impac did not admit to any wrongdoing, but agreed to pay up to $300,000 in lega... - Palmer, MA Hearing Impaired Civil Rights Settlement
Palmer, MA: (Apr-21-07) Jason N. Isch, a hearing-impaired man, filed a civil rights lawsuit against the town and members of the Police Department, claiming that he suffered severe emotional distress, public humiliation, loss of enjoyment of life and pain due to his arrest and imprisonment. Isch and his then-partner Andrew Wadas were arrested in 2004 in con... - Lucent Technologies Employee Age Bias Settlement
St. Louis, MO: (Apr-17-07) The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed an age discrimination lawsuit on behalf of Thomas Cross against Lucent Technologies, alleging that Cross, a 55-year-old worker, lost his job after more than three decades with the telecommunications equipment maker despite excellent evaluations. Cross was laid off in 2002 from... - Jason Janega Hit and Run Wrongful Death Settlement
Chicago, IL: (Apr-17-07) The family of Tiffany Baier filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Jason Janega, 35, after he struck Baier and left her to die by the side of the road. Janega's car hit Baier as she was walking a few blocks away from home. After the accident took place, the suit accused Janega of not stopping or calling for any assistance, resultin... - Arnold, MO Jail Suicide Hanging Settlement
Arnold, MO: (Apr-11-07) Kurt Hartzell hung himself in the Arnold jail June 30, 2005, leading his father and nine-year-old son to sue the city for wrongful death. The suit alleged the city was negligent in the care offered at the jail and that though Hartzell had been placed on suicide watch in a cell monitored by video cameras, jail employees failed to pre... - Tracy Unified School District Student Molestation Settlement
Tracy, CA: (Apr-11-07) In 2004, an unattended special-education student allegedly sexually molesting another student at Merrill F. West High. The incident stemmed a lawsuit against Tracy Unified School District claiming damages. An unnamed girl, who was 15-years-old at the time, stands to receive a $250,000 settlement with the school district. Representati... - Portland Archdiocese Priest Abuse Settlement
Portland, OR: (Apr-14-07) Over 175 people filed suit against the Portland Archdiocese, alleging that they were sexually abused by priests. The archdiocese sought bankruptcy protection in 2004 after a series of lawsuits were filed against it. Though most experts viewed the move as risky, it served to secure the archdiocese' financial future, collecting $52... - Merced County, CA Female Officers Gender Discrimination Settlement
Merced County, CA: (Apr-06-07) A lawsuit was filed by five female officers against Sheriff Mark Pazin and Merced County alleging that the Sheriff discriminated against the female correctional officers. The suit sought $15 million and claimed the female officers were treated as second class citizens by the department and were denied certain shifts and break... - Manalapan, NJ Youth Search Racial Discrimination Settlement
Manalapan, NJ: (Apr-03-07) Two Manalapan police officers, Steven Turner and Peter Chalfin, were charged with a discrimination lawsuit after they searched three African-American youths without justification and berated them while their three white friends were told to go home. In a settlement reached, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey ordered... - Holling Press Scaffolding Injury Settlement
Buffalo, NY: (Apr-03-07) Dan D'Andrea, at the brink of starting his own contracting business, found himself confined to a wheelchair following a fall while working at the old Holling Press building. He suffered irreversible damage after a large piece of scaffolding fell from above and landed on his back. D'Andrea was paralyzed from the chest down. In a set... - Seattle, WA WTO Protesters Arrests Settlement
Seattle, WA: (Apr-02-07) A lawsuit stemming from a mass arrest of protesters at a downtown park, while they were singing patriotic songs during a peaceful World Trade Organization protest in 1999, was settled after the city's insurance company, National Union, agreed to pay $1 million to settle claims from about 175 people wrongly arrested. As part of th... - Harris County Hospital District Medicare Claims Whistleblower Settlement
Houston, TX: (Mar-27-07) Robert McCaslin, the whistleblower who revealed the fraudulent business practices of the Harris County Hospital District (HCHD), helped recover almost $15.5 million from the hospital district. First suspecting a systemic problem in the way HCHD was submitting Medicare claims in May 2003, he reported the discrepancy to several super... - US Nursing Corp. Temp Nurses Regulation Fine
Trenton, NJ: (Mar-24-07) The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs filed charges against US Nursing Corp. of Greenwood Village, CO alleging that the temporary nursing firm skipped required background checks on many nurses, among other violations. The company supplied nurses to replace union nurses on strike last year at Englewood Hospital and Medical Cen... - Traverse City, MI Subdivision Construction Zoning Settlement
Traverse City, MI: (Mar-23-07) Traverse City commissioners agreed to pay Incochee Woods subdivision developers Robert Brick and Ted Lockwood $50,000 and allow access to the site through a gated entrance at Ramsdell Road, ending three separate pending lawsuits over disputed road access to the residential development in Garfield Township. The city also agree... - Knightstown School District Expelled Film Students Settlement
Knightstown, IN: (Mar-21-07) Three students of the Knightstown Intermediate School were expelled for making a movie in which evil teddy bears attack a teacher. The main character in the movie "The Teddy Bear Master" orders stuffed animals to kill a teacher who had embarrassed them, so students battle the toy beasts. Officials of the Charles A. Beard School... - Jean Toney Cat Bite Settlement
Flushing, MI: (Mar-19-07) Michael Sabo, 57, following a cat bite he received from his sister's Siamese cat, tried to get his sister's homeowner's insurance policy to cover the cost of treatment. His request being denied, he took the matter to court. The suit alleged that the cat, Randy, bit his right hand in March 2004. The wound caused his fingers to swel... - Drs. Daniel Pierce and Sheridan Oldham Breast Cancer Diagnosis Settlement
Kennebec County, ME: (Mar-19-07) Rebecca and David Beane filed a medical malpractice suit against Drs. Daniel Pierce and Sheridan Oldham. The suit alleged that the doctors negligently failed to diagnose and treat Rebecca Beane's breast cancer. The Beanes reached a settlement with Dr. Oldham for $600,000. The amount was paid by the doctor's insurance carrie... - ComEd Worker Electrocution Wrongful Death Settlement
Chicago, IL: (Mar-16-07) A lawsuit was filed against ComEd by Doug Lane, father of Blake Lane, 20, who was killed because of ComEd's negligent business procedures. Blake Lane had been on the job just two days when he was sent to work on the uppermost line of a high-voltage tower. Normally, that line is uncharged and acts as a lightning rod to protect the t... - Aon Corp. Broker Transfer Settlement
Andrew Scott London, UK: (Mar-12-07) A legal dispute between Benfield Group Ltd. and Aon Corp. was settled after Aon agreed to pay $9.5 million to Benfield resolving claims. Benfield, a UK-based reinsurance broker issued a profit warning after experiencing unexpected staff departures of some 20 senior members of its facultative solutions team having mov...