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Kingman, AZ: (Jan-02-07) Travin Pennington brought a lawsuit against the city of Kingman, alleging that he incurred a bill of $40,000 in attorney's fees as part of his seven-month battle with the city for e-mail records. Records show that in June 2007, Pennington filed public records requests for thousands of pages of e-mails from then-City Manager Paul B... - Jury Awards $21 Million to Family in Palmdale DUI Crash
Jun-19-15 Los Angeles (June 17, 2015) (Press Release) A Los Angeles Superior Court jury awarded $21 Million to three family members after a 2011 DUI car crash left them with injuries that will impact them for the rest of their lives. The family suffered severe fractures, lacerations, and lifelong pain when a drunk driver of a Ford Explorer crossed double yellow... - New Orleans Files $77 Billion Lawsuit for Failed Levees
Mar-11-07 New Orleans, LA: The city of New Orleans has filed a $77 billion claim against the United States Army Corps of Engineers seeking compensation for losses incurred after failed levees resulted in flooding of the city. In addition to the city's lawsuit, at least 34,500 other claims had also arrived in the New Orleans district office. In many cases, peop... - Bus Brakes, Rodriguez Transportes ordered to pay $2.8 million wrongful death settlement
Phoenix, AZ: (Dec-26-07) The family of H.K. Covel, including son country star Toby Keith, brought a wrongful death lawsuit against Rodriguez Transportes, after Covel died in a road accident. The suit claimed that while Covel was driving on Interstate 35 in Oklahoma, his truck was bumped by another vehicle causing it to cross the center median, where it was... - Kugel Mesh Recall Too Late for Some
Mar-6-07 Yale, OK "I had two hernia surgeries, both with Kugel Mesh and both very unsuccessful," said Valerie Mitchell. In fact, Mitchell felt worse after the first surgery than she did beforehand. The Mesh was infected and she contracted MRSA - a nasty staph infection. "After my first hernia surgery I was so nauseous. When I got out of the hospital I felt wor... - Record Keeping, City of Jacksonville pays IRS $140,000 fine for accounting flaws
Jacksonville, FL: (Dec-17-07) The Internal Revenue Services (IRS) brought charges against the city of Jacksonville, after a recent audit uncovered record keeping flaws. The suit stated that the city allowed employees to use city issued phones for personal business, without counting any portion of the service as taxable income. Further, it was accused of al... - Inmate Injury, Park County pays inmate $1.5 million settlement after losing his leg while in jail
Park County, CO: (Dec-17-07) Moises Carranza-Reyes, an illegal immigrant, brought charges against Park County and other parties, alleging that he lost part of his leg after becoming ill in the Park County jail in 2003. Sources stated that complete details of the case are not available because of a confidentiality clause included in the settlement agreement... - $700,000 payout in oil spill damage lawsuit.
San Francisco, CA: (Dec-10-07) A lawsuit was brought against the owners of the Cosco Busan, a South Korea-bound container ship, alleging that the oil spill in San Francisco Bay adversely affected the livelihoods of crab fishermen. As part of a settlement reached, two San Francisco-based law firms announced that the company will release $700,000 to compensa... - Fired City Employees, Saratoga agrees to pay two former employees a $130,000 wrongful termination settlement
Saratoga, CA: (Dec-06-07) Chief Edward Moore and his former assistant, James Cornick, brought a lawsuit against the city, alleging that they were wrongfully terminated by former deputy public safety commissioner Erin Dreyer. A Saratoga County grand jury report cited Dreyer for abusing her office's power and trying to force Moore to retire, punishing politi... - Sheriff-Elect Termination, Pittstown pays former police officer $125,000 settlement for wrongful termination
Pittstown, PA: (Dec-05-07) Former police officer and Luzerne County Sheriff-elect Michael Savokinas brought a lawsuit against the township, alleging that officials wrongfully terminated him. The suit, filed in 2006, claimed that supervisors violated Savokinas' civil rights by not providing him with a hearing before opting not to rehire him as a part-time p... - School Dirt, Dirtman Enterprises pays school district $600,000 for dumping contaminated soil in athletic fields
Eastchester, NY: (Dec-03-07) The Eastchester Union Free School District brought charges against Dirtman Enterprises and Anthony Adinolfi, a contractor, alleging that he dumped contaminated dirt in school athletic fields. Records show that Adinolfi pleaded guilty earlier in 2007, to using Eastchester High School and the Anne Hutchinson School as illegal dum... - Kern County Group Files RICO Lawsuit Against Governor and Oil Companies
Jun-3-15 Los Angeles (June 3, 2015) (Press Release) The Committee to Protect Agricultural Water, a citizen organization comprised of farmers and individuals concerned about California’s drinking water, filed a civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) complaint in Federal Court. The RICO Complaint alleges that Governor Jerry Brown’s office o... - Housing Discrimination, Landlord Robert Krug pays $140,000 settlement for not allowing renters with kids to take occupancy at his apartment complex
Los Angeles, CA: (Dec-01-07) The Southern California Housing Rights Center brought charges against Robert Krug, a Monrovia landlord, alleging that he engaged in housing discrimination by not allowing children into his apartment complex. The suit, filed in March 2007, stated that the center had people pose as renters with families and approached the manag... - Suicide attributed to Actiq Lollipop
Feb-9-07 Placerville, CA Guy Koski's son was prescribed Actiq lollipop for severe pain relating to a back injury. Eventually the pain subsided but his addiction to the powerful opiate was overwhelming - after taking Actiq for almost two years, Scott committed suicide. "In 2000 Scott had a herniated disc; he installed satellite dishes evenings and weekends to... - Teenager Initiation, Family awarded $200,000 after their 14-year-old son died after being punched in the chest by fellow students
Hilton Head Island, SC: (Nov-28-07) The family of Francisco Belman brought a lawsuit against a Bluffton middle school, the school district and the local government, after the 14-year-old boy died after being punched several times. Belman's father filed suit following the 2002 incident that took his son's life. The suit claimed that the boy died several mon... - Fire Protection System, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport pays United Fire $215,000 for faulty water tanks
Phoenix, AZ: (Nov-21-07) United Fire and Casualty brought charges against the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, after they took over Archon Inc., of Gilbert, a contractor that declared bankruptcy while working on the Mesa airport fire protection system. The fire suppression project began three years ago using old water tanks used by the airport's predecessor,... - Eli Lilly's Zyprexa Woes not Finished Yet
Feb-2-07 Washington, DC: Eli Lilly, makers of Zyprexa , may finally be feeling some of the sting of recent lawsuits. Late last month Eli Lilly announced that its fourth-quarter earnings had dropped, likely due to recent settlements of lawsuits related to Zyprexa. According to a report in the New York Times, Eli Lilly made $132 million in its fourth quarter; d... - Ortho Evra Users want Justice Served
Jan-31-07 New York, NY: After suffering months of painful blood clots and a battery of expensive tests, assistant prosecuting attorney Angela Leick wants to see justice served to Johnson & Johnson and Ortho McNeil pharmaceuticals, the makers of the Ortho Evra Patch. After her son was born in 2002, Angela went on the Ortho Evra patch. She stayed on it until late... - City Bus Accident, Rochester City Lines pays family of killed inline skater $550,000 wrongful death settlement
Rochester, MN: (Nov-20-07) The family of Amanda Carlson, a 23-year-old Rochester woman, brought a lawsuit against the city, after she was killed by a city bus as she crossed a street in 2006. The suit stated that Carlson was killed on Aug. 22, 2006, as she crossed South Broadway at Ninth Street on her inline skates. She had the walk signal and was hit by a... - Psychiatrist Malpractice, Constance Reynolds ordered to pay $800,000 malpractice and fraud settlement
Billings, MT: (Nov-19-07) Betty Bowman brought a lawsuit against Constance Reynolds, a therapist, alleging that Reynolds engaged in malpractice and fraud, causing her considerable personal damage. Bowman's suit claimed that her daughter, Dana Mobley, was a client of Reynolds when the two became lovers. Records show that Mobley died of asphyxiation in Febru...