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Philadelphia, PA: A $2.9 million settlement was recently awarded to a construction superintendent who filed a personal injury against a roofing installer following a workplace accident. Walter Schwartz alleged that he fell through a partially completed rubber roof into a drain underneath while working on a building on Stenton Avenue in Philadel... - Computer Associates Business Fraud Settlement
Islandia, NY: (Jun-25-07) Russell Artzt, the co-founder of Computer Associates, who has long played a high-level operational role in the Islandia company's software-development efforts, filed suit against Computer Associates, following an internal report that shed light on the unethical business practices company executives were engaged in. In a sett... - Energy companies to pay $37 million settlement in environmental lawsuit.
Bonner, MT: (Apr-25-08) A lawsuit was brought against Atlantic Richfield Co. and ASARCO, over issues pertaining to the removal of the Mike Horse Dam and mining wastes from the Blackfoot River's headwaters. Montana Attorney General Mike McGrath, Gov. Brian Schweitzer and representatives of the state Department of Environmental Quality and US Forest Servic... - California Launches Investigation Into MetLife Death Payment Practices
Sacramento, CA: Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones and California State Controller John Chiang have announced the issuance of a subpoena and joint investigative hearing into the practices of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MLIC), also known as MetLife. The hearing will focus on MetLife's practices regarding payment of benefits under life insu... - Jury Awards $200,000 to Couple Who Sued Their Lawyer
New Jersey: A jury has awarded a husband and wife $200,000 as settlement of their lawsuit brought against their previous lawyer who, they alleged, failed to inform them of a settlement offer at a previous jury trial of their medical malpractice suit. Karen and Gary Oliver had engaged Gerald Stockman in a medical malpractice case that resulted in a $3... - Investors in Nebraska Awarded $30M in Securities Class Action
Omaha, NB: Two hundred investors who filed a securities class action lawsuit against a pair of brokers who worked in Nebraska City, have been awarded a $30 million settlement by a federal judge this week. The lawsuit was filed in 2007 by former clients of Rebecca Engle and Brian Schuster and alleged that the brokers improperly sold risky investm... - Frankfort to pay $500,000 settlement in employment lawsuit.
Frankfort, KY: (Apr-24-08) Sarah Missy McCray, a former Transportation Cabinet worker, brought a wrongful termination lawsuit against the Transportation Cabinet in 2005, alleging that she was retaliated against for blowing the whistle in the merit system scandal during former Gov. Ernie Fletcher's administration. The suit claimed that McCray was retaliat... - Settlement Reached in Neurontin Suicide Suit
New York, NY: A wrongful death suit filed on behalf of a retired minister who committed suicide just two months after starting treatment with Pfizer's epilepsy medication, Neurontin, has reached settlement prior to going to trial. The details of the settlement have not been made public. Neurontin was prescribed to Richard Smith by his doctor, in... - Settlement: Tainted Concrete
Hamilton, NJ: (Apr-21-08) New Jersey and the city of Edison brought charged against Ford Motor Co., alleging that the company used contaminated concrete from its former Route 1 auto plant at 10 construction sites throughout Central NJ. The suit was brought in conjunction with the state Department of Environmental Protection. The allegations stated that P... - Hampton pays $450,000 settlement in discrimination lawsuit.
Hampton, VA: (Apr-21-08) Former Hampton City Manager George Wallace brought a discrimination lawsuit against Hampton City and Council members Ross A. Kearney II, Angela Leary, Charles N. Sapp and Randy Gilliland after being fired in 2005. Wallace filed the suit against the city and four City Council members who voted to fire him, seeking $7.2 million. Th... - Wrongful Termination Suit Sees Firefighter Awarded $680K
Alameda County, CA: A veteran firefighter who filed a wrongful termination lawsuit stemming from his termination in 2006, was recently awarded $680,182 as settlement of his suit. Ronald Vanderheiden, who had worked for the Alameda Fire Department for 14 years, was fired after the city determined he was psychologically unable to do his job. Howeve... - Olympus to pay $2.3 million settlement in patent infringement lawsuit.
New York, NY: (Apr-21-08) Given Imaging Ltd., an Israel-based manufacturer of pill-sized diagnostic cameras, brought a patent infringement lawsuit against Olympus Corporation, over patents related to capsule endoscopy products sold in the US. Officials from both companies recently disclosed that the two sides have resolved the dispute and entered into a... - Wachovia to Pay $39 Million in Proposed Settlement of Stock Broker Overtime Class Action
A preliminary settlement of $39 million was approved this week by a federal judge in California for a class action lawsuit involving some 10,000 stock brokers who allege they were not compensated for overtime and paid other wages owed them by Wachovia Corp. In the suit, the brokers, also referred to as financial advisors or financial advisor trainees,... - Injured Train Conductor Awarded $1.74M Settlement
San Joaquin County, CA: A train conductor who was injured on the job - while working for Burlington, Northern Santa Fe Railway in 2003, has been awarded a $1.74 million settlement. Neil Jensen was working in the Fresno yard switching cars when he alleged that the cut lever he was pulling up stopped abruptly. This caused him to suffer two torn lig... - Wal-Mart Settles Unpaid Wages Class Action with 232,000 Ex-Employees
Oakland, CA: Retail giant Wal-Mart has agreed an $86 million settlement of a wages and vacation pay class action brought by tens of thousands of former California employees who allege they did not receive these monies when the left the organization. According to media reports, some 232,000 former employees will share in the settlement funds. T... - Ambassadors Group Settles Securities Class Action for $7.5M
Spokane, WA: A $7.5 million settlement deal has been signed by Spokane-based Ambassadors Group, to settle a securities class action brought by investors in 2009. The suit was filed with a New Jersey electrical workers pension fund as the lead plaintiff. A year later the suit was amended, with the national Plumbers Union Local No. 12 pension fund... - TD Ameritrade Data Theft Settlement Preliminarily Approved
A settlement of a class action suit involving more than 6 million current and former customers of TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., an online brokerage, has received preliminary approval by US District Judge Vaughn Walker in San Francisco. The suit was initiated over theft of TD Ameritrade client contact information. Ameritrade revealed some but not all of... - Santa Barbara to pay undisclosed settlement in wrongful death lawsuit.
Santa Barbara, CA: (Apr-15-08) The family of Katie Janeway, a 14 year old developmentally disabled girl, brought a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Santa Barbara, alleging that her death occurred as a result of the city's negligence. The suit claimed that in 2002, Janeway drowned in Santa Barbara's Los Banos Pool, alleging that the city failed to... - School district to pay $1.1 million settlement in negligence lawsuit.
Pinellas, FL: (Apr-11-08) The family of E'Traveon Johnson, a Fairmount Park Elementary student, brought a lawsuit against the Pinellas School Board, after the child was struck by a car after running away from his St. Petersburg elementary school in 2005. Records of the incident show that he ran away from the school and was struck by a Cutlass Supreme as... - Wal-Mart Settles Clerk's Death Inquiry for $2 Million, Avoids Criminal Charges
The retailing giant Wal-Mart, has reportedly agreed to invest $2 million to improve safety at its 92 stores in New York, as settlement over the inquiry into the stampede death of a temporary clerk on Black Friday, 2008. Had criminal charges been brought against the retailer, it is likely the company would only have had to pay $10,000 in fines, if convi...