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Washington, DC: A suit resulting from allegations made by a whistleblower from the US Department of Education, has been settled for $60,800. Known as the 9.5 student loan scandal the suit named 10 student loan companies as defendants who participated in a scheme to defraud the plaintiff. The suit was filed under the False Claims Act after th... - Ameriprise to pay nearly $4 million settlement in securities lawsuit.
Concord, NH: (Apr-09-08) State federal regulators brought charges against financial planner Ameriprise, alleging that the company violated New Hampshire's securities laws. The suit, filed by the New Hampshire's Bureau of Securities Regulation, claimed that the company had failed to report significant information about securities violations, including for... - Columbia to pay $150,000 settlement in real estate development lawsuit.
Columbia, TN: (Apr-04-08) Dr. Tom Moore brought a lawsuit against the city of Columbia, TN, stating that his practice suffered as a result of the closure of an access road from US Highway 31 beside the Greenwood Cemetery. City officials stated that the access was shut after a series of unmarked graves were discovered during the building of an auto parts... - Former Employees of Ohio Education Association Win Health Care Class Action
Columbus, Ohio: Past staff members of the Ohio Education Association (OEA), have won federal court approval of their class action settlement in the amount of $3.75 million in compensatory damages. The lawsuit arose over payment of healthcare benefits for retirees who had worked for the OEA, even after they turned 65 years of age, according to NBCi... - Nursing Facility Settles Suffocation Lawsuit for $190K
Clinton County, NY: The family of a patient who suffocated in her bed in an upstate medical center will receive $190,000 in a last minute settlement. The lawsuit was filed by the family of Lottie D'Aust, who died after becoming trapped between a bed rail and a mattress in the skilled nursing facility of Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center,... - Woman Awarded $450K in Wrongful Termination Suit Against Goodyear
Fayettevill, NC: A jury in Cumberland recently awarded Lashanda Shaw $450,000 as settlement of her wrongful termination suit against Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.'s Fayetteville plant. Shaw's trial took five weeks. The jury unanimously agreed on the compensatory damages Friday afternoon. The trial ended Monday after jurors voted not to award punit... - Lake Worth, FL to pay $500,000 settlement in wrongful death lawsuit.
Tallahassee, FL: (Apr-03-08) Lisa Freeman-Salazar and Andy Salazar brought a wrongful death lawsuit against the city, after their 5-year-old daughter, Alexandria, died in a traffic accident. The suit accused the city of failing to replace a stolen stop sign, a factor that contributed to the accident, resulting in her death, on October 2004 at Seventh Ave... - Vermont Correction Dept. to pay $25,000 settlement in religion lawsuit.
Montpelier, VT: (Apr-02-08) Gordon Bock of Northfield brought a lawsuit against the Vermont Corrections Department, alleging that he was denied traditional food and religious observances while incarcerated at a Vermont prison. Bock, 53, was being held at St. Albans and Newport in late 2004 and 2005, where he stated he was denied his religious liberty in... - Retailer to pay $24 million settlement in debit/credit card data lawsuit.
Boston, MA: (Apr-02-08) MasterCard International Inc. brought a lawsuit against TJX Cos. Inc., over the company's security breach in which customers' credit and debit card data was stolen from its computer systems. Sources stated that the Framingham, MA, based off-price retailer, which operates the T.J. Maxx, Marshalls and Home Goods stores, announced a... - Aviation companies to pay $18.4 million settlement in wrongful death lawsuit.
Omaha, NE: (Apr-01-08) Three families brought a wrongful death lawsuit against American Eurocopter, Eurocopter S.A., Duncan Aviation of Lincoln, CIT Leasing Corporation, Societe D' Applications Des Machines Motrices, and Dunlop Limited, over the 2002 crash of a medical helicopter in Norfolk. The suit stated that 41-year-old Lori Schrempp, an emergency ro... - Qualcomm Settles Patents and Royalties Suit for $891 Million
The California-based chip maker Qaulcomm has reached a settlement over patent and royalty payments due to a rival California-based chip maker, Broadcom Corp, for a reported $891 million. The settlement will bring to a close 4 years of litigation over allegations by Broadcom that Qaulcomm was misusing its patents to suppress industry competition. Qualco... - Seroquel Illegal Marketing Case Settled for $520 Million
Washington, DC: A $520 million settlement has been reached with AstraZeneca and the US Justice Department, which will bring to an end federal investigations into the marketing practices for the company's blockbuster antipsychotic drug Seroquel . The UK-based pharmaceutical company will also sign a corporate integrity agreement with the US federal g... - Ogden to pay $300,000 settlement in accident lawsuit.
Ogden, UT: (Apr-01-08) Mary Frances Stone brought a personal injury lawsuit against the city of Ogden, after a police dog put a pickup truck into gear, severely injuring her. The suit stated that Stone, 43, was on her way to check her mailbox, when a 1990 Ford pickup truck assigned to Officer Taylor Finder, started toward her, hitting her in July 2006. ... - City of Malone to pay $$37,500 settlement in building lawsuit.
Malone, NY: (Mar-31-08) Bianchi Demolition Services Inc., a Syracuse demolition company, brought a lawsuit against the Village of Malone, over a once-planned demolition of the Hotel Flanagan. The suit, filed in June 2005, stated that the village breached its contract with Bianchi, and that the company was owed the entire $459,000 it was awarded in Octobe... - Realtor pays undisclosed settlement in advertising lawsuit
Creston, IA: (Mar-26-08) Creston Realtor Lois Monday, doing business as Monday Realty, brought a lawsuit against former Realtor Ruth Bolinger, doing business as The Real Estate Store, in Union County District Court in January 2007. The suit alleged that an advertisement placed by Bolinger in The Exchange of Winterset, included a caricature resembling Mo... - Chicago agrees to $11 million settlement in developers lawsuit.
Chicago, IL: (Mar-26-08) Paul Schwendener Inc. and minority contractor G. M. Harston Construction Co. brought a lawsuit against the city of Chicago in 2001, seeking to recover as much as $64 million, after it was dismissed six months earlier amid massive cost overruns and long delays in completion of the high-profile park, located at Michigan Avenue and... - Railroad Safety, CSX Corp. pays $349,265 civil penalty in federal safety regulations violation lawsuit.
New York, NY: (Jan-03-08) The federal government filed charges against CSX Corp., alleging that the railroad company violated several federal rail safety regulations. The suit was filed after transportation officials found the violations during an inspection of CSX track in January 2007 after a number of train accidents and other incidents from November 20... - Inergy Propane announces refunds to customers as part of lawsuit settlement.
Gaylord, MI: (Mar-26-08) Michigan's Attorney General's Office brought charges against Inergy Propane, accusing the Gaylord company of price gouging. The suit claimed that customers of the following Inergy owned businesses: Gaylord Gas, Petoskey Propane, Blue Flame Gas, DeCock Bottled Gas, Lagasco Propane, McBride Oil & Propane, Northwest Energy, Pearl Ga... - Drilling Mud - Asbestos Exposure to Mud Engineers from Oil Well Drilling Mud
Asbestos has been added to Drilling Mud , which was used in the oil industry, for decades. Since the 1960s, such asbestos drilling has occurred both onshore and offshore. Drilling mud composition contained asbestos, which led to mud engineers being exposed to asbestos drilling mud , and the potential to develop asbestos-related disease such as asbest... - National Air Cargo to pay $28 million settlement in cargo contract lawsuit.
Washington, DC: (Mar-26-08) The federal government brought a lawsuit against National Air Cargo, alleging that the Orchard Park, NY, air cargo company defrauded the US Defense Department. The suit, which included criminal and civil charges against the company, was filed following a whistleblower complaints filed by Mark Oehm under the False Claims Act. T...