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TD Banknorth Inc., has agreed to a $50 million settlement in its second investor class action lawsuit that challenged the fairness of the Banknorth's buyout of Toronto Dominion Bank. The purchase of TD Banknorth was completed by Toronto-Dominion in April 2007. The terms of the settlement, once approved, will see TD Banknorth pay $50 million into a sett... - Priddis Music pays undisclosed settlement in licensing lawsuit.
Salt Lake City, UT: (Mar-25-08) EMI Music Publishing had brought a lawsuit against Priddis Music Inc., based in Salt Lake City, and Rick Priddis, the president of the company, alleging that they did not have the proper licenses for their karaoke products. Sources close to the case stated that the two companies had resolved the lawsuit by entering into a... - Brakes Man Diagnosed with Mesothelioma Awarded $17M
Oakland, CA: A man diagnosed with asbestos mesothelioma in January 2010 has been awarded $17,470,000 as settlement of his asbestos claim against ArvinMeritor, Carlisle and Pneumo Abex. Plaintiff Gordon Bankhead, 66, worked as a parts man around heavy-duty vehicles from 1965 to 1999, handling brakes that contained asbestos. He worked mostly for... - Hollinger Inc. to pay $1 million settlement in stock structure lawsuit.
Chicago, IL: (Mar-25-08) Hollinger Inc. and the Sun-Times Media Group have been embroiled in a legal battle over a stock ownership structure, reaching back to the Conrad Black era, that gave Canada-based Hollinger 20% of the Sun-Times' stock but 70% of its voting shares. Conrad Black, the company's former CEO, is in federal prison for his role in swindli... - $260K Awarded to Man with Surgical Pad Left In his Body
Buffalo, NY: Justin Bartle has been awarded $260,000 as settlement of his lawsuit alleging that he suffered post-operative complications as a result of a surgical pad being left inside his body. Bartle sued Buffalo's Sisters of Charity Hospital and an unaffiliated surgeon alleging that their failure to count the number of pads that the surgeon had us... - Quest Diagnostics Settles Federal Investigation for $302 Million
Quest Diagnostics has reached a $302 million settlement which will resolve criminal and civil allegations regarding some of its diagnostic test kits manufactured and sold up to 2006. The federal investigation was initiated based on branding and false claims allegations made by a whistleblower, who subsequently received nearly $45 million as settlemen... - Energy company to pay $10 million settlement in commodities lawsuit.
New York, NY: (Mar-19-08) The Commodity Futures Trade Commission brought charges against Energy Transfer Partners, a US-based interstate pipeline operator, naming the company, its affiliates, directors and employees as defendants. Sources close to the case stated that the two parties had reached a settlement agreement, resolving the issues that sparked o... - School district pays $311,000 settlement in discrimination lawsuit.
Brewster, NY: (Mar-19-08) A racial discrimination lawsuit was brought against the Brewster School District in 2005, alleging that a Brewster principal called 27 Hispanic students into the high school library and told them they have less respect for one another, fight more and have lower test scores than Anglo students. The suit, filed in October 2005, cl... - Amsol to pay $5.625 million settlement in buyout lawsuit.
Somerset, NJ: (Mar-18-08) Software International, Inc. (SII) brought charges against the Amsol Companies, comprising of American Solutions, Inc., Amsol, Inc., IK Solutions, Inc., Anthony Information Technology, Inc. and Indtech Info Solutions Private Limited, and Subba Raju Indukuri, the former Chief Executive Officer and a director of SII and the princi... - Tarrant pays $14 million settlement in past taxes lawsuit.
Los Angeles, CA: (Mar-18-09) The US Internal Revenue Service brought charges against Tarrant Apparel Group, over certain audits that were conducted and disclosed for fiscal years 1996 through 2002. Sources close to the case stated that the parties had reached a settlement agreement, resolving the tax dispute. Under the terms of settlement, Tarrant... - $3.7 Million Awarded in Workplace Injury
Broward County, FL: A $3.3 million settlement has been awarded by a jury in the case of a laborer who suffered amputation of all the fingers on his right - which is his dominant hand - resulting from a workplace accident involving a mechanical press in 2005. Phiteau Dalien who was 33 years of age at the time, had his hand caught in a vintage 50... - Ex cable execs pay $1.6 million settlement in fraud lawsuit.
Concord, NH: (Mar-12-08) The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought civil securities fraud charges against Riverstone Networks and Enterasys Networks, two Cabletron Systems spin-offs, alleging that executives inflated revenue when their company spun off from Cabletron in 2001. As part of a settlement reached in the case, six Riverstone Netwo... - Cruise lines pay $21 million settlement in fuel charges suit.
Miami, FL: (Mar-10-08) The Florida Attorney General's Office filed a lawsuit against Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and Celebrity Cruises, alleging that they wrongly began charging retroactive fuel supplement charges in mid-2007. The suit was filed after the Attorney General's Office received more than 300 complaints from consumers nationwide, sparking off... - Ayuda Legal Para Victimas del Fraude al Consumidor o Fraude Financiero
Los derechos financieros de los ciudadanos y los residentes pueden ser violados y dañados por la promoción por las empresas de servicios, productos, inversiones, y oportunidades fraudulentos. Estas actividades ilegales pueden ser clasificadas como fraude de consumido y el fraude financiero. La protección de usted y sus vecinos cont... - Santa Barbara News-Press pays $140,000 settlement in overtime suit.
Santa Barbara, CA: (Mar-08-08) Two former newsroom employees, Hildy Medina and Anna Davison, brought a lawsuit against the Santa Barbara News-Press, alleging that the paper had shortchanged them on overtime pay and on meal and rest periods, thereby violating California law. In addition, they also claimed that if, by the end of the year, an employee hadn'... - Pharmaceutical companies pay $125 million settlement for inflating prices.
Boston, MA: (Mar-08-08) A lawsuit was filed by consumers and insurance companies against nine leading pharmaceutical companies, including healthcare companies Abbott Laboratories (ABT) and Watson Pharmaceuticals (WPI), over the Average Wholesale Price or AWC of certain prescription drugs. The suit, filed in 2002, claimed that the companies deliberately i... - Questar settles 7-figure natural gas explosion lawsuit.
Saratoga Springs, NY: (Mar-05-08) Greg Roper, a Saratoga Springs man, brought a lawsuit against Questar Gas, after his wife died in an explosion. The wrongful death lawsuit stated that a gas leak caused an explosion in their home in 2007, killing Roper's wife, April,and Questar employee Larry Radford. Investigations revealed that the explosion occurr... - Burger King Settles Brain Injury Suit for $20 Million
Jacob Buckett, a 12-year old boy from Temecula, CA, and his sister Isabelle, have been awarded $20 million as settlement in a personal injury suit brought against Burger King. Jacob and his sister were playing at a playground inside the restaurant in August, 2005, when Jacob fell injuring his lungs, and his parietal lobe and his left front lobe. T... - Town of Alton agrees to pay former police chief $10,000 wrongful termination settlement
Alton, NH: (Mar-02-08) Kevin Iwans, a former police chief, brought charges against the town of Alton, alleging that he was wrongly terminated. The year-long legal battle between the chief and the town stemmed from he being suspended in November 2006 and fired in January 2007, while town officials investigated alleged misconduct. In a recent development in... - PDG to pay American Dental Partners $19 million settlement
Wakefield, MA: (Mar-02-08) American Dental Partners, Inc., one of the nation's leading business partners to dental group practices, recently announced that it has entered into a Definitive Settlement Agreement and related agreements effective Feb. 29, 2008 to complete the transactions contemplated by the previously announced Dec. 26, 2007 Settlement Agreem...