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Beaufort County, SC: (Feb-20-08) A sexual abuse victim brought a lawsuit against the Beaufort County Board of Education, alleging that he was abused by former teacher Philip Underwood-Sheppard. Records show that Underwood-Sheppard was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2003 for molesting at least nine students ages 6 to 13 from 1999 to 2002. He is being he... - GMC Yukon, General Motors Corporation agrees to confidential personal injury settlement with man who was blinded in car accident
Los Angeles, CA: (Feb-20-08) A California teenager, who was a passenger in a GMC Yukon accident, brought an automobile defect claim against General Motors Corporation. The suit stated that on Jul. 7, 2006, Michael Samardzich was a passenger in a GMC Yukon driven by Vincent Ibarra. Traveling westbound on Golden Springs Drive in Los Angeles County, Ibarra ma... - Police Officer, City of Tonawanda awards former employee $47,000 wrongful termination settlement
Tonawanda, NY: (Feb-20-08) Brian MacDonald, a former Police Officer, brought a lawsuit against the city of Tonawanda, alleging that he was wrongfully terminated. MacDonald was fired in May 2006 after being found guilty of 17 misconduct charges in the department. The five-year veteran endured a lengthy departmental hearing process while he was suspended for... - Business Lawsuit, Elbit Imaging Ltd. agrees to pay CP Holdings Ltd. a $5 million settlement
Tel Aviv, Israel: (Feb-20-08) CP Holdings Ltd. brought charges against Elbit Imaging Ltd., submitting a claim against the company in the High Court of Justice in London, the United Kingdom, over damages in the amount of approximately Euro 33.5 million. Sources close to the case stated that the parties reached a settlement in the case in which Elbit Imaging... - Police Officer Slander, City of Detroit agrees to $25,000 settlement
Detroit, MI: (Feb-19-08) Zack Weishuhn and Patrick Tomsic, two police officers, brought charges against the city, alleging that they were slandered by city officials after stopping former mayoral chief of staff Christine Beatty for speeding in 2004. The officers sued the city, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, and Police Chief Ella Bully-Cummings, accusing them of m... - Newspaper Publisher, Star Tribune must pay St. Paul Pioneer Press a $3.8 million trade secrets act violations settlement
Minneapolis, MN: (Feb-19-08) St. Paul Pioneer Press brought charges against the Star Tribune alleging that Star Tribune publisher Par Ridder, once the Pioneer Press publisher, took a laptop with confidential information from that paper when he jumped to the Star Tribune. Records show that in September 2007, a judge ordered Riddler out of his job for one ye... - False Arrest, City of Greer pays $50,000 settlement after imprisoning a woman whose charges had been dismissed years earlier
Greer, SC: (Feb-18-08) Denise Riddle, a Greer resident, brought a lawsuit against the city, alleging that she was falsely arrested. The suit claimed that a Greer police officer handcuffed and arrested Riddle at her home at 10 p.m. Feb. 1, 2006, on a bad check charge that she had made restitution on early on. Online court records show the warrant had been d... - Excessive Arrest, City of Worcester agrees to pay pizza vendor $100,000 settlement after breaking nine bones in his face
Worcester, MA: (Feb-18-08) Daniel Houde brought a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Worcester and seven of its police officers, alleging that police used excessive force when they broke nine bones in his face while arresting him six years ago. Records show that Houde, 43, filed the suit in US District Court over his arrest on May 20, 2002. T... - Contract Extortion, County Executive Robert Janiszewski ordered to pay Hudson County a $650,000 racketeering settlement
Hudson County, NJ: (Feb-18-08) Hudson County brought a lawsuit against former County Executive Robert Janiszewski and the bonding company that covered him, after the county lost $26.8 million to corruption. Records show that Janiszewski served for 13 years as county executive before abruptly leaving in September 2001; he later admitted to extorting money f... - Jailhouse Hanging, City of River Rouge pays family a $1.8 million wrongful death settlement
Detroit, MI: (Feb-18-08) The family of Tatisha Gant brought a civil lawsuit against the River Rouge Police Department, alleging that it was responsible in the jailhouse hanging of the 25-year-old girl. The suit accused Police Lt. Camilia Worthy and Sgt. Jeffrey Harris of knowing that Gant needed medical attention, as she bit chunks out of her arm and was... - Seattle Police Taser Settlement
Kenneth Ruffer is a student at Tyee High School in SeaTac. Ruffer was shocked with a taser four times in the neck by Seattle police officers after the car he was riding in was stopped for a broken tail light. He says the police officers were too quick to use the taser and that he was not fighting when officers tased him in the back of the neck. The 18 yea... - Drug Manufacturer Rebates, Caremark Corp. agrees to pay $38.5 million settlement after convincing doctors to switch drug brands
East bay, CA: (Feb-14-08) A multi state lawsuit was brought against Caremark Corp. by state attorney generals, alleging that the prescription management company convinced doctors to switch patients to different brands of drugs in exchange for rebates from manufacturers. Caremark provides prescription drug services to some 2,000 health care plans nationwide... - Music Teacher, Town of Brookline agrees to $150,000 settlement after the former employee exploited a freshman student
Brookline, MA: (Feb-13-08) A former Brookline High freshman and her family brought charges against Geoffrey Dana Hicks, alleging that the 20-year-old music teacher sexually exploited the student. Records state that Hicks made headlines in March 2003 when allegations arose that he had been involved in an ongoing sexual relationship with the student when s... - Woman's Basketball Coach, Former employee accepts $6.6 million wrongful termination settlement from Fresno State University
Fresno, CA: (Feb-14-08) Stacy Johnson-Klein, former Fresno State women's basketball coach, brought a lawsuit against Fresno State University, alleging that she was wrongfully terminated. She filed suit three years after she was fired, accusing university officials of sexual harassment and discrimination. Johnson-Klein stated that the school retaliated ag... - Library Delays, Nine construction companies agree to $17 million settlement
Indianapolis, IN: (Feb-13-08) Marion County brought charges against insurers of nine construction companies over delays and concrete problems that disrupted the downtown Central Library's expansion. The companies named in the lawsuit were Ambassador Steel; Premier Concrete; Quantum Steel; Shiel-Sexton Co.; Shook, LLC; Trotter Construction Co.; Turner Con... - Lead Generation, ValueClick, Inc. agrees to pay FTC a $2.9 million deceptive marketing practices settlement
Westlake Village, CA: (Feb-13-08) The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) brought charges against ValueClick, Inc., over the company's questionable lead generation practices. Sources with the FTC stated that the company utilized deceptive marketing practices that violated the CAN-SPAM Act and FTC Act. Company officials said in an announcement, that in an eff... - Boston Scientific Stent Settlement
The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit against the company claiming it illegally continued to make and sell systems for implanting stents in 1998 even after learning that a significant percentage of them were defective. In the summer of 1998 Boston Scientific began shipping large amounts of stents from Medinol that Boston Scientific attached to its... - Chancellor Authority, North Dakota State University agrees to pay former board member $200,000 settlement
Bismarck, ND: (Feb-11-08) Robert Potts, former chancellor of North Dakota's Board of Higher Education, brought a lawsuit against North Dakota State University, following clashes with Joseph Chapman, the president of North Dakota State University, and disagreements with some board members over the scope of Potts' authority. Records stated that the board m... - Elderly Annuities, American Equity Investment Life Insurance Co. allots $125 million in insurance malpractice refunds
Des Moines, IA: (Feb-11-08) Minnesota's Attorney General Lori Swanson brought a lawsuit against American Equity Investment Life Insurance Co., a life insurer, alleging that the company sold long-term deferred annuities to senior citizens that weren't suitable for their financial needs. Records show that Swanson also sued another life insurer over alleged d... - Bad Faith Insurance, Infinity Property and Casualty Corp. agrees to $13 million personal automobile liability insurance settlement
Birmingham, AL: (Feb-11-08) A national provider of personal automobile insurance, Infinity Property and Casualty Corporation, brought charges against one of its insurance company subsidiaries, accusing them of bad faith in the handling of a 1993 Florida personal automobile liability claim. Sources close to the case revealed that the related parties had c...