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Salina, KS: (Feb-4-08) The family of Angel Lerma brought a civil lawsuit against Midwest Security, after Lerma was shot to death by Arnulfo Quesada-Duran on Dec. 31, 2005, during a New Year's Eve party in the 4-H Building in Kenwood Park. The suit named Midwest Security as the defendant as it was providing security for the event. Records stated that Quesad... - Wireless Entertainment, Kangaroo Media pays Immersion Entertainment $2 million patent infringement settlement
Mirabel, Canada: (Feb-4-08) Kangaroo Media Inc. and Immersion Entertainment LLC have been locked in a long standing patent infringement and licensing dispute. Immersion Entertainment had brought charges against Kangaroo and other defendants, alleging infringement of Immersion's United States Patents. Both sides had reached settlement and have signed... - Student Harassment, Wichita School District pays $45,000 settlement for high school students' harassment lawsuit
Wichita, KS: (Feb-01-08) The family of two girls brought charges against the Wichita School District, alleging that the girls were sexually harassed at South High School by another student. The lawsuit, filed in May 2005, alleged that a male student made inappropriate advances toward one of the girls about a dozen times. It further stated that the school d... - BP settles $9.75 million mis-management suit.
New York, NY: (Mar-05-08) A lawsuit against BP PLC, launched by US shareholders, alleges that the company's mismanagement led to a series of mishaps in the US. The suit, brought by two BP shareholders, the London Pensions Fund Authority and Unite Here's pension fund, began in October 2006, naming the company and its executives as defendants. The mi... - Ortho Evra Death, Teenagers family awarded $1.25 million settlement after daughter died from blood clots
New York, NY: (Oct-24-07) The family of Alycia Brown, a resident of Lacrosse, brought a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, alleging that the 14-year-old girl died after using the company's Ortho Evra birth control patch. The suit claimed that the girl suffered two blood clots in her lungs on May 7, 2004, after using the patch for several weeks. J&J, the wo... - Unauthorized Investments, Merrill Lynch & Co. pays city of Springfield $13.9 million securities settlement
Boston, MA: (Jan-31-08) The city of Springfield brought a securities lawsuit against Merrill Lynch & Co., alleging that the company made investments that they were not authorized to make. State regulators began investigations after a review showed that Springfield officials never gave explicit permission to invest in the securities, many of which were rela... - Automated Calls, Voice Mail Broadcasting Corp. pays $180,000 FTC settlement for telemarketing violations
Los Angeles, CA: (Jan-30-08) The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Justice Department brought charges against Voice Mail Broadcasting Corp. and its owner, Jesse Crowe, alleging that they violated federal telemarketing rules by making 46 million automated calls since October 2003. The suit claimed that the prerecorded calls pitched debt consolidation, m... - Attorney Jay Wingate ordered to pay widow $2.5 million settlement for collected legal fees
Miami, FL: (Jan-30-08) Jacqueline Huggett, the widow of late Bill Huggett, brought a lawsuit against Jay Wingate, a former associate of the Huggett Law Firm, alleging that she was owed money from the fees received in cases left behind by her husband. Sources stated that the death of Bill Huggett in 2004 sparked a legal row over his case portfolio. His wife... - Heartland Advisors Inc. agrees to $3.9 million shareholder settlement
Milwaukee, WI: (Jan-29-08) The US Securities and Exchange Commission brought charges against Heartland Advisors Inc., a Milwaukee, WI-based company, alleging that it violated the federal Securities Act. The suit claimed that from March 1, 2000, to October 2000, Heartland negligently mis-priced certain bonds owned by two high-yield municipal bond funds. SEC... - Water Pumping Fee, Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency pays $13.5 million settlement for illegal augmentation fees
Pajaro Valley, CA: (Jan-29-08) Several plaintiffs brought charges against the Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency, alleging that it illegally collected pumping fees from residents. Officials claimed that the agency had faced a string of lawsuits stretching back several years, over the long-standing problem of groundwater overdraft in the Pajaro Valley. ... - Police Brutality, City of Sorrento agrees to $275,000 excessive force settlement
Baton Rouge, LA: (Jan-28-08) Daniel Moody of Sabinal, TX, brought a lawsuit against the Sorrento Police Department, alleging that police used brutality and excessive force on him in May 2004. Records show that the suit, filed in September 2004, named the police department and former officer Andre Cavalier as defendants.Moody was a designated driver and cha... - Assistant Principal, District 834 pays former employee $143,000 settlement after hindering her career
Stillwater, MN: (Jan-29-08) Stillwater Junior High Assistant Principal Mary Pat Cumming filed suit against the school and District 834, accusing school board member George Thole of allegedly hindering her career. Sources close to the case stated that as part of a settlement reached, Cumming will resign from her position effective June 30, 2008 and receive... - Car Accident, Nassau County agrees to pay $13 million personal injury settlement
Nassau County, FL: (Jan-29-08) Merryl Kihl, a Commack woman, brought a personal injury lawsuit against Nassau County, after she was badly injured when her car slid into a tree on a treacherous stretch of county road in Bethpage in 1995. The suit claimed that the 37-year-old woman, who lived in Plainview, met with the accident on Quaker Meeting House Road a... - Insurance Practices, AIG pays nine states $12.5 million settlement related to producer compensation and insurance placement
Washington, DC: (Jan-29-08) Nine states brought charges against American International Group Inc. (AIG), over practices related to producer compensation and insurance placement. The suit was filed following an industry wide investigation into producer compensation and insurance placement practices. Though the company denied the allegations and did not ad... - Deceptive Advertising, Ashley Furniture Homestore pays $400,000 settlement for late deliveries and defective products
Phoenix, AZ: (Jan-28-08) The state of Arizona brought charges against Ashley Furniture Homestore, alleging that the company had deceptive advertising. The suit was filed after Attorney General's Office received numerous complaints about furniture deliveries that were extremely late and/or the furniture delivered was defective. The complaint filed by the At... - Breach of Contract, EPCOR Power pays NAL Resources a $4.2 million settlement regarding a natural gas supply agreement
Edmonton, CA: (Jan-28-08) NAL Resources Ltd. brought a lawsuit against EPCOR Power LP, alleging breach of contract. The suit stated that NAL Resources, a subsidiary of Manulife Financial Corporation, supplied natural gas to EPCOR Power's Tunis power plant located in Ontario, and that EPCOR violated terms with respect to Tunis natural gas supply contracts... - Northwestern Medical Center pays former orthopedic surgeon $4 million medical malpractice settlement
Burlington, VT: (Jan-28-08) Dr. Raymond Long brought a lawsuit against the Northwestern Medical Center's Board of Directors, alleging that Northwestern Medical Center (NMC) intentionally contaminated patients during three of Dr. Long's surgical cases in December of 2003. It further alleged that NMC intended to force Dr. Long out of the hospital and the com... - Chaparrel Investors, OAO Lukoil agrees to $37.6 million shareholders settlement
Wilmington, DE: (Jan-27-08) Several shareholder lawsuits were brought against OAO Lukoil, Russia's largest private oil producer, challenging its takeover of Chaparral Resources Inc. Chaparral investors sued in Delaware Chancery Court in March 2006, contending Lukoil's offer of $88.6 million, or $5.80 a share, for the 40% stake it didn't already own was too... - Company Harassment, Henredon Furniture Industries agrees to pay $465,000 employee racial discrimination settlement
High Point, NC: (Jan-25-08) The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) brought a lawsuit against Henredon Furniture Industries, on behalf of the company's African American employees, alleging that the company harassed employees because of their race. The suit claimed that from about 1998 through January 2006, the employees at Henredon's High Poi... - Sheriff's deputy Samuel Roy Wilbanks ordered to pay undisclosed settlement after molesting a minor
Athens, GA: (Jan-27-08) An Oglethorpe County woman brought charges against the County and Samuel Roy Wilbanks, a sheriff's deputy, alleging that she was sexually molested as a minor while participating in a now-defunct Oglethorpe County junior police training program. The suit stated that Wilbanks and the girl, an Oglethorpe County resident who participate...