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Gilroy, CA: (Apr-18-07) The city of Gilroy has agreed to pay its contractor, SJ Amoroso, for construction delays that deviled the new police headquarters, compensating the company for lost business. The settlement has gone a long way to significantly increase the price of the building by $4.49 million, to more than $30 million. The charges filed against th... - Lucent Technologies Employee Age Bias Settlement
St. Louis, MO: (Apr-17-07) The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed an age discrimination lawsuit on behalf of Thomas Cross against Lucent Technologies, alleging that Cross, a 55-year-old worker, lost his job after more than three decades with the telecommunications equipment maker despite excellent evaluations. Cross was laid off in 2002 from... - Cook County, IL Jail Inmate Wrongful Death Settlement
Cook County, IL: (Apr-18-07) The Cook County Board approved a $950,000 payout to settle a lawsuit on behalf of Marie O'Donnell-Smith, who died in jail after her pleas for medical assistance allegedly went unheeded. The suit claimed that a nurse who worked for the Cook County Jail's Cermak Health Services told O'Donnell-Smith that she would have to crawl... - Denver Health Medical Center agrees to pay $4 million settlement in wrongful death lawsuit.
Denver, CO: (May-29-08) The family of Emily Rae Rice brought a wrongful death lawsuit against Denver Health Medical Center, after the inmate died while in custody at Denver City Jail. Medical records indicate that 24-year-old Rice died Feb. 19, 2006, in the jail 20 hours after she was released from the hospital. She died from a lacerated spleen and liver... - Denver, CO Shoplifter Personal Injury Settlement
Denver, CO: (Apr-17-07) Leonard Trujillo, a suspected shoplifter, filed suit against the city after he was run over twice by a Denver policeman chasing him in his patrol car. Trujillo allegedly stole beef jerky from a convenience store near Evans Avenue and Zuni Street. When the clerk locked the doors to prevent him from escaping, Trujillo kicked out the g... - Coldwater Ranch Agrees to pay $50,000 settlement in roads dispute.
Cache County, UT: (May-29-08) Cache County and Coldwater Ranch have been embroiled in a legal wrangle over swapping dozens of miles of roads, which led to a public-versus-private land dispute. Sources close to the case stated that as part of a settlement agreement reached between the two sides, Cache County and Coldwater Ranch agreed to resolve the dispu... - FDA Issues Warnings Over Mercury Dental Fillings
Some people who have silver-coloured, metal dental fillings that contain mercury may be at risk for health problems. High risk groups include pregnant women, fetuses, and children. Earlier this week the FDA reached a settlement with consumer advocacy groups in which it has agreed to warn Americans about the risks associated with mercury-containing metal... - Land West Ventures reaches undisclosed settlement in wrongful death lawsuit.
Denver, CO: (May-29-08) The family of late Jeffrey Garrett, a former Qwest executive, brought a lawsuit against Georgia-based Land West Ventures, which does business in CO as Bear Wallow Ranch, after Garrett died of a gunshot wound in 2005 while turkey hunting near New Castle. Records of the incident show that Garrett made a turkey call while concealed b... - Beede Waste Oil Site Pollution Settlement
Plaistow, NH: (Apr-17-07) The Federal Government and New Hampshire reached an agreement with the 101 parties who contributed to the pollution of the Beede Waste Oil Superfund site in Plaistow, NH. In a settlement reached, the parties involved in the environment pollution lawsuit agreed to pay $48 million to clean up the site, $9 million for future federal... - American State Bank agrees to pay $225,000 settlement in hiring discrimination lawsuit.
Lubbock, TX: (May-24-08) The Department of Labor brought a lawsuit against the American State Bank, alleging that it engaged in hiring discrimination against minority applicants during a specific two year period. The suit was filed after the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), investigated the bank's hiring practices that revealed the... - Jason Janega Hit and Run Wrongful Death Settlement
Chicago, IL: (Apr-17-07) The family of Tiffany Baier filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Jason Janega, 35, after he struck Baier and left her to die by the side of the road. Janega's car hit Baier as she was walking a few blocks away from home. After the accident took place, the suit accused Janega of not stopping or calling for any assistance, resultin... - Ocean City, MD agrees to pay $40,000 settlement in age discrimination lawsuit.
Ocean City, MD: (May-24-08) Sgt. Dale Marshall and former officer Sgt. Kathleen Braeuninger brought a lawsuit against Ocean City, alleging that the city discriminated against them on the basis of their age. The suit, brought by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of the officers, stated that the two were denied advanced training and... - Red Eye's Dock Bar reaches $75,000 settlement in wrongful termination lawsuit.
Annapolis, MD: (May-28-08) Margaret Finley, a 56-year-old bartender, brought a lawsuit against Red Eye's Dock Bar, a Kent Island business, alleging that she was wrongfully terminated after her refusal to wear a tight tank top. Finley claimed that she refused to wear the ensemble as it revealed scars from a breast cancer surgery. Records stated that Finle... - Qwest Communications Breach Fudiciary Commitments Settlement
Santa Fe, NM: (Apr-14-07) The New Mexico state Public Regulation Commission filed regulatory charges against Qwest Communications in 2001 accusing them of breaching their fiduciary commitment to their clients. Qwest had agreed to spend $788 million on the state's telecommunications system, but it came up about $220 million short. In a settlement reached, Q... - Round Rock, TX and the Round Rock School District Student Protest Civil Rights Settlement
Round Rock, TX: (Apr-16-07) On March 30, 2006, a group of Stony Point High School students left class to march to Round Rock High School as part of a series of nationwide protests against immigration laws. Police issued 209 citations against the students, accusing them of violating the city's youth curfew or disrupting class, leading to the students' and t... - NASA Space Shuttle Columbia Wrongful Deaths Settlement
Orlando, FL: (Apr-16-07) An out of court settlement was reached between NASA and the family members of the astronauts who died on the space shuttle Columbia in 2003. Investigations showed that Columbia was brought down in 2003 because a piece of insulating foam broke off the shuttle during liftoff and caused damage. Searing gases penetrated the shuttle upo... - Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson Wastewater Engineering Defects Settlement
Appomattox, VA: (Apr-11-07) The town of Appomattox filed a lawsuit against Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson (JMT), a Maryland-based engineering firm, accusing it of faulty engineering on one of the town's wastewater treatment plants. Appomattox filed a $2 million lawsuit in April 2005 after efforts to repair cracks and bows in the plant's storage basin, which... - Fleetwood Capital Development Housing Disability Discrimination Settlement
Washington, DC: (Apr-11-07) The US Department of Justice filed charges against Fleetwood Capital Development LLC, a Springfield, IL, development company, accusing it of discrimination after it refused to sell property in a Springfield-area subdivision because the buyer intended to house six persons with disabilities there. Fleetwood Capital and its princ... - San Joaquin County, CA $500,000 settlement reached in medical malpractice lawsuit.
Stockton, CA: (May-28-08) Lorie Prigmore brought a medical malpractice lawsuit against San Joaquin County, after the death of John Prigmore Sr. at the San Joaquin General Hospital. The suit dealt with negligence on the part of the hospital, that led to the wrongful death of Prigmore Sr. Sources familiar with the case and the negotiations stated that the... - Collins & Aikman Corp. Pension Plan Payments Settlement
Detroit, MI: (Apr-16-07) The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) brought charges against Collins & Aikman Corp., a Southfield, MI based auto parts maker, over a potential claim totaling $192 million in connection with funding obligations for its pension plan. Collins & Aikman said it stopped making minimum funding contributions to the plan in July 2006 r...