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Hartford, CT: (Apr-11-07) The state Department Of Banking filed a lawsuit against Countrywide Home Loans Inc., one of the nation's largest mortgage lenders, accusing it of charging Connecticut consumers excessive fees when they were approved for home loans. Countrywide was accused of charging fees - points, application charges and other administrative co... - Newport News Water Reservoir Rights Settlement
Newport News, VA: (Apr-11-07) The Mattaponi Indian Tribe and Newport News reached a settlement in a nearly 10-year-old lawsuit about the city's controversial proposed King William Reservoir. Though Newport News Waterworks has worked for more than a decade on making the reservoir a reality, environmental groups opposed the project, arguing that it was overs... - Tropicana Casino & Resort Parking Garage Collapse Wrongful Death Settlement
Atlantic City, NJ: (Apr-11-07) The families of four men who died in a construction accident, when the parking garage at the Tropicana Casino & Resort collapsed on October 30, 2003 and 36 other workers stand to receive a $101 million settlement in the wrongful death and personal injury lawsuit. The suit alleged that the resort wanted to compete with the Bor... - Compellent, Storage Engine, et. al. $10.5 million settlement reached in intellectual property dispute.
Houston, TX: (May-27-08) Data protection specialist Crossroads Systems has brought lawsuits against 10 vendors, including Compellent and Storage Engine, alleging that the companies infringed on its storage router and virtualization technologies. The suit, filed in US District Court for the Western District of Texas, has followed several such lawsuits fil... - Planned Parenthood Planned Parenthood Undisclosed settlement reached in botched abortion suit.
Lincoln, NE: (May-27-08) A woman, identified in court documents as "Jane Roe", brought a lawsuit against the Planned Parenthood clinic in Lincoln, alleging that she almost died after a botched abortion from one of the organization's doctors. The suit stated that Roe suffered pain and suffering as well as lost wages after the abortion. Medical records fil... - Germantown Primary Care Associates, P.C. Unlawfully collected fees refunded in Consumer Protection Act violation suit.
Baltimore, MD: (May-26-08) Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler brought charges against Germantown Primary Care Associates, P.C., a medical practice located in Germantown, alleging that the company collected a yearly administrative fee from its customers, which was a violation of Maryland's Consumer Protection Act and Consumer Debt Collection Act... - $10 million settlement reached in medical malpractice suit.
Cuyahoga County, OH: (May-26-08) Elizabeth Elia of Solon brought a medical malpractice lawsuit against the Cleveland Clinic, alleging that negligence on the part of the facility resulted in her child being permanently brain damaged. Records indicate that a jury awarded Elizabeth Elia and her 6-year-old son Abram $15.9 million, which is said to be one of... - ExxonMobil Over $112 million settlement in radioactive contamination suit.
New Orleans, LA: (May-26-08) Several New Orleans residents brought lawsuits against ExxonMobil, claiming that the oil company exposed the Louisiana community to radioactive waste. Legal counsel for the plaintiffs' state that the case revolved around contamination allegedly left from three decades of offshore pipe-cleaning east of the Harvey Canal. The ma... - Chicago, IL Wrongful Convictions Settlement
Chicago, IL: (Apr-10-07) The city of Chicago reached a settlement with two of the four men who were wrongfully convicted in the 1986 rape and murder of medical student Lori Roscetti. Larry Ollins and Omar Saunders, who were falsely arrested and convicted in 1988 to life in prison, were later exonerated following DNA evidence. Three of the four who were arr... - Jeff Wyler Hiring Gender Discrimination Settlement
Cincinnati, OH: (Apr-07-07) Thirty-nine plaintiffs filed suit against tri-state auto dealer Jeff Wyler, alleging that they had been passed over for car sales jobs because of their gender. The case stems from a series of complaints that the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received from about a dozen women who alleged that they had been discrimina... - Stafford, NJ $177,000 settlement reached in employment lawsuit.
Stafford, NJ: (May-24-08) John McMenamin, former township police lieutenant, brought a lawsuit against Stafford Township, alleging that he was unfairly passed over for a promotion to chief. The suit also named several department members as defendants, accusing them of misconduct. McMenamin, who spent 21 years with the Stafford Police Department, sought $... - Champaign County, IL $19,000 settlement reached in troubled nursing home suit.
Urbana, IL: (May-24-08) The state of Illinois brought a lawsuit against Champaign County, over a troubled nursing home, which has run deficits of $100,000 a month and suffered $4 million in cost overruns. The suit also stated that the county failed to file proper paperwork for Champaign County Nursing Home repairs in 2007, after it was found that a new h... - Ocean City, MD $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... - Ministry of Defense $500,000 settlement in transgender humiliation suit.
London, England: (May-24-08) Jan Hamilton, formerly known as Capt. Ian Hamilton, a British ex-military paratrooper, brought a lawsuit against the Ministry of Defense, alleging that she was humiliated when she was asked to put on a man's uniform. The paratrooper had undergone a sex change, and stated that she was seriously embarrassed when asked to show u... - American State Bank $225,000 settlement reached 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... - Hawaiian Government Employees Association Settlement
Honolulu, HI: (Apr-05-07) The Public Employers (the state and the four counties) and the Hawaiian Government Employees Association (HGEA) have reached a tentative agreement in their negotiations involving certain white and blue collared bargaining units representing nearly 26,000 state and county government employees. The settlement involves a 4 percent an... - Bransom Elementary School District Pricipal Wrongful Termination Settlement
Burleson, TX: (Apr-05-07) After Principal Justin Kirk was asked to leave Bransom Elementary School following a suspension without any cause, he requested a public hearing before the school board. Administrators suspended Kirk in January 2007 and the district agreed to pay Kirk a lump sum of $30,000 in a negotiated settlement. The settlement agreement sta... - Johnson & Johnson Endoscopy Antitrust Settlement
Syracuse, NY: (Apr-05-07) Conmed Corp. filed suit against New Jersey-based Johnson & Johnson in federal court in 2003, alleging that Johnson & Johnson was bullying hospitals into purchasing its products. The suit also alleged it was illegally using its monopoly as a maker of sutures to force hospitals to buy its surgical products, resulting in higher price... - Cendant Corp. CEO Severance Package Settlement
New York, NY: (Apr-06-07) Cendant Corp. CEO Henry Silverman retired from the conglomerate with a severance settlement far larger than he hoped for. In total, Silverman will walk away with almost $110 million. $62.53 million will be paid to Silverman as a severance package under the terms of employment from Cendant's car rental spin-off, Avis Budget Group I... - Bedford Regional Medical Center Medical Malpractice Settlement
Indianapolis, IN: (Apr-03-07) James Brown died in 1997 after spending three days at the Bedford Regional Medical Center. His Estate filed malpractice and wrongful death claims against the hospital, which offered a settlement of $75,001. The settlement was covered by the Indiana Insurance Guaranty Association for lost wages of a deceased claimant up to the...