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Shenango Valley, PA: (Jan-31-08) Gwendolyn Phillips and her grandson, Neil Williams, 19, both of Farrell, brought a lawsuit against Swedish Match, which is based in Stockholm with a North American office in Richmond, VA, after a fire took the lives of a mother and two of her sons. The suit stated that the fire occurred Nov. 20, 1993, when 2-year-old Jerome... - Scrap Metal, Ocanna Inc. pays $86,000 EPA waste violations settlement
Akron, OH: (Jan-30-08) The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency brought charges against Ocanna Inc., the former parent company of two Akron metal recycling firms, alleging that it violated its air permit and state hazardous waste and solid waste regulations. The company processed and recycled scrap metals at Harry's Scrap Metals and at what is now Metalico... - Discharge Pollution, Electric Boat agrees to pay $75,000 settlement for Clean Water Act violations
Hartford, CT: (Jan-30-08) Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and the Connecticut Fund for the Environment (CFE) brought charges against Electric Boat, alleging that it violated the federal Clean Water Act with repeated polluted discharges into the Thames River during a five-year period ending June 2007. In the Electric Boat reports, the CFE claimed to hav... - Laser Marketing, Inc. pays $100,000 settlement after illegally sharing a CoStar pass code
Newark, NJ: (Jan-30-08) CoStar Group, Inc. filed charges against Laser Marketing, Inc., a lead marketing firm doing business under the name Atkinson Hunt, and Resource Realty of Southern New Jersey, alleging that the companies illegally gained access to its information service. The suit claimed that the two firms shared a CoStar pass code, and that Resou... - Fleetwood Enterprises Inc. pays HUD $75,000 civil penalty for defective construction
Washington, DC: (Jan-30-08) The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and other federal regulators brought charges against Fleetwood Enterprises Inc., alleging that the Riverside, CA-based facility built homes that were found to be defective and unsafe. HUD officials claimed that since 2005, they had identified at least 77 types of defects i... - Immigrant Sedation, US Government awards two detainees $55,000 settlement after drugging them while in custody
Los Angeles, CA: (Jan-30-08) Two foreign nationals, Amadou Diouf, a native of Senegal, and Raymond Soeoth of Indonesia, brought charges against the US Government, alleging that they were forcibly drugged by US immigration officials during failed efforts to deport them. The suit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on their behalf, stating that S... - Marketing Spam, Member Source Media pays $200,000 civil penalty for deceptive online advertising
Washington, DC: (Jan-30-08) The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) brought charges against Member Source Media, an online advertiser, alleging that it used deceptive practices to drive traffic to its web sites. The suit claimed that the company sent out spam with misleading subject lines, failing to tell consumers they had to spend money to receive so-calle... - Ozone Pollution, Holcim Inc. pays $2.25 million settlement for air quality violations
Dallas, TX: (Jan-30-08) State environmental protection agencies brought charges against Holcim Inc., one of three Midlothian plants, alleging that the company had air quality violations at its facility. Sources close to the case stated that the company agreed to a $2.25 million legal settlement to resolve allegations. Officials stated that Holcim agreed to... - Connector Road, City of Provo pays family $1.16 million property use settlement
Provo, UT: (Jan-29-08) The family of Newell Johnson brought a lawsuit against the city of Provo, over land belonging to the family that was being used by the city. The Johnson family owned part of the land used for the 4800 North connector road between University Avenue and Canyon Road. Sources stated that the legal battle over the value of the land has... - Birthing Malpractice, Kaiser Permanente pays $3.2 million medical malpractice settlement
Orange County, CA: (Jan-29-08) Ardie and Ela Ehtemam brought a medical malpractice lawsuit against Kaiser Permanente's Anaheim hospital, alleging that their daughter suffered brain damage during her birth. The suit claimed that Ariana Ehtemam, now 14, wasn't breathing when she was delivered by Caesarean section and now suffers from physical and behavioral... - Luzerne County Register of Wills Dorothy Stankovic pays $10,000 ACLU settlement after denying illegal immigrants a marriage license
Wilkes-Barre, PA: (Jan-29-08) Heather Buck and Jose Guadelupe Arias-Maravilla brought charges against Luzerne County Register of Wills Dorothy Stankovic, alleging that Stankovic's policy denied marriage licenses to illegal immigrants. Records show that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a federal lawsuit against Stankovic in April, arguing her... - Contract Dispute, Ness Technologies, Inc. agrees to pay $9 million breach of contract settlement
Hackensack, NJ: (Jan-29-08) An Israeli insurance company, a client of Ness Technologies, Inc., a global provider of information technology solutions and services, brought a lawsuit against it over a contract dispute that developed in late 2006. The suit stated that the client halted work on an ongoing project, claiming that Ness had breached the contract b... - Aetna Bridge Co. pays painter $5.5 million personal injury settlement after falling 55 feet onto concrete
Providence, RI: (Jan-29-08) Wayne Leyden, a New York painter, brought a lawsuit against Aetna Bridge, after he was injured five years ago while working on the Mount Hope Bridge. The suit, which had a personal injury claim, stated that the 40-year-old Port Leyden, NY man fell 55 feet onto concrete while he was in a pocket climber. Sources close to the case... - Higley Unified School District pays $19,500 settlement to the Coronado Ranch Homeowners Association after using its well without paying
Gilbert, AZ: (Jan-28-08) The Coronado Ranch Homeowners Association (HOA) brought charges against the Higley Unified School District in December 2006, alleging that an arrangement it inherited from California-based builder, Cooper & Cooper Development, let the district take irrigation water from the community well without paying. The HOA claimed that the... - Four Phoenix bars pay $10,000 fine for violating the Smoke Free Arizona Act
Phoenix, AZ: (Jan-28-08) The state's voter approved Smoke Free Arizona Act of May 2007 claimed that operators of bars, restaurants, and indoor public places had to help prohibit smoking. In order to do that, the facilities had to post "No Smoking" signs, remove ashtrays from areas where smoking is prohibited and stop people who are smoking in prohibited ar... - Softball Coach, Thomas County School System agrees to undisclosed gender discrimination and harassment settlement for a former employee
Thomasville, GA: (Jan-28-08) Cara Hankinson, a former softball coach, brought charges against the Thomas County School System, alleging that she was discriminated against and harassed because of her gender. Hankinson, a teacher in the system for 22 years, filed a lawsuit in US District Court in October 2005 after she was fired as softball coach in December... - Coolant Oil, City of Seneca pays $40,000 EPA fine to help clean up contamination
Seneca, SC: (Jan-28-08) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had reached an agreement for approximately $9 million with several large electrical companies that had once done business with Carolina Transformer Company of Fayetteville, NC. The agency stated that it had three years to seek compensation from smaller entities. Carolina Transformer Comp... - Canceled Contract, Moon Area School District pays $98,500 construction dispute settlement
Allegheny, PA: (Jan-28-08) Moore Boehm Enterprises Inc. of Carnegie and Pittsburgh Stage Inc. of Pittsburgh, brought a lawsuit against Moon Area School District, over a heating, ventilation and air conditioning contract. The suit stated that the contracts were part of a plan to build a new high school and renovate the current high school as a middle school... - Sigue Corp. forfeits $15 million for failing to prohibit money laundering
St. Louis, MO: (Jan-28-08) The US Government brought charges against Sigue Corp., a San Fernando-based company that provides international money transfer services, alleging that it failed to implement an effective program to prohibit money laundering. Federal prosecutors stated that the charges stemmed from transactions conducted from November 2003 through... - Axis Surplus Insurance Company ordered to pay $42.5 million settlement to condo developers
Panama City Beach, FL: (Jan-28-08) Panama City Beach Condos, a real estate developer, brought charges against Axis Surplus Insurance Company, stemming from a Hurricane Dennis insurance claim. Sources stated that shortly after receiving all of the evidence in the case, the eight-person jury returned an unanimous verdict in favor of Panama City Beach Condos...