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Othello, WA: (Jan-15-08) Sue Hobler-Inks, a former hospital employee, brought a lawsuit against Othello Community Hospital and its administrator Harry Geller, alleging that she was wrongfully terminated from her job. Hobler-Inks claimed in her suit that she was fired in retaliation for her audits of hospital administration and participation in hospital dis... - William Borchard and William Raben pay $65,000 settlement for insider trading
San Francisco, CA: (Jan-15-08) The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought charges against William Borchard and William Raben, two former PricewaterhouseCoopers employees in San Francisco, alleging that they engaged in insider trading. The suit stated that former senior associate Borchard allegedly told his friend and coworker Raben, on six dif... - Mars Hill Graduate School of Seattle awards former employee $300,000 discrimination and harassment settlement
Seattle, WA: (Jan-15-08) Heather Parkinson-Webb, a female faculty member, brought a lawsuit against Mars Hill Graduate School of Seattle, alleging that she faced harassment and discrimination at work. The suit claimed that Parkinson-Webb, who was also one of the seven founders of the Christian-based school, faced harassment when her contract was not renewe... - University Dean, Florida Gulf Coast University agrees to undisclosed age and gender discrimination settlement
Miami, FL: (Jan-15-08) Johnny McGaha, 64, former chairman and dean of professional studies at Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU), brought charges against the college, alleging that he was demoted because of age and gender discriminatory practices that were rife at the university. McGaha was allegedly reassigned in 2005 to a criminal justice professorship... - Employee Discrimination, Supreme Corp. and Supreme Northwest LLC ordered to pay $427,000 racial bias and harassment settlement
Portland, OR: (Jan-15-08) The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) brought charges against Supreme Corp. and Supreme Northwest LLC, alleging that the company discriminated against its employees. The EEOC lawsuit claimed that the Indiana-based automotive manufacturer harassed and subjected seven employees at its Woodburn facility to disparate t... - Mamaroneck pays Westchester Day School $4.75 million settlement after denying permission to erect a new building on its campus
Mamaroneck, NY: (Jan-15-08) The Westchester Day School brought charges against the village of Mamaroneck, after being denied permission to erect a new building on its campus. The suit, brought by the 60-year-old Orthodox Jewish School, stated that the village denied its application to add a fifth building to its 25-acre campus. Sources close to the case st... - Jack-in-the Box pays undisclosed racial discrimination settlement to two customers
Edwardsville, IL: (Jan-15-08) Norieko Johnson of Edwardsville and Vanessa Hill of Alton, two black women, brought a lawsuit against Jack-in-the Box, a restaurant, alleging that a worker screamed racial insults at them during a visit there four years ago. The suit stated that the incident occurred around 6:30 pm on Feb. 25, 2004, at the restaurant on Troy R... - Local 28 of the Sheet Metal Workers ordered to pay $6.2 million settlement to former employees for racial discrimination
New York, NY: (Jan-15-08) The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) brought a lawsuit against Local 28 of the Sheet Metal Workers, a union that critics have called one of the city's most notorious for racial discrimination, alleging that the union discriminated against black and Hispanic sheet metal workers. Sources stated that the complaints agai... - Golf Course Taxes, Virginia Beach Development Authority pays $14,000 in unpaid taxes
Virginia Beach, VA: (Jan-14-08) The commissioner of revenue's office brought charges against the Virginia Beach Development Authority, over unpaid taxes at the old TPC golf course. Sources stated that the dispute stemmed from the city's buying the former Virginia Beach Tournament Players Club in fall 2006. The price was $4.54 million. City leaders kept Tou... - East Hardin Middle School pays mother $3,000 settlement after kicking her son off the cheer leading team because his is a boy
Glendale, KY: (Jan-14-08) Melissa Barner, the mother of 13-year-old Bobby Thorn, brought a discrimination lawsuit against East Hardin Middle School in Glendale, KY, alleging that her son was deliberately ousted from the school's cheer leading team. Sources stated that Thorn wanted to be the only boy on his school's cheer leading squad, but that he was not... - Schwalbach Holdings, Inc. agrees to pay $40,500 settlement after firing an employee with multiple sclerosis
Worthington, MN: (Jan-13-08) The US Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) brought charges against Schwalbach Holdings, Inc., alleging that the company fired a man when he revealed he had multiple sclerosis. The suit, filed in September 2006, accused Schwalbach Holdings, which owns and operates Schwalbach Ace Hardware in Worthington, of violating... - Infrared Technology, Flight Safety Technologies Inc. pays Analogic Corp. $100,000 license infringement settlement
Boston, MA: (Jan-13-08) Analogic Corp., a Peabody-based company, brought charges against Flight Safety Technologies Inc. (FST) and Sanders Design International (SDI), alleging license infringement. The suit, filed in 2006, claimed that FST infringed on licensing rights to infrared, anti-missile technology for commercial aircraft by signing a development ag... - Lafayette General Medical Center agrees to $1.9 million settlement after allowing doctors to perform unnecessary procedures
Lafayette, LA: (Jan-13-08) The US Department of Justice brought charges against Lafayette General Medical Center, alleging that the facility defrauded federal and state health plans. The suit accused cardiologist, Dr. Mehmood Patel of 93 counts of health care fraud for performing medically unnecessary procedures on patients between 1999 and 2004. Sources c... - Prizant's flooring company agrees to fill orders or refund customer's money after going out of business without notice
Pittsburgh, PA: (Jan-13-08) The Pennsylvania Attorney General's office brought charges against Prizant's, alleging that the flooring company went out of business without warning. The suit claimed that the company, which shut 10 stores in December 2007, engaged in deceptive practices for taking orders until the day it closed its stores. In a recent developm... - Family awarded $2 million settlement after man died while in police custody
Phoenix, AZ: (Jan-14-08) The family of Brian Crenshaw brought a wrongful death lawsuit against Maricopa County, after Crenshaw fell from a four-foot bunk, resulting in his death. The suit stated that the accident occurred after Crenshaw was put in isolation. He allegedly had a fight with the guards. While in isolation, he fell from the bunk. He was taken t... - State of Alaska pays two foster boys $2.4 million negligence settlement
Anchorage, AK: (Jan-14-08) A.J. and D.D., two unnamed boys aged 17 and 18, brought a lawsuit against the state, alleging that they were abused and neglected in and out of foster care. The suit accused the state of failing to protect the boys from their own families, who were dysfunctional from drug use and alcohol abuse, and that things only got worse when... - City of Easton pays former employee $250,000 wrongful termination settlement
Easton, NJ: (Jan-14-08) Joseph Welsh, a former city employee, and his wife, Sharon Davis, brought a wrongful termination lawsuit against the city of Easton, alleging that the city violated Welsh's First and 14th Amendment rights in December 2005. The suit stated that Welsh was terminated because he opposed racial and gender discrimination in city hall. The... - Albert D. Seeno Construction Co. pays $2.9 million civil settlement in environmental lawsuit
Concord, CA: (Jan-14-08) The government brought a civil lawsuit against Albert D. Seeno Construction Co., alleging that the company improperly filled two water features in the Mira Vista development. Sources stated that a 1979 Environmental Impact Report, however, failed to identify any water features on the property and the city of Antioch did not require... - Tempe, AZ Pothole Tripping Personal Injury Settlement
Phoenix, AZ: During a Tempe art show in April 2003, Tatiana Orpinas tripped over a pothole and injured her knee. Orpinas was walking on Mill Avenue when she tripped over a pothole in a parking spot; the hole was filled with temporary asphalt and it was not marked or level with the ground. Orpinas tore cartilage in her knee and broke her ankle. She had... - Beem Irrigation Inc. agrees to $77,000 settlement for employee racial discrimination and retaliation
Jessup, MD: (Jan-13-08) The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) brought charges against Beem Irrigation Inc., a Jessup-based irrigation company, alleging that it discriminated against employees because of their Hispanic origins. The EEOC filed suit on behalf of employees Rene Merino, Marvin Ceron, Ronald Martinez, Nelson Rivas and others, cha...