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Chicago, IL: (Jan-08-08) The family of Dan Young brought a lawsuit against the city, alleging it was responsible for the death of the mentally challenged man. The suit claimed that Young spent 12 1/2 years in prison for murder and sexual assault, only to die in a hit-and-run accident 15 months after the charges against him were dropped. The suit revolved a... - Residents awarded $200,000 for damage sustained to vehicles during road construction
Stevens Point, WI: (Jan-08-08) Several motorists brought charges against Portage County, the state Department of Transportation, and independent contractor Flint Hills Resource, alleging that they were owed money with relation to a chip seal project between Portage and Waupaca counties. Sources close to the case stated that the three parties had reached a... - Disability Discrimination, Town of Center pays undisclosed settlement to secretary
Denver, CO: (Jan-08-08) Josephine Barela, a Center former secretarial employee, brought a lawsuit against the town, alleging that she was discriminated and retaliated against. The suit claimed that Barela worked for the town from 1987 until 2005. She filed suit in Feb. 2007 in US District Court under the Americans With Disabilities Act, claiming that throu... - Nevada City pays former city employee $275,000 wrongful termination settlement
Nevada City, CA: (Jan-08-08) Cathy Wilcox-Barnes, a former city clerk, brought a lawsuit against the city for wrongful termination. The suit stated that Wilcox-Barnes was fired as office supervisor when her position was eliminated. Auditors say the city failed to collect nearly $400,000 in utility bills and business license fees during her 20-year tenure... - Garden Grove Apartment, Owners of complex pay $270,844 settlement for housing discrimination
Santa Ana, CA: (Jan-07-08) The Department of Justice brought housing discrimination lawsuits against Gary Luke, Mary Ngo and Hoa Ngo, owners of a Garden Grove apartment complex, alleging that they wrongfully evicted Hispanic families in favor of Vietnamese tenants. The suit was filed following complaints that the owners terminated leases of Hispanic tenant... - Generator NOx, eBay fined $79,200 for air quality permit violations
Sacramento, CA: (Jan-07-08) The Sacramento Air Quality Management District brought charges against internet auction company eBay Inc., alleging that the company had air quality permit violations at its Rancho Cordova data center. The air quality district claimed that eBay operated three standby generators for several days for reasons other than maintenance... - Shay Zvi Lahav fined $20,000 for marketing and selling fake Apple iPods
Atlanta, GA: (Jan-07-08) The Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs brought charges against Shay Zvi Lahav and his companies, alleging he violated the Fair Business Practices Act by settling phony Apple Inc. iPods. The companies named in the suit are Easy Sale 4U LLC doing business as iPod World and Accessories 2000 LLC. Sources stated that the fake iPod Na... - Undisclosed Charges, PeoplePC fined $20,000 for deceptive marketing practices
Atlanta, GA: (Jan-07-08) New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office brought charges against EarthLink Inc., unit PeoplePC, alleging that the company billed its customers excessive amounts in undisclosed charges. The suit stemmed from an investigation carried out by state prosecutors, which revealed that PeoplePC advertised its dial-up Internet service... - Allstate Insurance Co. agrees to pay $950,000 insurance settlement an airplane's vibrations cause foundation damage
New York, NY: (Jan-07-08) John and Annette Ferranti, a Brooklyn couple, brought a lawsuit against Allstate Insurance Co., alleging that their home was badly damaged by vibrations caused by an Air France Concorde jet. Records show that the Ferrantis sued after Allstate refused to pay for damage to their 12-room concrete and steel house created by vibrations... - Jury orders obstetrician Paul Hergott to pay $8.6 million settlement after mother gives birth to disabled twins
Ontario, Canada: (Jan-07-08) Carolyn Bovingdon, the mother of severely disabled twins, brought a medical negligence lawsuit against Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario obstetrician Paul Hergott, alleging that he failed to warn of risks associated with Sanofi-Aventis's Clomid fertility drug. Sources stated that Clomid increases the chances of having twins and raises... - Washington Mutual Inc. Comerica Resignation Settlement
Seattle, WA: Comerica Inc. filed a lawsuit against the nation's largest thrift bank after workers resigned from Comerica in July 2005 to join Commercial Capital Bancorp Inc. The lawsuit alleged the employees tried to take business away from the financial services company when they moved. Washington Mutual bought Commercial Capital in 2006; it did not ad... - New Jersey Institute of Technology pays $150,000 settlement in hazardous waste violations lawsuit
New York, NY: (Jan-04-08) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought charges against the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) in Newark, alleging that the college had several violations at its facility. Among other allegations, the EPA stated that the college failed to determine which of the wastes that it generates are hazardous, obtain a p... - Nabors Industries Ltd. pays $2.85 million for misdated stock option grants
Houston, TX: (Jan-04-08) A shareholders lawsuit was filed against Nabors Industries Ltd, the world's largest onshore oil and gas drilling contractor, over the company's past stock option grant practices. The suit stemmed from a 2007 investigation that revealed that several of the company's past stock option grants were misdated, but there was no evidence o... - Campaign Contributions, $260,000 settlement reached in election fraud lawsuit
Frankfort, KY: (Jan-04-07) State prosecutors brought charges against Phillip Dufour, an employee of state road contractor Elmo Greer & Sons of London, alleging that the Kentucky man took part in making illegal campaign contributions to a number of candidates in the 2007 governor's race, including former Gov. Ernie Fletcher who was defeated in his re-electi... - Cedardale Inc. pays $20,000 fine for wastewater violations at children's park
Worcester, MA: (Jan-04-08) Martha Coakley, State Attorney General, brought charges against Haverhill-based Cedardale Inc., alleging that the operator of the largest health club facility in New England discharged chlorine into the Merrimack River. The suit stemmed from a complaint filed, related to an incident in the summer of 2004, when Cedardale was accus... - St. John Volunteer Fire Department agrees to undisclosed settlement for wrongful termination
St. Johns, CA: (Jan-04-08) Vince Casboni has been in the spotlight ever since members of the St. John Volunteer Fire Department voted to remove him for allegedly failing to follow orders twice during a sixth-month period in 2005. Sources stated that Casboni filed suit, challenging that vote, stating that he wished to clear his family name. Officials close... - Peters Township School District pays former high school principal $130,000 settlement for discrimination and wrongful termination
Canonsburg, PA: (Jan-05-08) Thomas Hajzus, Peters Township School District principal, brought a lawsuit against the district, alleging that he was discriminated against because he suffered from depression and anxiety. The suit claimed that Hajzus was removed as high school principal in 2002 and given a newly created post with the same annual pay, $92,000,... - Chemical Anti-Icing, Family awarded $550,000 wrongful death settlement after woman died in car crash
Santa Fe, NM: (Jan-03-08) The family of Patricia Vigil-Booth, 53, brought a wrongful death lawsuit against the state Department of Transportation, after Booth died in a road accident on Dec. 15, 2006. Records state that the death occurred when her car slammed into another car being loaded onto a tow truck. It was the fourth and final crash that day on the... - Inmate Abuse, State of Wyoming awards inmate an undisclosed settlement after being assaulted by his cell mate
Cheyenne, WY: (Jan-02-08) A former prison inmate brought charges against the state of Wyoming, alleging that he was beaten and sexually assaulted by another inmate at the state penitentiary in Rawlins. Sources close to the case stated that in the federal lawsuit filed in 2007, the former inmate claimed he had warned officials at the Rawlins prison when he... - Abortion Rights, Legislator Vaughn Flora agrees to confidential settlement after physically harming protester
Topeka, KS: (Jan-02-08) Troy Newman, president of the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue, brought charges against Vaughn Flora, a legislator, alleging that his civil rights were violated. The suit stemmed from an altercation between the two at the Kansas State Fair. The altercation occurred in September 2006, as Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, a Democrat seeking...