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Cleveland, TX: (Nov-22-07) Steve Popovich, founder of Cleveland International Records, a small record company started in 1977, brought a lawsuit against Sony Music, alleging that the music giant failed to put his company's logo on reissues of Meat Loaf's "Bat Out of Hell" album. Popovich, 65, signed a singer named Marvin Lee Aday and persuaded Epic Records... - Bond Scheme, Attorney Robert Kasirer ordered to pay $5 million for business investment fraud
Beverly Hills, CA: (Nov-24-07) The federal Securities and Exchange Commission brought charges against Robert Kasirer, a Beverly Hills attorney, accusing him of hatching a scheme to defraud investors of tens of millions of dollars. The suit charged Kasirer of operating a Ponzi-type scheme to enrich himself and his associates. A suit was also filed against a... - Postal Worker Harassment, City of Medford awards former employee $258,000 settlement for verbal abuse and retaliation
Medford, OR: (Nov-22-07) Gayle Santoni, a former postal worker, brought charges against the city, alleging that she was harassed by Medford postmaster Jim Foucault. She claimed that she suffered emotional damage during years of verbal abuse by Foucault. Santoni, 39, was fired in 2005, which she claimed was in retaliation for her complaining about the postm... - Anthem Health Plans of Kentucky Inc. Policyholder Premiums Settlement
Louisville - In November 2005, the Kentucky Office of Insurance ordered Anthem to repay $23.7 million to 81,000 policyholders for errors in Medicare supplement rates. Anthem overpaid providers for medical claims and began recouping the excess payments. The inaccurate claims payments and resulting overestimation of medical trends were used to justify inc... - South Jersey Transportation Authority Trump Entertainment Development Agreement Breach Settlement
Washington - Trump Entertainment Resorts filed a lawsuit against the authority for allegedly breaching a development agreement. South Jersey Transportation Authority agreed to pay Donald Trump's company a $1.75 million settlement. (Sep-28-06) [ HOUSTON CHRONICLE: TRUMP SETTLEMENT ] Legal Help If you have a similar problem and would like to... - Rose Art Industries Ordered to pay $300,000 penalty for Failing to Report Hazards with Children's Soap Making Kit.
The US Product Safety Commission announced on June 27th, 2005 that Rose Art Industries and the Commission had reached a provisional settlement for failing to report significant product safety information to the Commission as required by law. The settlement involves a civil penalty of $300,000 against the manufacturer for failing to inform the government... - Homeless Arrest, Forest Park awards man $50,000 after suffering from a broken wrist
Forest Park, IL: (Nov-21-07) Sidney Hooks, a homeless man, filed charges against Sgt. Michael Murphy, a Forest Park police sergeant, alleging that the 17-year veteran of the police department broke his wrist. The grievance was taken to federal court in 2004, where the man claimed that Murphy abused Hooks during the course of an arrest in August 2003. The c... - Lead Jewelry, Pure Allure agrees to pay $10,000 CPSC fine
Oceanside, CA: (Nov-21-07) A nationwide recall of lead contaminated children's jewelry led the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission to file charges against Pure Allure, a North County retailer, who sold children's jewelry containing lead. As part of a settlement agreement reached, sources confirmed that the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission... - Burst.com iPod Patent, Apple Inc. agrees to pay $10 million patent infringement settlement
San Francisco, CA: (Nov-21-07) Burst.com brought a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple Inc., alleging that it infringed patents that the two companies agreed to share. The lawsuit, filed in 2004, claimed that some of Burst.com's media patents formed the basis of the iPod. Apple launched a preemptive lawsuit against Burst in the District Court of Nort... - Sunbathing SUV Accident, Family awarded $2.75 million wrongful death settlement after mother was run over by a police SUV on the beach
Minneapolis, MN: (Nov-21-07) The family of Cindy Conolly, 49, of Sioux City, Iowa, brought a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Oxnard, after she was hit by a police sports utility vehicle on June 12, 2006, while sunbathing on Mandalay Beach in Oxnard, CA. Records show that city police officers claimed they were unaware that they had run over the... - Vendor Markdowns, Saks Inc. agrees to pay two vendors a settlement for abusive markdown allowances
New York, NY: (Nov-21-07) Two lawsuits were brought against luxury retailer Saks Inc., alleging abusive markdown allowances against vendors. Sources claim that one of the suits was brought by International Design Concepts (IDC), a former Oscar de la Renta licensee. Saks officials stated that the company has reached settlements in the two cases, causing it... - Transit Technicians Scam, Two Municipal Transportation Agency agree to pay $287,000 settlement for stealing money from fare boxes
San Francisco, CA: (Nov-20-07) The city brought charges against Anthony Camilleri and Tan Huynh, two Municipal Transportation Agency (Muni) technicians, alleging that they pilfered thousands of dollars in coins and bills. The suit claimed that Camilleri began working for Muni in 1973 and was promoted to assistant electronic maintenance technician in 1991... - Affordable Housing Sale, Carmel Partners pays $71 million for 12 acres of a housing complex
Honolulu, HI: (Nov-20-07) The new owners of Kukui Gardens entered into a settlement with representatives of the Kukui Gardens Residents Association and Faith Action for Community Equity, over maintaining the complex as affordable housing. The lawsuit against the owners was a bid to stop the sale of the 857-unit complex, which houses about 2,500 people. ... - Inmate Safety, McLennan County pay former employee $30,000 wrongful termination and retaliation settlement after reporting illegal and dangerous conditions
Waco, TX: (Nov-21-07) Charlcie Woodruff, the former McLennan County Jail nursing supervisor, brought charges against McLennan County, alleging that she was fired for reporting neglectful medical care for inmates. In her law suit, she claimed that inadequate health care staffing at the jail, improper dispensing and disposing of drugs, missing narcotics and... - City Employees, New Orleans and Louisiana pay $3.4 million racial discrimination settlement
New Orleans, LA: (Nov-20-07) More than 36 employees brought charges against the city of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana, alleging that they faced racial discrimination. Records show that of the 36 employees, 35 were white and one Hispanic. The workers claimed that they were fired and replaced by black employees shortly after Eddie Jordan took over... - Elementary School Construction, McGraw's Custom Construction pays $3.1 million settlement for faulty building
Ketchikan, AK: (Nov-20-07) The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly brought charges against McGraw's Custom Construction, a construction company, over a faulty job at the local elementary school. The suit stated that the company had rendered substandard services, including defective construction and mold remediation at Schoenbar Middle School. As part of a s... - Overpriced Drugs, GlaxoSmithKline pays $1.4 million settlement for over charging Medicaid for three of its drugs
Austin, TX: (Nov-20-07) Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's office brought charges against pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, alleging that the drug company engaged in Medicaid mis-pricing. The charges claimed that related companies overcharged the state for three prescription drugs between 1994 and 2002. Allegations included that GlaxoSmithKline overs... - Employee Harassment, Leo Gentry Wholesale Nursery pays former employee $65,000 gender harassment settlement
Portland, OR: (Nov-20-07) The US Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC) brought charges against Leo Gentry Wholesale Nursery, a wholesale nursery in Damascus, OR, on behalf of a woman who claimed that she was harassed by her immediate supervisor. Records showed that she contacted the Oregon Law Center after being fired just hours after reporting the harassmen... - Landfill Leachate, US Department of Energy and Washington Closure Hanford, LLC pay $285,000 superfund settlement
Richland, WA: (Nov-20-07) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought charges against the US Department of Energy (DOE) and its contractor, Washington Closure Hanford, LLC (WCH), over violations of the Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order (commonly referred to as the Tri-Party Agreement or TPA). The suit stated that the violations... - City Bus Accident, Rochester City Lines pays family of killed inline skater $550,000 wrongful death settlement
Rochester, MN: (Nov-20-07) The family of Amanda Carlson, a 23-year-old Rochester woman, brought a lawsuit against the city, after she was killed by a city bus as she crossed a street in 2006. The suit stated that Carlson was killed on Aug. 22, 2006, as she crossed South Broadway at Ninth Street on her inline skates. She had the walk signal and was hit by a...