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Buffalo, NY: (Nov-13-07) Elwood Weber, 86 and Grace Weber, 75, an elderly couple, brought charges against their former stock broker Edward Carlsen, alleging that he mismanaged their investments by using risky investment techniques and buying high flying stocks with their funds. They claimed that the move caused their accounts to lose 95% of their value in... - Copper Mine Pollution, Judge approves $158 million settlement
Tucson, AZ: (Nov-13-07) Several environmental pollution lawsuits were filed against Asarco LLC, a bankrupt Tucson copper miner. In a recent development in the case, company officials stated that it had won court approval to pay the US and three states as much as $158 million to end litigation about pollution that was spread over 2,500 square miles and affe... - Corrections Discrimination, Niagara County pays Sheriff's Department employee $86,000 wrongful termination and racial bias settlement
Niagara County, NY: (Nov-13-07) Officer Derrick Brevard, a former Niagara County Sheriff's Department employee, brought a lawsuit against the county, alleging that he was wrongfully terminated from his job in 2005. Records how that Brevard filed a grievance against the county following his termination from his corrections job with the Sheriff's Department,... - Apprehension Agent, State of Minnesota pays employee whistleblower and discrimination settlement
Minneapolis, MN: (Nov-13-07) Denise Bechthold brought a federal whistleblower lawsuit against the state, alleging that she was treated differently because of her gender and because she reported suspected misconduct. Bechthold, 44, of Blaine, was appointed special agent for the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Shortly after, she claimed that she was passed... - Police Severance, Former Police Chief awarded $39,000 severance settlement after being fired for misconduct
Davidsville, PA: (Nov-12-07) Former Conemaugh Township Police Chief Howard Jackson brought charges against the township, alleging that he was wrongfully terminated from his post. Prior to his filing suit, records show that grievances were filed by the Fraternal Order of Police, and a discrimination complaint was filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity... - Collapsed Culvert, Niagara County pays injured woman $350,000 settlement
Niagara County, NY: (Nov-12-07) Maureen Bryer, a Wilson woman, brought charges against Niagara County, after she sustained serious injuries in an auto accident involving negligence on the city's part. The suit was filed on May 13, 2000, when Bryer, now 65, was driving on Wilson Burt Road on a sunny Saturday morning. There had been torrential rains the nigh... - Stun Gun, Teenager awarded $50,000 settlement after being tasered ten times by an NYPD officer
Brooklyn, NY: (Nov-12-07) Lincoln Dozier, a 19-year-old Brooklyn teenager, brought charges against the NYPD, alleging that a sergeant tortured him with a stun gun. Dozier claimed that he was zapped five times in the back by Sgt. Dolores Pilnacek, who was wielding the hand-held device as cops held Dozier down in the lobby of a Flatbush apartment building. T... - Bankruptcy Discrimination, Fired Hanceville Police Chief awarded $125,000 bias settlement from city
Hanceville, AL: (Nov-12-07) Former Hanceville Police Chief Ed Potter brought a lawsuit against the city, Mayor Katie Whitley, and council members Wayne Armstrong, Hubert Jones, Selma Barnett, and Larry Cornett in 2005, alleging that he was wrongfully fired from his post with the city. He also claimed that city council members discriminated against him. R... - Unsolicited Marketing, Ameriquest Mortgage Co. and ADT Security Services pay $8 million FTC fine for telemarketing Do Not Call recipients
Los Angeles, CA: (Nov-15-07) The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) brought charges against Ameriquest Mortgage Co. and ADT Security Services Inc., alleging that the companies made telemarketing calls to people who were on the Do Not Call registry. The suit claimed that the companies made unsolicited calls to numbers on the registry. Though the companies did... - Employee Gender Discrimination, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company pays employee $4.4 million gender bias settlement
Seattle, WA: (Nov-09-07) Melissa Sheffield brought a sexual discrimination lawsuit against Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, alleging that she was retaliated against because she was a lesbian. Sheffield went to court alleging that Goodyear had retaliated against her after she complained that her boss had made disparaging remarks about her sexuality. She cl... - Auto Promotion Fraud, Bill Heard Chevrolet pays $400,000 Florida State fine for misleading advertising
Orlando, FL: (Nov-09-07) The state brought charges against Bill Heard Chevrolet, alleging that the company engaged in deceptive trade practices. The suit was filed after an investigation into the company's trade practices revealed it had misleading advertisements and promotions. Florida investigators found many game promotions, such as Fantastic Fortune Ge... - Detention Center Suicide, Union County pays mother of teen aged boy $780,000 wrongful death settlement
Elizabeth, NJ: (Nov-09-07) Yolanda Padilla, the mother of Eddie Sinclair Jr., brought a wrongful death lawsuit against Union County, after the 17-year-old boy committed suicide in the Juvenile Detention Center in Elizabeth in 2003. Padilla stated that the death of her son could have been prevented and resulted out of the negligence of the jail staff. The d... - Police Sniper, City of Portland pays family $500,000 wrongful death settlement
Portland, OR: (Nov-09-07) The family of Raymond Gwerder brought a lawsuit against the city of Portland, after he was killed by a police sniper in 2005. Records stated that Gwerder was suicidal and had threatened to shoot police if they came inside his house. He was shot outside the house while he was on the phone with a police negotiator, ending a 90-minut... - Recycling Pollution, Perma-Fix Environmental Services Inc. pays $1.3 million settlement for Clean Air Act violations
Jefferson Township, OH: (Nov-07-07) The federal government joined a neighbors' lawsuit against Perma-Fix Environmental Services Inc., a local recycling and processing plant, alleging that the company violated the federal Clean Air Act. In its defense, the company stated that it does not have enough air pollutants to require a special permit that would hold... - Groundwater Contamination, San Bernardino pays $11 million EPA fine for landfill waste
San Francisco, CA: (Nov-07-07) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought charges against the county of San Bernardino, CA, over clean up costs associated with the Newmark Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site, located near San Bernardino. EPA officials stated that the county operated the Cajon Landfill from 1963-1980, where the landfill accep... - Toxic Brine, Cargill Salt pays $228,000 fine for violating California state water pollution laws
San Francisco, CA: (Nov-07-07) A deputy Alameda County district attorney filed six civil charges against Cargill Salt, accusing the company of violating state water pollution laws after it spilled 218,000 gallons of toxic brine into the marshes along San Francisco Bay in Newark in 2006. Sources stated that the toxic spill, Cargill's sixth in or around the... - Wetland Tract, Land owner and property manager pay $100,000 penalty for environmental damages
Chesapeake, VA: (Nov-07-07) The US government brought a lawsuit against the Bosher family, owners of Bosher Tract, also known as the Green Sea Farm, a 1,560-acre parcel in southern Chesapeake, alleging that they illegally dumped muck and dirt from ditches into ecologically important non tidal wetlands. The Bosher family stated that they had hired workers t... - House Lien, Town pays $50,000 settlement to homeowner who couldn't sell house do to alleged code violations
Roseland, IN: (Nov-07-07) Cheryl Engel of Elkhart brought a lawsuit against the town, alleging that she was unable to sell her house because of code violations. Engel filed the suit in 2006 after potential buyers of a house she owns on West Willow backed out of the deal when about $98,000 in liens were found for alleged code violations. As part of a settle... - Interactive Voice Application, Express Scripts, Inc. pays Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing patent infringement settlement
Los Angeles, CA: (Nov-07-07) Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, LP, a company that offers a wide range of interactive technology, brought a lawsuit against Express Scripts, Inc., alleging that the company infringed on its patents. As part of a settlement reached between the parties, Express Scripts has agreed to pay an undisclosed sum for a nonexclusive... - Gender Harassment, First National Bank pays $350,000 settlement after vice president was charged with gender harassment toward female customers
Pontotoc, MS: (Nov-07-07) Several female borrowers and loan applicants brought a lawsuit against William Anderson Jr., a former vice president of the First National Bank of Pontotoc, alleging that they faced sexual harassment and a violation of their civil rights. The lawsuit was brought by the US Justice Department under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act...