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New York, NY: (Nov-01-07) A lawsuit was brought against the owners and operators of Madison Square Garden, the sports and entertainment arena, alleging that they violated the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). The lawsuit stated that since the passage of the ADA 17 years ago, Madison Square Garden has made a number of alterations to its facilit... - Workers Compensation, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and Restaurant pays waitress $900,000 settlement after workplace injury
Bridgeport, CT: (Oct-31-07) Nancy Martino brought a lawsuit against Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and Restaurant, alleging that she sustained injuries while working as a waitress at the chain restaurant. The case was put before the Workers' Compensation Commission, claiming that 46-year-old Martino was working as a waitress in the restaurant on Research... - Ovarian Cyst, Dr. Kerri Williams and Integris Grove General Hospital pays $2 million medical negligence settlement after patient died following discharge
Jay, IN: (Oct-31-07) Marc Cooper brought charges against the county and Dr. Kerri Williams, a Grove hospital and emergency room physician, alleging that negligence on their part caused the death of his wife Candace Cooper. The wrongful death lawsuit stated that 35-year-old Candace Cooper was carried into the emergency room on May 18, 2005, showing signs of... - School Bus Drivers' Overtime, Palm Beach County School pays drivers and attendants $1.3 million employee overtime settlement
Palm Beach, FL: (Oct-31-07) Several school bus drivers and attendants brought charges against the Palm Beach County School Board, alleging that they were not properly paid for services they rendered to the school, including overtime. As part of a settlement reached between the parties, the Palm Beach County School Board agreed to pay school bus drivers and... - Funeral Privacy, Family awarded $11 million settlement after church protesters set up a demonstration at a Marine's funeral
Baltimore, MD: (Oct-31-07) Albert Snyder of York, PA, the father of Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, a fallen Marine, brought charges against Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church, its founder, the Rev. Fred Phelps, and his two daughters, Shirley Phelps-Roper and Rebecca Phelps-Davis, alleging that they had invaded the family's privacy and inflicted emotional dis... - Storm Water Waste, Coulter Forge Technologies pays $36,000 EPA fine for pollution at its Emeryville forging and metal processing site
Emeryville, CA: (Oct-31-07) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought charges against Coulter Forge Technologies, an Emeryville forging and metal processing site, alleging that the company failed to comply with storm water permits. The suit was filed after an EPA investigation at the Coulter Forge Technologies' Emeryville location, which reveale... - El Monte Superfund, Forty individuals and businesses agree to $12.5 million settlement for groundwater contamination
Los Angeles, CA: (Oct-31-07) The federal government brought charges against nearly 40 parties in relation to the cleanup of the South El Monte area of the San Gabriel Valley Superfund site. The suit claimed that according to a US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report, the site was added to the National Priorities List in 1984, after industrial solve... - Oil for Food, Ingersoll-Rand Company Ltd. pays $6.7 million settlement
Boston, MA: (Oct-31-07) The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the US Department of Justice brought charges against Ingersoll-Rand Company Ltd., regarding payments connected to the United Nations' Oil For Food program. Hamilton, Bermuda-based Ingersoll-Rand provides products and services used to transport and protect food and perishables. As p... - Orthopedic Consultants, Five orthopedic device companies pay $311 million settlement for failing to disclose payments to consultants
Washington, DC: (Oct-31-07) The US Department of Justice brought charges against five major makers of orthopedic device companies, alleging that they had not disclosed the millions of dollars in payments they made to US consultants. The suit, filed in September 2007, claimed that the charges included 47 cases where payments topped more than $1 million. ... - Auto Dealer Marketing, Bruce Titus pays fine for deceptive promotions and advertising fraud
Olympia, WA: (Oct-30-07) The Washington State Attorney General's Office brought charges against Bruce Titus, an Olympia automobile dealer, alleging that he used deceptive promotions to sell vehicles. The suit claimed that Level 10 Marketing, a Louisiana marketing company, was also involved in the deceptive sales campaign. The Attorney General's suit alle... - Race Car Crash, Family of marketing guru awarded $4.5 million wrongful death settlement
San Diego, CA: (Oct-30-07) The wife and parents of Corey Rudl, a La Jolla, California internationally renowned Internet marketing guru, brought a lawsuit against Porsche, California Speedway, and Ferrari Owner's Club, alleging that negligence on their part contributed to the wrongful death of Rudl. The suit claimed that in 2005 Rudl was contemplating purchas... - School Employee Discrimination, Linda Martin awarded $55,000 settlement for alleging bus bid rigging
Madison, WI: (Oct-30-07) Linda Martin, a long time employee of the Madison School District, brought charges alleging that the district discriminated against her. She claimed that she faced discrimination after she raised allegations of bid rigging on bus contracts. Her lawsuit, filed in March 2007 in US District Court in Madison, sought lost back wages of... - Psychiatric Suicide, Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital pays $725,000 wrongful death settlement
Kalamazoo, MI: (Oct-30-07) Joyce Gills, a West Michigan mother, brought a lawsuit against the Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital after her son died in their care. The suit was filed naming the hospital and the state of Michigan as defendants, after Gills's son committed suicide back in 2005. Records show that Corban Ward was taken to the hospital after threate... - Airport Property Sale, City of Fresno pays Federal Aviation Administration $5.8 million settlement for selling land to Gap Inc. below market value
Fresno, CA: (Oct-30-07) The Federal Aviation Administration brought charges against the city of Fresno over the controversial sale of airport property to Gap Inc. Records show that in a deal started in 1997, the city sold about 200 acres to Gap for $2. City officials pointed to the economic benefits of the San Francisco-based retailer bringing a distributi... - Zylon Bulletproof Vests, Hexcel Corp. pays $15 million settlement for selling defective equipment to law enforcement agencies
New York, NY: (Oct-30-07) The US Justice Department brought a lawsuit against Hexcel Corp., alleging that the aerospace supplier made defective bulletproof vests used by law enforcement agencies. The suit claimed that the vests were purchased and used by the US directly and by various state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies reimbursed with federa... - Roman Catholic Diocese of Milwaukee Child Molestation Settlement
In 1976, Father Siegfried Widera was convicted of child molestation in Milwaukee. Three years later he was sent to Orange County, but the Milwaukee archdiocese failed to disclose the conviction in a letter to Orange County church officials, saying Widera posed "no great risk." Eight people filed a lawsuit against the Diocese of Milwaukee claiming Widera... - Clean Air Violations, Spectro Alloys Corp. pays EPA fine for producing excessive dioxin and furan emissions at its aluminum recovery plant
Washington, DC: (Oct-29-07) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 brought charges against Spectro Alloys Corp., alleging that the company violated the clean air laws at its aluminum recovery plant at 13220 Doyle Path Road in Rosemount, MN. The suit was filed after an investigation revealed that there were severe violations of the federal Clea... - Real Estate Investors, Trillium Corp. pays $125,000 settlement
Bellingham, WA: (Oct-29-07) The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought a civil complaint against Trillium Corp. and its founder and former president, David Syre, alleging that the company took part in a 2002 real estate transaction with a Spokane investment firm that later went bankrupt and left thousands of investors in the lurch. Records sho... - Recovery House, Sarasota County pays $760,000 discrimination settlement after trying to zone out recovery homes for alcohol and substance abuse
Sarasota, FL: (Oct-29-07) The Justice Department and the federal government brought lawsuits against Sarasota County, FL, alleging that the county discriminated against persons with disabilities when it refused to allow group homes for persons in recovery from alcohol and substance abuse to operate. Reports show that the federal government filed the lawsui... - Title Kickbacks, Six homebuilders agreed to pay $1.4 million settlement after charging illegal title insurance
New York, NY: (Oct-29-07) The Housing and Urban Development Department brought charges against six homebuilders, Pulte Homes Inc., KB Home, Beazer Homes USA Inc., Meritage Homes Corp., Ryland Group Inc. and Tousa Inc., alleging that they illegally established title insurance companies that took payments amounting to kickbacks. Title insurance protects home...