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Miami, FL: (Jul-10-07) A financial fraud lawsuit was filed against accounting firm Spear Safer, alleging that the company improperly audited a financial company, Mutual Benefits, accused of defrauding 30,000 investors out of $830 million. Mutual Benefits bought 8,900 insurance policies from senior citizens and terminally ill patients, expecting the policie... - OSI Restaurant Partners Acquisition Shareholders Settlement
Tampa Bay, FL: (Jul-10-07) Several shareholders lawsuits were filed against OSI Restaurant Partners, the Tampa parent of Outback Steakhouse and seven other chains, over its recent acquisition. OSI Restaurant Partners were accused of improperly pressuring board members to support the deal. The lawsuits claimed it misled shareholders in order to win their su... - Buena Park, CA Gang Officer Shooting Wrongful Death Settlement
Buena Park, CA: (Jul-09-07) The family of Juan Herrera filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Buena Park, after Herrera, 23, was shot and killed by veteran gang officer Ron Furtado, two days before Christmas in 2004. Furtado claimed that he shot out after he believed Herrera was leaning over as if to grab a weapon from under his car seat. However, Herrera... - US Federal Government FBI Shooting Personal Injury Settlement
Baltimore, MD: (Jul-07-07) Joseph Schultz and his girlfriend filed civil lawsuits against the US government after Schultz was mistakenly shot by an FBI agent in 2002. Schultz, who was 20 at the time of the shooting, suffered a shattered jaw, but survived the shooting. He claimed that he was unarmed at the time of the accident. Schultz's girlfriend at the t... - Jacksonville, FL Foster Care Child Abuse Settlement
Jacksonville, FL: (Jul-07-07) A 32-year-old woman, identified in court documents by the initials S.A.P., filed a child abuse lawsuit, alleging that she was horribly abused in her Orange Park foster home in 1979 while state child welfare workers looked the other way. The case had been scheduled for a jury trial in Jacksonville mid July after the Florida Sup... - Omega Advisors Inc. Hedge Fund Bribery Settlement
Denver, CO: (Jul-07-07) Federal officials filed a lawsuit against Omega Advisors Inc., the $6 billion hedge fund run by Leon Cooperman, following a US bribery investigation into its investment of more than $100 million in Azerbaijan with Czech financier Viktor Kozeny. The suit alleged that Kozeny, while living in Aspen, cheated investors of hundreds of mil... - Los Angeles County, CA Killed Inmate Settlement
Los Angeles County, CA: (Jul-04-07) The family of Chadwick Shane Cochran filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Los Angeles County after the mentally ill inmate was beaten to death after deputies left him unsupervised with a group of gang members. The suit alleged that the attack took place in the downtown Men's Central Jail in a room containing about 30 i... - State Auto Insurance Company Car Accident Wrongful Death Settlement
Pierce County, WI: (Jul-05-07) Andrew Junior Diesing was born eight months after the death of his father, Andrew P. Elsen, 21, of Ellsworth. Elsen died in an accident that was caused by the negligence of Kyle A. Jensen, who was subsequently found guilty of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle and second degree recklessly endangering safety. Since Jense... - Mooresville, NC Landscaping Property Damage Settlement
Mooresville, NC: (Jul-04-07) Victor Marquis, his wife Madeline, and his daughter and son-in-law, Elena and Richard DaCosta, filed a lawsuit against the town of Mooresville, claiming that they would lose land and landscaping as a result of the town's decision to pave an adjacent street. The Marquis' and the DaCosta's jointly own approximately 2 acres on the... - University of the Cumberlands Gay Student Expelled Settlement
Jason Johnson has reached a settlement with the University of the Cumberlands after being expelled for being gay. The University discovered that he was gay from a posting on his MySpace.com page and expelled him from the university stating that his sexual orientation violated a school policy. The university also planned to give the honor student f... - Hazle Township Quarry Closure Settlement
Lonzetta Trucking and Hazle Township settled a federal case regarding the closing of a quarry. While the settlement is for an undisclosed amount, Lonzetta Trucking had sought more than $1.5 million during the civil trial which accused the city of wrongfully closing the quarry in a manner that was "shocking to the conscience" and violated the civil right... - Baltimore County Police Department Police Cruiser Wrongful Death Settlement
A multimillion-dollar wrongful death settlement was reached in the case of Bonnie Pappas, a 45-year-old woman killed in January when her car was hit by a police cruiser responding to a 911 call. Baltimore County Police department's criminal investigation unit found that at the time the accident occurred, the police officer who hit Pappas was drivin... - San Francisco, CA Sheriff's Deputy Discrimination Settlement
San Francisco, CA: (Jul-05-07) Jon Gray, a gay San Francisco sheriff's deputy brought charges against the city, alleging that he suffered discrimination at his workplace, including being subjected to anti-gay harassment by fellow officers who posted homophobic comments on an unofficial Web site. Workers' Compensation Administrative Law Judge Jacqueline C... - Pemstar Inc. Securities Fraud Settlement
Rochester, MN: (Jul-05-07) A shareholders lawsuit was filed against Pemstar Inc. alleging that the Rochester-based electronics company and its executives misled investors in order to inflate the price of Pemstar stock. The lawsuit claimed the company discovered accounting problems at its factory in Mexico and revised financial statements to show larger los... - Sound Transit Delayed Light Rail Design Settlement
Seattle, WA: (Jul-05-07) Kiewit, a construction subcontractor, filed suit against Sound Transit, claiming that the company caused cost overruns when it delayed completion of the design for the maintenance facility of the initial 15.7-mile, $2.4 billion light rail line between downtown Seattle and Sea-Tac Airport. In a settlement reached, Sound Transi... - Tippecanoe County, IN Temporary Road Property Damage Settlement
Tippecanoe County, IN: (Jul-04-07) Tippecanoe County officials' decided to build a temporary road into the Capilano subdivision after a flood in 2004. The only entrance to the upscale subdivision north of US 52 outside West Lafayette was submerged under several feet of water June 12, 2004, after heavy rains in the area. Given the safety concerns, with 110... - Elk Grove Milling, Inc. Mislabeled Horse Feed Settlement
San Francisco, CA: (Jul-03-07) The US Environmental Protection Agency brought charges against Elk Grove Milling, Inc., a pesticide production facility, alleging that it produced and distributed an unregistered, mislabeled horse feed containing Rabon, an organophosphate used to control flies in horse feces. The suit claimed that Elk Grove Milling did not ac... - Philadelphia, PA State University Staff Contract Settlement
Philadelphia, PA: (Jul-03-07) The professors union brought a lawsuit against 14 state universities over pay hikes, threatening to strike if an agreement was not in place by the time the previous contract expired. It delayed a work stoppage for 24 hours to give negotiations one last chance, which in the end was the ticket needed to settle the matter. Facult... - Summit Builders, Colorado Structures, and Shelly Construction LLC Dust and Air Quality FInes
Phoenix, AZ: (Jul-03-07) The Maricopa County Air Quality Department filed environmental damage lawsuits against several companies in Phoenix, alleging that they had air quality violations at their premises. The companies targeted included Summit Builders of Phoenix, Colorado Structures, Shelly Construction LLC, and several other construction companies as w... - Affiliated Computer Services Inc. False Claims Act Settlement
Dallas, TX: (Jul-03-07) A federal false claims lawsuit was brought against Affiliated Computer Services Inc. (ACS), alleging that it submitted inflated payment claims for government-run programs. The suit accused Dallas-based ACS of violating the Civil False Claims Act by submitting inflated claims for payment between 2002 and 2005 for programs run by the...