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San Bernardino County, CA: (May-21-07) Grover Merritt, a candidate in the 2006 district attorney elections, filed suit against the city, alleging that he was fired from his job so he would not challenge San Bernardino County District Attorney Michael Ramos. Merritt accused Assistant District Attorney Michael Risley of leaking secret documents to the press... - Peter Forster, Caroline Mulhenkamp, Stephen Koziar Jr. $25 million payout to drop $134 million suit against company.
Dayton, OH: (May-21-07) DPL Inc. filed a lawsuit against three of it's former executives, accusing them of improperly taking $33 million in deferred compensation. The executives, former Chairman Peter Forster, former interim Chief Financial Officer Caroline Mulhenkamp and former Chief Executive Stephen Koziar Jr. filed a countersuit against the company c... - Settlement: Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.
Houston, TX: (May-21-07) The United States Environmental Protection Agency, Department of the Interior, Department of Justice and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as well as the State of California Department of Fish and Game, Office of Spill Prevention and Response, and the San Francisco Bay and Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control... - $40 million settlement ends decade long antitrust lawsuits.
Washington, DC: (May-21-07) Over a decade of antitrust lawsuits against office supply giant 3M ended with a federal judge granting final approval to a class action settlement worth nearly $40 million and awarded more than $14.5 million in fees and expenses to the plaintiffs lawyers. The suit against 3M, brought by direct purchasers and retailers claimed... - $450,000 in racial discrimination and hostile work environment suit.
Colorado Springs, CO: (May-17-07) The US Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission brought charges against Professional Transit Management doing business as Springs Transit, alleging that that the company maintained a work environment hostile to Hispanics, Asians and blacks. The lawsuit, filed in 2006, alleged company supervisors used ethnic slurs targ... - $500,000 payout for environmental damage apart from $18 million spent to reduce harmful emissions and conserve natural gas.
Weld County, CO: (May-17-07) The Environmental Protection Agency filed charges against Kerr-McGee Corp., accusing it of harmful emissions that violated the federal Clean Air Act. The suit claimed that the oil and natural gas exploration and production company was accused of violating the Clean Air Act at several of its natural gas compressor stations, in... - $128,000 settlement in land parcel dispute.
Huber Heights City, OH: (May-17-07) TDEL, LLC filed charges against Huber Heights City over .035 acres of land at the northwest corner of the I-70 and St. Rt. 202 interchange, formerly a Shell gas station. The suit stated that various parcels of right-of-way were acquired. The Montgomery County Transportation Improvement District took approximately .035... - $200,000 funding to make bus system accessible to the disabled.
Bend City, OR: (May-17-07) Plaintiffs represented by the Oregon Advocacy Center filed a lawsuit against Bend City, alleging that the city's fixed route bus system was inaccessible to people with disabilities. In a settlement reached, the City of Bend agreed to make 70% of the bus stops accessible within the next three years, have all bus stops compliant... - $160,000 settlement with the FTC for fraudulent business practices.
Aventura, FL: (May-16-07) The US Federal Trade Commission booked charges against Netvertise Inc., a web-design franchising company and owner Elliot Krasnow, alleging that Krasnow used bogus earnings claims to lure customers into buying their Web services franchises. The suit stated that between 2000 and 2005, Netvertise sold franchises for $20,000 to $10... - $650,000 fine for insurance claim processing violations.
Lincoln, NE: (May-16-07) The Nebraska Department of Insurance filed charges against UnitedHealthCare, alleging that the company violated 18 Nebraska insurance laws more than 800 times, mostly for its handling of claims, from July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2004. UnitedHealthCare handles insurance for about a quarter million Nebraska residents. Following a... - $5 million compensation in wrongful incarceration lawsuit.
Hartford, CT: (May-16-07) James Tillman, an east Hartford man who spent 18 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, was awarded $5 million by the unanimous passing of a bill by the general assembly. The vote in the House to give James Tillman a $5 million dollar check was 148 to 0 and it was immediately sent to the Senate. James Tillman was release... - Settlement
Washington, DC: (May-16-07) The Ethics Board filed charges against Supreme Court Justice-elect Annette Ziegler, claiming that she was guilty of committing an ethics violation. The state Judicial Commission is conducting an ongoing investigation, which brought to light that Ziegler was involved in a scheme, in which a bank paid her husband as a member of it... - $82.6 million settlement in personal injury lawsuit.
San Diego, CA: (May-15-07) Benetta Buell-Wilson filed suit against the Ford Motor Company after an accident left her paralyzed from her waist down, as a result of driving a defective Ford Explorer. Benetta Buell-Wilson was driving on an interstate east of San Diego in January 2002 when she swerved to avoid a metal object and lost control of her 1997 Exp... - Settlement: Halquist Stone Co.
Halquist Stone Co. Lisbon, WI: (May-13-07) 28 families who lived in a 45-acre area north of county Highway K and west of Sussex Creek, filed a lawsuit against Halquist Stone Co. in 2004, alleging that the entire neighborhood experienced problems with their wells, including muddy, turbid water and, in some cases, no water at all, as a result of the quar... - Construction project breach of contract suit settled with a $58,000 payout.
Fountain Valley, CA: (May-14-07) A.F. Brown Electrical Contractors, Inc. filed a lawsuit against the Fountain Valley School District, over the schools construction project. The company had been contracted for construction projects at Tamura Elementary, Fulton Middle and Plavan Elementary schools. The construction project was part of the first phase of th... - $4 million payout in federal false claims lawsuit.
San Antonio, TX: (May-14-07) The state filed a federal false claims lawsuit against The Scooter Store Inc., alleging that the San Antonio wheelchair supplier violated the civil False Claims Act and defrauded the government over reimbursements it owed to Medicare. A series of events led up to the lawsuit brought by the United States in 2005, in which the... - $800,000 settlement in racial discrimination suit.
Los Angeles, CA: (May-14-07) Diane Epps, a former guard at the California Youth Authority facility in Norwalk, filed a suit in 2005 against the facility, alleging that she faced racial discrimination, was denied promotions and was given difficult work hours because she is African American. Epps also maintained she was retaliated against by non-African Am... - $58.5 million settlement with AG's office in workers compensation suit.
$58.5 million settlement with AG's office in workers compensation suit. Boston, MA: (May-14-07) An investigation by Massachusetts attorney general Martha Coakley's office led to a lawsuit against American International Group Inc., accusing it of having failed to pay surplus workers compensation funds to Massachusetts. The probe revealed that AIG faile... - $4.9 million settlement in insurance malpractice suit.
Enterprise Life Insurance San Antonio, TX: (May-14-07) Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott brought charges against Irving-based Enterprise Life Insurance Co., accusing the company of not refunding unused insurance premiums to auto loan customers. Abbott sued Enterprise Life and eight other credit insurance companies whose investigations are ongoing. T... - Arbitraje de corredores de bolsa y consultores financieros
Los inversores que pierden dinero como resultado de errores por descuido o dolo intencional por parte de sus corredores de bolsa o consultores financieros pueden tener derecho a recuperar sus pérdidas a través de un proceso conocido como arbitraje de corredores de bolsa. Las demandas de arbitraje pueden involucrar todo tipo de inversion...