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Huntington Police officer Stephanie Swann filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the city. She claimed her colleagues repeated references to Swann using sexually explicit words and circulated a sexually explicit drawing of her. The lawsuit also alleged fellow officers belittled her and did not allow her to do certain police work because she is a... - Ford County Attorney John Sauer Employee Harassment Settlement
Julie Funk worked as an assistant to the county attorney and Erin Cox worked as an office manager. Funk's salary was cut six months after Sauer took office. It was later reinstated by the Ford County Commission, and Fund was subsequently fired. Funk filed a lawsuit with the Kansas Human Rights Commission against John Sauer and accused him of harassment,... - University Hospitals of Cleveland Whistleblower Settlement
Dr. Thomas Kirby, the former co-chairman of cardiothoracic surgery, accused the hospital of illegally encouraging its doctors to refer patients only to other University Hospital doctors. Kirby criticized the hospital while working there and filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court under whistleblower provisions. In an effort to control Medicare costs, C... - Mike and Greg Whitaker Hog Farm Pollution Settlement
Sierra Club members and a group of concerned residents filed a lawsuit against the DeKalb County hog farm owners for allegedly polluting streams that flow into the Tennessee River. The 2,400 hog farm stuck up the air and possibly contaminated water quality. Under the terms of the settlement, the Whitakers have been ordered to pay the defendants $100,000... - U.S. Bank City Tax Embezzlement Settlement
The city of Bowling Green filed a lawsuit against the bank related to embezzlement by the city's former Chief Financial Officer Davis Cooper. Two private accounts were set up by Cooper over 23 years and thousands of transactions were placed into these official sounding accounts. Cooper is serving eight years in a federal prison, after pleading guilty to... - Pioneer Natural Resources Co. Royalty Deductions Settlement
A lawsuit was filed by John Steven Alford and Robert Larrabee, individually and on behalf of a plaintiff class against the independent oil and gas exploration company relating to alleged improper deductions in the calculation of royalties. Pioneer Natural Resources agreed to pay a $32 million settlement and Pioneer USA also agreed to adjust the manner i... - Starbucks Coffee Burn Settlement
Manhattan lawyer Alice Griffin was at a Starbucks on Seventh Avenue in New York when the clerk slid her hot cup of coffee across the counter. It fell on her foot and Griffin suffered burn injuries. She filed a personal injury lawsuit against the coffee chain. A jury awarded Griffin $310,000 in a ruling upheld by State Supreme Court Justice. Starbucks wi... - Boeing Company Age Discrimination Settlement
Mario Goico was a veteran pilot who worked at Boeing's Kansas plant for more than 20 years. At the age of 59, Goico was denied assignment as a test pilot and filed a lawsuit against Boeing for age discrimination. In November, a federal jury awarded Goico a $2.5 million settlement but both sides appealed the decision; the new terms of the settlement will... - Zurich American Insurance Co. Business Interuption Claims Settlement
ABM Industries Inc. filed a lawsuit against the insurance company regarding a dispute over business interruption insurance claims in connection with the destruction of the World Trade Center. ABM provided janitorial, engineering and lighting services to the World Trade Center, where it employed more than 800 people before the September 11, 2001 attack... - Hyundai Advance and MSC Ilona Oil Spill Settlement
On December 7, 2004 the Hyundai Advance and the MSC Ilona were heading in opposite directions along the Pearl River Delta between Shenzhen and Shanghai. The two ships collided and the fuel storehouse of MSC Ilona leaked more than 1,200 tons of heavy oil into the river. The spill was 9 nautical miles long, 600 meters wide and seriously damaged the oceani... - Hoeganaes Corp. Smokestack Emissions Boater Settlement
Several boaters filed a lawsuit against the Cinnaminson metal powders manufacturing company claiming smokestack emissions damaged windshields on marina boats along the Delaware River in Delran and Riverside. Since 1997, more than 1,700 boaters had to replace and cover windshields known as Isenglas. Hoeganaes did not admit wrongdoing, but has agreed to pay... - Merck & Co. Inc. Vioxx Heart Attack Settlement
Gerald Barnett took Vioxx for 33 months before suffering a heart attack in September 2002. The former FBI agent filed a lawsuit against Merck for compensatory and punitive damages. A New Orleans jury ruled Merck was negligent for failing to adequately warn doctors about the risks associated with the drug. The jury also found that Merck knowingly misrepr... - Lake Compounce Amusement Park Drowning Death Settlement
On June 1, 2000 Deven Alexander was riding in an inner tube going down the "Lake Plunge" water slide when his tube flipped over and threw him into the lake. He died six days after the accident. Kyia Alexander filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the park on behalf of her 6-year-old son. The lawsuit claimed the park's owners, operators and employees we... - Gibraltar Design Matanzas High School Construction Settlement
Flagler County School Board filed an $11 million lawsuit against the design firm related to construction at the Matanzas High School. In March 2004, the construction of Matanzas was stopped after the facilities director and an architect discovered that engineering plans created by Gibraltar Design called for a flimsily built school. They noted the secon... - Edison Chouest Offshore Breach of Contract Settlement
The Port of Galveston filed a $91 million breach of contract lawsuit in February 2005 against the company. In 2000, Edison Chouest Offshore had signed a lease agreement to build a terminal on Pelican Island to support offshore energy activities. The project, dubbed C-Port Galveston, never started. The Port accused Edison Chouest of reneging on a multi... - Rabobank King City Deposit Interest Settlement
King City filed a lawsuit against the new owner of the former Community Bank of Central California regarding a financial dispute. The city deposited $4.4 million into the bank as a deposit, but Rabobank maintained the city put the money up as collateral for loans on a city downtown redevelopment project called Town Square. In a settlement agreement, the... - Warwick, RI Detective Wrongful Conviction Settlement
In 1989, detective Scott Hornoff was convicted of murdering Victoria Cushman. He spent six years in prison for allegedly killing his former lover until Todd Barry confessed to the murder in 2002. Hornoff was released from prison. He filed a lawsuit in Superior Court against the city of Warwick, seeking reinstatement to the city's police department. He a... - Government of Libya Pan Am Bankruptcy Settlement
On December 21, 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed and destroyed by Libyan terrorists over Lockerbie, Scotland. In the aftermath of the bombing, international air traffic declined; Pan Am filed for bankruptcy relief and the airline ceased operations in December 1991. The Government of Libya has agreed to pay a $30 million settlement to Pan Am's administr... - City of Fargo North Dakota State University Flood Damage Settlement
North Dakota State University sued the city after a storm flooded the Fargodome. The campus suffered heavy damage when rainfall runoff got into the dome and flowed through a steam tunnel that connects the dome to the university. Fargo's City Commission has approved a $2 million settlement. (Aug-15-06) [ WCCO NEWS ] Legal Help If you have a... - Barton County Community College Wrongful Termination Settlement
For three years Jennifer Schartz was a non-tenured, part-time instructor and adviser to the student newspaper. In April 2004, despite recommendations from her supervisors and President Veldon Law, the school's trustees voted against renewing her contract. Schartz filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the college claiming she was dismissed in reta...