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In June, 2005 Braxton Wooden was under the care of foster parents Mark and Treva Gordon when he was shot dead by the Gordons' son Ethan while playing a game of cops and robbers in their home. The Jasper County foster parents were not home at the time and fourteen-year-old Ethan didn't think the gun was loaded. Ethan was charged with involuntary manslaug... - Outboard Marine Corp. employees Settlement
Talk to a local bankruptcy lawyer right away! Outboard Marine Corp. (OMC) filed for bankruptcy in December 2000 and a lawsuit was filed on behalf of former Wisconsin employees for bonus, holiday, severance and business closing notice wages. The company had paid the employees their basic wages and OMC has agreed to pay back wages of $243,811 to 166 f... - Evergreen International Puget Sound Settlement
Evergreen International, a Panamanian shipping line, violated pollution laws in the state of Washington and pleaded guilty in 2005 to more than 24 counts of illegal dumping and in other parts of the U.S. Evergreen has paid $25 million to five states for deliberately polluting the ocean. The pollution lawsuit settlement will award about $1.7 million to... - Wachovia Corp. research Settlement
A 28-month investigation into the Wachovia Capital Markets division of the North Carolina-based bank company began when New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer released e-mails from analysts at Merrill Lynch & Co., in which they denigrated stocks they had endorsed in their research reports. The state securities regulators claimed that Wachovia fai... - City of Charleston Patsy Sizemore Settlement
In October 2005, Patsy Sizemore was killed in a collision with a Charleston city police officer. Former Patrolman Brandon Tagayun resigned and moved to California, and a criminal lawsuit against him is still outstanding. Charleston council members have approved a $1.8 million settlement in a civil lawsuit brought by the family of Patsy Sizemore. As well... - James Cape & Sons wage Settlement
A wage claim lawsuit was filed against James Cape & Sons on behalf of employees claiming back wages owed them when the company went into receivership. The company filed a mass-layoff notice and cut about 700 jobs. A settlement has been reached that will pay employees an average of $5,135 each. The largest road construction company in the Midwest termin... - MLB Advanced Media and Steiner Sports Memorabilia, Inc. email promotion Settlement
The city of New York filed a lawsuit against the companies alleging deceptive e-mail promotions. MLB and Steiner emailed thousands of fans regarding discounted collectibles and memorabilia. The lawsuit claimed these promotions were misleading and deceived customers. MLB and Steiner have agreed to pay the city a $232,000 settlement for deceptive advertis... - Wal-Mart and Walgreens AbEnergizer Settlement
The two massive retail stores have agreed to pay a combined $650,000 settlement for selling an illegal product. The AbEnergizer Abdominal Muscle Stimulator is not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration; it is misbranded and therefore illegal. The medical device claimed to stimulate stomach muscles with an electrical current. Wal-Mart and Walgre... - National Consumer Council, Debt Management Foundation Services, and Better Budget Financial Services Settlement
The three debt consolidation companies have been ordered to pay the federal government a $6 million settlement for misguiding consumers about their financial needs. The companies charged customers penalty payments and high interest instead of helping them pay down debt. (Mar-31-05) [ PHOENIX BUSINESS JOURNAL ] [ SETTLEMENT INFO ] Legal He... - Deloitte & Touche trust funds Settlement
A lawsuit filed against Deloitte & Touche alleging accounting fraud involving Symbol Technologies Inc. has reached an understanding. A settlement agreement of $24 million is proposed with the $1 billion Louisiana Sheriffs' Pension & Relief Fund, $550 million Louisiana Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System and City of Miami General Employees' and... - State of Indiana antitrust Settlement
The State of Indiana was accused by the Department of Justice (DOJ) of engaging in noncompetitive bidding practices, inflating prices to Indiana schools and libraries, falsifying invoices and disregarding the requirement that the schools and libraries make co-payments for E-Rate services. The E-Rate program, which helps poor schools connect to the Inter... - C.C. Myers Inc. construction accident death Settlement
While building the Maxwell Bridge on Napa River in 2003, a construction accident resulted in the death of bridge worker Richard "Chris" Stevens and injured seven others. A lawsuit charged C.C. Myers Inc of violating one labor code law and breaking a regulation involving falsework shoring standards. The suit alleged that the Rancho-Cordova based constru... - AT&T Communications-East fraud Settlement
Between 1998 and 2001, AT&T Communications-East allegedly passed on to government customers fees that long-distance telephone companies pay to local carriers for providing facilities that link customers to the network. The U.S. Department of Justice claimed that passing on the fees violated the terms of AT&T's contract with the government. A lawsuit was... - Kmart Corporation pension Settlement
The former Kmart Corporation was sued in March 2002 claiming that former company executives allegedly acted improperly when employees and retirees invested their pension money in now-worthless Kmart stock. Approximately 125-thousand employees and retirees of Kmart will share in an $11.75 million settlement. The Troy-based Kmart emerged from bankruptcy i... - Harold G. Nagel personal injury Settlement
Ernest W. Foster was involved in a car crash in 2004 with Harold G. Nagel near Streator, Illinois that badly injured his leg and killed Nagel. Foster was nearing an intersection when Nagel did not stop for a stop sign and collided with Foster, who had polio and wore a leg brace, which pinned him inside the wreckage. Foster agreed to a $450,000 settlemen... - New York Police Department assult Settlement
In August of 1997, Abner Louima, a Haitian immigrant, was allegedly tortured in a New York Police station bathroom. He was arrested in a brawl outside a Brooklyn nightclub and taken to Brooklyn's 70th precinct where two officers pinned him down and sodomized him with a broken broomstick. Officer Justin Volpe pleaded guilty and is serving 30 years in p... - Cascade County, Montana environmental land purchase Settlement
Montana Specialty Mills, a processor and marketer of oilseed and other grain-based products, found a plume of petroleum and other solvents under its property and filed a lawsuit against Cascade County in 1998. The suit alleged that contaminants leaked from the Cascade County Shop adjacent to the mill property. In the settlement, Cascade County will pay... - Hughes Aircraft, the City of Tucson, and the Tucson airport contamination Settlement
More than 25 years ago, the largely Hispanic South Side community in Tucson started getting sick and they were told it was because of their ethnicity, not because of an industrial solvent contaminating their water. Scientists later determined that trichloroethylene, or TCE, contamination was linked to health problems in Southside and more than 1600 resi... - Occidental Chemical Corp. environmental Settlement
In 1993 New York State filed a lawsuit alleging Occidental Chemical Corporation discharged chemicals from it Niagara Falls manufacturing plant, polluting Lake Ontario and its tributaries. The spill damaged important fisheries and waterways and impacted the area environmentally, recreationally and economically. The chemical company has agreed to pay $12... - City of Carterville, Mo. wrongful death Settlement
Jessie C. Hembree was shot to death by a Carterville police officer Aug. 30, 2003 outside a convenience store after he allegedly stole cigarettes and beer from the store. Sgt. Sara Gerber tried to arrest Hembree and when he resisted and tried to attack, Gerber shot him. Hembree's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Jasper County Circuit Court, alle...