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West Palm Beach, FL: (May-16-08) Several families brought charges against Menorah Gardens, a West Palm Beach cemetery and Houston-based Service Corporation International, alleging that cemetery managers oversold and misplaced plots, and dug up and scattered remains to make room for others. Court records show that the cemetery accused of desecrating grave... - Former officers to pay $10.7 million settlement in fraud lawsuit.
Chicago, IL: (May-16-08) Trustee of Northbrook-based Sentinel Management Group Inc., the now bankrupt cash-management firm, Frederick Grede, brought charges against Sentinel founder and Chairman Philip Bloom and his son, Chief Executive Eric Bloom, accusing the top two former executives of engaging in a long-term, massive fraud against the company and it... - FinancialContent agrees to $1.1 million settlement in creditor lawsuit.
New York, NY: (May-16-08) FinancialContent, Inc, has been locked in a legal battle with Jade Special Strategies, over a credit dispute, which has been recently resolved as part of a settlement agreement. Company spokespersons announced that FinancialContent has concluded negotiations with Jade Special Strategies and has agreed to settle claims for the fu... - Home Depot involved in paying $750,000 settlement in storm damage lawsuit.
Stamford, CT: (May-16-08) The state brought a lawsuit against Montville Commons, the developers and construction companies associated with a Montville shopping center, and Home Depot, a tenant and another owner of the center's land, alleging that an unauthorized dam was built on the site that failed to contain rainwater. The state report said that the da... - Alcoa Inc. Plant Emissions Pollution Settlement
Dallas, TX: (Mar-01-07) Alcoa Inc., a central Texas coal-fired power plant, had long been held up by legal challenges from environmental groups and the federal Department of Justice over the issue of emission rates for nitrogen oxide from its plant. In November 2006, the federal government offered a settlement that would allow Alcoa Inc. and TXU Corp. to u... - Chicago to pay $2 million settlement in playfield lawsuit.
Cook County, IL: (May-15-08) The Chicago Park District and the Latin School of Chicago have been locked in a legal battle over the Latin School soccer field. The dispute had, at its crux, a controversial contract between the district and the Latin School of Chicago which entitled the private school to exclusive prime-time use of a soccer field it was bui... - Catholic priest order agrees to $19.5 million settlement in molestation lawsuit.
Los Angeles, CA: (May-15-08) A sexual molestation lawsuit was brought against the Salesian Society of Catholic priests, a Catholic order of priests that refused to join a record sex-abuse settlement between accusers and the Los Angeles Archdiocese, alleging that the order was aware that a priest had been accused of abusing children when they assigned him... - Willbros Group agrees to $32.3 million settlement in bribery lawsuit.
Houston, TX: (May-14-08) The US Department of Justice brought charges against Willbros Group Inc., a Houston-based oil-services company, alleging that it bribed government officials in Nigeria and Ecuador to obtain contracts. The federal suit claimed that the bribery schemes took place between 2003 and early 2005, when Willbros's international subsidiary... - Compaq and HP agree to settlement in $640 million class action lawsuit.
Cleveland, OH: (May-15-08) A class action lawsuit was brought against the Compaq Computer Corporation and Hewlett-Packard Company, alleging that they sold computers with defective parts. At the heart of the consolidated action was that the defendants, Compaq and HP, sold computers with a defective part that could cause the loss or corruption of data writ... - Jury Awards $82.5M in Workplace Death Lawsuit
Harris County, TX: An $82.5 million settlement has been awarded to the estate of 27-year old Josua Wade Petrie, who was killed in a workplace accident. His estate had initiated a wrongful death suit. On May 25, 2007, Mr. Petrie was working as a plant operator at a natural gas processing plant. A hot oil heater had stopped during the previous shif... - US Federal Government to pay $1 million settlement in wrongful death lawsuit.
Minneapolis, MN: (May-14-08) The family of Randy Scott, a Minnesota man, brought a wrongful death lawsuit against former South Dakota Representative Bill Janklow, alleging that Scott died in a fatal crash with Janklow. City records show that Scott died on Aug. 16, 2003, after his Harley-Davidson struck the back of a Cadillac that Janklow drove through a... - Denham Springs agrees to $2 million settlement in development lawsuit.
Denham Springs, LA: (May-14-08) E. Jacob FaKouri, the developer for the controversial Bass Pro project, brought a lawsuit against the Denham Springs Economic Development District, over property costs appraisals. The suit had at its crux, issues regarding an appraisal for the property, which came in at $5.3 million rather than the $7 million that the dist... - Mega-T brand Weight Loss Products Class Action Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: If you are a consumer who purchased (for personal use) any of any of the following: Mega-T dietary supplements: Mega-T Ultra, Mega-T Plus, Mega-T Effervescent, Mega-T Green Tea Dietary Supplement and/or Mega-T Dietary Supplement, between Sept 29, 2005 to June 9, 2010, who lives in the United States, the makers of that line of supplements... - Lafayette agrees to $7.5 million settlement in employment lawsuit.
Lafayette, LA: (May-13-08) Scores of Lafayette police officers, firefighters and city marshal's office employees, brought a lawsuit against the city, alleging that the Lafayette Consolidated Government began deducting up to $300 per month from their paychecks when a state supplemental pay raise was initiated. The nine-year-old back pay lawsuit reached a... - Allstate agrees to $70 million settlement in overcharging lawsuit.
New York, NY: (May-13-08) State regulators brought charges against insurance giant Allstate Corporation, over money owed to current and former policyholders. The Texas Department of Insurance, and the Office of Public Insurance Counsel, who filed the suit, stated that Allstate charged customers excessive home insurance rates from 2004 to 2007. Federal of... - Jundts to pay $1.8 million settlement in debts lawsuit.
Minneapolis, MN: (May-13-08) A lawsuit was brought against Jundt Associates Inc., related to the company's debts. The suit, filed against James and Marcus Jundt, stated that the two mixed the company's assets with their own to the extent that their personal assets could be considered to satisfy the obligations of the corporation. The receiver's suit aime... - Shipping companies to pay nearly $5 million settlement in environmental lawsuit.
Eureka, CA: (May-09-08) State and federal governments filed suit against Hong Kong companies Kure Shipping S.A. and Patt Manfield Co., over a November 1997 Kure oil spill in Humboldt Bay that resulted in the decimation of birds and wildlife. The suit stated that over 4,000 birds died when the vessel Kure slammed into a concrete mooring structure at the o... - Montana to pay $330,000 settlement in discrimination lawsuit.
Billings, MT: (May-09-08) Geri Glass, a Livingston woman, brought a lawsuit against the state's Child and Family Services Division, alleging that her parenting abilities were unfairly investigated because she is disabled. Glass filed a Montana Human Rights Bureau discrimination complaint in April 2005, stating that the federal agency's investigation into... - Check 'N Go to pay $220,000 settlement in personal information lawsuit.
Dallas, TX: (May-09-08) Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott brought charges against Check 'n Go, alleging that the business disposed of sensitive customer information in publicly accessible dumpsters. The federal office stated that the records disposed by the company included financial records and bank statements that contained names, addresses, Social Se... - EMD Serono Inc. Unapproved Serostim Promotion Settlement
New York, NY: (Feb-16-07) A civil lawsuit was filed against EMD Serono in 2005 for allegedly promoting the company's AIDS drug Serostim for unapproved uses. Serostim treats AIDS wasting, a condition involving serious weight loss in AIDS patients. The US District Court in Massachusetts granted preliminary approval of the settlement, ordering EMD Serono t...