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Everett, WA: (Dec-03-07) Snohomish County brought charges against King County in 2005, over the impact it would face having King County's sewage treatment plant built in Maltby. As part of a settlement reached, Snohomish County mediated a deal in which King County agreed to payout $70 million to resolve litigation. The settlement agreement stipulated tha... - City Hall Employee, City of Utica pays former employee $75,000 settlement after firing and arresting him on harassment and theft charges
Utica, NY: (Dec-03-07) Larry Tanoury Jr., a former City Hall employee, brought charges against the city of Utica, alleging that his civil rights were violated when he was fired from the Urban Renewal Agency in 2004. Tanoury claimed that he was fired from his position as marketing director for the city's Urban Renewal Agency, and then arrested during the ne... - Hospital to pay $1.3M in Hasty Discharge Case
Jefferson County, TX: The family of a woman who died shortly after being discharged from emergency at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur, has been awarded a $1,315,276 settlement. The incident occurred in 2007, when then 47-year old Stacy Meaux went to emergency after complaining of pain and tightness in the chest. At the hospital she was diagn... - Teenager Initiation, Family awarded $200,000 after their 14-year-old son died after being punched in the chest by fellow students
Hilton Head Island, SC: (Nov-28-07) The family of Francisco Belman brought a lawsuit against a Bluffton middle school, the school district and the local government, after the 14-year-old boy died after being punched several times. Belman's father filed suit following the 2002 incident that took his son's life. The suit claimed that the boy died several mon... - Collapsed Reservoir, Ameren Corp. pays $180 million settlement after 1.3 billion gallons of water ruined a state park
Kansas City, MO: (Nov-28-07) The state brought charges against AmerenUE, a Missouri subsidiary of Ameren Corp., following the collapse of the Taum Sauk Reservoir in eastern Missouri. Records show that the collapse occurred due to equipment problems, which resulted in a failure at the mountaintop hydroelectric reservoir, operated by the AmerenUE. The collap... - Debt Settlement, AADCO Automotive Inc. agrees to $5 million debt settlement with five creditors
Brampton, Canada: (Nov-27-07) AADCO Automotive Inc. recently stated that it has reached agreements with five creditors to settle aggregate debt of $5,060,050.27 by the issuance of 53,973,870 common shares. Company sources claimed that the debt represents the amount owing effective December 28, 2007, being the same date as AADCO's shareholders meeting at wh... - Dog Bite, Gregory and Debi Sheffer pay $110,000 settlement after their German shepherd bit a six-year-old girl
Harrisburg, PA: (Nov-27-07) Timothy and Lisa Swink of Lewisberry filed charges against Gregory and Debi Sheffer, alleging that their daughter Emily, sustained injuries after the Sheffers' German shepherd bit the girl during a picnic. Sources stated that Emily was 6 when she was bitten by the dog while at a picnic at a Dillsburg property owned by Gregory an... - Personal Assistant Awarded $5 Million in Lawsuit Alleging Forced Oral Sex
Miami, FL: A $5 Million settlement of punitive damages has been awarded to a former personal assistant to Rev. Ike Eikerenkoetter, who alleged that he performed oral sex on the preacher under threat of termination. Augusto Medina, the assistant, also alleged that the reverend grabbed his crotch while he was giving him a massage. Massage was one of... - Separation Employment Agreement, Mantis Mineral Corp. pays former company director $400,000 settlement
Toronto, Canada: (Nov-21-07) Stephen Burns, former director and employee of Mantis Mineral Corp., reached a settlement with the company, resolving several issues related to the separation of employment agreement between the parties. Sources revealed that Mantis Mineral Corp. officials announced that the company has issued 500,000 common shares of the compa... - Microsoft Inc. Novell NetWare Antitrust settlement.
A $536 million settlement has been reached in the antitrust lawsuit filed on behalf of Novell Inc. The settlement will "resolve all antitrust claims as of today relating to Novell's NetWare product and all of the other products and businesses which it currently owns." (Nov-08-04) [ 2P2 NET ] If you have a similar problem and would like to be con... - $9 Million Settlement Agreed For Alleged Medical Malpractice
Cook County, IL: A $9 million settlement has been agreed between the plaintiff in a medical malpractice lawsuit and the defendant hospital, prior to the lawsuit being filed. The suit stemmed from the death of a 39-year old mother of two who went into hospital for a routine procedure but was overmedicated and consequently stopped breathing. The suit a... - Man Paralyzed In Workplace Accident Gets $25M
Bexar County, TX: A 40-year old man paralyzed as a result of a violently jerking earth scraper has been awarded $25 million in settlement of his lawsuit against Caterpillar and Holt Texas Ltd. In 2006, Alfonzo Lopez was operating a Caterpillar tractor-scraper when the machine began to jolt up and down. He sustained spinal fractures that left him par... - Property Tax, Delphi Corp. agrees to pay over $6 million to Howard County for unpaid property taxes
Kokomo, IN: (Nov-18-07) Howard County brought charges against Delphi Corp., alleging that the company owed property taxes. Records show that Delphi filed for Chapter 11 protection in October 2005 and stopped production in the summer of 2007 at a factory in Anderson, but still employs several thousand people in Kokomo. As part of a settlement reached, Delph... - Sergeant Termination, Athens County pays former employee settlement after being fired for political reasons
Athens County, OH: (Nov-18-07) Bryan Cooper, a sheriff's sergeant, brought a civil rights lawsuit against Athens County Sheriff Vern Castle, alleging wrongful termination. Records show that Cooper sued Castle in 2006 after Cooper was fired in 2004. The sergeant claimed his firing was in retaliation because Cooper supported Castle's political opponent, Pat... - Jesuit Priest Abuse, Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus agrees to $50 million settlement to Alaska Natives victims
Anchorage, AK: (Nov-18-07) More than 100 Alaska Natives brought charges against the Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order, alleging that they were sexually abused by Jesuit priests. The suits stated that the victims were altar boys, altar servers, and altar girls when they were abused. Victims claimed that when they wi... - Senior Awarded $1.19 Million in Bus Accident Lawsuit
San Francisco, CA: An 89-year old senior who was thrown from his seat on a bus when the vehicle hit a tree burl, has been awarded a settlement of $1,189,782.58. Edwin M. Wilson sustained injuries to his right femur on July 22, 2007, as a result of the accident, and subsequently underwent open reduction-internal fixation surgery with hardware. In... - $1.25 Billion Settlement Reached with Black Farmers over Discrimination
Washington, DC: A long-standing class action between Black farmers and the US government reached a $1.25 billion settlement agreement Thursday, making history. The Pigford lawsuit was filed in 1997 and alleged that the African American farmers were deliberately excluded from government programs because of racism and treated unfairly with respect to... - Loan Backers, Mortgage Lenders Network pays $855,000 bankruptcy settlement for unfunded mortgages
Philadelphia, PA: (Nov-14-07) Federal regulators in Connecticut, Michigan, New Hampshire, and Ohio brought charges against failed subprime operator Mortgage Lenders Network USA Inc., alleging that its backers had shut off cash, leaving it unable to fund mortgages it had committed to make. Records show that the regulators ordered the company out of the lend... - Principal Removed, Beaufort County School District pays former principal $60,000 wrongful termination settlement
Beaufort County, SC: (Nov-12-07) Former principal LaVerne Davis brought charges against the Beaufort County School District, alleging that the district wrongfully removed Davis as principal of St. Helena Elementary School in 2004. As part of a settlement reached, the district agreed to pay Davis $60,000 as well as required that both sides keep terms of the... - $4.1 Million Settlement Awarded in False Imprisonment Lawsuit
Larimer County, CO : Tim Masters has won his lawsuit against alleging false imprisonment, with a settlement agreement of $4.1 million, CNN.com reported today. Masters was imprisoned in 1999 on a murder charge, for which he is now exonerated. He was just 15 years old when police in Fort Collins started their investigation on him and his supposed role i...