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Los Angeles, CA: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will pay more than $33 million in back wages to thousands of employees after turning itself in to the Labor Department for paying too little in overtime over the past five years, according to an agreement announced by the US Labor Department. The company said it would not seek to recover any overpayments, which were... - Wachovia to pay up to $125 million settlement in check cashing lawsuit.
Charlotte, NC: (Apr-25-08) A series of lawsuits were brought against Wachovia Corp., a Charlotte bank, by customers who claimed that they were harmed by the bank's relationship with some telemarketers and payment processors. The complaints filed with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the bank's regulator, resulted in an 18-month federal inve... - Farmers Insurance Settles Bad Faith Class Action
Farmers Insurance of Arizona has settled a 'bad faith' class action originally filed in January 2004, for a reported $3 million. The suit stemmed from allegations by a customer, Tucson resident Paul Schwam, that a business practice enacted in 2001 was a breach of Schwam's policy and policies owned by certain other customers. The policy was related to c... - Healthcare Research and Development Institute Vendor Favoritism Settlement
Hartford, CT: State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced an antitrust settlement with Healthcare Research and Development Institute (HRDI), based in Pensacola, FL which was being investigated by Connecticut authorities. Blumenthal alleged that HRDI members showed favoritism to certain vendors, who paid $40,000 for membership privileges in the g... - Millennium Bank Employee Whistleblower Settlement
Reston, VA: On July 14, 2006, a lawsuit was filed in the Circuit Court for the City of Alexandria, VA by a former management employee of Millennium Capital, Inc., an indirect subsidiary of Millennium Bankshares Corporation. The lawsuit claimed Millennium Capital, Millennium Bank, a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Registrant, and Anita Shull, Execu... - Oakland Police Department Police Misconduct Settlement
San Francisco, CA: In the lawsuit against Oakland police, 119 Oakland citizens alleged that four officers known as the "Riders'' beat them, made false arrests and planted evidence on them in 2000. The settlement included payments of $10.5 million to the plaintiffs and their attorneys. A federal judge noted he perceived some "foot-dragging and diversions... - School to pay $100,000 settlement in employment lawsuit.
Honolulu, HI: (Apr-24-08) The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission brought a lawsuit against the Holy Family Catholic Academy, a Catholic school, alleging that it wrongly fired a former bookkeeper after she complained of discrimination by a priest and her supervisor. The suit, filed on behalf of Roxanne Castilliano, claimed that the Rev. Owen Mulle... - Altoona to pay $375,000 settlement in accident lawsuit.
Altoona, PA: (Apr-24-08) Arthur L. Vincent, an Altoona man, brought a lawsuit against the city after he sustained injuries from being struck by a city police cruiser. The suit stated that Vincent was walking across 17th Street at Margaret Avenue Apr. 6, 2006, when a cruiser pulled onto 17th Street and struck and seriously injured him. Officer Michael J... - Three companies to pay $2 million settlement in environmental lawsuit.
Medina County, OH: (Apr-24-08) The US Justice Department and the US Environmental Protection Agency brought charges against three American companies-MTD Products in Medina County's Liverpool Township, its subsidiary, and MTD Southwest of Tucson, AZ, and Jenn Feng Industrial Co., a Taiwan manufacturer, alleging that they imported and distributed 200,000 c... - Ernst & Young Settles with State of Michigan Over HealthSouth Finanical Fraud
A $109 million settlement has been approved by a federal court judge in the class action lawsuit between the state of Michigan Retirement System and other plaintiffs and Ernst & Young. The lawsuit alleges that the accounting firm failed to uncover an enormous fraud during its audits of HealthSouth Corp between 1996 and 2002. HealthSouth settled with the... - Power company to pay $17 million settlement in electricity lawsuit.
New York, NY: (Apr-24-08) Several charges were brought against Consolidated Edison by residential customers who lost power for up to 10 days during a sweltering summer blackout in 2006. State regulators claimed that over 174,000 people lost service or experienced low voltage during the crisis, caused by the simultaneous failure of several major electrica... - Car dealer to pay $149,500 settlement in harassment lawsuit.
Canton, OH: (Apr-23-08) The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission brought charges against Mullinax Ford in North Canton, alleging that the car dealer discriminated and harassed its employees on the basis of their race. The charges were brought on behalf of Avery Williams, a black employee and former used-car salesman who claimed that he was racially... - Innocent man to get $581,700 settlement in wrongful conviction lawsuits.
Los Angeles, CA: (Apr-23-08) James Ochoa, a 22-year-old Buena Park man, brought a lawsuit against the state, alleging that he was wrongly arrested and convicted for a crime he didn't commit. Court papers reveal that Ochoa spent 10 months in prison for a carjacking he did not commit. Ochoa pleaded guilty on the third day of his trial in 2005 after Orange... - CH2M Hill pays $500,000 settlement in Hanford lawsuit.
Olympia, WA: (Apr-24-08) The Washington State Department of Ecology brought charges against Hanford contractor CH2M Hill, after a radioactive waste spill at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in mid 2007. The suit stated that the spill occurred as crews were transferring highly dangerous buried tank waste to new double-shelled tanks. A pump backed up and a... - Gettysburg to pay undisclosed settlement in harassment lawsuit.
Gettysburg, PA: (Apr-24-08) Gettysburg Police Sgt. Sharon Gelwicks brought a lawsuit against the Gettysburg Borough, former police chief Rolf Garcia and Mayor William Troxell, alleging that they discriminated against her starting in 2005 and created a hostile work environment. Her lawsuit sought an unspecified amount in damages and punitive costs. Gelwic... - City to pay over $300,000 settlement in wrongful death lawsuit.
Bossier City, LA: (Apr-23-08) The family of Eric Holloway brought a wrongful death lawsuit against Bossier City, after the 27-year-old man died in the Bossier City jail after his medical condition was misdiagnosed. The family, comprising of the widow and two children of Holloway, stated that he was put in what is known as the "drunk tank", but was not ch... - Broadcom to pay $12 million settlement in securities lawsuit.
Irvine, CA: (Apr-22-08) The US Securities and Exchange Commission brought charges against Irvine-based chipmaker Broadcom Corp., alleging that the company illegally backdated stock options for five years up to 2003. The Commission accused the company of boosting profits and minimizing losses with reduced compensation costs from backdated options. SEC spo... - Dynegy to pay $4.3 million settlement in energy lawsuit.
Newburgh, NY: (Apr-22-08) Dynegy, owner of the Roseton and Danskammer electric generating plants, brought a lawsuit against the town of Newburgh, over issues concerning over-payment of property taxes. The suit claimed that due to the increasing prices of homes in recent years, and compounded with the state's equalization rate, the taxes on the two power... - Landfill pays $18,900 fine as settlement for clean air lawsuit.
Columbus, OH: (Apr-22-08) The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency brought charges against the Crawford County Landfill, alleging that it had an air pollution control permit violation at its 5128 Lincoln Highway East facility near Bucyrus. EPA officials stated that as landfills are considered large air pollution sources due to gases produced as waste decompo... - Denver, CO to pay $75,000 settlement in wrongful arrest lawsuit.
Denver, CO: (Apr-22-08) A federal lawsuit was brought against the city of Denver by David Nettles, who claimed that he was manhandled during a wrongful arrest. The suit, filed in US District Court over the December 2003 incident, named the city Police Chief Gerry Whitman and Officers Damian Naranjo, Michael Nuanes Jr. and Zachary Phillips as defendants. In h...