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Riverside, CA: (Mar-06-08) The family of Douglas Steven Cloud brought a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Riverside, CA after Cloud, 28, was shot and killed by Riverside Police Department officers Nicholas Vazquez and David Johansen. The suit stated that the two officers shot at Cloud after he had sheared off a small palm tree at a high speed and... - Kings County pays $4 million in inmate hanging settlement.
Hanford, CA: (Mar-05-08) The family of Christian Rodriguez brought a lawsuit against several agencies of Kings County, CA, including the Probation Department, the boot camp and Sheriff's Department in 2005, after the then 17 year old Avenal boy tried to kill himself while at a juvenile boot camp. Rodriguez was sent to boot camp after taking the family car... - Black Hawk County to pay $75,000 settlement to inmate who commits suicide.
Waterloo, IA: (Mar-05-08) The estate of Michael Allen Sutton, brought a wrongful death lawsuit against the Black Hawk County and its jail's contract health-care provider, after Sutton committed suicide in the county jail. The suit claimed that Sutton hanged himself with a bed sheet from a shower sprinkler head while incarcerated at the jail in February 200... - Township settles $150,000 fire service lawsuit.
West Penn Township, PA: (Mar-05-08) Andreas Fire Company, two of its officers, and its relief association, brought charges against West Penn Township, PA over an accounting dispute related to funding and the company's status as the township's provider. The suit stated that the fire company, Andreas Relief Association, and fire officials Paul Breiner and Ma... - Ascendant pays Kevin Costner undisclosed settlement.
Los Angeles, CA: (Mar-05-08) Kevin Costner brought a breach of contract lawsuit against Ascendant Pictures, over a deal to star in a romantic comedy whose financing fell apart. Costner stated in his suit that he was to be paid $8 million for the movie "Taming Ben Taylor," which was never made. Records show that Costner sued the Beverly Hills-based company... - Connecticut chiropractic groups to pay $87,000 fine in civil suit.
Hartford, CT: (Mar-05-08) The state of Connecticut brought charges against two state chiropractic trade groups, The Connecticut Chiropractic Association Inc. and Connecticut Chiropractic Council Inc., as well as Hartford lawyer Robert L. Hirtle Jr., alleging that they organized an illegal boycott to stop Anthem Health Plans Inc. from having another firm ma... - Fidelity Investments to settle $8 million lawsuit.
Boston, MA: (Mar-05-08) The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought charges against Fidelity Investments and 13 of its current or former employees, alleging that they improperly received gifts totaling more than $1.6 million. The suit, which named Peter Lynch among the 13 defendants, who was formerly a star manager at Fidelity's Magellan Fund... - Cathedral Network to pay $5.3 million Medicare fraud suit.
Newark, NJ: (Mar-05-08) The US Justice Department brought charges against Cathedral Healthcare System, the Newark-based hospital system affiliated with the Archdiocese of Newark, alleging that the hospital defrauded the federal Medicare program. The suit claimed that Cathedral inflated charges for Medicare patients to obtain additional federal reimbursem... - Adult website fined $413,000 in explicit e-mail matter.
New York, NY: (Mar-04-08) The US Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice brought charges against X-rated web site operator Cyberheat, alleging that it paid partners who used illegal e-mail to drive customers to its web sites. The suit claimed that though Cyberheat did not send e-mail directly to consumers, they operated an "affiliate marketi... - Landlord to pay $10 million settlement after forcing out low income tenants.
Los Angeles, CA: (Mar-04-08) The city of Los Angeles brought a lawsuit against Darren Stern, a landlord, alleging that he engaged in a scheme to drive low income residents out of more than 800 rent controlled apartments. The suit stated that Stern, also known as Henry Shalom, bought high occupancy rent controlled buildings and then forced tenants out throu... - Finish Line and Genesco settle merger dispute.
Nashville, TN: (Mar-03-08) Genesco, Inc., Finish Line and UBS Financing have been embroiled in a legal battle related to the proposed merger of Finish Line and Genesco. Company sources announced that the parties had reached a deal regarding the settlement of all litigation among the parties relating to the proposed merger. Under the terms of the settleme... - Vanguard Group Inc. agrees to $500,000 employee racial discrimination settlement
Philadelphia, PA: (Mar-02-08) The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) brought a lawsuit against Vanguard Group Inc., alleging that the Malvern, PA mutual fund giant racially discriminated against Raymond Ross of Maple Glen, PA, one of its employees. The EEOC brought the suit on behalf of Ross. The suit claimed that Ross' information technolog... - Knox County School District pays employee $24,000 harassment settlement
Knox County, TN: (Mar-02-08) A school maintenance worker brought a lawsuit against the Knox County School District and Robert Bratton, a school board member, alleging that she was sexually harassed by Bratton. The South Doyle Middle School worker alleged that Bratton grabbed her in the school's hallway and made unwanted advances. Records show that Bratton... - Judge awards mother $6 million medical malpractice settlement
Worcester, MA: (Mar-01-08) A medical malpractice suit was brought against Dr. David Klein, Dr. Paul S. Dunn, and Dr. Jacqueline Rendo and nurses Lisa Champagne-Lynch, Maureen Vancelette, Nancy Kolodziejczak, Paula Whynot, and Kathleen Clifford, alleging that a Dudley couple's son suffered injuries at birth due to their negligence. Bruce and Susan Hanks and... - Hudson Marine Management Services pays city of San Francisco $2 million oil spill settlement
San Francisco, CA: (Mar-02-08) The city of San Francisco brought charges against Hudson Marine Management Services of Pennsauken, NJ, acting on behalf of the ship's Hong Kong-based owner, Regal Stone Ltd., alleging that it was owed money to cover some cleanup costs after a November 2007 oil spill. Records show that thousands of birds died, beaches were c... - Applebee's International Inc. pays $358,000 shareholder settlement
Los Angeles, CA: (Mar-02-08) A shareholder lawsuit was brought against Applebee's International Inc., a Overland Park, KS based company, alleging that it failed to put required information in its proxy statement. Records show that the company was acquired by IHOP Corp., based in Glendale, on Nov. 29, 2007 for $2.04 billion. In a recent development in the... - Toronto Man Awarded $17 Million
An Ontario appeals court has upheld a record $17 million settlement awarded to an accident victim in Toronto. Robert Marcoccia, was 20 years old at the time of the accident in 2000. He suffered brain damage as a result of running a red light and hitting a furniture delivery truck while it was trying to make a left turn. Marcoccia was driving a truck lea... - City of Independence awards two former employees a $65,000 age bias settlement
Independence, MO: (Feb-28-08) Two employees brought a federal age discrimination lawsuit against the city of Independence, alleging that they were discriminated against because of their age. The two filed a complaint with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), who filed the lawsuit on their behalf. The suit claimed that the city discriminat... - Discriminacion: Raza, género, religiosa, edad, inhabilidad etc.
Hay muchos tipos de casos de la discriminación, incluyendo la discriminación racial, de discriminación religiosa, de discriminación de edad, de discriminación del género, de discriminación sexual de la orientación, y más. Estas formas de discriminación ocurren típicamente cuando... - Cowboy Hat, Lincoln County pays citizen $10,500 settlement for Constitutional Rights violations
Lincoln County, NM: (Feb-28-08) Tony Seno brought a lawsuit against Lincoln County, alleging that his first Amendment rights were violated when he was asked to remove his cowboy hat while speaking at the podium to an elected board. The lawsuit stemmed from an incident connected to two commission meetings in May 2005, when Seno refused to remove his cowboy...