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Bismarck, ND: (Dec-18-07) The US Justice Department brought charges against Sioux Manufacturing Corp., alleging that the Spirit Lake tribe business did not follow specifications in making Kevlar cloth material for helmets. Sources stated that Kevlar is a protective synthetic fiber, which is used in helmets and body armor. The Fort Totten based company run... - Inflated Circulation, Tribune Co. pays $15 million settlement for marketing fraud
New York, NY: (Dec-18-07) The US Attorney's Office and other federal prosecutors brought charges against Tribune Co., a media group, alleging that two of its newspapers, Newsday and Hoy, inflated circulation numbers. Sources claimed that the parties recently reached a settlement in which Tribune's Newsday and Hoy admitted the allegations. Newsday admitted... - Human Resources Director, City of Tempe pays former employee $337,000 wrongful termination and retaliation settlement
Tempe, AZ: (Dec-20-07) Valerie Hernandez, former Tempe human resources director, brought a lawsuit against the city, alleging that she faced retaliation after reporting an information leak and refusing to obey discriminatory hiring directives from a City Council member. She stated that she was fired because she told the City Attorney's Office about city em... - Gender Discrimination, Female employees awarded $250,000 settlement for gender bias and retaliation
Phoenix, AZ: (Dec-17-07) The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) brought charges against Phoenix-based SunWest Federal Credit Union, alleging that the company discriminated against its employees. The suit claimed that two female employees were subjected to sexual and gender harassment by a former manager. They accused the manager of harassing... - Property Tax Assessment, Exelon Generation Company agrees to pay $105 million property tax dispute settlement
Morris, IL: (Dec-13-07) The Grundy County Board brought charges against Exelon Generation Company, over it's property tax assessment. Sources stated that Exelon challenged the 2006 equalized assessed valuation (EAV) of Dresden Nuclear Station. The county assessed it at $519 million. State law allows only generating stations and car manufacturers to negotia... - Security Breach, University of California pays National Nuclear Security Administration $2.8 million settlement
Albuquerque, NM: (Dec-17-07) The National Nuclear Security Administration brought charges against the University of California, following a security breakdown at Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2006. The violation stems from an October 2006 drug bust in which Los Alamos police discovered classified documents and several computer storage devices. Sources... - Anthem Blue Cross Settlement
California's largest for-profit health insurer has agreed to take back 2,330 clients, unconditionally, after having dropped them for filing expense claims for medical care. Further, the company will pay the out of pocket medical expenses for those clients, which could total as much as $14 million. Anthem has also agreed to pay a $1 million fine to the... - Inmate Injury, Park County pays inmate $1.5 million settlement after losing his leg while in jail
Park County, CO: (Dec-17-07) Moises Carranza-Reyes, an illegal immigrant, brought charges against Park County and other parties, alleging that he lost part of his leg after becoming ill in the Park County jail in 2003. Sources stated that complete details of the case are not available because of a confidentiality clause included in the settlement agreement... - Deputy Inspector, City pays former state chief deputy inspector $360,000 wrongful termination settlement
Frankfort, KY: (Dec-13-07) Mike Duncan, a Kentucky state worker, brought charges against the state, alleging that he was illegally fired for political reasons during the administration of former Gov. Ernie Fletcher. The suit stated that Duncan was fired in 2005 from his job as chief deputy inspector general in the Transportation Cabinet, which was Fletcher... - Air Line Bankruptcy, BCI Aircraft Leasing agrees to pay $600,000 settlement related to Delta Air Lines bankruptcy claims
Tucson, AZ: (Dec-13-07) Global Aircraft Solutions Inc., a Tucson based company, brought charges against BCI Aircraft Leasing, the managing partner of the JetGlobal Joint Venture, over its stake in a Delta Air Lines bankruptcy claim. Sources close to the case stated that the company's interest in JetGlobal's Delta bankruptcy claim is a result of a settlement... - $210,000 settlement reached in a wrongful death suit alleging Police used excessive force
Stockton, CA: (Dec-12-07) The family of Bernet Vaba, 53, has filed a suit against the Stockton police department alleging wrongful death. The family alleged that the police were too hasty, needlessly agitating Vaba and using excessive force. Sources stated that Police shot Bernet Vaba, on Nov. 1, 2006, after she came toward them with two knives in her hand... - Hare Krishna Abuse Settlement
A lawsuit pending in the 192nd Dallas State District Court has prompted payment for child abuse victims worldwide. The case, filed in 2001 by Dallas Trial Lawyer Windle Turley, against the Hare Krishna religious organization, the International Society of Krishna Consciousness, caused several Krishna Temples to file for Bankruptcy in Southern Californi... - Schrenker Ordered to Pay $12 Million
Schrenker Ordered to Pay $12 Million Marcus Schrenker, the failed financial manager and pilot who engineered a plane crash to fake his own death, has been ordered to pay Dothan resident Barnett Hudson $12 million as settlement in a suit the Alabama native filed against Schrenker. The suit alleged that the financier had sold Hudson a defective plane... - $18.3 million payout resolves wrongful death suit.
Waterbury, CT: (Dec-11-07) The family of seventeen-year-old Tim Orefice brought a wrongful death lawsuit against Jason Secondino, Guilford Texaco, and a truck leasing company, after the boy was killed in a car accident in 2002. Tim Orefice was killed in Guilford on Jan. 25, 2002, after his car was hit by a Guilford Texaco tow truck driven by Jason Secondin... - $800,000 Cyber School breach of contract
Pittsburgh, PA: (Dec-11-07) Rodis LLC, a management services company, brought charges against the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, alleging breach of contract. The suit claimed that Rodis was formed in 2004 to handle the school's business affairs, but in March 2005, it was notified that its contract would be terminated in 60 days. The suit, filed in Beav... - $700,000 payout in oil spill damage lawsuit.
San Francisco, CA: (Dec-10-07) A lawsuit was brought against the owners of the Cosco Busan, a South Korea-bound container ship, alleging that the oil spill in San Francisco Bay adversely affected the livelihoods of crab fishermen. As part of a settlement reached, two San Francisco-based law firms announced that the company will release $700,000 to compensa... - $1 million settlement in accounting oversight lawsuit.
New York, NY: (Dec-10-07) The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board brought charges against Deloitte & Touche, one of the Big Four accounting firms, alleging that the firm botched an audit of a pharmaceutical company by entrusting it to a partner it knew to be a poor auditor. The suit stated that by the time Deloitte issued its 2003 audit of Ligand Pha... - $50,000 settlement in police misconduct lawsuit.
Corpus Christi, TX: (Dec-10-07) Ruben Galvan, a Corpus Christi man, brought charges against the city, claiming that police used excessive force and violated his constitutional rights during his 2005 arrest outside a downtown nightclub. The suit, filed in March 2007, alleged that two Corpus Christi police officers, David Mihalco and Sergio Delgado, harassed... - $1 million settlement in illegal payday loans lawsuit.
Little Rock, AR: (Dec-10-07) The state Attorney General Dustin McDaniel's office brought charges against nine businesses and individuals, including Dialing4Dollars.Net, JonesMoneyOnline.Net, CrossettCash.Net, ConwayCash.Net, Money.Net, ElDoradoOnline.Net and MoneyInAFlash.Net., alleging that they offered illegal payday loans disguised as instant cash rebat... - Settlement: Real Estate Kickbacks
Hartford, CT: (Dec-10-07) State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal's office brought charges against Reiner, Reiner & Bendett, a law firm, Absolute Mortgage Solutions, a mortgage company and Century 21 Access America, a real estate broker, alleging that they engaged in kickback schemes that cheated hundreds of home buyers for mortgage-related services. Sou...