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Tulsa, OK: (Oct-03-07) A lawsuit was filed against Ponca City Public Schools, alleging the district violated the federal Title IX law. The plaintiffs claimed that the school district failed to give the girls' softball program the treatment and benefits afforded to boys' sports, particularly baseball. The suit, filed in Tulsa federal court, reached a settle... - Power Plant Pollution, We Energies pays $3.1 million fine and $600 million on improvements
Milwaukee, WI: (Oct-02-07) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought a lawsuit against We Energies, alleging that the company damaged the environment with pollution from its power plants. As part of a settlement reached, We Energies agreed to spend $600 million updating and cleaning its plants. The utility also agreed to pay a $3.1 million fine... - Pulp Mill Pollution, Evergreen Pulp pays $5 million EPA settlement
San Francisco, CA: (Oct-02-07) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the California Air Resources Board, and North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District brought a lawsuit against Evergreen Pulp, Inc., alleging that the company violated the federal emission standard for hazardous air pollutants by approximately 230 percent, and violated moni... - Farm Workers Overtime, Three Mile Canyon Farm pays $250,000 settlement to employees
Boardman, OR: (Oct-01-07) Several farm workers filed suit against the Three Mile Canyon Farm, alleging that they were not paid overtime wages. The suit claimed that about 130 people worked overtime at the Three Mile Canyon farm in Boardman, Oregon. But Oregon Public Broadcasting reported they were paid straight time because management claimed that agricult... - Apartment Discrimination, Phoenix Village Apartments pays $185,000 settlement for failing to rent apartment to families with children
Fort Smith, AR: (Oct-01-07) The federal government brought a housing discrimination lawsuit against the owners of an apartment complex in Fort Smith, alleging that they refused to rent to families with children. As part of a settlement reached, the owners of Phoenix Village Apartments agreed to pay up to $165,000 in compensation to those harmed by the poli... - Dynegy CFO, Robert Doty pays $376,650 fine to SEC
Salt Lake City, UT: (Oct-01-07) The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought charges against Robert Doty, former Dynegy Inc. Chief Financial Officer, alleging that he helped the energy company disguise loans to inflate its cash flow. The SEC claimed that Doty was involved in the decision to proceed with a 2001 plan called Project Alpha, which Dy... - Longshoreman Personal Injury, State Ports Authority pays $13.2 million settlement after worker gets crushed under shipping container
Walterboro, SC: (Oct-01-07) Michael Clarkin and his family brought a lawsuit against the South Carolina State Ports Authority (SPA), after he was nearly crushed to death in 2004. An empty shipping container broke loose in mid-air, plunged 50 feet and bounced onto Clarkin's parked Ford Explorer. The suit claimed that the Mount Pleasant longshoreman was sitt... - Santa Monica, CA Bus Accident Wrongful Death Settlement
Santa Monica, CA: (Mar-05-07) On August 29, 2005 47-year-old Maria Carrera was struck by a Big Blue Bus while crossing the crosswalk on Ocean Avenue and Pico Boulevard. Carrera was a housekeeper on her way to work when she was hit and killed. Her husband, Oscar Saenz, filed a wrongful death lawsuit agains the city of Santa Monica. The City Council approve... - Mequon Property Tax, City pays $510,000 to land owners
Mequon, WI: (Sep-29-07) Several Mequon property owners brought a lawsuit against the city, alleging that they overpaid property taxes because the city's former assessor, Jim Siebers, over assessed the value of their properties. The suit claimed that Siebers assessed the two dozen large parcels as completely residential even though only a small number of ac... - Airport Sludge, Laurinburg-Maxton Airport Commission pays $75,000 fine for dumping sludge into a swamp
Fayetteville, NC: (Sep-29-07) The North Carolina State Division of Water Quality brought a lawsuit against the Laurinburg-Maxton Airport Commission, over an illegal sludge dump in 2006. In May 2007, The State Division of Water Quality fined the airport more than $97,000 for several environmental violations, including dumping sludge into a wetlands area. Th... - Hunt Refineries, $48 million to be spent on pollution controls
Washington, DC: (Sep-28-07) The Justice Department and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought a lawsuit against Hunt Refining Co. and Hunt Southland Refining Co., alleging that the companies violated the federal Clean Air Act. The violations relate to the burning off or flaring of gases from the refineries. In a settlement reached, Hunt Refin... - CO Wrongful Death, Family of minister awarded settlement after a fatal carbon monoxide leak
Salem, VA: (Sep-29-07) The family of Walter Vierling, a retired minister killed by a carbon monoxide leak at Roanoke College, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the college and A.O. Smith Corporation, the maker of a water heater that caused the leak. The suit stated that the 91-year-old Vierling was staying in a dormitory as part of a Lutheran Church c... - Lost Emails, Morgan Stanley pays $12.5 million for lying about lost emails
New York, NY: (Sep-27-07) The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) filed charges against Morgan Stanley, alleging that its Dean Witter subsidiary failed to provide emails related to pending arbitration cases by claiming the information was lost during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The lawsuit stated that FINRA found that, in actuality, the fir... - Police Training, Officer shot in arm with live ammunition awarded $130,000 settlement
Elmira, NY: (Sep-27-07) Joseph Miller Senior, a former Elmira police officer, brought a lawsuit against the city after he was shot during a training exercise. Sources claimed that Miller sued the city after he was shot in the arm during a training exercise in 2003. An investigation later found the gun was loaded with live ammunition, and not practice round... - Bank Scandal, Swiss bank pays Parmalat $30 million bankruptcy settlement
Talk to a local bankruptcy lawyer right away! Chur, Switzerland: (Sep-27-07) Italian dairy giant Parmalat filed a lawsuit against Graubuendner Kantonalbank, a Swiss bank, seeking damages after the company collapsed in a 2003 fraud scandal. Parmalat Finanziaria SpA collapsed in 2003 under billions of dollars of debt following an accounting scandal. I... - Dance Lord Defamation, Lord of the Dance star settles defamation lawsuit
Los Angeles, CA: (Sep-26-07) Michael Flatley, the "Lord of the Dance" star, brought a lawsuit against Tyna Marie Robertson and her lawyer, D. Dean Mauro, alleging that Robertson wrongly accused him of sexual assault. Flatley reached a settlement with Mauro in August 2007. In his suit against Robertson, he alleged civil extortion, fraud, and defamation. In... - Bayer Settles Diabetes Marketing Kickback Case for $97.5 Million
Bayer HealthCare has reached an agreement with the US Department of Justice related to an investigation into the Diabetes Care division's historical marketing programs with certain mail order customers that took place during the period between 1998 and 2003. Under the terms of the agreement, Bayer will pay $97.5 million to the government, and will enter... - Principal Retaliation, Middletown School District awards Bernard Cohen $425,000 settlement for wrongful termination
Middletown, NY: (Sep-27-07) Former principal Bernard Cohen and the Middletown School District filed lawsuits against each other over a former superintendent's conviction on sodomy charges. Cohen was the high school principal under former Superintendent Robert Sigler, who in 2003 pleaded guilty to sodomizing a 14-year-old male student. Cohen told police he... - Campus Point Permits, Company owner pays $2 million fine for building permits and zoning
Fresno, CA: (Sep-25-07) The city of Fresno filed charges against Fresno State's Campus Pointe project, alleging that the university did not provide enough funding for city services and improvements needed by Campus Pointe, a $167 million project slated to include apartments, offices and stores. The lawsuit claimed the project near the Fresno State campus s... - Restated Financials, Shareholders awarded $24 million settlement from Executive Risk Indemnity
Atlanta, GA: (Sep-26-07) AFC Enterprises (AFCE) brought a lawsuit against Executive Risk Indemnity, its former insurance carrier, over the carrier's attempt to rescind the directors and officers liability policy for the 2003 policy year in which AFCE announced a restatement of its prior years' financial statements. The company announced that a federal cour...