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Salem, OR: (May-21-07) The Bonneville Power Administration agreed to suspend the residential exchange credit it extended to its customers as a result of a long standing legal dispute. The credit meant a $28 million dollar monthly savings for customers by passing the benefits of low-cost federal hydroelectric system onto residential and small-farm customers... - Mellon Bank: $18 million payout in federal tax returns malpractice suit.
Pittsburgh, PA: (May-21-07) An investigation carried out by the US Attorney General Mary Beth Buchanan's office into the tax returns of Mellon Bank resulted in a settlement of more than $18 million to be paid to the federal government. The investigation stemmed from the destruction of thousands of federal tax returns. Mellon Bank agreed to cooperate with a... - $25,000 settlement in mistaken identity civil lawsuit.
McKinney City, TX: (May-21-07) Christi Dawn Hernandez of Princeton filed a civil lawsuit against the City, after she was wrongfully arrested in January 2006 for a crime she didn't commit. A Collin County grand jury originally indicted Christi Dawn Hernandez, 35, on Sept. 5, 2006, on a state jail felony charge of delivery of a controlled substance. Sherif... - Universal Express: $50 million from auction to be distributed among various charities.
Boca Raton, FL: (May-21-07) Pop star Michael Jackson filed charges against Universal Express over the auction of Jackson family memorabilia, scheduled for May 30-31 2007, in Las Vegas. The suit aimed at stopping the auction, which includes costumes, gold records and personal items from his career. Universal Express had announced a week before the settlem... - Fresno to Pay $2.3 Million in Homeless Persons' Class Action Settlement
The city of Fresno, CA, will pay $2.3 million settlement in a class action suit brought against it by homeless residents of the city. The suit alleged that the city's clean-up the streets policy violated the fourteenth amendment rights of the homeless citizenry, which provides for due process, and protection against unreasonable searches and seizures. During... - $25,000 settlement to resolve police department paid leave dispute.
Gloucester, MA: (May-17-07) The city of Gloucester approved a $25,000 settlement to Patrolman Stephen Lamberis, who was on paid administrative leave for 17 months pending the results of an investigation by Gloucester's police chief John Beaudette, who claimed that the patrolman made $136,000 while out on the 17-month paid administrative leave. The settleme... - $94 million settlement in hurricane damage insurance lawsuit.
Baja California Sur, Mexico: (May-17-07) The Mexican company Grupo Fertinal S.A. and certain affiliates filed charges against Seguros ING S.A. de C.V., the Mexican insurance subsidiary of The Netherlands' ING Group, over a dispute concerning the amount to be paid for damages to Fertinal's mines caused by Hurricane Juliette in 2001. In an earlier settle... - $2.4 million and building relocation resolves water district partnership dispute.
Central Basin Municipal Water District Carson, CA: (May-17-07) The West Basin Municipal Water District filed suit against the Central Basin Municipal Water District , its former partner, over West Basin's decision to end the two Districts' partnership of more than 15 years, effective July 1, 2006. The two Districts began operating together in 1990, whe... - $5 million settlement to purge landfill of hazardous waste.
Albany, NY: (May-17-07) State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office filed charges against several companies, local businesses and municipalities that once sent their trash to the Orange County landfill. The suit alleged that the dumping had caused environmental damage and asked that they be made to pay to cover state costs of purging hazardous waste fro... - Siblings to pay back over $70,000 for home reconditioning loan fraud.
Waukesha, WI: (May-15-07) The city filed charges against Sandra Morgan, a homeowner and Randy Walters, a construction contractor, who are brother and sister, over a case where federal funds were used to recondition a home. The issue stemmed from a settlement agreement in a lawsuit in which the city released $135,000 in federal funds to recondition a home... - $4 million settlement for inmate's wrongful death lawsuit.
Camden County, NJ: (May-17-07) The family of 65-year-old Joel Seidel of Cherry Hill, a man who was fatally beaten while being held in the Camden County Jail, filed suit against the Camden County Jail, Camden County Department of Corrections and the county itself, along with corrections officers James Foster, James McIntyre and Dorothy Williams, Warden Eric... - $235,000 settlement in housing breach of contract and negligent construction lawsuit.
Williamsburg, NY: (May-15-07) A group of owners in a Williamsburg condominium complex filed a suit against Shlomo Karpen, developer of The Williamsburg Mews, alleging breach of contract, breach of warranty, negligent misrepresentation and negligent construction. The condominium owners stated that they faced roofing leaks and resulting water damage. Also... - $1.1 million in damages in wrongful death lawsuit.
Urbana, IL: (May-15-07) The family of Carolyn Jeffers, a University of Illinois graduate student who died after being struck by a bus in a crosswalk in 2004, filed suit against the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District. Jeffers was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. Oct. 27, 2004, at Carle Foundation Hospital because of multiple traumatic injuries. The suit c... - $240,000 settlement in racial discrimination lawsuit.
Lansing, MI: (May-15-07) Lt. Linda Copeland-Morgan was one of four employees who filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the Department of Natural Resources agency's law enforcement division, alleging that they faced racism and a culture of oppression and fear in the department. The Detroit resident is a 27-year veteran of the department, as well a... - $500,000 settlement in false claims, consumer protection suit.
San Diego, CA: (May-15-07) Baskin-Robbins faced a consumer protection lawsuit filed by customers who claimed that its California franchisees shortchanged them by selling them hand-packed ice cream in pint-sized containers that were underfilled. The violations were discovered by Weights and Measures officials who performed inspections at 188 locations in... - American Equity Investment Life Settles Class Action
A class action suit in Kentucky against American Equity Investment Life Insurance has been settled in state court. The settlement could be paid to as many as 24,000 older customers who were part of a 'living trust mill.' This is when elderly customers are persuaded by marketers for living trusts to buy living trusts as a way to avoid probate and reduce esta... - A$1 million ($830,000) settlement in school bully abuse lawsuit.
Canberra, Australia: (May-14-07) An Australian teenager, Benjamin Cox, now 18, who was bullied at school received an A$1 million ($830,000) settlement, after a judge decreed that that the school failed to step in and stop the abuse. Cox was allegedly teased from the age of five by an older student at his public school, leaving him suffering a range of ps... - $1 billion compensation in Indian civil rights racial discrimination lawsuit.
Fort Belknap, MT: (May-14-07) Dozens of Native American farmers and ranchers in Montana, have filed a federal lawsuit against the government, claiming that they have been dealt with unfairly in government farm and loan programs. Sixty Fort Belknap Reservation residents joined in a 1999 discrimination lawsuit that accuses the US Department of Agriculture... - Former execs to pay $120,000 in accounting fraud and financial reporting violations suit.
Washington, DC: (May-15-07) The US Securities and Exchange Commission brought charges against Penthouse International Inc., alleging that the company was guilty of accounting fraud and financial reporting violations. The SEC claimed that the company used an unauthorized electronic signature of Bob Guccione, the magazine's former chief executive, to meet... - $5 million payout for legal costs in shareholder lawsuit.
La Crosse, WI: (May-14-07) A shareholders lawsuit was filed against Northwest Airlines in a bid to oppose the airline's bankruptcy reorganization plan. The shareholders suit claimed there should be some money left over for them, but Northwest's bankruptcy plan calls for them to receive nothing. In a settlement reached, Northwest agreed to pay up to $5 mi...