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Miami, FL: (Apr-03-08) The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed charges against BJ's Wholesale Club, over its Homestead store, alleging that the store created a hostile workplace when one of BJ's managers subjected a Puerto Rican employee and a black employee to offensive slurs based on race and national origin. The EEOC said that the... - Construction companies pay $40,000 settlement in environmental lawsuit.
Phoenix, AZ: (Apr-03-08) The Maricopa County Air Quality Department brought charges against Vratsinas Construction Co., and Rowland Co., two Valley construction companies, alleging that there were air quality violations at the their facilities. Sources close to the case stated that as part of a settlement reached, the companies agreed to pay more t... - UPCO to pay $165,000 settlement in environmental lawsuit.
Phoenix, AZ: (Apr-03-08) The state Attorney General Terry Goddard and Steve Owens, director of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, brought charges against Universal Propulsion Co., alleging that there were 17 counts of violations of air quality and hazardous waste laws at its north Phoenix plant. The suit claimed that the company's North Pho... - Coral Gables to pay $150,000 settlement in back pay lawsuit.
Coral Gables, FL: (Apr-02-08) Several police officers and fire unions brought lawsuits against the City of Coral Gables, over issues pertaining to its public safety employees. Several police officers sued stating that they were owed money due to them for over two years. The suit, filed in US District Court in January 2008, stated that the officers were o... - City to pay $75,000 settlement to deaf woman in 911 services lawsuit.
New Braunfels, TX: (Apr-02-08) Maria Salinas, a deaf woman who uses American Sign Language to communicate and lacks proficiency in written or spoken English, brought a lawsuit against the city of New Braunfels, alleging that the city failed to provide her with an interpreter in a timely manner during a 911 emergency. The suit claimed that Salinas made th... - Private school to pay $34,500 settlement in discrimination lawsuit.
Salt Lake City, UT: (Apr-02-08) The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission brought a lawsuit against Reid School, a private school in Salt Lake City, alleging that it discriminated against one of its employees because she was pregnant. The commission's lawsuit claimed that the school had discriminated against preschool teacher Tawna Pippin, a three-y... - MasTec, Inc. to pay $8.7 million settlement in natural gas line lawsuit.
Coos county, OR: (Apr-02-08) Coos County brought a lawsuit against Miami based MasTec, Inc., over the construction of a natural gas pipeline. The suit, filed in 2004, stated that there were several problems associated with the construction, including four lawsuits from private landowners against the County and MasTec accusing them of property damage, whi... - Aberdeen, State of WA to pay $450,000 settlement in storm accident lawsuit.
Aberdeen, WA: (Apr-02-08) Lacey Hicks, a young Aberdeen woman, brought a personal injury lawsuit against the City of Aberdeen, after she was seriously injured in a 2006 storm. The suit claimed that high winds caused a light pole on the Chehalis River Bridge to fall onto Hicks's car, leaving her trapped and severely injured. Records show that it took half... - StoresOnline, Inc. to pay $130,000 settlement in websites lawsuit.
Norwalk, CT: (Apr-02-08) Attorney General Richard Blumenthal's office brought charges against Storesonline, Inc., which also operates under the name Imergent, Inc., alleging that the company's online businesses made unrealistic and deceptive claims regarding its virtual storefronts. The company sets up online businesses or creates websites for existing c... - Waste service company pays $190,000 settlement in discrimination lawsuit.
Little Rock, AR: (Apr-01-08) Three women brought charges against BFI Waste Services, which does business as Allied Waste Services, alleging that they were discriminated against and not hired as drivers for the company. The women filed complaints with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in September 2007, and the suit against the company was fi... - Submarine base to pay $150,000 settlement in waste storage violations.
Boston, MA: (Apr-01-08) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought charges against the US Naval Submarine Base in Groton, CT, alleging that there was improper storage and management of hazardous wastes at its facility. The suit was filed after an EPA investigation in August 2006 that revealed that the base's hazardous waste storage facilities h... - TV ratings company to pay undisclosed settlement in antitrust lawsuit.
Tampa, FL: (Apr-01-08) erinMedia LLC, a Clerwater based company, brought a lawsuit against Nielson Media Research, a television rating venture, alleging that it operated a monopoly in measuring television audiences. The antitrust lawsuit was filed in 2005, when erinMedia president Frank Maggio, who at the time was trying to launch the television interact... - Menu Foods pays $53.8 million settlement in poisoning lawsuit.
Mount Laurel, NJ: (Apr-01-08) Pet owners in the United States and Canada brought lawsuits against Menu Foods, alleging that contaminated pet food resulted in the death of thousands of dogs and cats in North America. The suit, filed in 2007, stated that the pet foods, which are produced in bulk and sold as store brands, contained tainted wheat gluten, whi... - Garrett Corp. to pay $45,000 settlement in environmental lawsuit.
Reinbeck, IA: (Mar-31-08) The State Attorney General Bob Brammer's office brought a lawsuit against the Garrett Corporation which operates Delta Sports in Reinbeck, alleging that there were air pollution law violations at the company's facility. Brammer stated that the company makes targets for hunters and law enforcement. The suit claimed that the compa... - Springfield school committee pays $35,000 settlement in contract buyout.
Springfield, MA: (Mar-26-08) Quaboag Regional Middle/High School brought a lawsuit against principal C. Stephen Collins, alleging that he altered the grades for a friend's daughter, who needed an additional half-credit to graduate. Collins repeatedly denied the allegations, while claiming he was forced to resign from his post at the school. Records show... - Richmond to pay $200,000 settlement in housing lawsuit.
Richmond, VA: (Mar-26-08) Dan Nicholson and Beth White, a Battery Park couple, brought a property damage lawsuit against the city of Richmond, over flooding that ruined their home. The suit claimed that the couple's home was destroyed in September 2006 by sewage-fouled floodwaters during Tropical Storm Ernesto. City officials stated that the city agreed... - True Green Lawn Care to pay $45,000 settlement in advertising lawsuit.
St. Louis, MO: (Mar-26-08) Attorney General Jay Nixon brought a lawsuit against TruGreen Lawn Care in St. Louis City circuit court, over No Call law violations. The lawsuit was filed as part of a statewide No Call law violations crackdown. Sources at the Attorney General's office stated that Jay Nixon has collected over $380,000 in penalties in the last... - District agrees to pay $1.7 million in wrongful death lawsuit.
Miami, FL: (Mar-26-08) The family of 14-year-old Jaime Gough brought a wrongful death lawsuit against the Miami-Dade School District, after the teenager was stabbed to death in the bathroom of Southwood Middle School in 2004. Records show that the two sides agreed to resolve the dispute and entered into a settlement agreement. Under the terms of the deal... - Superstar Rapper pays $25,000 settlement in personal injury lawsuit.
Los Angeles, CA: (Mar-25-08) Gerard Rechnitzer brought a lawsuit against celebrity rapper Sean Combs, alleging that he was punched and pushed by the star during a February 2008 altercation in Los Angeles. Rechnitzer stated that he was intentionally, willfully, knowingly and unlawfully attacked, assaulted and battered, which resulted in his flying backwar... - Eli Lilly to pay $15 million settlement in Zyprexa lawsuit.
Anchorage, AK: (Mar-26-08) The State of Alaska brought a lawsuit against Eli Lilly and Co., an innovation-driven corporation, over the use of its drug Zyprexa , or olanzapine, by the State's Medicaid program. Zyprexa, which is often prescribed in the US and in more than 80 other countries, is used for the short and long term treatment of schizophrenia, a...