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Jackson County, OR: (Feb-14-08) Lynda Longfellow, a former airport parking enforcement officer, brought a lawsuit against Jackson County, alleging that she was fired in retaliation to her blowing the whistle on eight Medford airport security workers, who were asleep while on duty. Longfellow, a Butte Falls resident, raised other issues about airport securi... - Elderly Annuities, Allianz Life Insurance Co. agrees to $10 million insurance malpractice settlement
Sacramento, CA: (Feb-14-08) The state Department of Insurance filed a lawsuit against Allianz Life Insurance Co., alleging that the largest seller of annuities in California targeted thousands of seniors in deceptive annuity sales. The suit accused Minneapolis-based Allianz of deceiving elderly victims into purchasing confusing annuity products that were f... - Technician Whistleblower, Jury orders DuPont Chambers Works to pay $1.224 million settlement to employee
Salem, NJ: (Feb-13-08) Jack Seddon, a former technician at DuPont Chambers Works, brought a whistleblower lawsuit against the company, alleging it had public safety hazards at its facility. The suit claimed that DuPont systematically retaliated against the 52-year-old Seddon after he raised objections to potential public safety hazards at the Chambers Work... - Construction Contact, Kilbourn Tower pays the city of Milwaukee a $950,000 settlement
Milwaukee, WI: (Feb-13-08) The city of Milwaukee brought a lawsuit against Kilbourn Tower, on Kilbourn Avenues, resulting in the tower closing a portion of Kilbourn Avenue for a few years, driving neighbors in an adjoining apartment building to vacate premises. Records show that in 2003, the city of Milwaukee turned over a small parcel of green space at th... - Personal Property Taxes, Village of Romeo pays Ford Motor Company a $1.2 million settlement for double charging
Romeo, MI: (Feb-13-08) Ford Motor Company brought charges against Macomb County groups, alleging that they owed the company money that it overcharged on personal property taxes. The suit resulted when Ford checked its taxing records and found it had paid personal property taxes twice from 1998 to 2001. After numerous discussions with local municipalities... - Anzemet Pricing, Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc. agrees to $22.7 million settlement for inflating drug prices
Salt Lake City, UT: (Feb-13-08) A multistate fraud lawsuit was brought against drugmaker Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc., by state Attorney generals, alleging that the company defrauded Medicaid programs by illegally inflating drug prices. The federal lawsuit claimed that from 1997 to 2004, Aventis told pharmacies and hospitals to charge Medicaid a higher p... - Housing Inmates, City of Renton pays Yakima County $1.7 million settlement
Yakima, WA: (Feb-13-08) Yakima County brought a lawsuit against the city of Renton, over issues regarding the housing of inmates in the Yakima County jail. Records show that the suit was filed counter to Renton's filing a claim to recover more than $400,000 spent to house inmates elsewhere. Yakima officials said that in 2006, Renton withdrew from a contr... - Tempe, AZ Pothole Tripping Personal Injury Settlement
Phoenix, AZ: During a Tempe art show in April 2003, Tatiana Orpinas tripped over a pothole and injured her knee. Orpinas was walking on Mill Avenue when she tripped over a pothole in a parking spot; the hole was filled with temporary asphalt and it was not marked or level with the ground. Orpinas tore cartilage in her knee and broke her ankle. She had... - Rent-A-Center, Inc. Consumer Protection Settlement
San Francisco, CA: California Attorney General Bill Lockyer filed a lawsuit against the nation's largest rent-to-own business for allegedly failing to disclose the true cost of its rent-to-own program to California consumers. The lawsuit claimed Rent-A-Center violated California state law and was engaged in deceptive advertising in marketing and selling... - Domestic Police Brutality, Baton Rouge agrees to $30,000 settlement after tear gassing and beating a man
Baton Rouge, LA: (Feb-11-08) Levy Claiborne brought a lawsuit against East Baton Rouge, alleging that two Baton Rouge police officers sprayed tear gas on him and beat him with their nightsticks while arresting him on Feb. 4, 2006, for criminal mischief and resisting an officer. The police brutality lawsuit claims officers Stewart Tate and Carl Mayo kicked... - Assistant Harassment, Public Regulation Commission member David King agrees to $840,000 settlement for former employee
Las Cruces, NM: (Feb-08-08) Wyla Green brought a lawsuit against the city, accusing David King, a member of the state Public Regulation Commission, of sexually harassing her. Green originally filed a grievance against King in November 2003, accusing him of sexual harassment. She was fired the following March for allegedly falsifying time sheets, using her... - C.M. Love Hardware Auto Accident Settlement
Huntington, WV: In 1998, Valerie Vickers was struck by a truck driven by a C.M. Love employee. Vickers was seriously injured in the auto accident; she was forced to undergo four surgeries, including two hip replacements. She filed a personal injury lawsuit against the hardware store. A $1.2 million settlement was reached before Circuit Judge John Cummin... - Stadium Eminent Domain, City of Arlington agrees to $2 million Dallas Cowboys stadium settlement
Arlington, TX: (Feb-11-08) A group of landowners, represented by the same legal counsel, brought a lawsuit against the city over eminent domain issues connected to the new Dallas Cowboys stadium. The property owners included Charlie Scott and Walter Herrington, who owned large numbers of rental houses in the neighborhood that were demolished for the stadiu... - Industrial Toxins, Solutia Inc. agrees to pay $3.6 million EPA settlement
New York, NY: (Feb-11-08) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought charges against Solutia Inc., alleging that it was liable to compensate for costs incurred to clean a toxic industrial site in St. Louis. Records show that the EPA removed 55,000 tons of soil from the site that was contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls and lead. The agen... - Apparel Overtime, Yellow Rat Bastard agrees to $1.4 million wage and hour violations settlement
New York, NY: (Feb-12-08) The New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo brought charges against Yellow Rat Bastard, a trendy apparel retailer based in SoHo, alleging that it had unpaid wages and overtime violations at it facility. Records show that the suit grew out of a lawsuit that Cuomo's predecessor, Eliot Spitzer filed 14 months ago, seeking more than... - Juniper Ridge, Bend City agrees to pay Juniper Ridge Partners a $2.56 million settlement regarding city development
Bend City, OR: (Feb-07-08) Juniper Ridge Partners brought charges against Bend City, over issues pertaining to the development of Juniper Ridge. In a recent development in the case, sources revealed that the parties had reached a settlement in which the city agreed to pay Juniper Ridge Partners $2.56 million, which includes planning, marketing and legal ex... - Morgan Stanley, $750,000 gender discrimination settlement awarded to female broker
Reno, NV: (Feb-07-08) Deborah Dodson, a former Morgan Stanley broker, brought a lawsuit against Morgan Stanley, alleging that she faced gender discrimination at the firm's Tacoma, Washington branch. The suit stated that Dodson worked as a Morgan Stanley financial advisor from 1996 to 2005, and that the firm had tried to keep Dodson from speaking out public... - Retail Overtime, McLane Co. Inc. agrees to $1.5 million settlement for misclassifying employees as exempt
Temple, TX: (Feb-07-08) The US Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division brought a lawsuit against McLane Co. Inc., headquartered in Temple, Texas, alleging that the wholesale distributor of food and grocery products violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The suit claimed that the company had misclassified employees and did not pay overtime wages... - Bisexual Teacher, Ravenswood City School District pays former employee $41,000 wrongful termination and harassment settlement
Palo Alto, CA: (Feb-07-08) Emmit Hancock, a former fifth-grade teacher, brought a lawsuit against the Ravenswood City School District, alleging that he was forced to quit after admitting to students he was once gay. Records stated that on the first day of school in 2004, Hancock, a new teacher, said he heard some boys calling each other derogatory names us... - Lieutenant Racial Discrimination, Pennsylvania State Police pays former trooper $67,500 settlement
Erie, PA: (Feb-07-08) Lt. Billy Williams, a retired trooper, brought a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania State Police, alleging that he was racially discriminated against. Williams sued state police in 2003, claiming that racism at his Mercer County barracks forced his transfer twice. He alleged that caricatures of him were drawn next to the words "Negro"...