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Carlsbad, NM: (Feb-07-08) The New Mexico Environment Department brought charges against the Department of Energy's Carlsbad Field Office (DOE), alleging that it improperly screened shipments of transuranic waste sent to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. The New Mexico Environment Department's suit claimed that Los Alamos National Laboratory technicians on... - Merck & Co. agrees to $650 million settlement for fraudulent drug pricing and improper kickbacks of Zocor and Vioxx
Washington, DC: (Feb-07-08) The US Justice Department brought charges against pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co., alleging that the company engaged in fraudulent drug pricing and improper kickbacks. The suit was filed following a whistleblower complaint brought by former Merck employee, H. Dean Steinke, who claimed that the pharmaceutical firm violated the M... - Washington Mutual Inc. Comerica Resignation Settlement
Seattle, WA: Comerica Inc. filed a lawsuit against the nation's largest thrift bank after workers resigned from Comerica in July 2005 to join Commercial Capital Bancorp Inc. The lawsuit alleged the employees tried to take business away from the financial services company when they moved. Washington Mutual bought Commercial Capital in 2006; it did not ad... - Hackettstown Livestock Auction pays $40,000 personal injury settlement after an escaped cow causes a car crash
Belvidere, NJ: (Feb-7-08) Stephen Van Campen of Independence Township, a former Warren County Community College trustee, brought charges against the city and Hackettstown Livestock Auction, after he sustained injuries when an escaped cow collided with his car. Records show that the cow escaped May 18, 2003 from the Hackettstown Livestock Auction building o... - Unsuitable Blood, FDA fines Red Cross $4.6 million for distributing tainted blood products
Washington, DC: (Feb-6-08) The US Food and Drug Administration brought charges against the Red Cross, alleging that it distributed unsuitable blood products. The FDA made a formal announcement stating that it reviewed 113 recalls of blood products by the Red Cross from April 2003 to April 2006. The recalls involved the release of an estimated 4,094 unsuita... - Vista and Carlsbad pay $700,000 environmental settlement after 7.3 million gallons of raw sewage spilled into Buena Vista Lagoon
San Diego, CA: (Feb-6-08) The San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board brought charges against Vista and Carlsbad, alleging that a pipe break spewed 7.3 million gallons of raw sewage into Buena Vista Lagoon in 2007. Vista owns nearly 90% of the sewer line and Carlsbad owns the rest. Records state that the spill occurred March 31, 2007 when a 24-inch... - Fluorescent Light Disposal, US General Services Administration pays $23,000 EPA penalty for recycling waste violations
St. Thomas, VI: (Feb-6-08) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought charges against the US General Services Administration (GSA), for allegedly violating federal hazardous waste rules at its building on St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands by disposing of fluorescent light bulbs as regular garbage. EPA officials stated that though fluorescent bu... - Predatory Practices, Blue Hippo agrees to $3 million settlement after selling expensive products to people with poor credit
Baltimore, MD: (Feb-6-08) The Maryland attorney general's office brought charges against Maryland-based company Blue Hippo in 2007, alleging that the company engaged in predatory practices. The lawsuit claimed that Blue Hippo sold computers and plasma TVs to people with poor or no credit. Sources close to the case stated that a settlement was reached in th... - Landfill Washout, Weston & Sampson Engineers and Welch Corp. agree to pay town $2.7 million settlement
Middleboro, MA: (Feb-5-08) The town of Middleboro brought a lawsuit against Weston & Sampson Engineers Inc., over a long-running dispute at the landfill. The suit was filed in 2005, after torrential rains caused a washout at the landfill that damaged the liner of a new section of the site. Records show that following that, the town stopped payment to both... - City Truck, Family awarded $7.5 million settlement after accident left son brain damaged
Norfolk, VA: (Feb-5-08) Renee Wilson, the mother of Travis Dalton, brought a lawsuit against the city on behalf of her son, alleging that he was hit by a truck driven by a city employee. The lawsuit was filed in Norfolk Circuit Court in January 2007, stating that Dalton was standing in the median on Brambleton Avenue near Posey Lane in December 2006 when h... - State of California pays four woman a $450,000 settlement after being molested by a DMV employee
Redwood City, CA: (Feb-5-08) Four women brought a lawsuit against the state of California, alleging that were fondled by their Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) driving instructor. They claimed that former DMV instructor Calvin Hoang Cat drove the women to isolated parts of the Redwood City hills and groped them. In the original lawsuit, the women demande... - City of Hastings pays preacher $1 settlement and $10,000 in legal fees for constitutional right violations
Omaha, NE: (Feb-5-08) Kevin Pulver of Kenesaw brought a lawsuit against the city and police department, alleging that they kept him from publicly preaching on a city right of way near a local college. Pulver stated that the police chased him from the spot near Hastings College three different times in 2005 with threats of citation and arrest. His suit clai... - Charleston Southern University agrees to $3.9 million settlement after an economist swindled investors from his university office
Charleston, SC: (Feb-5-08) A lawsuit was brought against Charleston Southern University, alleging that it helped Al Parish, a former economist, swindle investors out of tens of millions of dollars. Records show that Parish pleaded guilty in October 2007 and is awaiting sentencing on charges of fraud and lying to investigators. Federal prosecutors stated th... - Mutual Fund Shares, Ritchie Multi-Strategy Global Trading and Ritchie Capital Management pay nearly $40 million SEC trading settlement
Lisle, IL: (Feb-5-08) The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the New York Attorney General brought charges against Ritchie Multi-Strategy Global Trading, Ltd. and Ritchie Capital Management, LLC, alleging that there were discrepancies in the trading in shares of mutual funds by Ritchie Multi-Strategy in the period 2001 through Septe... - Town of Smithtown agrees to pay homeowners $260,000 property damage settlement
Smithtown, NY: (Feb-5-08) Jim and Jean Kane, Smithtown homeowners, brought charges against the town, after a town-owned drainage pipe burst underneath a Fort Salonga backyard lawn. The suit claimed that the water from the burst pipe, which ran underneath the Kanes' backyard, blasted an 18-foot deep hole and substantially shifted the ground around it, makin... - Olmsted County awards former inmate $337,000 settlement after failing to get him to a hospital after showing signs of a heart attack
Rochester, MN: (Feb-5-08) Kevin Keller, a former county inmate, brought a lawsuit against Olmsted County, claiming that it did not get him to a hospital soon enough when he was showing symptoms of heart failure while in jail. Officials in the recent past claimed that the Olmsted County Board of Commissioners were meeting to mull over a settlement proposal... - Medicare Fraud, IJKG, LLC pays government $2.5 million settlement after Bayonne Medical Center overcharged for in and out patient care
Washington, DC: (Feb-4-08) The United States Government brought charges against IJKG, LLC, the buyer of Bayonne Medical Center, alleging that the Bayonne, NJ Medical Center defrauded the Medicare program. The suit stated that the hospital improperly increased charges to Medicare patients in order to obtain enhanced reimbursement from Medicare. In addition... - TouchPlay Revenue, Iowa pays $1.05 million settlement to company owner for lost lottery game income
Cedar Rapids, IA: (Feb-4-08) Larry Elbert, the owner of Camden Inc. of Cedar Rapids, brought a lawsuit against the state over losses at the state lottery's TouchPlay games. Camden sued the state in June 2006 after more than 6,700 TouchPlay machines were removed from more than 3,000 bars, restaurants, and convenience stores. After authorizing the creation o... - City of Lanesboro pays $225,000 settlement after police chief sets fire to girlfriend's apartment
Lanesboro, MN: (Feb-01-08) Several plaintiffs brought a civil suit against the city of Lanesboro and its former police chief John Tuchek, alleging that Tuchek started a fire behind Little River General Store. The suit claimed that testimony given during Tuchek's arson trial showed he had started the fire behind Little River General Store as "hero fire," so... - Foster Care Child Molestation, Department of Children & Families pays $175,000 negligence settlement
Broward, FL: (Feb-04-08) Several lawsuits were brought against the Department of Children & Families (DCF), accusing it of mishandling reports that Thomas Ferrara, 79, a foster parent, was molesting young girls. The suits claimed that though there were records of sexual misconduct allegations against Ferrara in 1992, 1996, and 1999, the DCF continued to pl...