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Port Chester, NY: (Feb-02-08) Julio Saquipay Duchi along with the estates of Blanca Guayllazca and Nellie Mercedes Guanman, brought charges against Los Remolinos, a restaurant owned by Val-Kan Corp., alleging they served excessive alcohol to Mauricio Yanez. Sources stated that Duchi and Guayllazca were celebrating their wedding day at Los Remolinos restaur... - Ferry Accident, Susan Anne Ferry pays widow $3.2 million wrongful death settlement after her husband's truck rolled off the back of the ship
Stratford, CT: (Feb-01-08) The wife of Michael Zuber, a truck driver, brought a lawsuit against Susan Anne Ferry, after Zuber, 53, was killed when his tractor trailer rolled off the ferry into Long Island Sound. Court records state that Zuber's wife sued the ferry company for negligence. Sources close to the case stated that Zuber was hauling a rock crushe... - Space Heaters, Vornado Air Circulation Systems Inc. agrees to $500,000 defective product CPSC fine
Kansas City, MO: (Feb-01-08) The Consumer Product Safety Commission brought charges against Vornado Air Circulation Systems Inc., alleging that the now-dissolved maker of space heaters in Andover, KS failed to report product defects that resulted in fires. Records show that in August 2004, the commission and Vornado announced the recall of 1 million portab... - Golf Course Liquidation, Golf Trust of America set to receive $3.8 million settlement in legacy issues lawsuit
Charleston, SC: (Feb-01-08) Golf Trust of America, Inc. brought charges against Larry Young, Danny Young, Kyle Young, The Young Family Irrevocable Trust, and The Legends Group, Ltd., collectively known as GTA. Records stated that Golf Trust of America was formerly a real estate investment trust. From May 22, 2001 to November 8, 2007, the company was engage... - Nightclub Fire, TV station WPRI-TV agrees to tentative $30 million settlement after blocking the exit during a fire that killed 100 people
Providence, RI: (Feb-01-08) A lawsuit was brought against WPRI-TV, a TV station, and Brian Butler, a cameraman, alleging that Butler's filming at a night club impeded the crowd's exit through the front door when the club was on fire. The suit was filed by dozens of people and companies, after the fire at The Station nightclub in West Warwick, RI took the l... - imbee Data Collection, Industrious Kid, Inc. pays $130,000 civil penalty for violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
New York, NY: (Jan-31-08) The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) brought charges against Industrious Kid, Inc., and owner Jeanette Symons, the operators of imbee.com, a social networking site specifically targeting kids and tweens, alleging that their data-collection practices violated federal law. The suit claimed that the imbee.com web site was promoted a... - Snowmobile Accident, US Forest Service and Jamie Leinberger pay $10.2 million personal injury to famous snowmobiler Brian Musselman
Helena, MT: (Jan-31-08) Brian Musselman, a Hall of Fame snowmobiler and executive in the family owned snow machine manufacturing business, brought a lawsuit against the US Forest Service and Jamie Leinberger of Frankenlust Township, a snowmobiler, after an accident in 1996 left him with severe brain injuries. The lawsuit claimed that Musselman was enjoying... - Atmospheric Blow Down, Tesoro's Golden Eagle Refinery agrees to $48,000 environmental penalty for air quality violations
San Francisco, CA: (Jan-31-08) The Bay Area Air Quality Management District filed environmental damage charges against Tesoro's Golden Eagle Refinery, alleging that the facility had air quality violations at its plant. The suit stated that the company's atmospheric blow down systems were not in compliance with current emissions standards. The atmospheric... - Childproof Lighter, Swedish Match awards family $200,000 negligence settlement after three family members died in a fire
Shenango Valley, PA: (Jan-31-08) Gwendolyn Phillips and her grandson, Neil Williams, 19, both of Farrell, brought a lawsuit against Swedish Match, which is based in Stockholm with a North American office in Richmond, VA, after a fire took the lives of a mother and two of her sons. The suit stated that the fire occurred Nov. 20, 1993, when 2-year-old Jerome... - Scrap Metal, Ocanna Inc. pays $86,000 EPA waste violations settlement
Akron, OH: (Jan-30-08) The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency brought charges against Ocanna Inc., the former parent company of two Akron metal recycling firms, alleging that it violated its air permit and state hazardous waste and solid waste regulations. The company processed and recycled scrap metals at Harry's Scrap Metals and at what is now Metalico... - Discharge Pollution, Electric Boat agrees to pay $75,000 settlement for Clean Water Act violations
Hartford, CT: (Jan-30-08) Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and the Connecticut Fund for the Environment (CFE) brought charges against Electric Boat, alleging that it violated the federal Clean Water Act with repeated polluted discharges into the Thames River during a five-year period ending June 2007. In the Electric Boat reports, the CFE claimed to hav... - Laser Marketing, Inc. pays $100,000 settlement after illegally sharing a CoStar pass code
Newark, NJ: (Jan-30-08) CoStar Group, Inc. filed charges against Laser Marketing, Inc., a lead marketing firm doing business under the name Atkinson Hunt, and Resource Realty of Southern New Jersey, alleging that the companies illegally gained access to its information service. The suit claimed that the two firms shared a CoStar pass code, and that Resou... - Fleetwood Enterprises Inc. pays HUD $75,000 civil penalty for defective construction
Washington, DC: (Jan-30-08) The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and other federal regulators brought charges against Fleetwood Enterprises Inc., alleging that the Riverside, CA-based facility built homes that were found to be defective and unsafe. HUD officials claimed that since 2005, they had identified at least 77 types of defects i... - Immigrant Sedation, US Government awards two detainees $55,000 settlement after drugging them while in custody
Los Angeles, CA: (Jan-30-08) Two foreign nationals, Amadou Diouf, a native of Senegal, and Raymond Soeoth of Indonesia, brought charges against the US Government, alleging that they were forcibly drugged by US immigration officials during failed efforts to deport them. The suit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on their behalf, stating that S... - Marketing Spam, Member Source Media pays $200,000 civil penalty for deceptive online advertising
Washington, DC: (Jan-30-08) The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) brought charges against Member Source Media, an online advertiser, alleging that it used deceptive practices to drive traffic to its web sites. The suit claimed that the company sent out spam with misleading subject lines, failing to tell consumers they had to spend money to receive so-calle... - Ozone Pollution, Holcim Inc. pays $2.25 million settlement for air quality violations
Dallas, TX: (Jan-30-08) State environmental protection agencies brought charges against Holcim Inc., one of three Midlothian plants, alleging that the company had air quality violations at its facility. Sources close to the case stated that the company agreed to a $2.25 million legal settlement to resolve allegations. Officials stated that Holcim agreed to... - Connector Road, City of Provo pays family $1.16 million property use settlement
Provo, UT: (Jan-29-08) The family of Newell Johnson brought a lawsuit against the city of Provo, over land belonging to the family that was being used by the city. The Johnson family owned part of the land used for the 4800 North connector road between University Avenue and Canyon Road. Sources stated that the legal battle over the value of the land has... - Birthing Malpractice, Kaiser Permanente pays $3.2 million medical malpractice settlement
Orange County, CA: (Jan-29-08) Ardie and Ela Ehtemam brought a medical malpractice lawsuit against Kaiser Permanente's Anaheim hospital, alleging that their daughter suffered brain damage during her birth. The suit claimed that Ariana Ehtemam, now 14, wasn't breathing when she was delivered by Caesarean section and now suffers from physical and behavioral... - Luzerne County Register of Wills Dorothy Stankovic pays $10,000 ACLU settlement after denying illegal immigrants a marriage license
Wilkes-Barre, PA: (Jan-29-08) Heather Buck and Jose Guadelupe Arias-Maravilla brought charges against Luzerne County Register of Wills Dorothy Stankovic, alleging that Stankovic's policy denied marriage licenses to illegal immigrants. Records show that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a federal lawsuit against Stankovic in April, arguing her... - Contract Dispute, Ness Technologies, Inc. agrees to pay $9 million breach of contract settlement
Hackensack, NJ: (Jan-29-08) An Israeli insurance company, a client of Ness Technologies, Inc., a global provider of information technology solutions and services, brought a lawsuit against it over a contract dispute that developed in late 2006. The suit stated that the client halted work on an ongoing project, claiming that Ness had breached the contract b...