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Hunterdon, NJ: (Dec-07-07) Barri Beck, former Union Township school board member, brought charges against current school board member James Chiego and others, citing ethics violations. Chiego had accused Beck of trying to run over his daughter with her SUV in 2006. As part of a settlement reached, the school board approved of paying Beck $100,000, in... - Stock Options, UnitedHealth Group's ex-chief executive William McGuire forced to relinquish over $600 million in stocks and interest earned
San Francisco, CA: (Dec-06-07) A special litigation committee, an independent body comprising of two former Minnesota Supreme Court justices, was put in charge of reviewing claims relating to UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s stock option practices. In a recent development, company officials announced that the committee has reached settlement agreements on behalf of... - Bertelsmann UMG Napster Copyright Infringement Settlement
Universal Music Group sued the German record label for allegedly aiding copyright infringement on a huge scale by funding Napster. Bertelsmann admits no liability in making the settlement, but has agreed to pay Universal Music Group a $60 million settlement. It includes reimbursement of legal fees and expenses and covers the resolution of the legal clai... - Doctor Malpractice, Two doctors pay $25,000 fine for prescribing unnecessary drug and performing an unnecessary treatment
Indian River County, FL: (Dec-05-07) The State Board of Medicine brought charges against two doctors, Dr. Joseph Altieri and Dr. Ralph Monnett, alleging malpractice. Altieri, a Vero Beach psychiatrist, was charged with prescribing various drugs including methadone, Zoloft, and Xanax to a 29-year-old man with a history of problems with pain pills. Another p... - Meal Breaks, Rady Children's Hospital agrees to pay current and former employees $2.7 million for unpaid meal breaks
San Diego, CA: (Dec-03-07) Several employees brought charges against Rady Children's Hospital, alleging that they were not being paid for second meal breaks during work shifts. The complaints led to the California State Department of Industrial Relations filing suit against the hospital. Following that, an investigation by the state's Division of Labor Sta... - School Fire, School board accepts $17 million insurance settlement from Guilford County
Guilford County, NC: (Dec-05-07) In an insurance lawsuit over the destroyed Eastern Guilford High School, the school board sought compensation for the damages caused by a fire on November 1, 2006. School officials claimed that it estimated that it would cost more than $60 million to build a new Eastern Guilford High School. The board has included $45 milli... - Morgan Crucible, Carbone of America Industries, Schunk GmBH and SGL Carbon Antitrust Class Action Settlement
New Jersey - A class action lawsuit was filed against the four companies for allegedly conspiring to fix the prices of a range of electrical carbon products. The products included carbon brushes used in consumer products, carbon brushes and current collectors for automotive and traction-transit applications, carbon brushes used in battery-operated vehic... - Religious Beard, Burger King awards former employee $15,800 settlement for religious discrimination and wrongful termination
Delaware County, PA: (Dec-04-07) Gary Majors, 42, of Chester, brought charges against a Brookhaven Burger King in November 2004, alleging that his religious rights were violated when he was wrongfully terminated from his job as a food handler. Majors, who is Muslim, claimed that he was fired from his job at Burger King after refusing to shave his beard. So... - Cigarette Weight, Premier Manufacturing, Inc. pays $3.1 million civil fine for deliberately understated the weights of imported cigarettes
Washington, DC: (Dec-04-07) The US Department of Justice brought charges against Premier Manufacturing, Inc., a South Carolina cigarette importer, alleging that between 1995 and 2002, it deliberately understated the weights of cigarettes that it imported. Sources claimed that since the amount of customs duties owed on imported cigarettes is based in part o... - Investment Manager, David Knall ordered to pay $123,000 settlement for insider trading
Indianapolis, IN: (Dec-04-07) The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought charges against star money manager David Knall, alleging that he committed insider trading in Galyan's Trading Co. stock in 2004. Sources revealed that Knall, who works out of a Stifel Nicolaus office on the north side, is one of the nation's top-producing investment mana... - Wrongful Termination, Chesapeake pays former city inspector $25,000 settlement after firing him without just cause
Chesapeake, VA: (Dec-04-07) Carl Hall, the former director of inspections, brought charges against the city, alleging that he was wrongfully terminated. Sources stated that Hall was fired in 2002 after a female employee accused him of sexual harassment, saying he made improper remarks. In his defense, Hall denied the allegations, charging the city with wan... - Priest Abuse, Woman awarded $500,000 settlement after becoming impregnated by a priest and abused by six other clergy members
Los Angeles, CA: (Dec-04-07) Rita Milla brought charges against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Los Angeles in 1984, claiming that she was sexually abused by seven Roman Catholic priests and had a baby by one of them. Milla filed suit alleging that priest Santiago Tamayo, at a church in Carson, molested her when she was 16. After she turned 18, she stated th... - Police Discrimination, Milwaukee pays police officer $15,000 settlement for false arrest and racial harassment
Milwaukee, WI: (Dec-03-07) Officer Ayman Khatib, the city's first Arab-American police officer, brought charges against the city, claiming that he was racially discriminated against. The suit alleged that when Khatib was applying for duty disability in 2005, city officials claimed he had made a statement about shooting up his police station. Khatib was arr... - Drainage Culvert, Altus City pays homeowners $19,000 settlement after using hazardous material as fill for a drainage project
Fort Smith, AR: (Dec-03-07) Paul and Shannon Burns, owners of the Owl's Roost Cafe, brought a lawsuit against Altus City, alleging that the city damaged their property by using hazardous material as fill for a 2001 drainage project. The suit claimed that the fill material used when installing the culvert, which contained debris that included asbestos from... - Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. Settlement
In 2001 and 2002 the money managing company exchanged 6,700 variable annuities written by United Investors Life Insurance Company for annuities written by another insurer. The National Association of Securities Dealers filed a lawsuit against the company alleging the exchanges forced Waddell & Reed customers to pay $11 million in surrender charges. The... - Brain Injury, Lawyer awarded $7 million personal injury settlement after being hit by a bus driver under the influence of cocaine
Louisville, KY: (Dec-03-07) Kevin Hable, a lawyer, brought charges against TARC, the public bus transportation system serving Greater Louisville, KY, after he sustained permanent brain injuries in a 2005 collision with a bus. Hable alleged that the female driver had a history of drug abuse, an allegation that was confirmed after a drug test administered tw... - Public Defender, Carbon County pays former employee $525,000 wrongful termination settlement
Carbon County, PA: (Dec-03-07) Robert Yurchak, former chief public defender, brought charges against Carbon County, alleging that he was wrongfully terminated. Yurchak, who had worked with the public defender's office for about 20 years, including six spent as the chief public defender, filed the suit almost six years ago saying he was wrongfully fired. He... - School Dirt, Dirtman Enterprises pays school district $600,000 for dumping contaminated soil in athletic fields
Eastchester, NY: (Dec-03-07) The Eastchester Union Free School District brought charges against Dirtman Enterprises and Anthony Adinolfi, a contractor, alleging that he dumped contaminated dirt in school athletic fields. Records show that Adinolfi pleaded guilty earlier in 2007, to using Eastchester High School and the Anne Hutchinson School as illegal dum... - School House Master, City of Lowell awards former high school employee $1 million settlement for gender discrimination
Lowell, MA: (Dec-02-07) Patricia Kealy, a former Lowell High School house master, brought charges against the city, alleging that she faced gender discrimination while on the job. The suit stated that Kealy, who worked at Lowell High School from 1964 to 2003, was passed over three times for the now-defunct position starting in 1986, despite qualification... - Housing Discrimination, Landlord Robert Krug pays $140,000 settlement for not allowing renters with kids to take occupancy at his apartment complex
Los Angeles, CA: (Dec-01-07) The Southern California Housing Rights Center brought charges against Robert Krug, a Monrovia landlord, alleging that he engaged in housing discrimination by not allowing children into his apartment complex. The suit, filed in March 2007, stated that the center had people pose as renters with families and approached the manag...