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San Francisco, CA: (Nov-29-07) The Department of Justice (DOJ) brought charges against Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, Kinder Morgan Operating, and Kinder Morgan Operating, alleging that the companies engaged in unauthorized sales of customers' coal. Sources stated that the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) contracted with Kinder Morgan to handle coal at Kin... - Professor Retaliation, University of Oregon pays former employee $500,000 wrongful termination settlement
Eugene, OR: (Nov-27-07) Professor Jean Stockard brought a lawsuit against the University of Oregon in 2006, alleging that she was forced out of her job for calling attention to financial irregularities in a graduate program. She claimed that administrators and faculty retaliated against her after she reported the problems, forcing her to resign as head of... - Tomato Salmonella, Sheetz Convenience Stores agrees to confidential out-of-court settlement with food poisoning victim
Hollidaysburg, PA: (Nov-27-07) Max Christian Anslinger, an Altoona resident, brought charges against Sheetz Convenience Stores, alleging that it sold salmonella tainted tomatoes. Anslinger was one of more than 400 people sickened by tomatoes sold on sandwiches and other foods at Sheetz stores in Pennsylvania and eight other states in 2004. Sources close to... - Student Molestation, Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified School District pays family $510,000 settlement after a second grade boy was abused by other students
Groveland, CA: (Nov-27-07) A family whose son attended a Tenaya Elementary School, brought a lawsuit against the Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified School District, alleging that the child was molested in the school's bathroom. Sources stated that the family, the plaintiff in the case, filed its suit April 27, 2005 against the district, the district's then-su... - Racial Discrimination, New York city pays former Deputy Warden $125,000 racial bias settlement
New York, NY: (Nov-27-07) Former City Deputy Warden Eric Deravin brought charges against the city, alleging that his career was sidetracked owing to racial discrimination by disgraced ex-Commissioner Bernard Kerik. Deravin is an African-American. Sources stated that Kerik was recently indicted on federal conspiracy charges. Kerik was indicted Nov. 8 on cha... - Loan Application, Bill Heard Chevrolet pays $15,000 fine for falsifying a car application that was later repossessed
Nashville, TN: (Nov-27-07) Tennessee state regulators brought charges against Bill Heard Chevrolet, which had been owned by Bill Heard Enterprises of Columbus, GA, alleging that the Nashville dealership falsified a mother and daughter's income on a loan application so they could buy a brand new Chevrolet Cavalier. Sources claimed that the vehicle was later... - Injured Joggers, City of Dana Point awards two severely injured joggers $49 million settlement after being hit by a car
Los Angeles, CA: (Nov-27-07) Two women, Carol Daniel, 42, and Stacy Neria, 35, both mothers of three who live in San Clemente, brought a lawsuit against the city of Dana Point, after they were left permanently disabled after being struck by a car. The suit claimed that the women were jogging along Pacific Coast Highway when William Todd Bradshaw, who faile... - Pesticide Production, Pioneer Chemical Company pays $15,500 EPA fine
San Francisco, CA: (Nov-26-07) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought charges against Pioneer Chemical Company, a Gardena- based pesticide producer, alleging that the company failed to submit accurate annual pesticide production reports to the agency. The suit claimed that the company was producing Super 60 PYM Foamer, a disinfectant and fung... - Architect Software, Michael Gaertner pays $40,000 fine for using unlicensed software at his architectural firm
Washington, DC: (Nov-26-07) The Business Software Alliance brought charges against Michael Gaertner, owner of a 10-person architectural firm in Galveston, Texas, alleging that his company used unlicensed software. The suit, filed by the BSA as part of a crackdown, that was targeting small businesses and was acting as a global copyright enforcement watchdog... - Immigration Detention, Correctional Services Corp. agrees to pay former female inmate $100,000 settlement for abuse
Newark, NJ: (Nov-26-07) Hawa Abdi Jama of Somalia brought a lawsuit against the Correctional Services Corp. (CSC), alleging that the private company that ran an immigration detention facility in Elizabeth was negligent in its hiring and training. Records stated that Jama, now a US citizen living in Ohio, was one of nine immigrants who had sued Correctional... - Gender Harassment, Collegeville/Imagineering Enterprises and Rubie's Costume Co. pay $299,000 settlement to female employees who were harassed by managers
Phoenix. AZ: (Nov-26-07) The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) brought a lawsuit against Collegeville/Imagineering Enterprises, a Phoenix makeup manufacturer, and its parent company, New York-based Rubie's Costume Co., alleging that several managers at their Phoenix facility sexually harassed eight female employees and then retaliated again... - Acquisition Antitrust, Cal Dive International and Helix Energy Solutions Group agree to $2 million settlement after using diving equipment it was meant to have sold
Washington, DC: (Nov-26-07) Federal agencies brought charges against offshore oil services provider Cal Dive International and its parent, Helix Energy Solutions Group, alleging that the companies failed to comply with antitrust terms of an acquisition. The charges, brought by the Justice Department, stated that Cal Dive International Inc. violated a 2005... - Corn Byproduct Permit, Tate & Lyle agree to $188,000 EPA fine
Indianapolis, IN: (Nov-23-07) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought charges against Tate and Lyle, an Indiana corn byproduct company, alleging that it failed to apply for the proper permits when it modified several corn byproduct dryers at its Lafayette South Plant. As part of a settlement reached, the company agreed to pay a $188,100 penalt... - Meat Loaf Logo, Sony Music pays record company founder $5 million settlement for failing to place logo on albums
Cleveland, TX: (Nov-22-07) Steve Popovich, founder of Cleveland International Records, a small record company started in 1977, brought a lawsuit against Sony Music, alleging that the music giant failed to put his company's logo on reissues of Meat Loaf's "Bat Out of Hell" album. Popovich, 65, signed a singer named Marvin Lee Aday and persuaded Epic Records... - Bond Scheme, Attorney Robert Kasirer ordered to pay $5 million for business investment fraud
Beverly Hills, CA: (Nov-24-07) The federal Securities and Exchange Commission brought charges against Robert Kasirer, a Beverly Hills attorney, accusing him of hatching a scheme to defraud investors of tens of millions of dollars. The suit charged Kasirer of operating a Ponzi-type scheme to enrich himself and his associates. A suit was also filed against a... - Postal Worker Harassment, City of Medford awards former employee $258,000 settlement for verbal abuse and retaliation
Medford, OR: (Nov-22-07) Gayle Santoni, a former postal worker, brought charges against the city, alleging that she was harassed by Medford postmaster Jim Foucault. She claimed that she suffered emotional damage during years of verbal abuse by Foucault. Santoni, 39, was fired in 2005, which she claimed was in retaliation for her complaining about the postm... - Homeless Arrest, Forest Park awards man $50,000 after suffering from a broken wrist
Forest Park, IL: (Nov-21-07) Sidney Hooks, a homeless man, filed charges against Sgt. Michael Murphy, a Forest Park police sergeant, alleging that the 17-year veteran of the police department broke his wrist. The grievance was taken to federal court in 2004, where the man claimed that Murphy abused Hooks during the course of an arrest in August 2003. The c... - Lead Jewelry, Pure Allure agrees to pay $10,000 CPSC fine
Oceanside, CA: (Nov-21-07) A nationwide recall of lead contaminated children's jewelry led the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission to file charges against Pure Allure, a North County retailer, who sold children's jewelry containing lead. As part of a settlement agreement reached, sources confirmed that the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission... - Burst.com iPod Patent, Apple Inc. agrees to pay $10 million patent infringement settlement
San Francisco, CA: (Nov-21-07) Burst.com brought a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple Inc., alleging that it infringed patents that the two companies agreed to share. The lawsuit, filed in 2004, claimed that some of Burst.com's media patents formed the basis of the iPod. Apple launched a preemptive lawsuit against Burst in the District Court of Nort... - Sunbathing SUV Accident, Family awarded $2.75 million wrongful death settlement after mother was run over by a police SUV on the beach
Minneapolis, MN: (Nov-21-07) The family of Cindy Conolly, 49, of Sioux City, Iowa, brought a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Oxnard, after she was hit by a police sports utility vehicle on June 12, 2006, while sunbathing on Mandalay Beach in Oxnard, CA. Records show that city police officers claimed they were unaware that they had run over the...