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New York, NY: (Nov-21-07) Two lawsuits were brought against luxury retailer Saks Inc., alleging abusive markdown allowances against vendors. Sources claim that one of the suits was brought by International Design Concepts (IDC), a former Oscar de la Renta licensee. Saks officials stated that the company has reached settlements in the two cases, causing it... - Transit Technicians Scam, Two Municipal Transportation Agency agree to pay $287,000 settlement for stealing money from fare boxes
San Francisco, CA: (Nov-20-07) The city brought charges against Anthony Camilleri and Tan Huynh, two Municipal Transportation Agency (Muni) technicians, alleging that they pilfered thousands of dollars in coins and bills. The suit claimed that Camilleri began working for Muni in 1973 and was promoted to assistant electronic maintenance technician in 1991... - Affordable Housing Sale, Carmel Partners pays $71 million for 12 acres of a housing complex
Honolulu, HI: (Nov-20-07) The new owners of Kukui Gardens entered into a settlement with representatives of the Kukui Gardens Residents Association and Faith Action for Community Equity, over maintaining the complex as affordable housing. The lawsuit against the owners was a bid to stop the sale of the 857-unit complex, which houses about 2,500 people. ... - Inmate Safety, McLennan County pay former employee $30,000 wrongful termination and retaliation settlement after reporting illegal and dangerous conditions
Waco, TX: (Nov-21-07) Charlcie Woodruff, the former McLennan County Jail nursing supervisor, brought charges against McLennan County, alleging that she was fired for reporting neglectful medical care for inmates. In her law suit, she claimed that inadequate health care staffing at the jail, improper dispensing and disposing of drugs, missing narcotics and... - City Employees, New Orleans and Louisiana pay $3.4 million racial discrimination settlement
New Orleans, LA: (Nov-20-07) More than 36 employees brought charges against the city of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana, alleging that they faced racial discrimination. Records show that of the 36 employees, 35 were white and one Hispanic. The workers claimed that they were fired and replaced by black employees shortly after Eddie Jordan took over... - Elementary School Construction, McGraw's Custom Construction pays $3.1 million settlement for faulty building
Ketchikan, AK: (Nov-20-07) The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly brought charges against McGraw's Custom Construction, a construction company, over a faulty job at the local elementary school. The suit stated that the company had rendered substandard services, including defective construction and mold remediation at Schoenbar Middle School. As part of a s... - Overpriced Drugs, GlaxoSmithKline pays $1.4 million settlement for over charging Medicaid for three of its drugs
Austin, TX: (Nov-20-07) Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's office brought charges against pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, alleging that the drug company engaged in Medicaid mis-pricing. The charges claimed that related companies overcharged the state for three prescription drugs between 1994 and 2002. Allegations included that GlaxoSmithKline overs... - Employee Harassment, Leo Gentry Wholesale Nursery pays former employee $65,000 gender harassment settlement
Portland, OR: (Nov-20-07) The US Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC) brought charges against Leo Gentry Wholesale Nursery, a wholesale nursery in Damascus, OR, on behalf of a woman who claimed that she was harassed by her immediate supervisor. Records showed that she contacted the Oregon Law Center after being fired just hours after reporting the harassmen... - Landfill Leachate, US Department of Energy and Washington Closure Hanford, LLC pay $285,000 superfund settlement
Richland, WA: (Nov-20-07) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought charges against the US Department of Energy (DOE) and its contractor, Washington Closure Hanford, LLC (WCH), over violations of the Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order (commonly referred to as the Tri-Party Agreement or TPA). The suit stated that the violations... - City Bus Accident, Rochester City Lines pays family of killed inline skater $550,000 wrongful death settlement
Rochester, MN: (Nov-20-07) The family of Amanda Carlson, a 23-year-old Rochester woman, brought a lawsuit against the city, after she was killed by a city bus as she crossed a street in 2006. The suit stated that Carlson was killed on Aug. 22, 2006, as she crossed South Broadway at Ninth Street on her inline skates. She had the walk signal and was hit by a... - Fire Insurance, City of Warren to receive $1 million after US Fire Insurance prevented competitive contract bidding
Warren, MI: (Nov-20-07) The city of Warren brought charges against insurance agent Arthur Dickinson and US Fire Insurance in the late 1990's, alleging that they overcharged the city by awarding insurance contracts under a "contingency commissions" system. The suit claimed that the system prevented competitive bidding for the contracts and was not in the be... - Police Officer Injury, Norwich pays city employee $63,500 after suffering from a debilitating eye injury
Norwich, CT: (Nov-20-07) Norwich police officer Joseph Dolan brought charges against the city, after an altercation at the police station left him with a debilitating eye injury. The suit stated that after the spat in a contentious union meeting, Dolan was the only one arrested. He was charged with third-degree assault and ended up serving a one-week suspe... - Petroleum Storage, US Oil Company, Inc. agrees to pay $450,000 settlement for emission violations
Madison, WI: (Nov-19-07) The Wisconsin Attorney General J. B. Van Hollen's office brought charges against US Oil Company, Inc., of Combined Locks, Wisconsin, alleging that the company violated state air pollution control laws at petroleum bulk storage tanks, which it operates in Milwaukee, Brown, and Dane Counties. The charges were brought following a comp... - Presidential Advertising, Media Fund pays $580,000 FTC fine for illegal marketing during the 2004 campaign
Washington, DC: (Nov-19-07) The Federal Election Commission (FTC) brought charges against Media Fund, a union financed advocacy group that played a major role in the 2004 elections, alleging that it illegally ran advertising against President Bush in favor of Democrat John Kerry. The suit claimed that the now inactive Media Fund spent $53.4 million during... - Apartment Mold, Landlord Roosevelt Owyang agrees to pay 12 families $1.3 million settlement
Oakland, CA: (Nov-18-07) Twelve immigrant families who lived in a dilapidated, unheated, mold and cockroach infested apartment, brought charges against their landlord, Roosevelt Owyang, accusing him of not providing a habitable dwelling at the complex. The suit also alleged breach of contract. The former tenants stated that rain water leaked into their apa... - Racial Discrimination, Frankfort-Elberta Area School District settles elementary school student racial bias case
Frankfort, MI: (Nov-18-07) Euniecia Snyder brought a federal complaint against the Frankfort-Elberta Area School District in 2005, alleging that an elementary school principal forced her daughter, Realite Peebles, a black third-grader to use a separate bathroom. The racial discrimination lawsuit was filed on behalf of Peebles, who attended the district's e... - Ferry Mold, City of Portland to pay settlement for terminal mold
Portland, ME: (Nov-18-07) Scotia Prince, the owners of the former Portland to Nova Scotia ferry service, brought charges against the city of Portland, alleging that mold allegedly forced the company out of the International Marine Terminal in 2004. As part of a settlement reached, sources confirmed that the Portland City Council will vote to pay $1.2 milli... - Utilities Whistleblower, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities agrees to $485,000 fine for setting up a private bank account
Newark, NJ: (Nov-18-07) The New Jersey State Board of Public Utilities has come under public scrutiny, following a spate of whistleblower lawsuits filed against it. One of the cases involved BPU fiscal chief Joseph Potena, who claimed his supervisors became critical of his job performance, threatened insubordination charges, and usurped his responsibilitie... - Alltel Acquisition, Alltel Corp. pays $1.5 million charge regarding its acquisition of Midwest Wireless
Washington, DC: (Nov-18-07) The federal government brought charges against wireless carrier Alltel Corp., alleging that the company violated conditions of a recent acquisition. The charges filed by the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department concerned the divestitures required by the agencies as part of Alltel's more than $1 billion ac... - Cancer Discrimination, Tucoemas Federal Credit Union pays former employee $3.1 million settlement
Visalia, CA: (Nov-15-07) Kim McGee, former vice president of Tucoemas Federal Credit Union, brought a lawsuit against the union, alleging that she was demoted and later pressured to quit after she underwent breast cancer treatment. Documents show that McGee was diagnosed with cancer in 2003, and that her bosses hassled her to return to work right after her...