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Valeant Pharmaceuticals International sued its former chairman for allegedly accepting unwarranted bonuses. In 2002, Panic was forced to resign after taking more than $33 million in bonuses for his role in the spin off of a business division. Panic agreed to pay Valeant a $20 million settlement. As a result of the settlement, shares of Valeant went from... - Construction Storm Water, R.S. Audley, Inc. pays $60,000 EPA fine for violating the Clean Water Act
Boston, MA: (Nov-05-07) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought charges against R.S. Audley, Inc., a Bow, NH-based construction company, alleging that it violated on numerous occasions storm water requirements of the federal Clean Water Act. The suit claimed that Audley excavated approximately one million cubic yards of material from a 300 acr... - Asbestos Joint Compounds, Man awarded $3.6 million after forty years of asbestos exposure lead to mesothelioma
San Francisco, CA: (Nov-05-07) Martin Lujan, an 81-year-old man who worked in the San Francisco area, brought a lawsuit against Bondex, Kaiser-Gypsum, Hamilton Materials, and Kelly Moore, all asbestos joint compound companies, alleging that he was exposed to an unreasonable risk of cancer at his workplace. The suit claimed that Lujan had been exposed to asbe... - Fill Material, Six companies agree to $100,000 EPA fine for discharging dredged materials into Chesapeake waters
Chesapeake, VA: (Nov-02-07) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought charges against six defendants, Sea Bay Development Corp., Beechtree Park, Inc., Green Sea Farms, LLC, Elwood H. Perry, Frank T. Williams' Farms, Inc., and Ferrell's Backhoe Service, Inc., alleging that the defendants discharged and/or controlled and directed the discharge of... - Legally Blind, Red Bluff pays former City Councilman Larry Stevens $520,000 settlement for ADA violations
Red Bluff, CA: (Nov-05-07) Red Bluff City Councilman Larry Stevens brought a lawsuit against the city and then City Manager Susan Price in April 2006, alleging that they violated his rights under the Americans With Disabilities Act. The suit claimed that though Stevens has some sight, he is legally blind. Records show that after filing the suit, Stevens le... - Sports Agent, Three football players become ineligible to play after accepting bribes from agent
Los Angeles, CA: (Nov-03-07) The University of Southern California brought charges against Robert Troy Caron, a sports agent, in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging that he caused three of its football players to be declared ineligible because of their dealings with him. The suit, filed after an investigation, revealed that Caron, a personal injury lawyer... - Elderly Motorist, Dental surgeon's family awarded $12.5 million wrongful death settlement after being hit by a car while bicycling
Los Angeles, CA: (Nov-03-07) The family of Glenn Garvin, a Thousand Oaks dental surgeon, brought a wrongful death lawsuit against Ventura County, after the 49-year-old endodontist was killed in 2006 by an elderly motorist. The suit stated that Garvin was riding a bicycle North on Westlake Boulevard when a Lexus that was being driven by Norma Seigel, 82, st... - Mercantile Taxes, Wilkins Township pays ProCare Pharmacy Direct $950,000 settlement for excessive tax charges
Wilkins, PA: (Nov-01-07) ProCare Pharmacy Direct Inc. brought charges against Wilkins Township, alleging that it was overcharged more than $2 million in mercantile taxes paid between 2004 and 2006. The suit sought a refund of the excess amount paid. The company, a subsidiary of CVS/Caremark Corp., originally sought the funds through an appeal filed on Ap... - Public Records, Washington State Department of Corrections pays employee $65,000 settlement for failing to provide public records regarding part time employee health insurance
Seattle, WA: (Nov-01-07) Doug Moore, a state employee, brought charges against the Washington State Department of Corrections, alleging that corrections officials illegally rejected his attorney's request for electronic public records. The suit claimed that officials harassed him, insisting that they would only supply expensive hard copies. Moore was seeki... - Copied Art, Marylee Leialoha Colucci and Island Treasures Art Gallery pay photographer Kim Taylor Reece $60,000 after creating a stained glass copy of a photo
Honolulu, HI: (Nov-01-07) Photographer Kim Taylor Reece brought charges against Marylee Leialoha Colucci and Island Treasures Art Gallery in Kailua, alleging that the stained glass artist copied his photo of a hula dancer. The two works are strikingly similar. They depict a dancer in kahiko, or ancient hula, attire sitting on the sand performing an "ike" m... - Jail Suicide, Teenager's family awarded wrongful death settlement
Naugatuck, CT: (Nov-01-07) The family of 16-year-old Falan Fox brought a wrongful death lawsuit against the city, after the teenager hanged herself in a Naugatuck jail cell. The suit claimed that Fox died as a result of the jail's negligence as she hung herself with her tube socks in full view of a surveillance camera on July 22, 2000. The family accused t... - Court Parking, Nassau County pays $50,000 settlement for a parking dispute
Nassau County, NY: (Nov-01-07) The Court Officers Benevolent Association of Nassau County (COBANC) brought charges against Nassau County and the state's Office of Court Administration, alleging that the county misappropriated parking spaces at the State Supreme Court Building. Records show that Mineola Village filed its separate law suit after COBANC filed... - Arena ADA, Madison Square Garden pays fine for ADA violations
New York, NY: (Nov-01-07) A lawsuit was brought against the owners and operators of Madison Square Garden, the sports and entertainment arena, alleging that they violated the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). The lawsuit stated that since the passage of the ADA 17 years ago, Madison Square Garden has made a number of alterations to its facilit... - Workers Compensation, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and Restaurant pays waitress $900,000 settlement after workplace injury
Bridgeport, CT: (Oct-31-07) Nancy Martino brought a lawsuit against Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and Restaurant, alleging that she sustained injuries while working as a waitress at the chain restaurant. The case was put before the Workers' Compensation Commission, claiming that 46-year-old Martino was working as a waitress in the restaurant on Research... - Yankee Gas, City of Derby, Derby Housing Authority and Richard Kastens House Fire Deaths Settlement
A 25-year-old woman and two of her young children died in a 1991 row house fire in Derby, Connecticut. Ade Jordan managed to escape the burning building but returned to rescue 4-year-old Alicia and 3-year-old Justin. All three died of smoke inhalation. A settlement has been reached in four wrongful death lawsuits and the heirs of Ade Jordan have been aw... - Ovarian Cyst, Dr. Kerri Williams and Integris Grove General Hospital pays $2 million medical negligence settlement after patient died following discharge
Jay, IN: (Oct-31-07) Marc Cooper brought charges against the county and Dr. Kerri Williams, a Grove hospital and emergency room physician, alleging that negligence on their part caused the death of his wife Candace Cooper. The wrongful death lawsuit stated that 35-year-old Candace Cooper was carried into the emergency room on May 18, 2005, showing signs of... - School Bus Drivers' Overtime, Palm Beach County School pays drivers and attendants $1.3 million employee overtime settlement
Palm Beach, FL: (Oct-31-07) Several school bus drivers and attendants brought charges against the Palm Beach County School Board, alleging that they were not properly paid for services they rendered to the school, including overtime. As part of a settlement reached between the parties, the Palm Beach County School Board agreed to pay school bus drivers and... - Funeral Privacy, Family awarded $11 million settlement after church protesters set up a demonstration at a Marine's funeral
Baltimore, MD: (Oct-31-07) Albert Snyder of York, PA, the father of Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, a fallen Marine, brought charges against Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church, its founder, the Rev. Fred Phelps, and his two daughters, Shirley Phelps-Roper and Rebecca Phelps-Davis, alleging that they had invaded the family's privacy and inflicted emotional dis... - Storm Water Waste, Coulter Forge Technologies pays $36,000 EPA fine for pollution at its Emeryville forging and metal processing site
Emeryville, CA: (Oct-31-07) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought charges against Coulter Forge Technologies, an Emeryville forging and metal processing site, alleging that the company failed to comply with storm water permits. The suit was filed after an EPA investigation at the Coulter Forge Technologies' Emeryville location, which reveale... - El Monte Superfund, Forty individuals and businesses agree to $12.5 million settlement for groundwater contamination
Los Angeles, CA: (Oct-31-07) The federal government brought charges against nearly 40 parties in relation to the cleanup of the South El Monte area of the San Gabriel Valley Superfund site. The suit claimed that according to a US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report, the site was added to the National Priorities List in 1984, after industrial solve...