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Detroit, MI: (Aug-03-07) Michelle Horton, a former clerk, filed a wrongful dismissal lawsuit against the 48th District Court in Bloomfield Township. In December 2006, Horton received a $1 million payout in the case, though she originally won a $3 million federal court jury verdict against the court for wrongful dismissal. In a separate case filed against... - Roman Catholic Diocese of Vermont Youth Pastor Abuse Settlement
Burlington, VT: (Aug-05-07) Neil Morrissette of St. Johnsbury brought a sexual abuse lawsuit against George Paulin, a Catholic priest. The suit claimed that Paulin molested Morrissette when he was 11, and the priest was assigned to be youth pastor to St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church in Newport. Morrissette said his family, wanting him to receive mo... - Department of Children and Families Foster Family Rape Settlement
Naples, FL: (Aug-06-07) The guardians for Pierreisna Archille brought a lawsuit against the Department of Children and Families (DCF), accusing the agency of negligence when it ignored repeated allegations of abuse brought by Pierreisna's sister, Darlene Achille. The suit claimed that Darlene Achille filed complaints with the DCF, claiming that her mentall... - Cazenovia, NY Town Employee Whistleblower Settlement
Syracuse, NY: (Aug-02-07) A former Cazenovia worker filed a lawsuit against the town alleging that his bosses retaliated against him for whistleblowing. The worker was employed by the town of Cazenovia and notified the town and the New York Department of Environmental Conservation of possible violations of environmental laws by the town during 2006. Follow... - Dr. Lathardus Goggins University Funds Fraud Settlement
Akron, OH: (Aug-02-07) Dr. Lathardus Goggins, 79, a former associate dean at the University of Akron (UA), brought a lawsuit against himself in April 2005, after he filed a discrimination lawsuit against UA alleging he was demoted from associate dean of the university's graduate school because of his race and age. Goggins is black. Following Goggins's suit... - Seattle Times Co. Hearst Joint Operating Agreement Settlement
Seattle, WA: (Aug-02-07) Seattle Times Co. and Hearst Corp., owner of the Seattle Post Intelligencer, have been embroiled in a legal battle over their joint operating agreement. Since 1983, Seattle Times has handled business functions such as advertising, circulation and printing, for both papers. In exchange, Seattle Times has kept 60% of their joint prof... - University of the Cumberlands Gay Student Expelled Settlement
Jason Johnson has reached a settlement with the University of the Cumberlands after being expelled for being gay. The University discovered that he was gay from a posting on his MySpace.com page and expelled him from the university stating that his sexual orientation violated a school policy. The university also planned to give the honor student f... - Hazle Township Quarry Closure Settlement
Lonzetta Trucking and Hazle Township settled a federal case regarding the closing of a quarry. While the settlement is for an undisclosed amount, Lonzetta Trucking had sought more than $1.5 million during the civil trial which accused the city of wrongfully closing the quarry in a manner that was "shocking to the conscience" and violated the civil right... - Baltimore County Police Department Police Cruiser Wrongful Death Settlement
A multimillion-dollar wrongful death settlement was reached in the case of Bonnie Pappas, a 45-year-old woman killed in January when her car was hit by a police cruiser responding to a 911 call. Baltimore County Police department's criminal investigation unit found that at the time the accident occurred, the police officer who hit Pappas was drivin... - Marathon Oil Price Manipulation Settlement
Houston, TX: (Aug-01-07) The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) brought charges against Marathon Oil, alleging that the oil company manipulated the price for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil back in November 2003. The CFTC alleged that the manipulation took place during the "Platts window," a 30-minute period at the end of the trading day d... - Hawaii, USA Youth Correctional Facility Inmate Rape Settlement
Honolulu, HI: (Aug-01-07) An unnamed woman brought a lawsuit against the state, alleging that she was raped by a guard at the youth correctional facility. The legal battle that dragged on for three years exposed widespread problems at the facility. The suit stated that the victim was 15-years-old when she was taken out of her youth facility dorm and raped... - Santa Fe, NM Terrorist Watch List Arrest Settlement
Santa Fe, NM: (Jul-31-07) Francisco "Kiko" Martinez of Alamosa, CO, an activist attorney, filed two federal lawsuits alleging that he was illegally detained at traffic stops in New Mexico, Colorado, and Illinois because his name appeared on an FBI terrorist-watch list. The suit claimed that at all three stops, officers detained Martinez without probable ca... - Delta and Pine Land Co. Turkey Government Payoff Settlement
St. Louis, MO: (Jul-27-07) The US Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges against Delta and Pine Land Co., which was recently acquired by Monsanto, and Delta's Turkish unit, alleging that the unit paid Turkish officials $43,000 to get government documents necessary to operate its business in Turkey. The suit claimed that Delta and Pine, through it... - USA Healthcare, Inc. Medicare Fraud Settlement
Charges were filed against the health care facility for allegedly overcharging Medicare. USA Healthcare was accused of failing to disclose on its cost reports that it did business with vendors that were related to it by common ownership or control. An outside consultant who formerly worked for USA Healthcare failed to file required reports with the gove... - ConAgra Foods Inc. Employee 401K Settlement
Sioux City, NE: (Jul-30-07) A series of lawsuits were brought against ConAgra Foods Inc., alleging that the company caused retirees to lose millions because its 401(k) plans were too heavily invested in company stock. The stock price dropped in March 2005 when ConAgra announced that it would restate its earnings because of income tax errors from fiscal 200... - Dr. Reggie Goldsby Medical Malpractice Settlement
Amite, LA: (Jul-03-07) Tanya Hendry Sparks filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against Dr. Reggie Goldsby of Amite, alleging that Goldsby's care of her father, Marion Hendry was below applicable standards of care demanded of physicians under like circumstances. Hendry was admitted to Hood Memorial Hospital in Amite on March 13, 2000, for what Goldsby diagn... - Project Straight Drug Detox Wrongful Death Settlement
Oakland County, MI: (Jul-29-07) Two lawsuits were filed against Oakland County physician Aeneas Guiney, alleging that he was responsible for the death of a patient. Guiney and Dr. Robert Wolf both were named in a lawsuit filed by the family of Danny Oppenheim Jr. of Kansas City, who died in 2004. Oppenheim was a patient at the doctors' now-defunct Project... - Oregon, USA Confined Inmate Suicide Settlement
Salem, OR: (Jul-29-07) The family of Aaron Munoz brought a wrongful death lawsuit against the state or Oregon, after Munoz hanged himself in 2005 in his isolation cell at the Oregon State Penitentiary. Growing up in Portland, Munoz spent much of his adolescence under state supervision. He was 13 when he first encountered Michael Boyles, a state parole and... - Horning Farm Agency Inc. Adult Community Housing Discrimination Settlement
Lancaster County, PA: (Jul-28-07) The US Department of Housing and Urban Development brought a federal lawsuit against Horning Farm Agency Inc., a local real estate company which does business in Lancaster, Chester, and Berks counties, alleging that it violated Pennsylvania state and federal housing laws. The charges stemmed from a complaint that Horning d... - Hudson Valley Foie Gras Factory Farm Pollution Settlement
Albany, NY: (Jul-26-07) A coalition of environmental and animal protection organizations including Delaware Riverkeeper Network, the Humane Society of the United States, the Delaware Riverkeeper, and American Littoral Society, filed suit against the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in state Supreme Court in Albany, challenging the ag...