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In March 2003, 350 hourly workers lost their jobs when the Delco Remy America plant in Anderson suddenly closed. A federal suit was filed against Remy seeking supplemental employment pay and insurance for a year after the layoffs. Remy has agreed to a $5.25 million settlement that will award each former employee a $15,000 settlement check. (Feb-09-06) ... - Mineral County, WV Deputy Clerk Gender Harassment Settlement
Keyser, WV: (May-24-07) Debra Weasenforth, former deputy clerk with the county, filed a civil lawsuit against Mineral County Clerk Isaac "Sonny" Alt, alleging she suffered sexual harassment from him that was clearly wrong, illegal, and constituted malfeasance in office. When Weasenforth filed the subsequent civil lawsuit in June 2006, she named Alt, both a... - Bakersfield, CA Planted Cocaine Revenge Settlement
Bakersfield, CA: (May-23-07) Thomas Teagarden Jr. filed a lawsuit against the city, claiming that he was wrongly arrested and charged after a police officer planted cocaine in his car. The incident, which took place on April 21, 2006, began when Officer Sherman Rooks pulled Teagarden over near his condominium for allegedly not wearing his seatbelt. Teagard... - James Henry Rhone Teenager Molestation Settlement
McKinney, TX: (May-23-07) The Grayson County Sheriff's Office filed charges against James Henry Rhone, 45, a McKinney dentist, after investigations confirmed that he was guilty of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy in March 2005. The incident took place on Rhone's boat at Lake Texoma over the Easter weekend, where the teen and his 22-year-old sister wer... - Dr. Thomas Richard Martin Jr. MediCare insurance Fraud Settlement
Birmingham, AL: (May-24-07) A federal healthcare fraud lawsuit was filed against Dr. Thomas Richard Martin Jr., 51, a Boaz physician, who fraudulently billed Medicare and Blue Cross Blue Shield for services not provided to Medicare beneficiaries. Martin pleaded guilty to fraud against Medicare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama and agreed to perman... - Upper Peninsula Power Co. Dam Flooding Settlement
Marquette, WI: (May-23-07) Marquette County filed lawsuits against Upper Peninsula Power Co. (UPPCO), MWH Engineering of Broomfield, CO. and Moyle Construction Co. of Houghton in 2005 for $79,230.86 of the $100,000 losses the county sustained during the May 2003 flood on the Dead River. The Dead River flooded when the Silver Lake Basin dike was breached du... - Crossroads Mall LP Construction and Environmental Violations Settlement
Stroud Township, PA: (May-23-07) Stroud Township filed charges against Developer Jim Ertle's Crossroads Mall and Kohl's department store in Bartonsville over shortcuts taken during construction. The suit alleged that Ertle opened the store in 2006 without a township occupancy permit. The opening took place even before Ertle had the road work in front of th... - Rollette Oil Co. Petroleum Spill Fine
Janesville, WI: (May-23-07) The Wisconsin Department of Justice filed charges against Rollette Oil Co. of Janesville in Rock County Circuit Court, alleging that it was guilty of violating state hazardous substance spill remediation laws at the site of a former gasoline filling station the company owns. The suit stemmed from a complaint filed by the W... - Chicago Roman Catholic Archdiocese Priest Abuse Settlement
In 1971, at the age of 16, Linda Burke was allegedly molested by three priests from a Maywood church. She claims the abuse continued for three years, until she was 19. Burke first reported the abuse to the archdiocese in the early 1990s. She was awarded a $125,000 settlement in 2004 and decided to come forward with the details of the settlement after seei... - Walworth County, WI Documentary Filmaker Personal Injury Settlement
Walworth County, WI: (May-22-07) Suzanne Shell of El Paso County, CO, an independent journalist, filed charges against the county claiming that two deputies violated her civil rights and injured her during an arrest in the courthouse in 2003. The lawsuit filed in June 2005, alleged that Shell had permission to shoot film in the courthouse for a documentary... - Cadillac, MI Pepper Sprayed Student Settlement
Cadillac, MI: (May-22-07) The mother of a student who was pepper-sprayed by a police officer at school, filed a lawsuit against the city of Cadillac. Police officials stated that the Cadillac Junior High student refused to leave the school's cafeteria and attempted to strike at the officer, though the suit claimed that the girl was only trying to avoid the... - Wausau School District Coach Student Abuse Settlement
Wausau, WI: (May-22-07) The family of a girl who was sexually assaulted by her Wausau West girls basketball coach, filed suit against the Wausau School District, alleging that school administrators and former principal at Wausau West had acted negligently and done nothing concrete to prevent the assaults. School officials failed to prevent Mitch King, who... - San Bernardino County, CA: Wrongful termination and defamation suit ends in $300,000 settlement.
San Bernardino County, CA: (May-21-07) Grover Merritt, a candidate in the 2006 district attorney elections, filed suit against the city, alleging that he was fired from his job so he would not challenge San Bernardino County District Attorney Michael Ramos. Merritt accused Assistant District Attorney Michael Risley of leaking secret documents to the press... - Peter Forster, Caroline Mulhenkamp, Stephen Koziar Jr. $25 million payout to drop $134 million suit against company.
Dayton, OH: (May-21-07) DPL Inc. filed a lawsuit against three of it's former executives, accusing them of improperly taking $33 million in deferred compensation. The executives, former Chairman Peter Forster, former interim Chief Financial Officer Caroline Mulhenkamp and former Chief Executive Stephen Koziar Jr. filed a countersuit against the company c... - Settlement: Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.
Houston, TX: (May-21-07) The United States Environmental Protection Agency, Department of the Interior, Department of Justice and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as well as the State of California Department of Fish and Game, Office of Spill Prevention and Response, and the San Francisco Bay and Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control... - $40 million settlement ends decade long antitrust lawsuits.
Washington, DC: (May-21-07) Over a decade of antitrust lawsuits against office supply giant 3M ended with a federal judge granting final approval to a class action settlement worth nearly $40 million and awarded more than $14.5 million in fees and expenses to the plaintiffs lawyers. The suit against 3M, brought by direct purchasers and retailers claimed... - Audubon String Quartet Violinist Dismissal Settlement
Violinist David Ehrlich was dismissed from the classical quartet in 2000. Ehrlich filed a wrongful dismissal lawsuit against his former colleagues who have agreed to pay him a $500,000 settlement. To cover the settlement, violinist Akemi Takayama will pay Ehrlich $40,000 while, cellist Clyde Shaw and violist Doris Lederer will give Ehrlich the proceeds... - $450,000 in racial discrimination and hostile work environment suit.
Colorado Springs, CO: (May-17-07) The US Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission brought charges against Professional Transit Management doing business as Springs Transit, alleging that that the company maintained a work environment hostile to Hispanics, Asians and blacks. The lawsuit, filed in 2006, alleged company supervisors used ethnic slurs targ... - Over $100,000 paid to victims of priest sexual abuse.
Philips, IL: (May-17-07) The list of plaintiffs suing Fr. Terrence Fitzmaurice for sexual abuse has grown by five, including a woman who alleges the priest raped her in 1979 and fathered her now 27-year-old son. Fitzmaurice served St. Patrick's & St. Mary's Catholic churches, and later Our Lady of the North Catholic Church in Phillips, from 1987-2000. Ea... - $500,000 payout for environmental damage apart from $18 million spent to reduce harmful emissions and conserve natural gas.
Weld County, CO: (May-17-07) The Environmental Protection Agency filed charges against Kerr-McGee Corp., accusing it of harmful emissions that violated the federal Clean Air Act. The suit claimed that the oil and natural gas exploration and production company was accused of violating the Clean Air Act at several of its natural gas compressor stations, in...