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Kane County, IL: (May-10-07) Two women filed charges against the Rockford Catholic Diocese, claiming that they were sexually abused by Father Mark Campobello, who was their priest and teacher in 1999 and 2000, in Kane County. One of the abuse victims claimed that she had complained to the Rockford Diocese back in September 2002, when Campobello was serving... - D.C. Government Inmates Settlement
A federal lawsuit was filed against the government on behalf of inmates who alleged they were held in jail too long, subjected to unreasonable strip searches and returned to jail even after their cases had been dismissed in court. The D.C. Government has been ordered to pay a $12 million settlement. $3 million of the settlement will go to the D.C. Depar... - San Diego County Water Authority Imperial Valley Water Dispute Settlement
San Diego, CA: (May-08-07) The Imperial Valley had filed civil charges against San Diego County water leaders claiming that the county's historic 2003 water transfer deal, to buy billions of gallons of water from valley farmers, had hurt Imperial Valley. Water Authority and irrigation district officials have been arguing without resolution over the issue... - Michael and Kevin Corbett Bar Fight Wrongful Death Settlement
Cork, Ireland: (May-09-07) The father of Adrian Moynihan, a 23-year-old man who died after being dragged inside the door of the club by staff and pushed to the ground, filed suit against Michael and Kevin Corbett, owners and licensees of Sidetrax on Cork's Grafton Street. The suit claimed that Moynihan died because of negligence in monitoring staff behavio... - Purdue Pharma LLC OxyContin Abuse Settlement
Hartford, CT: (May-08-07) In a lawsuit filed by the Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and state Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell Jr. against Stamford-based Purdue Pharma LLC, the maker of the painkiller OxyContin, they alleged that the company propagated illegal marketing practices that led to greater abuse of the highly addictive painkille... - VOA Associates and Jacobs Facilities District Schools Construction Delay Settlement
Chicago, IL: (May-08-07) The Consolidated High School District 230 filed charges against VOA Associates and Jacobs Facilities, its former architect and construction manager, alleging that both companies failed to ethically perform in running the $146 million overhaul of the district's three schools: Andrew High School in Tinley Park, Sandburg High School i... - Proposed San Francisco, CA 49ers Stadium Maintenance Settlement
San Francisco, CA: (May-08-07) The 49ers football team filed claims against San Francisco, alleging that the city has been a negligent landlord. According to the charges filed, the team had threatened to file a lawsuit, having complained for years about leaks in luxury suites, rusty light towers and steps, cracked walkways, clogged drains in concession sta... - Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Company and Fidelity Distributors Corporation Plan Fraud Fine
Seattle, WA: (May-08-07) NASD, formerly known as National Association of Securities Dealers, filed charges against two Fidelity broker-dealers, Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Company and Fidelity Distributors Corporation, alleging that they prepared and distributed misleading sales literature promoting Fidelity's Destiny I and II Systematic I... - Possible Chevron Oil Kickbacks Settlement
New York, NY: (May-07-07) United States prosecutors filed suit against Chevron, the second-largest American oil company, over alleged kickbacks that were being paid to Saddam Hussein on oil it bought from Iraq as part of a now defunct United Nations program. Chevron is preparing to acknowledge that it should have known about the kickbacks and that the admi... - Springfield, MA Police Manhandling Arrest Settlement
Springfield, MA: (May-07-07) Douglas Greer, a black man and principal of the Robert M. Hughes Academy Charter School in Springfield, filed suit against the city of Springfield, Massachusetts, claiming that he was attacked by five white police officers as an act of discrimination. The suit stated that Greer was pulled from his car by the officers in January... - Zurich Capital Markets Market Timing Securities Fraud Settlement
Bellevue, WA: (May-07-07) The US Securities and Exchange Commission brought charges against Zurich Capital Markets (ZMC), a unit of Zurich Financial Services, accusing it of helping four market-timing hedge funds that defrauded mutual funds. The suit claimed that in order to buy, exchange and redeem shares in these mutual funds, these hedge funds employed... - State Emergency Medical Services Authority Ambulance Medical Malpractice Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: (May-07-07) Kathy Schroeder filed suit against the Los Angeles County Fire Department and the State Emergency Medical Services Authority after an accident left her unconscious and in their care. A Mustang broadsided Schroeder's Hyundai sports coupe in a Palmdale intersection, knocking her unconscious. She woke up wedged against a console,... - Marshall Astor Family Elder Abuse Settlement
Rochester, NY: (May-06-07) Brooke Astor, a Park Avenue philanthropist, was in the limelight recently when her grandson Philip, filed an elder-abuse lawsuit against his estranged dad, Marshall, accusing him of embezzling millions of his grandmothers money while skimping on her care. While Brooke fought dementia and depression, her hard-hearted son and socia... - Ponte Vedra, FL Library Director Wrongful Termination Settlement
Ponte Vedra, FL: (May-07-07) Former director of the Ponte Vedra Beach branch library, Mary Thomas, filed charges against St. Johns County over the wrongful termination of her post at the county. The suit claimed that County Library Director Mary Jane Little, came to the Ponte Vedra Beach library and used her position of authority to get employees to sign a... - Kentucky, USA Boxing Ring Personal Injury Settlement
Cincinnati, KY: (Apr-05-07) Former heavyweight champion Greg Page filed suit against the state of Kentucky over compensation following an ill-fated championship match at the old Peel's Palace in Erlanger, where he suffered brain damage and other injuries. The March 9, 2001 fight, billed as the battle for the heavyweight championship of Kentucky, ended in t... - Edward Waters College Student Shooting Wrongful Death Settlement
Jacksonville, FL: (May-06-07) The family of Johnathan Wesley Glenn, an 18-year-old student at Edward Waters College, filed charges against the college after Glenn was fatally shot a day after he wrote an essay critical about campus safety. Glenn was a freshman when two men approached him and demanded a sports jersey he was wearing, his cell phone and wal... - University of Wisconsin Religious Discrimination Settlement
Madison, WI: (May-04-07) The University of Wisconsin Roman Catholic Foundation filed charges against the university, alleging religious discrimination after the group was denied recognition, despite a campus presence dating to the 1880s. The group filed suit last year after UW-Madison said it could no longer be recognized because only three of its 12 board... - Arkansas State Police Trooper Mistaken Escapee Wrongful Shooting Settlement
Bentonville, AR: (May-03-07) Larry Norman, a former state trooper pleaded guilty to a negligent homicide charge over the fatal shooting of a mentally disabled man mistaken for a fugitive in 2006. Joseph Erin Hamley was mistaken to be a suspected escapee near the Benton-Washington county line, when Norman and several other officers were responded to the cal... - Hartville, OH Building Delays Settlement
Hartville, OH: (May-03-07) Dean Windham, owner of Noble Homes and Guardian Property Management, filed suit against Hartville village, alleging that his Noble Homes and Guardian Property suffered $2.6 million in damages, because village officials caused unnecessary delays in his Windham Bridge project. The suit contended that officials intentionally delayed... - Mohegan Sun Racetrack Property Assessment Taxes Settlement
Wiles-Barre, PA: (May-03-07) The Wilkes-Barre Area School District filed charges against Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs over a property assessment dispute regarding the value of s racetrack property. The suit filed with the courts in 2002, argued that the assessed value of the racetrack property, then owned by Pocono Downs L.P., was too low, giving the distri...