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Quebec, Canada: (Apr-19-07) Two ambulance technicians filed suit against the Jewish General Hospital, alleging that they suffered discrimination while trying to eat a non-kosher lunch at the hospital. One of them, Yvon Verreault, lodged a complaint with the Quebec Human Rights Commission in February 2005 after he was asked to leave the hospital's Café d... - Kingsland Lounge Intoxicated Wrongful Death Settlement
Ocala, FL: (Apr-18-07) Beverly Ann McCullough, 47, was in a highly intoxicated state when she was struck by vehicles and killed near a bar. Her daughter, Shelly McCullough, filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of her mother's estate in 2006, alleging that the bar at which her mother was drinking, the Kingsland Lounge, was responsible for her death. The... - Charles E. McComas Jr. Joy Riding Wrongful Deaths Settlement
Stuart, FL: (Apr-20-07) Palm City couple Jennifer and Kenneth Brennan filed suit against Charles E. McComas Jr., his parents and the leasing agent that owned the car McComas Jr. was driving when he crashed, taking the lives of four of his passengers, including Brennans' 14-year-old daughter, Alicia. McComas, then 15, did not have a driver's license when... - Atlantic City, NJ Homicide Wrongly Accused Settlement
Atlantic City, NJ: (Apr-21-07) James Andros, an Atlantic City police officer erroneously accused of killing his wife, filed suit against the city and spent years battling the system seeking exoneration. Dr. Elliot Gross, the on-call Medical Examiner in the case, made the error of listing 31-year-old Ellen Andros' death March 31, 2001, as a homicide through... - Dey Inc. Fraudulent Drug Price Reporting Settlement
Boston, MA: (Apr-20-07) Massachusetts' Attorney General Martha Coakley's office filed charges against Dey Inc. of California, alleging that the generic pharmaceutical manufacturer inflated the wholesale prices it reported to national reporting services, prompting the state Medicaid program to pay more for the company's drugs. The suit was a move to prohibi... - Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgical Associates ICU Medical Malpractice Settlement
Zanesville, OH: (Apr-21-07) Terry Perkins, 63, a Duncan Falls former field engineer who once worked on turbines, filed charges against Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgical Associates, after undergoing procedures that left him blind and caused brain damage. Perkins went in for a routine stress test at Genesis HealthCare System in Zanesville when some bloc... - Garry Donoghue Ex-CEO Contract Breach Settlement
New Zealand: (Apr-17-07) Text message marketer Plus SMS brought charges against its founder chief executive Garry Donoghue, forcing him to return $11 million worth of shares. The lawsuit stemmed from Donoghue refusing to hand back 85 million ordinary shares which apparently he was bound to return to the company when he resigned in 2006. As part of the nego... - Huddle House Employee Pregnancy Discrimination Settlement
Little Rock, AR: (Apr-17-07) The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission at Little Rock filed a lawsuit on behalf of Erika Murphy against Hargis-Caldwell Partners LLC, doing business as the Huddle House, in July 2006, claiming that the restaurant fired Murphy because she was pregnant. In a settlement agreement negotiated by the parties, Huddle House agr... - Danisco Biofuel Patent Infringement Settlement
Franklinton, NC: (Apr-17-07) Novozymes is a Denmark based world leader in the development of enzymes that could make alternative fuels more widely available. Novozymes filed suit against rival firm Danisco, over patent infringement of its biofuels technology. Novozymes alleged that Danisco infringed on its patent covering the enzyme Spezyme Ethyl. The suit... - AIMCO Building Violations Settlement
The city of San Francisco filed a lawsuit against the real estate investor over conditions at AIMCO properties at Bayview-Hunters Point. The city claimed AIMCO breached building, health, housing, plumbing, electrical, and fire codes in four subsidized apartment complexes in Bayview-Hunters Point. AIMCO agreed to a $3 million settlement. One million doll... - Charleston County School District Teacher Racial Discrimination Settlement
Charleston, SC: (Apr-17-07) Elizabeth Kandrac, a white former middle school teacher, filed suit against the Charleston County School District for racial hostility she suffered when she was forced to work in a racially hostile environment in the predominantly black Brentwood Middle School in North Charleston. The suit alleged that Kandrac faced verbal abuse... - Superior Asphalt Environmental Violations Penalty
Black River Falls, WI: (Apr -17-07) The Wisconsin Department of Justice booked an environmental enforcement case on Jackson County Superior Asphalt, accusing it of having failed to properly manage petroleum products at its plant and investigate and clean up spills, as required by state law. The suit further alleged that Superior Asphalt failed to conduct a... - Microsoft Corp. Iowa Software Antitrust Class Action Settlement
Des Moines, IA:(Apr-18-07) Microsoft Corp. has been caught up in a spate of class action lawsuits filed against it by the US government, including a class action antitrust lawsuit in Iowa. The suit claimed that Microsoft, who has monopoly power in the desktop operating system market, used their position to overcharge Iowans on Microsoft products, sparking... - DuPont Coating Contract Breach Settlement
Burlington, VT: (Apr-17-07) Fab-Tech Inc. brought a lawsuit against chemical giant, DuPont, over a coating made to line steel ducts used in the semiconductor industry. Fab-Tech alleged that DuPont sold the coating in violation of an agreement between the two companies, as the coating was jointly developed by the two companies in the early 1990's. The suit... - Vonage CEO Jeffrey Citron Securities Fraud Settlement
Holmdel, NJ: (Apr-16-07) The US Securities and Exchange Commission brought charge against NJ based Vonage in connection with a securities fraud investigation dating back to 1993. The charges alleged that Vonage CEO Jeffrey Citron was one of four individuals and one company charged with participating in an extensive fraudulent scheme involving the NASDAQ... - New York, NY Pesticide Spraying Settlement
New York, NY: (Apr-16-07) The No Spray Coalition and other environmental groups have been embroiled in a host of lawsuits against the City of New York in Federal Court, in opposition to Mayor Rudy Giuliani's administration's massive and indiscriminate spraying of toxic pesticides, including Malathion. The coalition alleged that the pesticides sprayed were da... - Los Angeles, CA Firefighter Discrimination and Retaliation Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: (Apr-16-07) Lewis "Steve" Bressler filed suit against the Fire Department accusing it of retaliating against him after he sought to help a colleague, Brenda Lee, who had alleged racial, gender, and sexual orientation discrimination. He was one of three firefighters who worked together in 2001 at Station 96 in Chatsworth and sued the city i... - Aramark Corp. Shareholders Settlement
Philadelphia, PA: (Apr-14-07) The shareholder lawsuit that stemmed from the $8.3 billion buyout of Aramark Corp., a Philadelphia food concessionaire for colleges, hospitals, and stadiums, resulted in a settlement of $222 million. Bidders for the company, including chairman Joseph Neubauer, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Thomas H. Lee Partn... - Education Finance Partners Student Loan College Pay Offs Settlement
New York, NY: (Apr-16-07) Threatened with protracted litigation, Education Finance Partners, a student loan company, decided to settle claims filed by New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo's office, accusing it of paying colleges to steer students to them for loans. In a settlement agreement reached, Education Finance Partners agreed to pay $2.5 million t... - SLM Corp. Student Loan Arrangements Settlement
New York, NY: (Apr-11-07) The New York attorney general's office began an investigation into the business practices and financial arrangements between a number of lenders and financial aid officials at schools. The probe found that loan companies offered payments and perks to college officials to gain a place on their preferred lender lists, these arrangem...