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Lakeland, FL: (Apr-11-07) Lakeland Electric filed a defective product suit against Siemens after two extended failures of its natural gas turbine generator, Unit 5. A broken bolt on the 356-megawatt, gas-fired Unit 5 generator put it out of commission in June and July of 2005 followed by Unit 5 being down for a month in May 2006 because a motor blade went... - Edward G. Mawhinney Loan Scheme Settlement
Boyertown, PA: (Apr-11-07) National Penn filed a civil lawsuit against Edward G. Mawhinney, a former loan officer with National Penn's private banking division in Philadelphia in January 2005, after they discovered that the Sewell, NJ, resident was stealing money from National Penn Bank through a fraudulent loan scheme. It was discovered that Mawhinney, hi... - Hydranautics, Indian Harbor Insurance Desalination Plant Settlement
Clearwater, FL: (Apr-17-07) Tampa Bay Water filed a lawsuit against Hydranautics, the manufacturer of membranes that remove salt from sea water at the plant, two engineering companies and an insurance carrier over a troubled desalination plant. The suit stemmed from the plant that opened in 2003 but never functioned properly. Though the plant produced drin... - Arkansas, USA Department of Information Systems Billing Settlement
Little Rock, AR: (Apr-16-07) The US Department of Health and Human Services filed a lawsuit against state Department of Information Systems (DIS), alleging that the state owed $9.4 million for billing errors that occurred from fiscal year 1997 through fiscal year 2000. DIS provides information technology services like computers, Internet, data networking a... - Portland Archdiocese Priest Abuse Settlement
Portland, OR: (Apr-14-07) Over 175 people filed suit against the Portland Archdiocese, alleging that they were sexually abused by priests. The archdiocese sought bankruptcy protection in 2004 after a series of lawsuits were filed against it. Though most experts viewed the move as risky, it served to secure the archdiocese' financial future, collecting $52... - Paul Hashman Shooting Neighbor Settlement
Elyira, OH: (Apr-11-07) Darrell Oskins filed a lawsuit against 85-year-old Paul Hashman, after Hashman shot at him six times. Oskins claimed that winning a settlement against Hashman was less important to him and his family than to Hashman admitting he was culpable in the shooting. Hashman claimed that he acted in self-defense when Oskins came at him with... - Norcal Waste Systems Trash Hauling Settlement
Oakland, CA: (Apr-11-07) The city of San Jose had filed charges against Norcal Waste Systems accusing it of not meeting the state-mandated trash diversion requirements of mixing glass with trash, rather than recycling the material. Norcal did not refute the claims. In a settlement reached with the city, Norcal ended litigation in the controversial trash-ha... - Email Discount Network Unauthorized Charges Phone Bill Restitution
Atlanta, GA: (Apr-11-07) The Florida Attorney General's Office began an investigation into the business practices of the Florida-based Internet company Email Discount Network (EDN), and found that EDN placed unauthorized charges on the phone bills of over 258,000 US consumers, including 11,200 individuals in the state of Georgia. The investigation reveal... - Emeryville, CA Employee Racial Harassment Settlement
Emeryville, CA: (Apr-10-07) Concerned Citizens for Change, an Emeryville-based group, requested city council members look into matters pertaining to racial discrimination and retaliation against city employees. One of the Concerned Citizens for Change making the charges was former Emeryville City Planning Technician Leslie Pollard, who received a $3.6 mill... - Red Bluff, CA Employee Gender Discrimination Settlement
Red Bluff, CA: (Apr-10-07) Kelly Meek, a former police officer, sued the city after she lost her job in 2004, alleging that the police department discriminated against her. Meek was fired from Red Bluff after five years in the Police Department at various jobs. The suit claimed that Meek was denied a locker room facility apart from male personnel, and eve... - San Francisco, CA Sexual Orientation Discrimination Settlement
San Francisco, CA: (Apr-10-07) Andrew Marconi filed suit against the San Francisco Police Department and the city claiming that he was humiliated and intimidated by on-duty police officers at a club across the street from the city's Hall of Justice. The suit stemmed from an incident in 2004 in which Marconi and some friends were outside The Endup, a popula... - Synergetics USA, Inc. Laser Disposables Patent Infringement Settlement
O'Fallon, MO: (Apr-10-07) Iridex Corporation filed a patent litigation suit against Synergetics USA, Inc. and entered into a Settlement Agreement and a Manufacture and Supply Agreement to resolve all claims from the pending lawsuits. The agreement involves the dismissal of all pending legal actions between the two companies as well as a cross licensing of... - Joslyn Sunbank Company Hazardous Wastes Settlement
Sacramento, CA: (Apr-11-07) The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) filed suit against the Joslyn Sunbank Company of Paso Robles, a military and aerospace conduits and thermoplastics manufacturer, alleging that it violated the state's Hazardous Waste Control Law during its manufacturing process. The suit accused Joslyn Sunbank of ro... - Red Robin Restaurant Employee Religious Discrimination Settlement
Belleview, WA: (Apr-07-07) Human and Civil rights cases that stem from abuse of the First Amendment are seeing a steady increase as more religious practices run counter to laws and policies. The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against Red Robin Restaurant on behalf of server Ameni Rangel, who practices the ancient Egyptian Kemeti... - Carl Karcher Enterprises Employee Racial Discrimination Settlement
Several former employees filed a lawsuit against Carl's Jr. Restaurant alleging a shift leader directed racial slurs at African American employees. The suit claimed several employees were fired in retaliation for submitting a petition to management signed by co-workers. Carl's agreed to pay a $255,000 settlement. One anonymous woman is set to receive $1... - Columbus, OH Wrongful Robbery Conviction Settlement
Columbus, OH: (Apr-10-07) In a settlement reached with Dartangnan Hill, a onetime leader of the Deuce-Deuce Bloods gang, a legislative panel awarded him $192,000 for spending almost four years in state prison for a home-invasion robbery for which he was later exonerated. Hill was convicted of a May 2001 home-invasion robbery largely on eyewitness accounts... - Valero St. Charles Refinery Fine Particle Pollution Settlement
Picayune, LA: (Apr-10-07) The US Environmental Protection Agency brought charges against Valero St. Charles Refinery accusing it of air pollution violations in 2005 following a finding by Clean Air Task Force, an environmental research group in Boston. Valero was accused of fine-particle pollution, including diesel exhaust, which can cause lung cancer, s... - Inova Fairfax Hospital Sign Language Interpretor Provision Settlement
Washington, DC: (Apr-10-07) The Department of Justice brought charges against Inova Fairfax Hospital, a hospital serving the Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC accusing it of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. The hospital was accused of not appropriately responding to requests to provide a qualified sign language interpreter for the deaf moth... - University of Iowa Professor Severance Settlement
Des Moines, IA: (Apr-07-07) Kenneth Kress, 55, of Iowa City, a law professor at the University of Iowa, was accused of forging students' evaluations of his effectiveness as a teacher. The surveys were one of the tools used by the university to award pay raises to members of the faculty. Kress admitted to forging the surveys and in a recently released recor... - Clarksville Police Department Officer Discrimination and Retaliation Settlement
Clarkesville, TN: (Apr-08-07) Detective Travis Hisel, a Clarksville Police Officer filed suit in a US District Court in October 2004 against the city, alleging that he was retaliated against and denied promotion for filing a grievance against a superior for allegedly making a racial slur. A federal jury ruled in Hisel's favor after determining that he had...