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  • Otay Water District Employees Wrongful Dismissal Settlement
    San Diego, CA: (Apr-07-07) Six former employees filed a lawsuit against the Otay Water District, accusing the it of racial discrimination when they lost their jobs in early 2001 with a scheme to be replaced by Latinos. The plaintiffs, Donna Bartlett-May, Clarence Cassens, James Clements, Michael Coleman, Mona Favorite-Hill, and Janice Tubiolo claimed they...
  • Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Female Firefighter Gender Harassment Settlement
    Sacramento, CA: (Apr-07-07) An undisclosed female former employee brought a lawsuit against the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District, accusing more than a dozen firefighters, including five supervisors, of sexual harassment. The lawsuit alleged she was sexually assaulted by two of them. The men accused of sexual assault denied claims and allegations and...
  • Marilyn Miglin, Duke Migilin, and Dr. Dennis Gordon Cosmetic Company Investor Fraud Settlement
    Chicago, IL: (Apr-07-07) Las Vegas attorney Jason Landess sued Marilyn Miglin, the 68-year-old widow of murdered real estate developer Lee Miglin, after their company, Advanced Medical Products, ran into losses. The dispute arose when Miglin invested $2.5 million for 25 percent ownership in Advanced Medical Products Inc., a company formed by Landess and a...
  • Merced County, CA Female Officers Gender Discrimination Settlement
    Merced County, CA: (Apr-06-07) A lawsuit was filed by five female officers against Sheriff Mark Pazin and Merced County alleging that the Sheriff discriminated against the female correctional officers. The suit sought $15 million and claimed the female officers were treated as second class citizens by the department and were denied certain shifts and break...
  • Town & Country Resort Hotel and Convention Center Illegal Parking Lot Settlement
    Mission Valley, CA: (Apr-08-07) Town & Country Resort Hotel and Convention Center was charged by federal regulators with illegal construction of a parking lot next to the waterway. The suit began in November 2005 after a local environmentalist questioned the hotel's grading project for the parking lot, which is largely shielded from public view by trees an...
  • eDirectSoftware Unlicensed Software Settlement
    Billings, MT: (Apr-05-07) Microsoft Corp. brought a civil lawsuit in US District Court in Billings against eDirectSoftware accusing it of selling unlicensed software to non-students at student discounts. The suit alleged that eDirectSoftware was guilty of software piracy as well as trademark and copyright law violations. eDirectSoftware officials admitted...
  • Dayton, OH Administrator Wrongful Settlement
    Dayton, OH: (Apr-05-07) Susan Fisler Silberstein, a former Civil Service Board administrator, was fired in 2002 for criticizing the city's diversity plan. The plan attempted to bring more minorities and women into the fire department by awarding extra points on the civil service exam for military experience or participating in the fire department's apprent...
  • IRI Golf Course Upgrades Settlement
    Rockwall, TX: (Apr-05-07) The City of Rockwall filed a lawsuit against the golf course operator in 2006, accusing the company of not meeting existing standards contained in their lease agreement with the city. IRI Golf leases Dallas land from the City of Rockwall, on which a portion of the golf course is located. In an out of court settlement reached with...
  • First American Title Insurance Co. Real Estate Referral Settlement
    Minneapolis, MN: (Apr-05-07) The Minnesota Department of Commerce sent enforcement letters to real estate agents alleging they participated in sham affiliated business arrangements with First American Title Insurance Co. Minnesota officials reached a settlement with First American on February 28, 2007 where the insurance company paid out $500,000. In a ser...
  • Florida Atlantic University Foundation Fundraiser Severance Settlement
    Boca Raton, FL: (Apr-05-07) Florida Atlantic University (FAU) former chief fundraiser Lawrence Davenport, whose contract ran through 2011, resigned and reached a severance settlement with the school. Davenport wanted to be president of a university and felt that he should leave FAU before the school began a capital campaign, which could require up to a 5-y...
  • Jackson County Board of Education Property Damage Settlement
    Jackson County, GA: (Apr-05-07) Following an Open Records request given to the Jackson County Board of Education by MainStreet Newspapers Inc., the County board declared the details in the Norman and Melissa Romans lawsuit against the county. A lawsuit filed by Norman and Melissa Romans claimed that their home and property was damaged due to the constructi...
  • US Department of Health and Human Services Anthrax Vaccine Contract Settlement
    San Francisco, CA: (Apr-05-07) A settlement reached between VaxGen Inc. and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) releases both parties of all liabilities associated with VaxGen's government contracts to develop and deliver a next-generation anthrax vaccine. As part of the agreement, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases...
  • Chestnut Petroleum Distributors Inc. Employees Minimum Wage Settlement
    New Paltz, NY: (Apr-05-07) The US Department of Labor filed suit against Chestnut Petroleum Distributors, accusing it of violating the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. The suit claimed that 767 workers were paid less than the federal minimum wage. Some of the workers also were not paid for overtime hours between April 2003 and May 2006 at the gas station...
  • Sheriff Al Myers, Delaware County, OH Deputy Pregnancy Discrimination Settlement
    Delaware, OH: (Apr-04-07) The Ohio Civil Rights Commission filed charges against Sheriff Al Myers, 57, alleging he wrongfully fired a deputy who had requested light duty during her pregnancy. The discrimination complaint reached a settlement wherein an arbitrator ordered the sheriff to reinstate the woman, who had resigned, as well as ordered Delaware Cou...
  • Union Pacific Railroad Explosion Wrongful Death Settlement
    Texarkana, TX: (Apr-04-07) A train derailment and explosion in Texarkana in 2005 caused the death of Pearlie Mae Easter Marshall. A propylene gas leak from a tank car led to the explosion that destroyed Marshall's home. In a suit filed against Union Pacific Railroad, Marshall's family received a $2 million settlement. Marshall was the only person killed in...
  • L. Eric Whetstone Safari Breach of Contract Settlement
    League City, TX: (Apr-04-07) Swanepoel & Scandrol Safaris of League City filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Texas in September 2005 against L. Eric Whetstone, owner of the former Miller Brewery in Tumwater, alleging that Whetstone never paid for two African safaris and two target animals, a lion and a rhinoceros. Denying allegations, Whetstone, a...
  • TJX Cos. Employee Contract Settlement
    Fort Worth, TX: (Apr-04-07) Alex Smith, senior executive vice president and group president of discount department store operator TJX Cos., left TJX Cos. to join Pier 1 Imports Inc. as president and chief executive. TJX accused Smith of violating a noncompete clause in his contract to take the job. Pier 1 Imports Inc. to filed a suit against TJX in state...
  • Pittsburgh, PA Demoted Officer Whistleblower Settlement
    Pittsburgh, PA: (Apr-04-07) The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit on behalf of Police Commander Catherine McNeilly against the city when she was demoted in 2006 after criticizing Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's nominee for public safety director, Dennis Regan and sharing a confidential police personnel file with council members to derail the nomination. Sh...
  • Manalapan, NJ Youth Search Racial Discrimination Settlement
    Manalapan, NJ: (Apr-03-07) Two Manalapan police officers, Steven Turner and Peter Chalfin, were charged with a discrimination lawsuit after they searched three African-American youths without justification and berated them while their three white friends were told to go home. In a settlement reached, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey ordered...
  • Holling Press Scaffolding Injury Settlement
    Buffalo, NY: (Apr-03-07) Dan D'Andrea, at the brink of starting his own contracting business, found himself confined to a wheelchair following a fall while working at the old Holling Press building. He suffered irreversible damage after a large piece of scaffolding fell from above and landed on his back. D'Andrea was paralyzed from the chest down. In a set...
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