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Lumberton, NC: (Mar-28-07) Pro Construction filed suit against the city of Lumberton in March 2006 alleging that the city owed it $519,000 for the construction of the new City Hall. The contractor said it was owed $519,000 for the project, which has already cost the city $5.5 million. But city officials contended that the four-year project finished 260 day... - North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Healthcare Technology Settlement
Charlotte, NC: (Mar-28-07) Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) filed suit against the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) over the Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS), which is the state's system for processing Medicaid claims. DHHS awarded the MMIS contract to ACS in April 2004, but canceled the contract in July 2006, sp... - University of California Board of Regents Ashes Settlement
Anneliese Yuenger died in 1999 at age 82; her family donated her body to the university's medical school. A month later, Yuenger's ashes were returned to the family in a plastic bag. An investigation revealed the ashes came from miscellaneous body parts burned several months prior to Yuenger death. An internal review exposed that the university could... - City of Chicago Workers Compensation Settlement
On Jan. 30, 2001, Roberta Briefman was working in a construction site trench when a thousand pound block of concrete fell onto her back. Briefman suffered severe spinal cord injury that left one of her legs completely paralyzed and the other partially paralyzed. She filed a lawsuit against the city for failing to follow and enforce their own polices and... - Hampton Roads Transit Tunnel Car Accident Settlement
Hampton Roads, VA: (Mar-28-07) Fatima Laila Fortmuller sued Hampton Roads Transit (HRT) after a crash that happened in the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel in 2002. Fortmuller was stuck in typical tunnel traffic the day of the accident in February 2002, when a HRT bus slammed into the back of her Dodge Neon, sending her car into an SUV. She suffered a closed br... - Dynegy Inc. Pollution Violations Settlement
Champaign, IL: (Mar-28-07) Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office filed charges against power generator Dynegy Inc. accusing the company of polluting the environment and violating the Clean Air Act. In a settlement reached, Dynegy agreed to turn over more than 1,000 acres along the Middle Fork of the Vermilion River to the state of Illinois as well as inst... - Las Vegas, NV Homeless Arrests Civil Rights Settlement
Las Vegas, NV: (Mar-29-07) Three homeless men were arrested for violating a city ordinance in Las Vegas, when they were found sleeping next to human feces. The three sued the city for wrongful arrest, being arrested for a nonexistent city ordinance as well as violation of civil rights. David Hicks claimed the feces in question was over two hundred feet awa... - GE Healthcare Finland Oy Capital Adjustments Settlement
Hawthorne, CA: (Mar-27-07) OSI Systems, Inc., a vertically integrated provider of specialized electronic products for critical applications in the Security and Healthcare industries, filed suit against GE Healthcare Finland Oy regarding working capital adjustments and other matters arising from OSI's March 2004 acquisition of Spacelabs Medical. In a sett... - Harris County Hospital District Medicare Claims Whistleblower Settlement
Houston, TX: (Mar-27-07) Robert McCaslin, the whistleblower who revealed the fraudulent business practices of the Harris County Hospital District (HCHD), helped recover almost $15.5 million from the hospital district. First suspecting a systemic problem in the way HCHD was submitting Medicare claims in May 2003, he reported the discrepancy to several super... - Bear Valley School District Salary Scheduel Settlement
Big Bear Lake, CA: (Mar-26-07) The Bear Valley Education Association filed suit against the school district accusing them of not raising their salary in proportion to years of service. In a settlement reached, the school district agreed to grant teachers, psychologists, nurses and counselors a 5 percent salary increase for 2006-07, effective February 1, an... - Shalersville Asphalt Plant Zoning Settlement
Burton Township, OH: (Mar-27-07) Burton Township filed charges against Shalersville Asphalt and its owner, David Ronyak in a bid to keep them from establishing an asphalt plant located within its borders. The township alleged that the plant would violate current zoning laws on the 73-acre parcel on White Road, owned by Richard Bonner, and the staying of th... - Bay City, MI Sewer Lining Contract Settlement
Bay City, MI: (Mar-27-07) Liqui-Force Services USA Inc. brought charges against Bay City in July 2006, alleging that the city breached its contract with them by terminating their services before time. The city counter sued the sewer lining company denying claims made against it. In a settlement reached, Bay City has agreed to pay Liqui-Force $225,000 out o... - Bakersfield, CA School Bus Personal Injury Settlement
Bakersfield, CA: (Mar-27-07) Kern County Health Officer Dr. B.A. Jinadu filed charges against the city after he was hit by a Bakersfield City School District bus. Jinadu, 52, was walking his son to Downtown School at 21st and M streets on May 31, 2005 when the accident took place, causing him to be hospitalized for two days for broken ribs and cuts and scr... - Archdiocese of Dubuque Priest Abuse Settlement
Dubuque, IA: (Mar-27-07) A sexual abuse lawsuit was filed against the Archdiocese of Dubuque by nine victims, seven males and two females. The claims related to sexual abuse involving six priests: Patrick McElliot who served at St. Patricks in Ryan; William Schwartz who served at Columbus High School in Waterloo; John Brickle of St. Patrick's in Nevada; Jo... - Robin Szeliga Qwest Revenue Fraud Fine
Denver, CO: (Mar-26-07) A lawsuit was filed against former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio. Allegations of his fraudulent dealings was confirmed by the testimony of Robin Szeliga, a former Qwest employee who described putting all of her investments into Qwest stock based on Nacchio's promises of revenue growth. Szeliga, who joined Qwest in 1998 and became chief fina... - United States Fidelity & Guaranty Storm Drain Project Settlement
Hartford, CT: (Mar-26-07) The State of Connecticut Attorney General's office pressed charges against United States Fidelity & Guaranty, a division of St. Paul Travelers, in relation to the a defective storm drain project. United States Fidelity & Guaranty provided the performance bond of L.G. DeFelice, which, the state alleged, installed defective storm dr... - Federal Insurance Co. Quaker Chemical Asbestos Claims Settlement
New York, NY: (Mar-26-07) Quaker Chemical Corp.'s Quaker's SB Decking Inc. subsidiary filed suit against Federal Insurance Co. over whether Federal was liable to cover certain asbestos claims brought against SB Decking. In a settlement reached, Federal Insurance Co. agreed to pay $20 million to settle the asbestos insurance issue. The amount will be paid in... - Fujimino Municipal Government and Taiyo Kanzai Security Company Pool Filter Wrongful Death Settlement
Saitama, Japan: (Mar-24-07) The parents of a girl who died when she was sucked into a filter pipe at a swimming pool in July 2006 sued the Fujimino Municipal Government and Taiyo Kanzai security company, which was entrusted to supervise the pool. In a settlement reached in the wrongful death lawsuit, the parents were compensated close to 100 million yen, a... - Traverse City, MI Subdivision Construction Zoning Settlement
Traverse City, MI: (Mar-23-07) Traverse City commissioners agreed to pay Incochee Woods subdivision developers Robert Brick and Ted Lockwood $50,000 and allow access to the site through a gated entrance at Ramsdell Road, ending three separate pending lawsuits over disputed road access to the residential development in Garfield Township. The city also agree... - PPL Montana et al. Power Plant Pollution Settlement
Billings, MT: (Mar-24-07) A lawsuit was filed by the Environmental Protection Agency against the Colstrip power plant owners, PPL Montana, NorthWestern Energy, Puget Sound Energy Inc., Portland General Electric Co., Avista Corp. and PacifiCorp. The lawsuit accused the companies of violating a condition in their 1979 permit to install pollution-control equi...