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On January 21, 1998, 90 officers raided the Hells Angels San Jose headquarters and nine homes. The Hells Angels motorcycle club filed a lawsuit against the city claiming city police crossed the line when they fatally shot three dogs during a raid on two bikers' homes. The lawsuit alleged the three dogs were needlessly killed by police who refused to giv... - Election Systems and Software Delayed Voting Settlement
The state of Indiana filed a civil complaint against the voting system software company after its software caused delays for some voters and election officials during the state's May primary. The lawsuit claimed Election Systems and Software violated state law by providing defective equipment and services. The company has agreed to pay a $750,000 settle... - City of Huntington Female Police Officer Gender Harassment Settlement
Huntington Police officer Stephanie Swann filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the city. She claimed her colleagues repeated references to Swann using sexually explicit words and circulated a sexually explicit drawing of her. The lawsuit also alleged fellow officers belittled her and did not allow her to do certain police work because she is a... - Ford County Attorney John Sauer Employee Harassment Settlement
Julie Funk worked as an assistant to the county attorney and Erin Cox worked as an office manager. Funk's salary was cut six months after Sauer took office. It was later reinstated by the Ford County Commission, and Fund was subsequently fired. Funk filed a lawsuit with the Kansas Human Rights Commission against John Sauer and accused him of harassment,... - University Hospitals of Cleveland Whistleblower Settlement
Dr. Thomas Kirby, the former co-chairman of cardiothoracic surgery, accused the hospital of illegally encouraging its doctors to refer patients only to other University Hospital doctors. Kirby criticized the hospital while working there and filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court under whistleblower provisions. In an effort to control Medicare costs, C... - Mike and Greg Whitaker Hog Farm Pollution Settlement
Sierra Club members and a group of concerned residents filed a lawsuit against the DeKalb County hog farm owners for allegedly polluting streams that flow into the Tennessee River. The 2,400 hog farm stuck up the air and possibly contaminated water quality. Under the terms of the settlement, the Whitakers have been ordered to pay the defendants $100,000... - U.S. Bank City Tax Embezzlement Settlement
The city of Bowling Green filed a lawsuit against the bank related to embezzlement by the city's former Chief Financial Officer Davis Cooper. Two private accounts were set up by Cooper over 23 years and thousands of transactions were placed into these official sounding accounts. Cooper is serving eight years in a federal prison, after pleading guilty to... - Pioneer Natural Resources Co. Royalty Deductions Settlement
A lawsuit was filed by John Steven Alford and Robert Larrabee, individually and on behalf of a plaintiff class against the independent oil and gas exploration company relating to alleged improper deductions in the calculation of royalties. Pioneer Natural Resources agreed to pay a $32 million settlement and Pioneer USA also agreed to adjust the manner i... - Dart Container Corp. Illegal Discharge Settlement
The State of Kentucky has settled with Dart Container Corp. in regards to an environmental lawsuit. The case, which was brought against the company in 1999, was in response to Dart Corp.'s dumping of pollutants from a foam and plastic producing facility into the Green River. Although the company officially denies any wrong doing, it had previously paid... - Starbucks Coffee Burn Settlement
Manhattan lawyer Alice Griffin was at a Starbucks on Seventh Avenue in New York when the clerk slid her hot cup of coffee across the counter. It fell on her foot and Griffin suffered burn injuries. She filed a personal injury lawsuit against the coffee chain. A jury awarded Griffin $310,000 in a ruling upheld by State Supreme Court Justice. Starbucks wi... - Quest Software Infringement Settlement
Quest Software Inc. has settled a lawsuit with Computer Associates International Inc for $16 million. The lawsuit stemmed from allegations that Quest had used Computer Associates International information, protected under intellectual property laws. Due to the settlement, neither company has to announce either fault or liability in the case. The $16 mil... - Zurich American Insurance Co. Business Interuption Claims Settlement
ABM Industries Inc. filed a lawsuit against the insurance company regarding a dispute over business interruption insurance claims in connection with the destruction of the World Trade Center. ABM provided janitorial, engineering and lighting services to the World Trade Center, where it employed more than 800 people before the September 11, 2001 attack... - Hyundai Advance and MSC Ilona Oil Spill Settlement
On December 7, 2004 the Hyundai Advance and the MSC Ilona were heading in opposite directions along the Pearl River Delta between Shenzhen and Shanghai. The two ships collided and the fuel storehouse of MSC Ilona leaked more than 1,200 tons of heavy oil into the river. The spill was 9 nautical miles long, 600 meters wide and seriously damaged the oceani... - Hoeganaes Corp. Smokestack Emissions Boater Settlement
Several boaters filed a lawsuit against the Cinnaminson metal powders manufacturing company claiming smokestack emissions damaged windshields on marina boats along the Delaware River in Delran and Riverside. Since 1997, more than 1,700 boaters had to replace and cover windshields known as Isenglas. Hoeganaes did not admit wrongdoing, but has agreed to pay... - Merck & Co. Inc. Vioxx Heart Attack Settlement
Gerald Barnett took Vioxx for 33 months before suffering a heart attack in September 2002. The former FBI agent filed a lawsuit against Merck for compensatory and punitive damages. A New Orleans jury ruled Merck was negligent for failing to adequately warn doctors about the risks associated with the drug. The jury also found that Merck knowingly misrepr... - Lake Compounce Amusement Park Drowning Death Settlement
On June 1, 2000 Deven Alexander was riding in an inner tube going down the "Lake Plunge" water slide when his tube flipped over and threw him into the lake. He died six days after the accident. Kyia Alexander filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the park on behalf of her 6-year-old son. The lawsuit claimed the park's owners, operators and employees we... - Gibraltar Design Matanzas High School Construction Settlement
Flagler County School Board filed an $11 million lawsuit against the design firm related to construction at the Matanzas High School. In March 2004, the construction of Matanzas was stopped after the facilities director and an architect discovered that engineering plans created by Gibraltar Design called for a flimsily built school. They noted the secon... - Edison Chouest Offshore Breach of Contract Settlement
The Port of Galveston filed a $91 million breach of contract lawsuit in February 2005 against the company. In 2000, Edison Chouest Offshore had signed a lease agreement to build a terminal on Pelican Island to support offshore energy activities. The project, dubbed C-Port Galveston, never started. The Port accused Edison Chouest of reneging on a multi... - Rabobank King City Deposit Interest Settlement
King City filed a lawsuit against the new owner of the former Community Bank of Central California regarding a financial dispute. The city deposited $4.4 million into the bank as a deposit, but Rabobank maintained the city put the money up as collateral for loans on a city downtown redevelopment project called Town Square. In a settlement agreement, the... - Warwick, RI Detective Wrongful Conviction Settlement
In 1989, detective Scott Hornoff was convicted of murdering Victoria Cushman. He spent six years in prison for allegedly killing his former lover until Todd Barry confessed to the murder in 2002. Hornoff was released from prison. He filed a lawsuit in Superior Court against the city of Warwick, seeking reinstatement to the city's police department. He a...