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In August 2004, 8-year-old Jerry Trujillo was sent to the school counselor's office after he hit another child with a basketball. Jerry then allegedly went out of control and refused to return to class. The police were summoned; they handcuffed the third grader and took him to the city jail where he was dressed in an orange jumpsuit and placed in a hold... - EchoStar Communications Corp. Patent Infringement Settlement
TiVo Inc. filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the parent of the Dish satellite television provider. TiVo claimed EchoStar used its technology without license for the satellite company's own digital video recorders. A jury in the U.S. District Court in Marshall found that EchoStar had willfully infringed TiVo's patent to pause and rewind live telev... - Accor North America Inc. Motel 6 Child Personal Injury Settlement
Accor North America Inc. has reached an undisclosed monetary settlement with Hitendra and Falguni Bhakta, the parents of a child who is alleged to have found and swallowed a used condom at the Motel 6 in Casper, Wyoming on May 26, 2003. It appears that the child, who was only two years of age at the time of the incident, was found choking on a used cond... - City of Los Angeles Teenager Wrongful Death Police Shooting Settlement
At 4 o'clock in the morning on February 6, 2005, in South Los Angeles, police officer Steven Garcia began chasing a stolen Toyota Camry. He believed the driver was intoxicated as the car was driving erratically. After a brief chase, the suspect backed the stolen car toward the police officer, who fired 10 shots. Seven bullets hit Devin Brown, who was only... - Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Medical Malpractice Cerebral Palsy Settlement
On July 4, 1999 Ms. Skokie was 38 weeks pregnant when she went to the hospital emergency room with complaints of unexplained bleeding and abdominal pain. The mother was released the next day as readings on the electronic fetal monitor were within normal limits. On July 13, she returned to Evanston Hospital with complaints of bleeding. After natural labor... - HealthHelp Inc. Employee Wrongful Termination Settlement
Three female employees from the radiology benefits management service company were allegedly told not to hire "Blacks or Jews." When the women refused and told their employer that they would not discriminate, they were all fired. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against HealthHelp alleging racial and religious discriminatio... - Qwest Communications Employee Racial Discrimination Settlement
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against the telecommunications company on behalf of Hispanic employees in Portland. The lawsuit claimed Qwest denied promotions to Hispanic employees into management positions between 1998 and 2001. The company denied the allegations, but agreed to a $400,000 racial discrimination settlement. (Ap... - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Student Suicide Settlement
The parents of a young college student filed a $27 million lawsuit against Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) over the apparent suicide of their 19 year old daughter, Elizabeth Shin, have settled the case for an undisclosed amount. Shin died in a fire in her dormitory room in 2000, after making a series of suicidal threats. Toxicology resul... - SoftwareOnline.com, Inc. Consumer Protection Violations Settlement
A lawsuit was filed against the company for allegedly misrepresenting the extent to which its InternetShield and Registry Cleaner products are necessary to prevent attacks from malicious Web sites and computers crashes. SoftwareOnline bombarded potential customers with pop-up ads and allegedly used deceptive billing practices. The company admitted to mult... - San Jose City Santa Clara County Land Dispute Settlement
Santa Clara County and San Jose city were in a legal feud over a 7,000 seat concert hall project at the county fairgrounds and development in North San Jose. San Jose originally sued Santa Clara to block the county's fairgrounds theater project. San Jose agreed to pay a $36.5 million settlement to Clara County who will use the money for a new state-of-the... - Perini Corp. construction Settlement
Perini Corporation (NYSE:PCR) announced that it has entered into a settlement with the US Department of Justice and the US Department of State resolving claims by both Perini and the government relating to construction of the US Embassy building in Caracas, Venezuela. Perini has agreed to pay the government $998,500. Robert Band, President and Chief Opera... - City Streets and Jake Aaron Strickland Drunk Driving Wrongful Death Settlement
After a Christmas Party in 2003, Julie Jones and her husband Brent Jones were headed home when they got into a head on collision. Jake Aaron Strickland had been drinking that night at City Streets bar and drove 70 mph the wrong way down a one-way street when he struck Jones' Chevrolet Tahoe. Brent Jones was killed in the accident. Julie and their twin c... - Cedars Bar and Grill Intoxicated Motorcycle Accident Wrongful Death Settlement
In December 2004, Austin Police Commander Shauna Jacobson and her husband Kurt Jacobson were drinking at the bar during a charity poker run. The intoxicated couple left the bar and was killed in a motorcycle accident. Their blood alcohol levels were more than three times the legal limit. Family members filed a $1 million wrongful death lawsuit. Cedars B... - Maxwell Manor elder abuse Settlement
Abuse and neglect was so extensive at a south side Maxwell Manor nursing home, two former employees dubbed it "the house of death, terror and filth." The accusations include sexual assaults, medication abuse, rat infestation and drug dealing. The nursing home settled for $1.9 million. Federal and Illinois state prosecutors joined the suit in 2000 and said... - UBS AG Copper Trading Scandal Settlement
Sumitomo Corp. filed a lawsuit against the bank relating to copper market transactions between 1995 and 1996. In 1996, Sumitomo's head copper trader Yasuo Hamanaka admitted running up losses of $2.6 billion in 10 years of unauthorized trading. UBS has agreed to pay Sumitomo an $86 million settlement related to the scandal. (Apr-07-06) [ MARKET WATCH... - EDAW Defective Fountains Settlement
Montgomery County filed charges against the landscape architect company for allegedly designing flawed fountains throughout the county. In 1997, EDAW was hired by a consortium of Five Rivers MetroParks, Downtown Dayton Partnership and the Miami Conservancy District to construct a series of fountains. Under the proposed settlement, the county will rece... - Citigroup Inc. WorldCom Fraud Settlement
The University of California filed a lawsuit against the bank regarding its role in the 2002 collapse of WorldCom Inc. The university was an investor of WorldCom before it filed for bankruptcy in July 2002. The university claimed the former telecommunications analyst at Citigroup's Salomon Smith Barney unit issued unreasonably positive research reports... - Kentucky Fried Chicken injury Settlement
KFC reaches settlement with injured boy's family. The family of a youth who suffered a serious head injury when he fell through the roof of a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant has reached a $1.2 million dollar settlement. (Nov-09-04) [ GLOBE AND MAIL ] Legal Help If you have a similar problem and would like to be contacted by a lawyer at no... - AK Steel Corp. PCB Contamination Settlement
The Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council along with federal and Ohio environmental agencies filed charges against the maker of flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steel products for allegedly violating various environmental regulations. The United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Western Division has approve... - Kickapoo Traditional Tribe Casino Dispute Settlement
Lakes Entertainment Inc. filed a lawsuit against the tribe regarding a dispute over a casino deal in the state of Texas. The tribe had hired Lakes Entertainment to help it improve the performance of the Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino in Eagle Pass, but the relationship was soon terminated. The Kickapoo Traditional Tribe has agreed to pay Lakes Entertainm...