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Law firms are investigating complaints that DirecTV imposes a cancellation fee that is improperly or insufficiently disclosed to consumers. This fee is imposed regardless of the reason for cancellation (including for poor reception or service) and regardless of the amount of time of the subscription. Some Excerpts from Unhappy DirecTV Customers ... - Daytona Beach to approve $15,000 settlement in protester lawsuit.
Daytona, FL: (May-05-08) Elizabeth Book, a topless protester, brought charges against Daytona Beach, alleging that she was wrongly arrested for nudity. Records show that 45-year-old Book has shown her breasts publicly since 2004 in protest of the city's public nudity ordinance. Court documents reveal that she was arrested in March 2004 and again in July... - VA Medical Center to pay $1.3 million settlement in malpractice lawsuit.
Waynesboro, VA: (Apr-30-08) David Morris and his wife Elizabeth, from Waynesboro, brought a medical malpractice lawsuit against the University of Virginia Medical Center, alleging that the facility failed to respond to their son's deteriorating condition in the hours before his birth, causing him to be born with cerebral palsy and brain damage. The sit c... - Landfill Storm Water, Southeastern Public Service Authority agrees to $14,000 fine after pumping garbage tainted storm water into a local ditch
Fremont, VA: (Feb-27-08) The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality brought charges against the Southeastern Public Service Authority (SPSA), alleging that there were several environmental violations at its regional landfill in Suffolk in the aftermath of Tropical Depression Ernesto in 2006. Officials claimed that this is the first time SPSA has gott... - Clergy Abuse, Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph awards teenage boy $45,000 settlement
Kansas City, MO: (Jan-16-08) An unidentified Kansas City-area man brought a lawsuit against the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, alleging that Thomas Reardon and Thomas O'Brien sexually abused a non-catholic 16-year-old boy. Sources stated that over a dozen men have sued O'Brien and the diocese, and 14 have sued Reardon and the church. One has settled, a... - Adopted foster boy awarded $300,000 settlement after being abused by another foster boy
Palm Beach County, FL: (Jan-10-08) An unnamed 15-year-old boy referred to as J.Doe, brought a civil lawsuit against the Florida Department of Children & Families, his former foster parents Gary and Elizabeth Howard, and two private agencies, alleging that he was sexually abused in foster care. The suit, filed by the boy's adoptive parents stated that the H... - Overtime Records, City of Akron must pay two employees $1.7 million for destroying public records that proved unpaid overtime
Akron, OH: (Oct-16-07) Victoria Elder and Elizabeth Kish, two city workers, brought a lawsuit against the city of Akron, alleging that the city destroyed public records detailing their unpaid overtime when they threatened legal action. During the course of the suit that was filed in December 2006, city officials admitted that the records in the Plans and... - Psychiatric Facility Malpractice, District of Columbia pays $650,000 settlement after schizophrenic patients gouges his own eyes out
Washington, DC: (Oct-10-07) The family of Frank Harris Jr. brought a lawsuit against the District of Columbia, alleging that Harris was blinded as a result of neglect at St. Elizabeth's Hospital. The suit stated that Harris, 55, who has schizophrenia, has been committed to the Southeast Washington psychiatric facility since 1973. The family claimed that ho... - Lone Star Wheel Components Inc. Trucking Accident Wrongful Death Settlement
Corsicana, TX: (Aug-16-07) The family of Elizabeth Brook McCullough, a 24-year-old registered nurse at Providence Home Health Care, filed a lawsuit against Lone Star Wheel Components Inc., a Corsicana-based trucking company, after McCullough died in a collision with one of their tractor-trailer rigs. McCullough died May 7, 2007 on her way to see a patient... - Atlanta, GA Doctor Monitoring Wrongful Death Settlement
Atlanta, GA: (Jun-18-07) The family of Sarah Elizabeth Crider of Cobb County, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the state, after the 14-year-old died on February 13, 2006 at Georgia Regional Hospital, Atlanta from a severe intestinal blockage. The suit alleged that the seventh-grader vomited several times, but a doctor called to her bedside apparently... - Independence Blue Cross Data Analysts Unpaid Overtime Settlement
Philadelphia, PA: (Apr-26-07) Ninety-one Independence Blue Cross quality data analysts filed a lawsuit against the company, accusing it of not providing stipulated overtime pay. On Feb. 6, analyst Elizabeth McGraw filed a lawsuit on behalf of herself and colleagues in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court, alleging that in March 2006, the health insurer decided... - Charleston County School District Teacher Racial Discrimination Settlement
Charleston, SC: (Apr-17-07) Elizabeth Kandrac, a white former middle school teacher, filed suit against the Charleston County School District for racial hostility she suffered when she was forced to work in a racially hostile environment in the predominantly black Brentwood Middle School in North Charleston. The suit alleged that Kandrac faced verbal abuse... - Walsall Council Employee Disability Discrimination Settlement
Elizabeth McDonald was fired from Walsall Council through a fax in April 2005 while on sick leave after having a thyroid operation. She filed a complaint with an Employment Tribunal claiming disability discrimination and unfair dismissal. She presented a list containing £500,000 in losses based on an estimate of what she would lose in salaries, bonuses... - Solitude Ski Resort Cyclist Wrongful Death Settlement
On September 18, 2004 Josie Johnson was struck from behind and killed by a car while riding her bike in Big Cottonwood Canyon. The motorist of the car was 67-year-old Elizabeth DeSeelhorst. She was driving a car belonging to Solitude Ski Resort, which is owned by her family. DeSeelhorst was convicted of class A misdemeanor negligent homicide, sentenced... - City of Venice, CA Jail Suicide Settlement
Venice City Council approved a $370,000 settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by a man whose wife killed herself while in jail in 2003. Elizabeth Stebbins, a mother of two who suffered for years from alcoholism and depression, was found to have committed suicide in her prison cell on December 7, 2003. Her husband, Karl, claims Venice police... - 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... - Gwinnett County Public Schools Freedom of Speech Settlement
Gwinnett County bus driver Dora Elizabeth Cook was president of the United School Employees Association and spent her breaks recruiting other bus drivers to join the union. In 2002, Cook's supervisory duties were taken away and she was demoted from full time to part time. Cook claimed school system officials told her to stop talking about the union duri... - Supreme Court Asks Solicitor General for Brief in California Trucking Lawsuit
Dec-20-21 Pasedena, CA On November 15, the U.S. Supreme Court asked Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar to articulate the position of the federal government with respect to California Trucking Association v. Rob Bonta . The Ninth Circuit decision requires California motor freight carriers to treat drivers as employees, rather than independent contractors. A deci... - Summary Judgment for Lincoln National in Barber v. Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
Jul-25-18 Cincinnati, OH On May 18, 2018, the Sixth Circuit denied Oliver Barber’s appeal in his long term denied disability lawsuit against Lincoln Financial (the marketing name for Lincoln National Corporation and insurance company affiliates). This is likely the end of the road for Barber’s lawsuit , but it was hard fought and thoroughly argued... - J&J’s Talc Appeal – Lack of Scientific Evidence and Jurisdiction Argument
Jul-30-18 St. Louis, MO: Johnson & Johnson plans to appeal the $4.69 billion verdict awarded on July 12 to 22 women and their families who alleged that ovarian cancer cases was caused by asbestos in the company’s baby powder, and that J&J failed to warn that its talcum powder raised the risk of ovarian cancer. Experts say that J&J will argue the verdict based on i...