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Jun-17-09 New York, NY The details may sound sexy but as New York attorney Norah Hart sees the situation, the battle against Match.com, the world's biggest online dating service, is a plain old case of consumer fraud . "It is a very strong case when it comes to consumer fraud," says Norah Hart from her office in New York City where she is a partner with Treuhaft... - Patrick Perotti -- The Good Lawyer
Apr-16-09 Cleveland, OH You might think of attorney Patrick Perotti as the Ohio legal profession's very own Robin Hood with a few modifications. Over the last several years Perotti and a band of fellow lawyers has distributed millions of dollars to charities, but there's no sheriff breathing down their necks and they didn't steal the money. They won it fair and squa... - Avandia –Two Weeks to Near Death
Sep-17-08 Canfield, OH Dennis is just 40 years old. He was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and was put on Avandia . But after only two weeks on the drug, Dennis experienced shortness of breath and chest pains. He had a heart attack and he thinks Avandia could have been the cause. Dennis's story is unusual in that he suffered a severe, near death experience very s... - Kansas Catholic Diocese to Settle 47 Abuse Claims for $10 Million
The Catholic Diocese of Kansas has settled a sexual abuse case involving 47 separate claims of abuse perpetrated by 12 priests. The settlement includes $10 million, plus a further 19 non-financial conditions, including written letters of apology from the bishop to the victims and their families. Legal Help If you have a similar problem and would like... - Catholic Archdiocese to Pay $12.6 Million in Sexual Abuse Settlements
A sexual abuse case against the Catholic archdiocese in Chicago will be settled with the church paying $12.6 million in settlements. Ten different priests were involved in 14 cases of sexual abuse, and two relate to one priest, who pled guilty earlier, to having abused five children. Legal Help If you have a similar problem and would like to b... - Attorney Jeff Anderson Sues the Hell Out of Clerical Sex Abusers
Jul-30-08 St. Paul, MN Attorney Jeff Anderson is a genuine firebrand. He has handled not hundreds, but thousands of cases on behalf of sexual abuse survivors across the US, and even outside the US over the last 25 years. "I have sued psychologists, psychiatrists, family members, movie stars, politicians, and every religious denomination you can think of inclu... - Daughter Investigates Father's Railroad Death
Jul-18-08 Alexandria, VA Rosemary Miranda's father was a railroad worker and he died of carcinoma of the lung. She is trying to reconstruct his life and death through official documents, brief memories and family stories. The statue of limitations has long run out on the 1961 death but Rosemary is still hoping for some form of compensation. "I was in an orphan... - The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis reached a financial settlement
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis Reaches a Financial Settlement Six men who brought lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis for sexual abuse will receive $312,500 with each receiving a settlement of between $90,000 and $20,000. The men claimed that they were sexually molested by five priests in the diocese during... - Nursing Home Abuse of the Worst Kind: Rape
Jun-19-08 Salt Lake City, UT When you place a parent or a loved one into a nursing home, the last thing on your mind is the potential for nursing home abuse . But maybe it should be the first thing on your mind…because nursing home abuse happens, and in the most pleasant of surroundings. Christus St. Joseph Villa in Salt Lake City is the only Catholic, not-for... - California Unpaid Overtime: Missed Meal Breaks Equals Extra Hours
Jun-6-08 Sacramento, CA It may be subject to interpretation, but the fact remains that any individual required to work through meal, and other breaks without compensation are not only missing their breaks, but are also effectively working, over the course of the week, more hours than the standard work week allows. Could this, too, be another example of California... - Salesian Society pays undisclosed settlement in child abuse lawsuit.
Tampa, FL: (May-19-08) A civil lawsuit was brought against the defunct Mary Help of Christians School in Tampa, a now-closed Catholic school operated by the Eastern US Province of the Salesian Society, alleging that a student was sexually abused there. The student, known as S.A filed suit in 2005, accusing his dormitory supervisor of fondling him, perfor... - Catholic priest order agrees to $19.5 million settlement in molestation lawsuit.
Los Angeles, CA: (May-15-08) A sexual molestation lawsuit was brought against the Salesian Society of Catholic priests, a Catholic order of priests that refused to join a record sex-abuse settlement between accusers and the Los Angeles Archdiocese, alleging that the order was aware that a priest had been accused of abusing children when they assigned him... - School to pay $100,000 settlement in employment lawsuit.
Honolulu, HI: (Apr-24-08) The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission brought a lawsuit against the Holy Family Catholic Academy, a Catholic school, alleging that it wrongly fired a former bookkeeper after she complained of discrimination by a priest and her supervisor. The suit, filed on behalf of Roxanne Castilliano, claimed that the Rev. Owen Mulle... - Bridgeport Diocese to pay $37.7 million settlement in assault lawsuit.
Westport, CT: (Apr-23-08) Several sexual abuse claims were brought against the Bridgeport Diocese in Westport, naming five men who served as Roman Catholic priests. Court records reveal that the five named are Martin J. Federici, who served at Westport's Assumption Church from 1968 to 1970; Revs. Joseph Gorecki, who served at Assumption in 1974; Albert M... - Former parishioner to pay undisclosed settlement in $3 million abuse lawsuit.
Veneta, OR: (Apr-14-08) A lawsuit was brought against local businessman and church leader James Richard "Burt" Simmerman, by a teenager who claimed that she was sexually abused by the former parishioner and leader at St. Thomas Becket Roman Catholic Church in Veneta. Court documents reveal that Simmerman was sentenced in June 2007, to three years and eig... - Cathedral Network to pay $5.3 million Medicare fraud suit.
Newark, NJ: (Mar-05-08) The US Justice Department brought charges against Cathedral Healthcare System, the Newark-based hospital system affiliated with the Archdiocese of Newark, alleging that the hospital defrauded the federal Medicare program. The suit claimed that Cathedral inflated charges for Medicare patients to obtain additional federal reimbursem... - Developer Investment, Raffaello Follieri agrees to $12 million joint venture settlement
Wilmington, DE: (Feb-25-08) Ron Burkle's Yucaipa Cos. brought a lawsuit against New York property developer Raffaello Follieri, alleging that Follieri misused money intended to develop unneeded Catholic Church property. Sources stated that Yucaipa Corporate Initiatives Fund I sued Follieri in April 2007, claiming he used part of Yucaipa's $55.6 million inv... - Gender Discrimination is alleged by Female Ref against Religious School
Feb-16-08 Topeka, KS An investigation in underway at a religious school near Topeka, KS after alleged discrimination was launched against a female referee at St. Mary's Academy twenty-five miles northwest of Topeka. The alleged incident occurred on February 2nd when allegedly school officials would not permit a female referee to call a high school basketball game. T... - Parish Priest, Vermont Roman Catholic Diocese agrees to $170,000 child molestation settlement
Burlington, VT: (Feb-08-08) A child sexual molestation lawsuit was brought against the Vermont Roman Catholic diocese, alleging that it was responsible for the long-ago molestation of a child by a parish priest. The case was filed by John Perrotte, 41, of South Hero, who claimed that the diocese was to blame for his 1980 molestation in Milton at the hands... - 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...