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Tabernacle, GA: (May-21-07) The Department of Environmental Protection filed suit against ACR Inc. of South Jersey in Mount Laurel and US Steel Corp. in Pittsburgh in 2004, in an attempt to recover cleanup costs and damages incurred by the state and to compensate township residents for damage to their natural resources. The suit claimed that ACR Inc. US St... - Mellon Bank: $18 million payout in federal tax returns malpractice suit.
Pittsburgh, PA: (May-21-07) An investigation carried out by the US Attorney General Mary Beth Buchanan's office into the tax returns of Mellon Bank resulted in a settlement of more than $18 million to be paid to the federal government. The investigation stemmed from the destruction of thousands of federal tax returns. Mellon Bank agreed to cooperate with a... - $25,000 settlement in mistaken identity civil lawsuit.
McKinney City, TX: (May-21-07) Christi Dawn Hernandez of Princeton filed a civil lawsuit against the City, after she was wrongfully arrested in January 2006 for a crime she didn't commit. A Collin County grand jury originally indicted Christi Dawn Hernandez, 35, on Sept. 5, 2006, on a state jail felony charge of delivery of a controlled substance. Sherif... - Settlement: Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.
Houston, TX: (May-21-07) The United States Environmental Protection Agency, Department of the Interior, Department of Justice and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as well as the State of California Department of Fish and Game, Office of Spill Prevention and Response, and the San Francisco Bay and Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control... - Universal Express: $50 million from auction to be distributed among various charities.
Boca Raton, FL: (May-21-07) Pop star Michael Jackson filed charges against Universal Express over the auction of Jackson family memorabilia, scheduled for May 30-31 2007, in Las Vegas. The suit aimed at stopping the auction, which includes costumes, gold records and personal items from his career. Universal Express had announced a week before the settlem... - $40 million settlement ends decade long antitrust lawsuits.
Washington, DC: (May-21-07) Over a decade of antitrust lawsuits against office supply giant 3M ended with a federal judge granting final approval to a class action settlement worth nearly $40 million and awarded more than $14.5 million in fees and expenses to the plaintiffs lawyers. The suit against 3M, brought by direct purchasers and retailers claimed... - Empowerplus presuntamente empeora síntomas psiquiátricos
El Departamento Federal de Salud de Canadá ha recibido nueve reclamos por reacciones adversas a personas que han tomado el polémico suplemento EMPowerplus. El medicamento se vende para tratar trastornos graves, tales como trastorno bipolar, de ansiedad, ataques de pánico, déficit de atención, esquizofrenia, auti... - Patient Prescribed Avandia was Heart Attack Waiting to Happen
Jul-25-07 Prescott, AR I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2001 and was prescribed Avandia ," says Gene Cearley. "And I'm still taking it—neither my doctor nor my cardiologist told me otherwise." Since taking Avandia, Cearley was also a heart attack waiting to happen—and he's only 47. "Avandia helped control my blood sugar and that's why I am st... - The Benzene in your Beverage could Kill You
Jul-23-07 Sugar Creek, MO: Benzene is a word you should get to know--especially when the same chemical that goes into the manufacturing of things like insecticide and petroleum, starts to show up in soft drinks. Benzoic acid is used as a preservative in a host of consumer soft drink products. In its original state, benzoic acid is thought to be harmless. How... - $25,000 settlement to resolve police department paid leave dispute.
Gloucester, MA: (May-17-07) The city of Gloucester approved a $25,000 settlement to Patrolman Stephen Lamberis, who was on paid administrative leave for 17 months pending the results of an investigation by Gloucester's police chief John Beaudette, who claimed that the patrolman made $136,000 while out on the 17-month paid administrative leave. The settleme... - $450,000 in racial discrimination and hostile work environment suit.
Colorado Springs, CO: (May-17-07) The US Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission brought charges against Professional Transit Management doing business as Springs Transit, alleging that that the company maintained a work environment hostile to Hispanics, Asians and blacks. The lawsuit, filed in 2006, alleged company supervisors used ethnic slurs targ... - $94 million settlement in hurricane damage insurance lawsuit.
Baja California Sur, Mexico: (May-17-07) The Mexican company Grupo Fertinal S.A. and certain affiliates filed charges against Seguros ING S.A. de C.V., the Mexican insurance subsidiary of The Netherlands' ING Group, over a dispute concerning the amount to be paid for damages to Fertinal's mines caused by Hurricane Juliette in 2001. In an earlier settle... - Over $100,000 paid to victims of priest sexual abuse.
Philips, IL: (May-17-07) The list of plaintiffs suing Fr. Terrence Fitzmaurice for sexual abuse has grown by five, including a woman who alleges the priest raped her in 1979 and fathered her now 27-year-old son. Fitzmaurice served St. Patrick's & St. Mary's Catholic churches, and later Our Lady of the North Catholic Church in Phillips, from 1987-2000. Ea... - Over $2 million paid out in guerrilla ad campaign, bomb scare suit.
San Francisco, CA: (May-18-07) The city of San Francisco filed charges against Turner Broadcasting System over a guerrilla ad campaign that sparked bomb scares in Boston. TBS hired a company to promote its "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" cartoon show in January. The company placed about 20 battery-powered signs around San Francisco with images of a cartoon charac... - $500,000 payout for environmental damage apart from $18 million spent to reduce harmful emissions and conserve natural gas.
Weld County, CO: (May-17-07) The Environmental Protection Agency filed charges against Kerr-McGee Corp., accusing it of harmful emissions that violated the federal Clean Air Act. The suit claimed that the oil and natural gas exploration and production company was accused of violating the Clean Air Act at several of its natural gas compressor stations, in... - $2.4 million and building relocation resolves water district partnership dispute.
Central Basin Municipal Water District Carson, CA: (May-17-07) The West Basin Municipal Water District filed suit against the Central Basin Municipal Water District , its former partner, over West Basin's decision to end the two Districts' partnership of more than 15 years, effective July 1, 2006. The two Districts began operating together in 1990, whe... - $5 million settlement to purge landfill of hazardous waste.
Albany, NY: (May-17-07) State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office filed charges against several companies, local businesses and municipalities that once sent their trash to the Orange County landfill. The suit alleged that the dumping had caused environmental damage and asked that they be made to pay to cover state costs of purging hazardous waste fro... - $128,000 settlement in land parcel dispute.
Huber Heights City, OH: (May-17-07) TDEL, LLC filed charges against Huber Heights City over .035 acres of land at the northwest corner of the I-70 and St. Rt. 202 interchange, formerly a Shell gas station. The suit stated that various parcels of right-of-way were acquired. The Montgomery County Transportation Improvement District took approximately .035... - $200,000 funding to make bus system accessible to the disabled.
Bend City, OR: (May-17-07) Plaintiffs represented by the Oregon Advocacy Center filed a lawsuit against Bend City, alleging that the city's fixed route bus system was inaccessible to people with disabilities. In a settlement reached, the City of Bend agreed to make 70% of the bus stops accessible within the next three years, have all bus stops compliant... - $250,000 settlement in defamation and harassment lawsuit.
Billings, MT: (May-17-07) William A. D'Alton, a Billings lawyer, filed suit against the city, claiming that he was harassed and defamed by city employees. The nearly four-year-old lawsuit, which involved 10 parties, numerous claims and seven law firms, racked up hefty costs. While a current figure was not available, the city's insurance companies had spent...