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Bridgeton, NJ: (May-10-07) Rigoverto Diaz, 22, an immigrant, filed suit against the city of Bridgeton and the Bridgeton Police Department, alleging that he was robbed and beaten in 2006 by a city police officer. Diaz claimed in his suit that the incident was racially motivated, that patrolmen Carl Holliday and Gregory Willis picked him up the night of Nove... - Morgan Stanley & Company Inc. Retail Stock Investors Fraud Settlement
Tucson, AZ: (May-10-07) The US Securities and Exchange Commission filed federal charges against Morgan Stanley & Company Inc., alleging that it failed to get retail stock investors the best prices possible on more than 1 million over-the-counter transactions. The charges claimed that over a three year period, Morgan Stanley's automated trading system delay... - First American Cash Advance Payday Lender Fraud Settlement
Charleston, WV: (May-10-07) Attorney General Darrell McGraw's office brought charges against payday lender First American Cash Advance, following an investigation into the payday lending practices of First American and Community State Bank of South Dakota. The suit alleged that First American had claimed it was operating as an agent of Community State Bank... - Highland, CA Flood Wrongful Death Settlement
San Bernardino, CA: (May-10-07) Daniel Martinez, 44, a widower whose pregnant wife was swept into a creek by floodwaters in 2005, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the City of Highland, San Bernardino County, East Valley Water District, Standard Pacific Homes, and Rancho San Andreas/National Equity Engineering, who he held responsible for the death... - Rockford Catholic Diocese Priest Abuse Settlement
Kane County, IL: (May-10-07) Two women filed charges against the Rockford Catholic Diocese, claiming that they were sexually abused by Father Mark Campobello, who was their priest and teacher in 1999 and 2000, in Kane County. One of the abuse victims claimed that she had complained to the Rockford Diocese back in September 2002, when Campobello was serving... - Damning FDA Letter Bolsters case against Zyprexa Maker
Jul-17-07 Washington, DC A letter sent by the Food and Drug Administration to Eli Lilly in March, 2007 is providing support for claimants suing the company over the under-disclosed side-effects of its antipsychotic drug, Zyprexa , and may even expand the category of potential plaintiffs to include those who took the drug after March 2004, the month the company is... - Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center Cardiologist Medical Malpractice Class Action Settlement
Lafayette, LA: (May-09-07) A class action medical malpractice lawsuit was filed against Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, accusing Dr. Mehmood Patel, a cardiologist, of doing unnecessary angiograms, angioplasties and stent implants. Patel, who faces 94 criminal counts in a federal case involving 78 patients, denied the malpractice allegations an... - Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust Neo-Natal Infection Medical Malpractice Settlement
Hungerford, UK: (May-09-07) The family of now six-year-old Ashton Hopkins, of Park Way, Hungerford filed suit against the Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust, after the boy contracted a neo-natal infection at Swindon's Princess Margaret Hospital within days of his birth in September 2000. Though the illness was genetically transmitted by his mother Zoe, the... - Chicago, IL Police Shootout Personal Injury Settlement
Chicago, IL: (May-09-07) In a settlement reached with five plaintiffs shot or grazed by bullets fired by Chicago Police officers, the city agreed to pay $1.96 million to resolve claims, ending the last of the suits against them following the ugly aftermath of the Bulls' sixth NBA championship of the 1990s. The suit stemmed from an incident when a car carry... - San Diego County Water Authority Imperial Valley Water Dispute Settlement
San Diego, CA: (May-08-07) The Imperial Valley had filed civil charges against San Diego County water leaders claiming that the county's historic 2003 water transfer deal, to buy billions of gallons of water from valley farmers, had hurt Imperial Valley. Water Authority and irrigation district officials have been arguing without resolution over the issue... - Honolulu, HI Sewage Spill and Repair Settlement
Honolulu, HI: (May-08-07) The federal and state governments filed legal actions against the city over six risky sewer force mains, which they claimed was responsible for a massive sewage spill in March 2006. The city of Honolulu was accused of gross negligence in handling repair work of the sewer lines, which resulted in the Beachwalk force main bursting,... - BAR/BRI and Kaplan, Inc. Bar Exam Antitrust Class Action Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: (May-08-07) In a class action suit filed against BAR/BRI and Kaplan, Inc., plaintiffs alleged that BAR/BRI agreed not to compete with Kaplan, Inc. in the LSAT review business and Kaplan, Inc. agreed not to compete in the bar review business, thereby violating federal antitrust laws by preventing a competitive bar review course from being... - Proposed San Francisco, CA 49ers Stadium Maintenance Settlement
San Francisco, CA: (May-08-07) The 49ers football team filed claims against San Francisco, alleging that the city has been a negligent landlord. According to the charges filed, the team had threatened to file a lawsuit, having complained for years about leaks in luxury suites, rusty light towers and steps, cracked walkways, clogged drains in concession sta... - Thinkpath Inc. Debt Agreement Settlement
Toronto, Canada: (May-07-07) Thinkpath Inc., a global provider of engineering solutions, reached a settlement of its debt obligations to John and Cecelia Kennedy, the principal sellers of Multitech Group Inc., which was acquired by the company on June 29, 2006. According to the settlement, John and Cecelia Kennedy have agreed to return for cancellation all... - Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. Loprox Off-Label Promotion Settlement
New York, NY: (May-08-07) The US Department of Justice filed charges against Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp., alleging that it promoted its anti-fungal cream Loprox for unapproved uses. The suit claimed that the drug company had allegedly promoted Loprox, a medication typically used for fungal skin conditions such as athlete's foot, among pediatricians as a t... - Motorola Accounting Fraud Settlement
Harvard, IL: (May-08-07) The US Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges against Motorola, alleging that it had improperly funneled cash to Adelphia Communications in 2001 through a purported marketing support agreement for set-top boxes. The SEC claimed that the case involved a "round trip" of cash between Motorola and Adelphia, which used the mon... - Port St.Lucie, FL City Employee Racial Discrimination Settlement
Port St.Lucie, FL: (May-09-07) City employee Julie Kimble and three meter readers under her supervision filed a federal lawsuit against the city in September 2006, alleging that they faced racial discrimination, in part by a supervisor who allegedly called them the "dark side" and "Aunt Jemima." All four employees claimed that the city treated them differe... - Local 580 Iron Workers Racial Discrimination Settlement
New York, NY: (May-08-07) The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission brought charges against Local 580, a New York-based iron workers union, alleging that it violated a court order by discriminating against minority workers in Westchester County and New York City when it came to referring them to jobs. The suit filed in 2001, claimed that the unions ac... - Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Company and Fidelity Distributors Corporation Plan Fraud Fine
Seattle, WA: (May-08-07) NASD, formerly known as National Association of Securities Dealers, filed charges against two Fidelity broker-dealers, Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Company and Fidelity Distributors Corporation, alleging that they prepared and distributed misleading sales literature promoting Fidelity's Destiny I and II Systematic I... - Possible Chevron Oil Kickbacks Settlement
New York, NY: (May-07-07) United States prosecutors filed suit against Chevron, the second-largest American oil company, over alleged kickbacks that were being paid to Saddam Hussein on oil it bought from Iraq as part of a now defunct United Nations program. Chevron is preparing to acknowledge that it should have known about the kickbacks and that the admi...