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Atlantic City, NJ: (Apr-21-07) James Andros, an Atlantic City police officer erroneously accused of killing his wife, filed suit against the city and spent years battling the system seeking exoneration. Dr. Elliot Gross, the on-call Medical Examiner in the case, made the error of listing 31-year-old Ellen Andros' death March 31, 2001, as a homicide through... - Dey Inc. Fraudulent Drug Price Reporting Settlement
Boston, MA: (Apr-20-07) Massachusetts' Attorney General Martha Coakley's office filed charges against Dey Inc. of California, alleging that the generic pharmaceutical manufacturer inflated the wholesale prices it reported to national reporting services, prompting the state Medicaid program to pay more for the company's drugs. The suit was a move to prohibi... - Stroger Hospital and Cook County, IL Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Settlement
Chicago, IL: (Apr-20-07) The family of Dorota Spyrka filed a medical negligence and malpractice lawsuit against Stroger Hospital and Cook County after her death while at the hospital in June 2000. Spyrka came to Stroger Hospital suffering from pneumonia; she developed a pulmonary embolism and died after a doctor cut off the drug helping her recover. A fe... - Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgical Associates ICU Medical Malpractice Settlement
Zanesville, OH: (Apr-21-07) Terry Perkins, 63, a Duncan Falls former field engineer who once worked on turbines, filed charges against Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgical Associates, after undergoing procedures that left him blind and caused brain damage. Perkins went in for a routine stress test at Genesis HealthCare System in Zanesville when some bloc... - Garry Donoghue Ex-CEO Contract Breach Settlement
New Zealand: (Apr-17-07) Text message marketer Plus SMS brought charges against its founder chief executive Garry Donoghue, forcing him to return $11 million worth of shares. The lawsuit stemmed from Donoghue refusing to hand back 85 million ordinary shares which apparently he was bound to return to the company when he resigned in 2006. As part of the nego... - Huddle House Employee Pregnancy Discrimination Settlement
Little Rock, AR: (Apr-17-07) The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission at Little Rock filed a lawsuit on behalf of Erika Murphy against Hargis-Caldwell Partners LLC, doing business as the Huddle House, in July 2006, claiming that the restaurant fired Murphy because she was pregnant. In a settlement agreement negotiated by the parties, Huddle House agr... - Denver, CO Shoplifter Personal Injury Settlement
Denver, CO: (Apr-17-07) Leonard Trujillo, a suspected shoplifter, filed suit against the city after he was run over twice by a Denver policeman chasing him in his patrol car. Trujillo allegedly stole beef jerky from a convenience store near Evans Avenue and Zuni Street. When the clerk locked the doors to prevent him from escaping, Trujillo kicked out the g... - Sandia National Laboratories Security Analyst Wrongful Termination Settlement
San Francisco, CA: (Apr-17-07) Shawn Carpenter, a former security analyst at Sandia National Laboratories, filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the organization after being fired in January 2005 for sharing information related to an internal network compromise with the FBI and the US Army. Sandia stated that Carpenter had violated company rules by... - Possible Richwood Meat Co. Beef Patty E. Coli Lawsuit
FLASH! See the latest (June 2007) beef ecoli recall. Authorities have recalled approximately 100,000 pounds of frozen ground beef patties in five states after five children in Napa County became infected with E. coli after eating hamburgers at Little League baseball snack shacks. The patties were produced in April-May 2006, by Merced-based Richwood... - University of California, Irvine Medical Center Liver Transplant Malpractice Settlement
Santa Ana, CA: (Apr-16-07) Elodie Irvine filed a medical malpractice suit against the University of California, Irvine Medical Center after having waited four years for organ transplants at the hospital before she went to another hospital and got the desperately needed procedures within two months. Irvine, who was diagnosed with a deadly kidney and liver d... - Beede Waste Oil Site Pollution Settlement
Plaistow, NH: (Apr-17-07) The Federal Government and New Hampshire reached an agreement with the 101 parties who contributed to the pollution of the Beede Waste Oil Superfund site in Plaistow, NH. In a settlement reached, the parties involved in the environment pollution lawsuit agreed to pay $48 million to clean up the site, $9 million for future federal... - Danisco Biofuel Patent Infringement Settlement
Franklinton, NC: (Apr-17-07) Novozymes is a Denmark based world leader in the development of enzymes that could make alternative fuels more widely available. Novozymes filed suit against rival firm Danisco, over patent infringement of its biofuels technology. Novozymes alleged that Danisco infringed on its patent covering the enzyme Spezyme Ethyl. The suit... - Superior Asphalt Environmental Violations Penalty
Black River Falls, WI: (Apr -17-07) The Wisconsin Department of Justice booked an environmental enforcement case on Jackson County Superior Asphalt, accusing it of having failed to properly manage petroleum products at its plant and investigate and clean up spills, as required by state law. The suit further alleged that Superior Asphalt failed to conduct a... - Microsoft Corp. Iowa Software Antitrust Class Action Settlement
Des Moines, IA:(Apr-18-07) Microsoft Corp. has been caught up in a spate of class action lawsuits filed against it by the US government, including a class action antitrust lawsuit in Iowa. The suit claimed that Microsoft, who has monopoly power in the desktop operating system market, used their position to overcharge Iowans on Microsoft products, sparking... - Cell Therapeutics Trisenox Off-Label Promotion Settlement
Seattle, WA: (Apr-17-07) The US government filed charges against Seattle biotechnology company, Cell Therapeutics, accusing it of promoting an anti-cancer drug, Trisenox, for uses that were not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The suit stated that Cell Therapeutics subverted a regulatory system designed to assure that patients receive only tho... - Vonage CEO Jeffrey Citron Securities Fraud Settlement
Holmdel, NJ: (Apr-16-07) The US Securities and Exchange Commission brought charge against NJ based Vonage in connection with a securities fraud investigation dating back to 1993. The charges alleged that Vonage CEO Jeffrey Citron was one of four individuals and one company charged with participating in an extensive fraudulent scheme involving the NASDAQ... - New York, NY Pesticide Spraying Settlement
New York, NY: (Apr-16-07) The No Spray Coalition and other environmental groups have been embroiled in a host of lawsuits against the City of New York in Federal Court, in opposition to Mayor Rudy Giuliani's administration's massive and indiscriminate spraying of toxic pesticides, including Malathion. The coalition alleged that the pesticides sprayed were da... - Amvac Chemical Corp. Field Workers Sterility Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: (Apr-16-07) Thirteen Nicaraguan field workers filed suit against Amvac Chemical Corp., a Southern California chemical company, alleging that one of the pesticides the firm used caused them to become sterile. The suit also mentioned Dow Chemical Co. and Dole Fruit Co. as defendants. In a settlement reached, Amvac agreed to pay $300,000 to t... - Los Angeles, CA Firefighter Discrimination and Retaliation Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: (Apr-16-07) Lewis "Steve" Bressler filed suit against the Fire Department accusing it of retaliating against him after he sought to help a colleague, Brenda Lee, who had alleged racial, gender, and sexual orientation discrimination. He was one of three firefighters who worked together in 2001 at Station 96 in Chatsworth and sued the city i... - Computer Associates CEO Software Fraud Settlement
New York, NY: (Apr-14-07) Federal authorities filed suit against Computer Associates and former chief executive, Sanjay Kumar, accusing it of fraud related to the improper accounting of software license revenues during 1999 and 2000. Sanjay Kumar was sentenced in November 2006 to 12 years in prison for his role in the $2.2 billion accounting fraud, wherein...