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A $685,000 settlement has been reached in the federal lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services alleging Medicaid fraud. The settlement also requires that the company be monitored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for a period of five years. (Oct-10-03) [ TRIANGLE BUSINESS JOURNAL ] Legal Help If you have... - Settlements and Verdicts: State of Wisconsin.
A $365,000 settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit filed by 4 convicted sex offenders who were kept in seclusion under Wisconsin's sexual predator law. The suit claimed that while they were inmates at the Wisconsin Resource Center in Oshkosh, the state illegally subjected the plaintiffs to long periods of isolation for disciplinary reasons altho... - Settlements and Verdicts: Flextronics, International Ltd.
$934 million has been awarded in compensatory and punitive damages to Beckman Coulter, Inc., a manufacturer of instrument systems, chemistries and supplies. The suit was filed against Flextronics, and its U.S. subsidiary Flextronics USA, Inc., formerly known as Dovatron, alleging breach of contract and other claims. (Sep-24-03) [ BIZ INC ] Legal Hel... - Settlements and Verdicts: Circle K store chain and Gurinder Ruby.
An $8 million verdict has been awarded to Arwa Farraj, a former Circle K store clerk from California. Farraj filed the suit against her former boss, alleging that he had cheated her out of a winning lottery ticket worth millions. Ruby tricked her into thinking that the Quick Pick California SuperLotto ticket she had purchased on Christmas Day in 1999 was... - Settlements and Verdicts: Circle K store chain and Gurinder Ruby.
An $8 million verdict has been awarded to Arwa Farraj, a former Circle K store clerk from California. Farraj filed the suit against her former boss, alleging that he had cheated her out of a winning lottery ticket worth millions. Ruby tricked her into thinking that the Quick Pick California SuperLotto ticket she had purchased on Christmas Day in 1999 was... - power window
Has your child been injured or killed by the power windows in your car? Since 1990 at least 26 children have been killed when power windows closed on them. Rocker or toggle-type switches can easily be activated by a child who can then be caught in the window and choked to death. Newer, safer switches must be pulled up to raise the window. "Becky Hergatt... - Settlements and Verdicts: Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
A $3.2 million dollar wrongful death verdict has been found in the lawsuit filed on behalf of the parents of New Mexico State Police officer Damon Talbott, 21, who was killed in an air ambulance helicopter training crash in 2001. The hospital was found to have been negligent in connection with its selection and investigation of Medical Air Transport. (Sep... - Settlements and Verdicts: Sundstrand
A settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed on behalf of the families of Garuda Airlines crash victims. The Indonesian airline's domestic flight from Jakarta to Medan, clipped a tree on a mountain ridge and crashed in 1997, killing all 234 on board. The suit claimed that Sundstrand's ground proximity warning system on the plane was faulty. Plaintif... - Settlements and Verdicts: Stanford Hospital and Palo Alto Medical Clinic
A $70 million verdict has been found in the lawsuit filed on behalf of the family of 9-year-old Michael Cook. The suit claimed that the Hospital staff gave Michael a standard blood screening test for metabolic disorders when he was only 4 hours old, however in order to detect disorders, the test should not be given for 24 hours. Michael suffered brain d... - Settlements and Verdicts: AOL Time Warner Inc
Under a proposed settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, AOL will have to make it easier for customers to cancel their subscriptions. The FTC had accused AOL of hassling subscribers who cancelled their subscriptions, and continued to bill customers who thought they had cancelled the service. (Sep-23-03) [ PRESS RELEASE ] [ REUTERS ] Legal Hel... - Settlements and Verdicts: Jimmy Williams
will receive a $750,000 settlement after he spent 10 years in jail for a rape he didn't commit. (Sep-23-03) [ NEWS 5 ] Legal Help If you have a similar problem and would like to be contacted by a lawyer at no obligation, please click the link below to submit your complaint. ... - Settlements and Verdicts: Microsoft
MSfreePC.com is a website that has been set up to help MIcrosoft customers process claim and receive an "instant settlement" of $100 to purchase computer products, as part of the $1.1 billion antitrust settlement Microsoft has agreed to. [ SETTLEMENT WEBSITE] Legal Help If you have a similar problem and would like to be contacted by a lawyer at... - Settlements and Verdicts: Nike Inc.
A $1.5 million settlement has been reached in the free-speech lawsuit filed filed in 1998 claiming that the company lied in their public relations campaign refuting accusations of dire workplace conditions in Asian factories. The company claimed that they were truthful in the campaign, and that it was protected by the first amendment of the US constitutio... - Settlements and Verdicts: Hewlett-Packard Co.
has won the first trial of almost three dozen lawsuits filed on behalf of consumers. The suits claimed that the company deceived consumers when it sold printers with half-full ink cartridges. The jury found that consumers did not expect the cartridges supplied in new printers to be the same as the replacement cartridges they purchased. (Sep-12-03) [ DE... - Settlements and Verdicts: Hubler Ford Lincoln-Mercury.
Customers who bought or leased vehicles from Hubler Ford between Aug. 1, 1999, and July 1, 2000, and whose signatures on the contracts were allegedly written by someone else, will receive about $5,000 each from Hubler Ford Lincoln-Mercury to settle a lawsuit that alleged their sales contracts were forged to sell them extended warranties. (Nov-09-02) [ EMA... - Settlements and Verdicts: Vietnamese Buddhist Congregation, CO.
A $5 million verdict has been found in the defamation lawsuit filed against the Vietnamese Buddhist Congregation of Colorado and its monk, Cuong Kim Le. The suit was filed by sisters Thu Ho and Thi Ho and their father, Ngo Ho, alleging that Le had sexually assaulted the sisters as teenagers, then tried to discredit the family when they complained. (Sep-... - Settlements and Verdicts: Bozeman School District in Montana.
A $160,000 settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed against the Bozeman School District in Montana. The suit was filed by the family of Kelly Morgan who was killed in a drunk driving accident following the 2000 homecoming dance. The parents claimed that there was lax supervision on the part of the school, stating that the boy who drove the car, Br... - eBay patent infringement settlement.
A $29.5 million verdict has been found against eBay in the patent-infringement lawsuit filed against the Internet auction house by Thomas G. Woolston. Woolston, a Virginia inventor, claimed that the way the company conducts sales of fixed-price merchandise infringed on patents that belong to him. In addition to the monetary settlement, the company will im... - Settlements and Verdicts: City of McKinney, TX.
A $1.45 million settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed against the city of McKinney, TX regarding an accidental police shooting. The suit was filed by the family of Cathey Jo Howard-Kalimah who was accidentally shot and killed in her home on June 5, 2001 by Officer Joyce VanDertuin. Howard-Kalimah was mistaken for an intruder when she was shot,... - Settlements and Verdicts: Sta-Rite Industries.
A $104 million verdict has been found in the lawsuit filed against Sta-Rite Industries Inc. on behalf of the family of Lorenzo Peterson. On June 17, 2000 a Sta-Rite single-horsepower pump trapped Peterson underwater for several minutes, causing irreversible brain damage. The suit claimed that the pump was unsafe, yet the company made no efforts to modif...