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Sort by relevance 16,391 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Hawaiian Government Employees Association Settlement
Honolulu, HI: (Apr-05-07) The Public Employers (the state and the four counties) and the Hawaiian Government Employees Association (HGEA) have reached a tentative agreement in their negotiations involving certain white and blue collared bargaining units representing nearly 26,000 state and county government employees. The settlement involves a 4 percent an... - Bransom Elementary School District Pricipal Wrongful Termination Settlement
Burleson, TX: (Apr-05-07) After Principal Justin Kirk was asked to leave Bransom Elementary School following a suspension without any cause, he requested a public hearing before the school board. Administrators suspended Kirk in January 2007 and the district agreed to pay Kirk a lump sum of $30,000 in a negotiated settlement. The settlement agreement sta... - IRI Golf Course Upgrades Settlement
Rockwall, TX: (Apr-05-07) The City of Rockwall filed a lawsuit against the golf course operator in 2006, accusing the company of not meeting existing standards contained in their lease agreement with the city. IRI Golf leases Dallas land from the City of Rockwall, on which a portion of the golf course is located. In an out of court settlement reached with... - First American Title Insurance Co. Real Estate Referral Settlement
Minneapolis, MN: (Apr-05-07) The Minnesota Department of Commerce sent enforcement letters to real estate agents alleging they participated in sham affiliated business arrangements with First American Title Insurance Co. Minnesota officials reached a settlement with First American on February 28, 2007 where the insurance company paid out $500,000. In a ser... - East Bay Municipal Utility District Authority Pipeline Explosion Wrongful Death Settlement
Contra Costa, CA: (Apr-05-07) The Walnut Creek pipeline explosion in 2004 killed five men who were constructing a water main for the East Bay Municipal Utility District Authority. Matamoros Welding employee Israel Hernandez was one of the men killed. As companies involved in the explosion are settling lawsuits with the deceased's families, Hernandez' daug... - Jackson County Board of Education Property Damage Settlement
Jackson County, GA: (Apr-05-07) Following an Open Records request given to the Jackson County Board of Education by MainStreet Newspapers Inc., the County board declared the details in the Norman and Melissa Romans lawsuit against the county. A lawsuit filed by Norman and Melissa Romans claimed that their home and property was damaged due to the constructi... - US Department of Health and Human Services Anthrax Vaccine Contract Settlement
San Francisco, CA: (Apr-05-07) A settlement reached between VaxGen Inc. and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) releases both parties of all liabilities associated with VaxGen's government contracts to develop and deliver a next-generation anthrax vaccine. As part of the agreement, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases... - Chestnut Petroleum Distributors Inc. Employees Minimum Wage Settlement
New Paltz, NY: (Apr-05-07) The US Department of Labor filed suit against Chestnut Petroleum Distributors, accusing it of violating the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. The suit claimed that 767 workers were paid less than the federal minimum wage. Some of the workers also were not paid for overtime hours between April 2003 and May 2006 at the gas station... - L. Eric Whetstone Safari Breach of Contract Settlement
League City, TX: (Apr-04-07) Swanepoel & Scandrol Safaris of League City filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Texas in September 2005 against L. Eric Whetstone, owner of the former Miller Brewery in Tumwater, alleging that Whetstone never paid for two African safaris and two target animals, a lion and a rhinoceros. Denying allegations, Whetstone, a... - Newark, NJ Police Pursuit Personal Injury Settlement
Newark, NJ: (Apr-04-07) In a lawsuit filed against the city of Newark by pedestrians who were injured during a police chase, the city agreed to pay a $3.6 million compensation to resolve claims. Curtis Berry, 19, was paralyzed after being hit by a stolen sport utility vehicle that was being pursued by police. He will receive more than $2 million, which wil... - Pittsburgh, PA Demoted Officer Whistleblower Settlement
Pittsburgh, PA: (Apr-04-07) The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit on behalf of Police Commander Catherine McNeilly against the city when she was demoted in 2006 after criticizing Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's nominee for public safety director, Dennis Regan and sharing a confidential police personnel file with council members to derail the nomination. Sh... - Holling Press Scaffolding Injury Settlement
Buffalo, NY: (Apr-03-07) Dan D'Andrea, at the brink of starting his own contracting business, found himself confined to a wheelchair following a fall while working at the old Holling Press building. He suffered irreversible damage after a large piece of scaffolding fell from above and landed on his back. D'Andrea was paralyzed from the chest down. In a set... - Bedford Regional Medical Center Medical Malpractice Settlement
Indianapolis, IN: (Apr-03-07) James Brown died in 1997 after spending three days at the Bedford Regional Medical Center. His Estate filed malpractice and wrongful death claims against the hospital, which offered a settlement of $75,001. The settlement was covered by the Indiana Insurance Guaranty Association for lost wages of a deceased claimant up to the... - Manalapan, NJ Youth Search Racial Discrimination Settlement
Manalapan, NJ: (Apr-03-07) Two Manalapan police officers, Steven Turner and Peter Chalfin, were charged with a discrimination lawsuit after they searched three African-American youths without justification and berated them while their three white friends were told to go home. In a settlement reached, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey ordered... - Nevada Power Company Plant Emissions Fine
Las Vegas, NV: (Apr-03-07) The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection and the US Environmental Protection Agency filed charges against Nevada Power Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sierra Pacific Resources, over long-standing environmental issues related to the Reid Gardner Generating Station in Southern Nevada. The suit alleged that Nevada Power... - Deputy Gilmer Hernandez, Austin, TX Illegal Aliens Shoot Out Settlement
Austin, TX: (Apr-03-07) Maricela Rodriquez-Garcia and Candio Garcia-Perez, two illegal aliens, filed a damage lawsuit against Deputy Gilmer Hernandez and the city of, Austin accusing the deputy of injuring them when he shot at the tires of a van in which they escaped from a routine traffic stop. In a settlement reached, Garcia and Perez were awarded $100,0... - Medical Devices - April 2007 Litigation Update (Part II)
Apr-9-07 ( Part I ) Washington, DC: By the fall of 2006, sitings of a whole new batch of litigants were looming on the horizon for both Boston and Johnson & Johnson. October 23, 2006, the Boston Globe, reported, "as more evidence emerges that suggests drug-coated stents have caused higher rates of blood clots than the older generation of bare-metal stents, doc... - Athens, OH University Estates Construction Settlement
Athens, OH: (Apr-03-07) University Estates developers filed suit against the city after the city filed violation charges against University Estates owner Richard Conard. Disagreements between the parties began in June 2006, after the 830-acre development venture was annexed into the city, but faced problems with city authorities over zoning and code requir... - Medical Devices - April 2007 Litigation Update (Part I)
Apr-5-07 Washington, DC: There is certainly no shortage of lawsuits against medical device makers in the US these days and the future's not looking too bright as far as that situation changing anytime soon. The majority of lawsuits allege that the pharmaceutical companies promoted the devices off-label meaning they implanted the products in patients for uses no... - US Department of Agriculture National Recreation Reservation Service Contract Settlement
Beltsville, MD: (Apr-02-07) Spherix Inc., a technology and bioscience company in Beltsville, filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Agriculture over the government's award of the National Recreation Reservation Service contract to ReserveAmerica, a Ticketmaster company. Since 2003, the USDA Forest Service had awarded the contract to ReserveAmerica. B...