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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: Intrepid of North Carolina Inc.
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: City of Des Moines, IA.
A $200,000 verdict has been found in the lawsuit filed by 53-year-old Richard Summy. Summy was blinded in one eye when he was hit by a golfball from the city-owned Waveland Golf Course. The suit alleged that the city was responsible because they had not maintained a tree-line barrier between the adjoining first and 18th holes. (Oct-11-03) [ KCCI ] ... - 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Huntington Beach, California.
A $2.25 million verdict has been reached in the lawsuit filed against the city of Huntington Beach, California. The suit was filed by the family of 18-year-old Antonio Saldivar who was fatally shot by police in May 2001 in a mistaken identity incident. (Aug-15-03) [ ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION ] Legal Help If you have a similar problem and wo... - Settlements and Verdicts: Household/Beneficial.
Notices will be sent to an estimated 2,150 Household Finance and Beneficial Finance borrowers in Maine of their eligibility to share in the state's $1.6 million settlement with Household International. Under the terms of settlement, all those who took out mortgage loans from Household or Beneficial from January 1999 through September 2002 will be sent for... - Settlements and Verdicts: J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup.
A $236 million settlement has been reached between the Securities and Exchange Commission and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup, the nation's two largest banks. The Commission charged the banks with helping Enron Corp. to hide debts and defraud investors. In addition, the banks have agreed to pay New York City and New York state $50 million to sett... - Settlements and Verdicts: Raleigh Housing Authority.
A jury has awarded eleven people $18,000 each in the lawsuit filed against the Raleigh Housing Authority on behalf of nearly 300 current and former residents of the Walnut Terrace Housing Project. The suit was filed in reference to a boiler which leaked fumes, causing two people to die from carbon monoxide poisoning and may others to become sick. (Jul-2... - Settlements and Verdicts: State of California.
A $1.97 million verdict has been found in the discrimination suit filed against the state of California on behalf of Bruce Hope, 41, of Los Angeles. Hope filed the suit alleging years of discrimination and verbal harassment because he was gay. He further claimed that he had been denied a promotion and pressured to quit based on the fact that he is HIV... - Settlements and Verdicts: Medco Health Solutions.
A $42.5 million settlement has been reached and granted preliminary approval in a series of ERISA-related class-action lawsuits filed against Medco Health Solutions. Eligible class members in the suits include ERISA plans for which Medco Health has administered a pharmacy benefit at any time since Dec. 17, 1994. The hearing to approve the settlement will...