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Feb-13-14 Tredworth, UK When airbags were first introduced into automobiles, they were hailed as a safety feature that carried as much significance to driver and passenger safety as the introduction of the seat belt, and later the shoulder belt. Since then airbag design has changed, and there are more of them, with an average car now equipped with driver, passenger,... - Hartville, OH Building Delays Settlement
Hartville, OH: (May-03-07) Dean Windham, owner of Noble Homes and Guardian Property Management, filed suit against Hartville village, alleging that his Noble Homes and Guardian Property suffered $2.6 million in damages, because village officials caused unnecessary delays in his Windham Bridge project. The suit contended that officials intentionally delayed... - Following Suit: Data Breach Updates
Feb-11-14 • A data breach can occur in a number of ways. Mainly computer hackers and computer theft allow unlawful access to customer information, which often results in personal information being sold illicitly, followed by data breach lawsuits. For instance, the stolen Target customer data immediately resulted in Target credit card attack lawsuits. Another... - ExxonMobil Corp. State Oil Spill Payments Settlement
Concord, NH: (May-01-07) Attorney General Kelly Ayotte's office filed charges against ExxonMobil Corp., accusing it of environmental damage resulting from oil spills at some of its stations. In a settlement reached, ExxonMobil agreed to repay more than $2 million it received from the state to clean up gasoline spills. The payments were made to ExxonMobil... - Loma Linda Behavioral Medicine Center Medicare Fraud Whistleblower Settlement
Redlands, CA: (Apr-25-07) A federal lawsuit was filed, following a whistleblower's lead against the Loma Linda Behavioral Medicine Center, accusing it of fraudulently over billing federal health insurance programs. The allegations made against Loma Linda BMC in a lawsuit filed pursuant to the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act led to a settlement i... - Impac Mortgage Holding Inc. Derivative Actions Settlement
Irvine, CA: (Apr-24-07) A federal lawsuit filed against Impac Mortgage Holding Inc., a mortgage real estate investment trust, over federal and state derivative actions, reached settlement, dismissing all claims asserted against Impac's officers and directors, without prejudice. Impac did not admit to any wrongdoing, but agreed to pay up to $300,000 in lega... - Palmer, MA Hearing Impaired Civil Rights Settlement
Palmer, MA: (Apr-21-07) Jason N. Isch, a hearing-impaired man, filed a civil rights lawsuit against the town and members of the Police Department, claiming that he suffered severe emotional distress, public humiliation, loss of enjoyment of life and pain due to his arrest and imprisonment. Isch and his then-partner Andrew Wadas were arrested in 2004 in con... - Lucent Technologies Employee Age Bias Settlement
St. Louis, MO: (Apr-17-07) The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed an age discrimination lawsuit on behalf of Thomas Cross against Lucent Technologies, alleging that Cross, a 55-year-old worker, lost his job after more than three decades with the telecommunications equipment maker despite excellent evaluations. Cross was laid off in 2002 from... - Jason Janega Hit and Run Wrongful Death Settlement
Chicago, IL: (Apr-17-07) The family of Tiffany Baier filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Jason Janega, 35, after he struck Baier and left her to die by the side of the road. Janega's car hit Baier as she was walking a few blocks away from home. After the accident took place, the suit accused Janega of not stopping or calling for any assistance, resultin... - Mirena Led to Miscarriage, Hysterectomy
Feb-1-14 Portland, OR More than 800 Mirena lawsuits throughout the US have been filed by women claiming injuries caused by migration of the IUD. Recently, a number of women believe Mirena side effects have led to miscarriage, and in severe cases, hysterectomy. Mirena lawsuits claim that Bayer, the Mirena manufacturer, failed to warn women that the device had... - Arnold, MO Jail Suicide Hanging Settlement
Arnold, MO: (Apr-11-07) Kurt Hartzell hung himself in the Arnold jail June 30, 2005, leading his father and nine-year-old son to sue the city for wrongful death. The suit alleged the city was negligent in the care offered at the jail and that though Hartzell had been placed on suicide watch in a cell monitored by video cameras, jail employees failed to pre... - Tracy Unified School District Student Molestation Settlement
Tracy, CA: (Apr-11-07) In 2004, an unattended special-education student allegedly sexually molesting another student at Merrill F. West High. The incident stemmed a lawsuit against Tracy Unified School District claiming damages. An unnamed girl, who was 15-years-old at the time, stands to receive a $250,000 settlement with the school district. Representati... - Portland Archdiocese Priest Abuse Settlement
Portland, OR: (Apr-14-07) Over 175 people filed suit against the Portland Archdiocese, alleging that they were sexually abused by priests. The archdiocese sought bankruptcy protection in 2004 after a series of lawsuits were filed against it. Though most experts viewed the move as risky, it served to secure the archdiocese' financial future, collecting $52... - Merced County, CA Female Officers Gender Discrimination Settlement
Merced County, CA: (Apr-06-07) A lawsuit was filed by five female officers against Sheriff Mark Pazin and Merced County alleging that the Sheriff discriminated against the female correctional officers. The suit sought $15 million and claimed the female officers were treated as second class citizens by the department and were denied certain shifts and break... - 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... - 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... - Seattle, WA WTO Protesters Arrests Settlement
Seattle, WA: (Apr-02-07) A lawsuit stemming from a mass arrest of protesters at a downtown park, while they were singing patriotic songs during a peaceful World Trade Organization protest in 1999, was settled after the city's insurance company, National Union, agreed to pay $1 million to settle claims from about 175 people wrongly arrested. As part of th... - Harris County Hospital District Medicare Claims Whistleblower Settlement
Houston, TX: (Mar-27-07) Robert McCaslin, the whistleblower who revealed the fraudulent business practices of the Harris County Hospital District (HCHD), helped recover almost $15.5 million from the hospital district. First suspecting a systemic problem in the way HCHD was submitting Medicare claims in May 2003, he reported the discrepancy to several super... - US Nursing Corp. Temp Nurses Regulation Fine
Trenton, NJ: (Mar-24-07) The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs filed charges against US Nursing Corp. of Greenwood Village, CO alleging that the temporary nursing firm skipped required background checks on many nurses, among other violations. The company supplied nurses to replace union nurses on strike last year at Englewood Hospital and Medical Cen... - Traverse City, MI Subdivision Construction Zoning Settlement
Traverse City, MI: (Mar-23-07) Traverse City commissioners agreed to pay Incochee Woods subdivision developers Robert Brick and Ted Lockwood $50,000 and allow access to the site through a gated entrance at Ramsdell Road, ending three separate pending lawsuits over disputed road access to the residential development in Garfield Township. The city also agree...