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Niles, IL: (Nov-26-07) The family of Lt. Col. Dominic Baragona, a Niles native, brought a wrongful death lawsuit against the US Government, after Baragona was killed in Iraq. The suit stated that Baragona was on his way home from Iraq when the Humvee in which he was riding was stuck by a truck owned by Kuwait Gulf Link Transport Co., which has contracts wi... - NovaStar Financial Settles Class Action for $7.25 Million
NovaStar Financial Inc has reached a settlement in a class action securities fraud of $7.25 million. The suit, one of 5 launched against the company in mid-April, 2004, alleged that investors were misled by information that inferred the company had an increased number of brokerage offices throughout the country. However, some of these brokerage firms were la... - Satellite Property Tax, Champion Teleport pays town of Oxford $903,000 settlement
Oxford, CT: (Nov-21-07) The town of Oxford brought charges against Champion Teleport, a 13-acre business property, over unpaid taxes owed to the town. The suit stated that the money was owed from the personal property taxes for three satellite dishes at the former AlphaStar Broadcasting and Broadband property on Hawley Road. As part of a settlement reached... - Police Chief Termination, Manitowoc pays former city employee $80,000 settlement after being fired
Manitowoc, WI: (Nov-21-07) Police Chief Perry Kingsbury brought charges against the city, alleging that he was wrongfully terminated following a yearlong investigation by a Madison law firm. Attorneys compiling the report recommended Kingsbury be fired for inefficiencies and official misconduct. He had been promoted to chief in April 2002. As part of a set... - Fertilizer Spill, ConAgra agrees to $80,000 fine after liquid nitrogen was accidentally released
Lincoln, NE: (Nov-21-07) The state of Nebraska brought charges against ConAgra, following a January 2006 fertilizer spill, which is said to have released 3,800 gallons of liquid nitrogen from a railcar at its Hastings plant. Though the company responded quickly, notifying state and federal agencies and working to contain the spill, sources claim that the i... - Securities Fraud, Qwest Communications International Inc. agrees to $19 million shareholder settlement
Juneau, AK: (Nov-21-07) The state of Alaska brought charges against Denver-based Qwest Communications International Inc., alleging that the company engaged in securities fraud. As part of a settlement reached, sources confirmed that the state has negotiated a $19 million payout with the company. According to reports, this is the third settlement Alaska h... - Fire Protection System, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport pays United Fire $215,000 for faulty water tanks
Phoenix, AZ: (Nov-21-07) United Fire and Casualty brought charges against the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, after they took over Archon Inc., of Gilbert, a contractor that declared bankruptcy while working on the Mesa airport fire protection system. The fire suppression project began three years ago using old water tanks used by the airport's predecessor,... - Vehicle Fees, ASK Powersports pays $70,000 fine for charging customers freight, assembly, and dealer service fees
Columbus, OH: (Nov-20-07) Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann's office brought charges against Ackers, Inc., a Lancaster-based company that does business as ASK Powersports, alleging that the company engaged in deceptive trade practices. The suit stated that in May 2006, the Attorney General's office filed a lawsuit against the motorcycle and ATV dealer for... - Employee Harassment, Grimmway Farms and Esparza Enterprises pay cleaning worker $175,000 gender harassment settlement
Bakersfield, CA: (Nov-19-07) The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) brought a lawsuit against Grimmway Farms and labor contractor Esparza Enterprises, on behalf of Ana Berta Rubio, a woman who claimed that she was harassed by a supervisor. The EEOC stated that a supervisor harassed Rubio as she worked a graveyard-shift cleaning job at a Grim... - Airport Runway, Engineering company agrees to pay for construction delays and costs
Greenville, TX: (Nov-19-07) The city of Greenville brought charges against Post, Buckley, Schuh & Jernigan Inc. (PBS&J), an engineering company hired as part of a project to repave the runway at Majors Field Municipal Airport, alleging that they completed an incorrect survey of the runway prior to the start of the work, forcing the city to incur additional... - Light-Rail Pollution, Sound Transit agrees to pay $120,000 fine for water pollution from a construction project
Puget Sound, WA: (Nov-19-07) The Department of Ecology brought charges against Sound Transit, alleging that it had two water pollution violations on its Sound Link light-rail construction project. Records show that Ecology issued the penalties in 2006 to Sound Transit and in May 2007 to the transit agency and contractor for violating the project's construc... - Critic Free Speech, Massachusetts Department of Education pays MCAS critic $187,000 civil rights settlement
Boston, MA: (Nov-19-07) Alfie Kohn, a MCAS critic, brought charges against the state Department of Education, alleging that his rights to free speech were violated when he was prevented from speaking at a 2001 state-run conference. Kohn claimed he was scheduled to deliver a keynote address, when the organizers violated his rights and deprived others from h... - Psychiatrist Malpractice, Constance Reynolds ordered to pay $800,000 malpractice and fraud settlement
Billings, MT: (Nov-19-07) Betty Bowman brought a lawsuit against Constance Reynolds, a therapist, alleging that Reynolds engaged in malpractice and fraud, causing her considerable personal damage. Bowman's suit claimed that her daughter, Dana Mobley, was a client of Reynolds when the two became lovers. Records show that Mobley died of asphyxiation in Febru... - Clerk Discrimination, University Place pays former city employee $40,000 racial bias settlement
Tacoma, WA: (Nov-18-07) Sarah Ortiz, a former University Place city clerk, brought a lawsuit against the city, alleging it discriminated against her. Ortiz, who served as clerk for nearly three years, filed an in-house racial discrimination complaint in 2006. She later alleged that city staff treated her unfairly in retaliation for the original complaint... - Mortgage Kickbacks, First American Title Insurance Co. agrees to $5 million fine and to close 84 partnerships
Washington, DC: (Nov-18-07) The US Department of Housing and Urban Development and Florida insurance and banking regulators brought charges against a First American Corp. title insurance subsidiary, alleging that the company gave kickbacks for new business. The suit claimed that the company's First American Title Insurance Co. unit illegally used Florida-b... - Seattle Archdiocese, $1.1 million settlement in Roman Catholic school principal student abuse case
Seattle, WA: (Nov-15-07) A Skagit County man brought a lawsuit against the Congregation of Christian Brothers and the Seattle Archdiocese, alleging that he was sexually abused years ago by Brother Edward Courtney, a former Seattle Roman Catholic school principal. The plaintiff stated that he was abused in 1980, when he was 13, by Courtney, who belonged to... - Physiotherapy Fraud, Stryker Corp. agrees to pay $16.6 million settlement for Medicaid fraud
Boston, MA: (Nov-15-07) The Justice Department filed charges against Stryker Corp., alleging that a former outpatient therapy subsidiary fraudulently billed Medicare and other government health care programs. The suit, filed by government investigators in US District Court in Boston, claimed that Physiotherapy falsely billed Medicare, Medicaid and a Depart... - Sanitation Overtime, Raleigh agreed to pay city workers $60,000 settlement
Raleigh, NC: (Nov-15-07) Over 45 sanitation workers brought charges against the city, alleging that it did not pay them for services rendered and overtime work. The long ensuing suit had a recent development, when the City Council approved a settlement that could pay the workers up to $15,000 in their complaints about unpaid work. Records show that the pay... - Santa Monica, CA Bus Accident Wrongful Death Settlement
Santa Monica, CA: (Mar-05-07) On August 29, 2005 47-year-old Maria Carrera was struck by a Big Blue Bus while crossing the crosswalk on Ocean Avenue and Pico Boulevard. Carrera was a housekeeper on her way to work when she was hit and killed. Her husband, Oscar Saenz, filed a wrongful death lawsuit agains the city of Santa Monica. The City Council approve... - River Overflow, Royal BAM NV agrees to 55 million property damage settlement
Amsterdam, Netherlands: (Nov-15-07) The German government brought charges against Royal BAM NV, after the Schurmann Complex in Bonn was damaged when the river Rhine overflowed its banks in December 1993. As part of a settlement reached, a Bonn Court ordered Royal BAM NV to pay the German government 55 million Euro to resolve the property damage lawsuit. Re...