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Galveston, TX: (Nov-07-07) Anthony Buzbee, a prominent island attorney, brought a lawsuit against Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, the nation's largest dredging contractors, alleging that the company recorded and disseminated a speech he gave in 2006 in Las Vegas. The suit stated that Buzbee gave a speech to a group of maritime defense attorneys in Las Vegas. On... - Free Ringtones, Azoogle pays $1 million settlement for internet marketing and advertising fraud
Tallahassee, FL: (Nov-07-07) The Florida Attorney General's office brought charges against Azoogle, a New York company that manages Internet marketing of cell phone products, alleging that it had improper marketing practices. The Florida Attorney General's new cyber fraud task force claimed that though free cell phone ringtones can be found all over the In... - Wal-Mart Scales, Wal-Mart pays state of Wisconsin $90,000 fine for overcharging for weighed products
Madison, WI: (Nov-07-07) The state of Wisconsin brought a lawsuit against Wal-Mart Supercenters, after inspectors from the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection discovered computerized scales at check-out counters were malfunctioning at nine Wal-Mart Supercenters around the state. The suit claimed that the scales were not deducting the w... - Twin Delivery, Advocate Christ Hospital awards estate of brain damaged girl $6.25 million medical malpractice settlement
Cook County, IL: (Nov-07-07) The estate of a 5-year-old girl brought charges against Advocate Christ Hospital, Oak Lawn, alleging that she was seriously injured when nurses and a third year resident at the facility failed to properly monitor the labor and delivery of twins in January of 2002. The suit claimed that the mother of twins was scheduled for pl... - Visa Antitrust, Visa, MasterCard Inc. pays American Express Co. $2 billion credit card antitrust settlement
New York, NY: (Nov-07-07) American Express Co. brought charges against rival Visa, MasterCard Inc. in 2004, alleging that the company engaged in antitrust practices. The suit was filed against Visa, MasterCard and eight banks that made up their card associations, in US District Court in Manhattan, alleging that the card associations' anti-competitive pract... - Medi-Cal Fraud, Stars Behavioral Health Group pays $1 million settlement after wrongfully charging for treatments it did not perform
San Francisco, CA: (Nov-06-07) The federal government brought a lawsuit against Stars Behavioral Health Group, a statewide chain of mental health centers for adolescents, alleging that the facility wrongly charged Medi-Cal for treatment it did not perform. The suit claimed that Medi-Cal was charged for treatment at a San Leandro clinic on days when the you... - Concrete Price Fixing, Shelby Gravel sets aside $4.7 million fund for customers
Indianapolis, IN: (Nov-06-07) A federal criminal case was brought against Shelby Gravel, a Shelbyville company, alleging that the company engaged in a concrete price fixing scheme. As part of a settlement reached, Shelby Gravel agreed to pay $4.7 million into a fund for central Indiana concrete customers. Sources say that the fund would stand to benefit as... - Landslide Mitigation, Lexington Insurance agrees to pay Nevada County $2 million insurance settlement
Las Vegas, NV: (Nov-06-07) The Nevada County Board of Supervisors brought charges against Lexington Insurance, after a dispute between Lexington and the county arose when a landslide occurred on the hill above the Cascade Shores sewer treatment plant in May 2005. The suit stated that though Lexington Insurance paid the emergency repairs, it had not agreed... - Patrol Car Crash, Washington State Patrol pays women left with traumatic brain injuries $4 million settlement
Seattle, WA: (Nov-06-07) The family of Julia Terlinchamp brought charges against the Washington State Patrol, after a state trooper plowed his patrol car into Terlinchamp's car, leaving her seriously injured in 2004. The suit stated that the accident occurred a day after Christmas, when the trooper's car came out of a side alley on Capitol Hill, T-boning h... - Legacy Litigation, Progressive Gaming International Corp. agrees to pay $20 million settlement after ten years
Las Vegas, NV: (Nov-06-07) Derek Webb and Prime Table Games brought charges against Progressive Gaming International Corp. in 1997. In a recent development in the decade long suit, sources stated that Progressive Gaming had entered into a settlement agreement with Derek Webb and Prime Table Games concerning all outstanding litigation in the case. A... - Freddie Mac Accounting Scandal, Freddie Mac former CEO Leland Brendsel agrees to pay $16.4 million settlement
Washington, DC: (Nov-06-07) The US Government brought charges against Leland Brendsel, Freddie Mac's former CEO, who was ousted in 2003, alleging that he played a vital role in the mortgage finance company's multibillion-dollar accounting scandal. The government's allegations included one that claimed that Brendsel created a corporate culture that allowed... - Insurer Settles Anorexia Class Action for $1.2 Million
People who suffer from the eating disorder anorexia, and who had their health insurance claims denied by their insurer Horizon Blue Cross / Blue Shield of New Jersey, will receive a lump settlement of $1.2 million to end their class action. About 500 patients brought the suit against the health insurer, alleging the company limited treatment benefits be... - CEO Severance, Federal Trust Bank pays former CEO James Suskiewich $2.6 million settlement
Orlando, FL: (Nov-05-07) James Suskiewich, longtime CEO of the Federal Trust Bank, reached a settlement with the bank before he was recently dismissed. Sources claim that the Federal Trust Bank has incurred nearly $10 million in losses so far in 2007, but yet reached a deal with its top executive, paying him what they called a staggering amount, considerin... - Medicare Reimbursement, Arizona Heart Hospital pays $5.8 million settlement for violating the False Claims Act regarding medical procedures
Charlotte, NC: (Nov-05-07) The US Department of Justice (DOJ) brought charges against Arizona Heart Hospital, one of the 11 hospitals in which MedCath owns an interest, alleging that the facility violated the federal Civil False Claims Act. The suit primarily dealt with the question of whether certain medical procedures, such as services involving the implan... - Mine Shaft Accident, Families of miners and rescue workers awarded wrongful death settlement after the Crandall Canyon mine shaft imploded
Salt Lake City, UT: (Nov-04-07) The families of six miners and three rescue workers who died in the Crandall Canyon mine brought wrongful death charges against the state of Utah. In a recent development, sources claimed that the parties reached a settlement agreement which stands to benefit the plaintiffs. The suit claimed that Kerry Allred, Don Erickson,... - $2.1 Million Settlement For 25 Investors
A $2.1 million settlement has been approved by a Superior Court judge in a class action suit involving some 25 plaintiffs who alleged their investment advisor stole their money, more than $5 million over 5 years. The advisor committed suicide in a Wal-Mart parking lot last year, while under SEC investigation for misappropriation of funds. Leg... - Fibrinogen Hepatitis, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp. pays $18.17 million settlement after infecting thousands of people with Hepatitis C
Tokyo, Japan: (Nov-01-07) Five lawsuits were brought against Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp., a Japanese pharmaceutical company, alleging that customers who used Fibrinogen, which is used to stop bleeding, ended up victims of hepatitis virus-tainted blood products. Mitsubishi Tanabe, a newly merged firm that incorporates the producer of the medical product... - Painter Electrocution, Campbell Quality Painting, LLC and the Heritage Preservation Trust of Newtown, Inc. pay $300,000 wrongful death settlement
Newtown, CT: (Nov-01-07) The estate of Ivan Patricio Tenecela, a painter who was electrocuted while at work at the municipally-owned Newtown Meeting House, brought a civil lawsuit against the town. The suit stated that on July 26, 2004, an aluminum ladder made contact with an 8,000-volt power line on the south side of the meeting house, killing Tenecela, 2... - School Bus Fire, Travelers Insurance Company pays Grand Coulee Dam School District settlement for damaged buses
Grand Coulee, WA: (Oct-31-07) The Grand Coulee Dam School District brought charges against Travelers Insurance Company, its insurance carrier, over the cost of six buses that were destroyed in an early September 2007 fire. As part of a settlement reached, sources close to the case stated that Travelers Insurance Company going to pay the Grand Coulee... - Embolic Equipment, Ev3 Inc. pays over $15 million settlement for patent infringement
Los Angeles, CA: (Oct-31-07) The Regents of the University of California and Boston Scientific Corp. brought a lawsuit against Ev3 Inc. pertaining to a patent infringement case and other related litigation. Company spokespersons stated that the litigation involved products such as the embolic protection devices and certain detachable embolic coils. A...