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Charleston, WV: (Mar-24-08) The West Virginia State Department of Environmental Protection brought an environmental damage lawsuit against the State Division of Highways, alleging that there were repeated environmental violations while the state agency worked on US 35 in Putnam County. The suit was filed after State Department of Environmental Protection... - Michigan to pay $300,000 settlement in contract lawsuit.
Lansing, MI: (Mar-24-08) State housing chief Michael DeVos and the state of Michigan have been embroiled in a legal battle, over his firing as director of the Michigan State Housing and Development Authority. DeVos quit under compulsion, after a year of altercations with Gov. Jennifer Granholm and with some members of his board, over alienated low-income... - Yuma County to pay up to $250,000 proposed settlement in property tax lawsuit.
Yuma County, AZ: (Mar-24-08) Qwest Corporation brought a lawsuit against several governments throughout Arizona, including Yuma County, alleging that the governments overtaxed Qwest on various properties in the state of Arizona. The Arizona Department of Revenue and all 15 state counties are named as defendants in the suit. The three-year-old suit claime... - Biovail to pay $10 million settlement in fraud lawsuit.
New York, NY: (Mar-24-08) The US Securities and Exchange Commission brought charges against Biovail Corp., a Canadian pharmaceutical company, and several of its current and former top executives, alleging accounting fraud. The commission's lawsuit claimed that the company overstated earnings and hid losses to deceive investors and meet quarterly and annu... - Homeowner to pay $25,000 settlement in tenant druglord lawsuit.
Janesville, WI: (Mar-21-08) The city brought charges against Lynn A. Johnston, the primary resident and acting landlord of a drug house, and Evelyn M. Garrity, owner of the property, alleging that the house was a public nuisance. The suit, filed in October 2007, claimed that the house endangered the comfort, health and safety of the public. The city's la... - Former housing authority head to pay $40,000 settlement in ethics lawsuit.
Venango County, PA: (Mar-21-08) The Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission brought charges against Edwin Evans, the former executive director of Venango County Housing Authority, alleging that he misappropriated funds in the amount of $170,585. Records show that Evans is the second former Housing Authority employee charged by the Ethics Commission in recen... - James Hardie Industries Australia Asbestos Victims Settlement
Australia: (Feb-09-07) James Hardie Industries' Asbestos Injuries Compensation Fund began with an initial $184 million down payment, laying the path for making first payments to victims. James Hardie has agreed to fund the settlement package with $1.5 billion from 35% of its free cash flow each year, though insiders predict that payments would blow out to $4... - Concord to pay $85,000 settlement to mother in prison death lawsuit.
Concord, NH: (Mar-21-08) Constance Cuddemi brought a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Concord, alleging that her son Joseph Smith, who had been in prison on a parole violation for less than an hour, hanged himself from exposed ceiling pipes. Cuddemi stated that her son was without sufficient supervision though he was questioned about his past s... - NHLPA will pay $400,000 settlement in wrongful termination lawsuit.
Detroit, MI: (Mar-21-08) Former National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) executive director Ted Saskin brought a lawsuit against the NHLPA, alleging wrongful termination. The suit claimed that Saskin was fired in May 2007, for accessing the private e-mail accounts of various players. He was accused of reading the private mail of particularly t... - Indian Tribes to get $52 million settlement in Michigan Keno lawsuit.
Traverse, MI: (Mar-21-08) The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians in Petoskey and the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians in Manistee, brought charges against the state of Michigan, alleging that it violated its 1998 compacts with the two tribes when the Michigan Lottery Bureau launched Club Keno in October 2003. The tribes claimed that it was a c... - NovaStar to pay $2 million settlement in false advertising lawsuit.
Kansas city, MO: (Mar-20-08) Irvine, CA-based American Interbanc Mortgage LLC and two other entities brought a lawsuit against NovaStar Financial Inc., alleging that a residential mortgage unit of NovaStar engaged in false advertising and unfair competition. The plaintiffs filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition in January 2007 against Novastar, a lende... - The Stepan Company Groundwater Pollution Settlement
Wilmington, DE: (Feb-08-07) The Stepan Company, one of the largest manufacturers of solvents used in cleaning solvents and fluids, a former owner of the now defunct chemical plant on Eames Street, revealed that it had reached an out-of-court settlement worth millions of dollars with nearly two dozen Wilmington residents. Nineteen unnamed residents alleg... - Apartment complexes pay $95,000 settlement in harassment lawsuit.
Washington, DC: (Mar-20-08) The US Department of Justice brought a lawsuit against Ersil James, a former maintenance worker at three Missouri apartment complexes in Platte City and Smithville. The suit, filed in the US District Court for the Western District of Missouri, claimed that Ersil James sexually harassed female tenants, thereby violating the Fai... - Royce and Mary Evans Gavilan Fire Damage Settlement
Fallbrook, CA: (Feb-07-07) Multiple lawsuits filed in the Superior Court over the cause of the Gavilan fire that ravaged Fallbrook in 2002, reached joint settlement in 2006 according to court records. The lawsuits claimed that embers left over from a cleanup effort on Evans Ranch caused the Gavilan fire. However, ranch owners denied the allegations, a... - Corwith's Auto Body et al. North Sea Landfill Pollution Settlement
Southampton Town, NY: (Feb-07-07) A settlement has been reached today by 29 businesses and government entities with the New York State attorney general's office over the cost of cleanup at the old North Sea landfill in Southampton Town. The defendants included, Corwith's Auto Body , Hampton Jitney, Colossal Carting Co., Kraft Foods Global, MTA, Long Is... - Exelon to pay $7.5 million settlement in assessment lawsuit.
Chicago, IL: (Mar-20-08) Will County and 10 local taxing bodies brought a lawsuit against Exelon, over a tax dispute. After a yearlong legal wrangle, the parties reached a settlement agreement, which calls for a $370 million assessment on Exelon's Braidwood Generating Station for the year 2007. That is a $150 million increase over the prior expired agree... - Quorum to pay $2.8 million settlement in health care lawsuit.
Natchez, MS: (Mar-19-08) Hale Hospital, a city-owned hospital in Haverhill, MA, brought a lawsuit against Quorum Health Resources, alleging that the health resources company significantly overstated financial statements and omitted losses in financial records. Haverhill's City Council President alleged that Quorum did not make the city council fully awar... - MBIA Inc. Securities Fraud Bond Settlement
Armonk, NY: New York State and federal regulators filed a securities fraud and misuse of finite reinsurance lawsuit against MBIA Inc. The investigations into the financial guarantee insurer alleged use of sham reinsurance transactions in 1998 to mask a $170 million bond loss incurred on its guarantee of bonds issued by a bankrupt unit of Allegheny Healt... - Charles and Cynthia Bluth, Charles Manchester, and F & B, Inc. Environmental Violations Settlement
Lake Tahoe, NV: In a legal case accusing Lake Tahoe developer, Charles Bluth, of illegal construction work around his multi-million dollar lakefront home, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board agreed on a settlement that amounted to $250,000. The two-year-old case charged the defendants with grading, creation of coverage, and landscaping vi... - UPS pays $254,000 settlement in whistleblower lawsuit.
Watertown, NY: (Mar-19-08) Daniel Peterson of Redwood brought a lawsuit against United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS), alleging that he was wrongly terminated in retaliation to blowing the whistle about unsafe conditions at the company's Watertown facility. Peterson filed suit in February 2007, alleging that he was fired for complaining about the company's tr...