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Palm Beach, FL: (Mar-02-08) A lawsuit was brought against Rev. Keith Thomas, a Baptist minister from Mobile, AL, alleging that he fraudulently bilked Lucinda Bennett, a mentally ill woman, out of $1.8 million during his previous tenure at a Florida church. The incident took place at the First Baptist Church of West Palm Beach, where the Rev. Keith Thomas s... - City of Darien agrees to $550,000 construction settlement.
Darien, CT: (Mar-02-08) Pipe & Power, the contractor for the Darien High School Building Committee, brought a $2.4 million claim against the town, alleging that in order to finish the job on schedule, it had to add men. The project also took four months longer than planned, which contributed to the claim. Records show that Pipe & Power was the Darien High... - City of DuPont agrees to $72,000 fire chief resignation and severance settlement.
Tacoma, WA: (Mar-02-08) Chris Jensen, DuPont's fire chief for more than three years, brought charges against the city over issues pertaining to his resignation and severance package. The suit stated that Jensen resigned in the wake of a whistleblower complaint he filed Jan. 25, 2008 alleging Mayor Tamara Jenkins has a conflict of interest. Jensen alleged t... - On Trac Services, Inc. agrees to $39,000 safety settlement.
White Plains, NY: (Mar-02-08) New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office brought charges against On Trac Services, Inc., a Yonkers-based private school bus company, forcing it to shut down after it was cited for numerous safety and licensing violations by the state. The suit claimed that from 2002 to Sept. 8, 2005, the owners and operators of On Tra... - City of Roanoke Rapids to pay $750,000 breach of contract settlement
Roanoke Rapids, NC: (Mar-02-08) Randy Parton, a noted country singer, brought charges against the city of Roanoke Rapids, over a contract dispute. At the crux of the suit was a contract that would have paid Parton $1.25 million over five years even though city leaders have banned him from the theater that once bore his name. Records show that city official... - Universal Concrete and Mi-JACK pay $1.6 million worker's compensation settlement
Atlantic City, NJ: (Mar-02-08) A workers' compensation lawsuit was brought against Universal Concrete in Folsom and Chicago-based Mi-JACK, after Daniel Lewis, 43, a Mullica Township man, died when a 35-ton crane crushed him. The suit claimed that Lewis was working at Universal Concrete when he was run over by a gantry straddle crane. After the accident, Le... - City of Baltimore agrees to $7.8 million property use dispute settlement
Baltimore, MD: (Mar-02-08) Warner Street Inc., one of the largest remaining property owners at the Gateway South redevelopment project in southwest Baltimore, brought a lawsuit against the city in April 2007, seeking to challenge the city's right to condemn six of its properties south of M&T Bank Stadium in the city's Carroll Camden neighborhood. The sui... - Berkley Insurance Company et al. Vehicle Service Contract Class Action Settlement
La Jolla, CA: A class action lawsuit was filed against the companies alleging certain car dealers and retailers sold Vehicle Service Contracts insured by National Warranty Insurance Risk Retention Group that proved to be worthless as a result of a Ponzi scheme which led to National Warranty Insurance Risk Retention Group's inevitable and foreseeable ban... - CarFax Vehicle History Report Fraud Class Action Settlement
Fairfax, VA: A class action lawsuit was filed against CarFax for allegedly providing services which were unfair, false, deceptive, and materially misleading. The suit claimed the vehicle history report provider could not check accident reports in 23 states and that the company's information was only updated every six months, so consumers could not find... - Florida Death Row Inmate Wrongful Death Settlement
Jacksonville, FL: In 1987, at the age of 36, Frank Valdes was sentenced to death for the murder of a corrections officer at Glades Correctional Institution who was shot to death when Valdes and another man attempted to free an inmate in a prison van. While serving time, Valdes died on July 17, 1999 after being attacked at Florida State Prison by corre... - Petroleum Storage, Hess Corp. to pay $1.1 million fine
New York, NY: (Feb-28-08) The State Department of Environmental Conservation brought charges against Hess Corp., alleging that the company had petroleum storage violations at its facility. The suit claimed that an investigation revealed that there were more than 100 violations at Hess' oil storage facility in Brooklyn, which consists of 10 underground and... - GoTickets Inc. pays $7,500 settlement for selling over priced concert and sports tickets
Kansas City, MO: (Feb-28-08) Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon's office brought a lawsuit against Illinois based GoTickets Inc., a ticket broker, alleging that the business violated consumer protection laws in the sale of Hannah Montana and Border Showdown football tickets. The suit, filed against GoTickets Inc. and two other brokers in October 2007, acc... - Viviendas, Inquilinos y Dueños
Si usted es un inquilino, la ley federal establece que no puede ser objeto a la discriminación por raza, color, religión, origen nacional, sexo, edad, tener hijos, estar embarazada, tener una discapacidad física o mental - incluidos el acoloholismo y la previa adicción a las drogas. Muchos estados y ciudades también tienen... - Chemical Plant Explosion, CHEMCENTRAL Midwest Corporation agrees to $375,000 settlement for safety violations
Kansas City, MO: (Feb-28-08) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought a lawsuit against CHEMCENTRAL Midwest Corporation of Kansas City, alleging that the company violated the federal Clean Air Act by failing to identify chemical hazards and failing to design and maintain a safe facility. The charges were filed by the EPA Region 7 in connection... - G.K.I. Foods agrees to $43,000 settlement after disposing production waste water into a sanitary waste water system
Livingston County, MI: (Feb-28-08) The Department of Environmental Quality brought charges against G.K.I. Foods, Inc. of Livingston County, alleging that the company made illegal discharges into Michigan's waters. The suit claimed that the manufacturer of chocolate candy and granola products, wrongfully discharged production waste water to its sanitary was... - Family awarded $15 million wrongful death settlement after surgeon dies while trying to land his aircraft
Warren, OH: (Feb-28-08) The estate of Dr. Franklin Rizer, a renowned Warren ear surgeon, brought wrongful death charges against Mooney Aircraft Co. and Mooney Aerospace Group, designer and manufacturer of the aircraft; Honeywell International Inc.; Honeywell General Aviation Business Corp.; Honeywell Business; and Winner Aviation. The surgeon died while pi... - City of Anaheim pays $700,000 wrongful death settlement after tree crushes a man to death while in his van
Anaheim, CA: (Feb-27-08) The family of Michael Gandy brought a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Anaheim, after a 50-foot-tall tree blew over, smashing Gandy's van and causing fatal injuries on the man's 49th birthday. The suit, filed in August 2007, claimed that the city failed to trim tree tops, but cut the roots that made the tree unstable in f... - Assistant Principal Termination, Oxnard Union High School District pays former employee a $150,000 settlement
Ventura County, CA: (Feb-27-08) Former Assistant Principal Becky Romano brought a wrongful termination lawsuit against the Oxnard Union High School District, alleging that she was forced out of her job after suffering a work related injury in 2003 that required a long convalescence. She alleged the district asserted she was physically unable to perform her... - Landfill Storm Water, Southeastern Public Service Authority agrees to $14,000 fine after pumping garbage tainted storm water into a local ditch
Fremont, VA: (Feb-27-08) The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality brought charges against the Southeastern Public Service Authority (SPSA), alleging that there were several environmental violations at its regional landfill in Suffolk in the aftermath of Tropical Depression Ernesto in 2006. Officials claimed that this is the first time SPSA has gott... - Windows Software, Microsoft fined $1.3 billion for failing to comply with the European Union's antitrust order
Brussels, Belgium: (Feb-27-08) Microsoft Corp. has been embroiled in a legal battle with the European Union since Sun Microsystems Inc. brought a complaint against it in 1998. The suit alleged that Microsoft was refusing to supply information that servers need to work with its market dominating Windows operating system. Following the complaint, sources s...