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Panama City Beach, FL: (Jan-28-08) Panama City Beach Condos, a real estate developer, brought charges against Axis Surplus Insurance Company, stemming from a Hurricane Dennis insurance claim. Sources stated that shortly after receiving all of the evidence in the case, the eight-person jury returned an unanimous verdict in favor of Panama City Beach Condos... - Heavy Metal Contamination, Asarco Mining Company agrees to $20.7 million environmental and personal injury settlement
Ottawa County, OK: (Jan-28-08) Over 200 families filed a civil suit against Asarco Mining Company, alleging that contamination caused by high levels of arsenic, cadmium, lead and other heavy metals, resulted in health problems in children. The suit stated blood tests showed that residents in the Tar Creek Superfund Site in Ottawa County had high levels of... - Insurance company Chubb Group pays $750,000 settlement after falsifying financial reports at the Milwaukee Public Museum
Milwaukee, WI: (Jan-27-08) Milwaukee County brought charges against the Milwaukee Public Museum's insurance company, Chubb Group, for losses that the museum suffered under its former management. Sources stated that in 2005, the museum acknowledged that its multimillion-dollar endowment had been drained for museum operating expenses. Records show that Terry... - Averted Hit and Run, David Kyle Smith ordered to pay $450,000 after driving by a police car accident
Staunton, VA: (Jan-27-08) Waynesboro Police Officer Jessie Shaver brought charges against David Kyle Smith, the driver of an SUV, who drove by a hit and run accident that left Shaver severely injured and unconscious. Smith initially faced a hit-and-run charge because he never stopped for the downed officer, but continued to his girlfriend's house five mile... - Medical Technology, Ventana Medical Systems Inc. pays CytoLogix Corp. $49 million patent infringement settlement
Tucson, AZ: (Jan-26-08) CytoLogix Corp. brought patent infringement lawsuits against Oro Valley-based Ventana Medical Systems Inc., over medical technology for diagnosing cancer and other diseases. As part of a settlement reached, sources close to the case stated that Ventana Medical Systems Inc. agreed to pay $49 million to CytoLogix Corp. to settle the p... - Numbing Fumes, Conker Shoe Co. pays author $225,000 personal injury settlement
Totnes, England: (Jan-25-08) Joan Brady, a Whitbread prize-winning author, filed charges against the Conker Shoe Co., alleging that the fumes from the factory were detrimental to her career. Brady, 67, said she was forced to work on less demanding novels when the fumes from chemicals used at the Conker Shoe next to her former home allegedly caused her le... - Zantac Patent, GlaxoSmithKline and Cypress Pharmaceutical settle patent infringement dispute
New York, NY: (Jan-28-08) Drug developer Cypress Pharmaceutical Inc. had been locked in a patent infringement lawsuit with a unit of British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline PLC related to a generic version of Glaxo's Zantac syrup to treat symptoms of heartburn. Sources close to the case stated that privately held Cypress Pharma said Glaxo agreed not to assert i... - Hallandale Beach pays former police officer $100,000 settlement after firing him for using excessive force
Hallandale Beach, FL: (Jan-28-08) Talous Cirilo, a former Hallandale Beach Police Officer, brought two lawsuits against the city, alleging wrongdoing in the department and City Hall. The suit stated that Police Chief Thomas Magill falsified evidence, leading to Cirilo's firing. Hallandale officials fired Cirilo, alleging excessive use of force, even though... - Power Outages, Exelon Corp. agrees to $55 million settlement in code violation dispute with the city of Chicago
Washington, DC: (Jan-28-08) The city of Chicago brought charges against Exelon Corp., which operates utilities in the mid-Atlantic and Midwest, alleging among other things, that its subsidiary Commonwealth Edison Co. had municipal code violations at its premises. The suit was filed over the costs of various power outages. Sources close to the case stated t... - Fayette County Board of Education and Edgar Friedrichs Student Wrongful Death Settlement
In November 1997, elementary school principal, Edgar Friedrichs took 12-year-old Jeremy Bell for an overnight stay at a remote Thurmond cabin. Friedrichs forced Jeremy to ingest amitriptyline and chloroform so he could sexually assault his defenseless body. Jeremy died of toxic poisoning from the chemicals. His family filed a wrongful death lawsuit agai... - Stevens Hospital pays Cytolab Pathology Services $1.35 million breach of contract settlement
Edmonds, WA: (Jan-24-08) Cytolab Pathology Services Inc., a Lynnwood pathology lab, brought a lawsuit against Stevens Hospital, over a contractual dispute between the parties. Sources stated that the issue dated back to 2006, when the hospital terminated its annual contract with Cytolab Pathology Services. The business had managed the hospital's pathology... - Delinquent Loans, DealMaker Auto Group pays $2 million settlement after delaying vehicle payoffs
Watertown, NY: (Jan-24-08) Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office filed charges against DealMaker Auto Group, alleging that the Watertown dealership participated in delinquent loan repayments on vehicles it took as trade-ins. The suit claimed that the company systematically delayed paying off vehicles accepted in trade for new cars throughout 2007, affecti... - Lead Paint Poisoning, Jury awards boy $6 million personal injury settlement
Baltimore, MD: (Jan-23-08) Chantey Holmes, the mother of 8-year-old Antonio Ross Jr., brought a lawsuit against Garden Village Realty Corp. and property manager Regional Management Inc., claiming they ignored her complaints about the condition of the paint in her apartment and leaks in the roof and ceiling. The suit also saw the 8-year-old boy allege that... - Police Dog Bite, Washington County awards family $82,500 personal injury settlement after son required 187 stitches to his face after the attack
Hillsboro, OR: (Jan-23-08) The parents of Tyler Cox brought a lawsuit against Washington County after the boy was bitten by a deputy's police dog in 2004. The suit stated that on the night of the November 2004 attack, Kelly McLeod, a Washington County sheriff's deputy and Tyler's mother, along with the dog's handler, sheriff's Deputy Charles Irving, had le... - Motorcycle Accident, Matthew Miller pays $300,000 wrongful death settlement after fatal crash
Dover, PA: (Jan-23-08) Rhonda Mann brought a wrongful death lawsuit against Matthew Miller and M.A. Miller Farms of Dover, after a fatal 2006 traffic crash caused the death of 51-year-old husband Keith Mann. The suit stated that Miller, who was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the crash, was glancing at his nearby cornfield and re... - Racist Voicemail, Stamford Board of Education pays student $37,500 settlement after failing to protect her from racial discrimination
Stamford, CT: (Jan-23-08) The family of Candace Owens, a former Stamford High student, brought a lawsuit against the Board of Education, alleging that the city failed to protect her rights when students who left her threatening and racist voicemail messages were allowed to attend school with her. The suit stated that the city failed to act in part because... - Monster Stock Options, CEO Andrew McKelvey ordered to pay $276,000 SEC settlement for backdating employee stock options
New York, NY: (Jan-23-08) Federal regulators brought charges against Andrew McKelvey, the former CEO of Monster Worldwide Inc., alleging that he engaged in a scheme to backdate stock options to employees of the online job-search company. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stated that options are usually granted at the price of a company's stock on... - University Basketball Coach, Ball State University pays former employee $200,000 racial discrimination and retaliation settlement
Muncie, IN: (Jan-23-08) Ronny Thompson, former Ball State basketball coach, brought a lawsuit against the university, alleging that he faced racial harassment while on the job. Sources stated that Thompson, a son of Hall of Fame coach John Thompson, resigned in July after alleging racial harassment and retaliation by the university for his complaints of hara... - Apartment Appointment, Pine Properties Inc. pays $158,000 housing discrimination settlement
Lowell, MA: (Jan-22-08) The US Department of Justice brought a lawsuit against Pine Properties Inc. and six affiliate companies, alleging that it discriminated against Cambodian-Americans who tried to rent apartments. The suit claimed that the defendants, who own and operate 13 rental properties in Lowell, refused to show available apartments to Cambodian-... - Varsity Diver, Niagara-Wheatfield High School pays former student an undisclosed settlement after suffering head injuries during a swim team practice
Lockport, NY: (Jan-22-08) The parents of Samantha Taglienti, a Niagara-Wheatfield High School swimmer, brought a lawsuit against the school after the girl struck her forehead on the springboard doing a back flip during a varsity swim team practice Oct. 21, 2002. Records show that as a result of the accident, she suffered long-lasting headaches and other ai...