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Jacksonville, FL: (Dec-17-07) The Internal Revenue Services (IRS) brought charges against the city of Jacksonville, after a recent audit uncovered record keeping flaws. The suit stated that the city allowed employees to use city issued phones for personal business, without counting any portion of the service as taxable income. Further, it was accused of al... - Asbestos Violations, Community Development Corporation of Kansas City pays $450,000 settlement involving construction site asbestos
Kansas City, MO: (Dec-17-07) The state of Missouri and Kansas City brought charges against Community Development Corporation of Kansas City (CDC-KC), a developer of a large retail and residential project in Kansas City, alleging that it violated several Missouri asbestos laws. The suit was over the construction of Citadel Plaza, to be built at 63rd Street an... - SafeHouse Center, $483,856 settlement in fiscal mismanagement lawsuit
Washtenaw County, MI: (Dec-08-07) A federal lawsuit was brought against SafeHouse Center, a Washtenaw County shelter for sexual abuse and domestic violence victims, alleging that the facility violated federal laws related to its financial disclosures. The suit claimed money from federal grants that were channeled through the state and given to SafeHouse be... - Medical Malpractice Insurance, Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society returns $84 million to the state of Maryland
Annapolis, MD: (Dec-13-07) The state brought charges against Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society of Maryland, the state's largest malpractice insurer, over rising malpractice insurance rates during the past several years. As part of a settlement reached, Medical Mutual will return $84.1 million to the state to make up for subsidies that helped softe... - Traffic Signal, State awards family $10 million settlement after son was severely injured in an auto accident
Lincoln, NE: (Dec-13-07) Gail Fickle, the mother of Jacob Wagner, brought a lawsuit against the state of Nebraska, alleging that the state failed to repair a faulty signal at a highway intersection near Schuyler, despite complaints it was not working. Sources stated that two traffic signals, one for southbound traffic, the other for westbound, each flashed... - Solid Waste, Waste Management of Hawaii Inc. spends $1.5 million after violating landfill regulations
Honolulu, HI: (Dec-12-07) The state Department of Health brought charges against Waste Management of Hawaii Inc., the City and County of Honolulu, alleging that there were solid waste violations at the Waimanalo Gulch Landfill. The allegations included the operations, monitoring and reporting at the landfill relating to groundwater, daily cover for munic... - Cadet Rape, Fishburne Military School pays former student $250,000 personal injury settlement
Waynesboro, VA: (Dec-13-07) The family of a 14-year-old Connecticut boy brought charges against the Fishburne Military School, alleging that the teen was raped in 2006, by a fellow student. The suit stated that the boy was attacked by Robert Munford, then 16, of Lynchburg, sodomizing him with a condom-topped mop handle. The rape apparently came later. Munf... - Back Wages, Barstow Fire Protection District pays former fire chief $90,000 in back wages
Barstow, CA: (Dec-13-07) Eddie Varela, former chief, brought charges against the Barstow Fire Protection District, alleging that the district failed to pay him due wages, as well as discriminated, harassed and retaliated against him. The suit, filed in August 2006, specifically named Dallis Harris, a fire district board member. In 2001, Varela filed the... - Albuquerque Public School District Seduced Student Settlement
Albuquerque, NM: The parents of a teenager filed a lawsuit against the school district claiming former Cibola High School tennis coach, Jos Leyva, seduced her. Leyva worked as a substitute teacher from April 2002 until July 2005, when he was fired. He was a tennis coach at Cibola for one season from September 2004 to May 2005. The lawsuit claimed Leyva,... - UnumProvident Corp. Deceptive Practices Settlement
Albany, NY: New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer charged the disability insurance company with deceptive practices and claimed it made secret payments to brokers. The case claimed Unum improperly compensated brokers who pitched several insurance companies' policies to prospective customers. According to the terms of the settlement, UnumProvident will... - Mother accepts $1.5 million wrongful death settlement.
Baltimore, MD: (Dec-13-07) A lawsuit was brought against the state by the mother of a 6-year-old, alleging violation of rights. The suit claimed that Brandon, the severely brain-damaged boy lives in a hospital bed in the front room of his Southwest Baltimore home, being fed through a tube and undergoing daily dialysis because of abuse he suffered in foster... - $128,500 payout in racial harassment lawsuit.
Mentor, OH: (Dec-11-07) The city of Mentor brought charges against Michael McDonald, a 16-year-old Mentor boy, after he was found to have left a racist note at the home of a black family. The charges stemmed from McDonald leaving a box marked with the letters "KKK" in the driveway of Sylvia Spikes, who had just moved into the predominantly white neighborho... - $6 million settlement in Big Dig wrongful death lawsuit.
Boston, MA: (Dec-11-07) The family of Milena Del Valle, a Jamaica Plain woman, brought charges against Powers Fasteners, a company that supplied the ceiling bolt epoxy for the Big Dig project, after the woman was killed in a tunnel ceiling collapse accident. Sources stated that the lawsuit and subsequent criminal charges were filed after concrete ceiling... - Corrections Corp. agrees to $1.55 million settlement to settle overcharges lawsuit
Tallahassee, FL: (Dec-11-07) The state brought a lawsuit against Corrections Corp. of America, alleging that the company owed the state $3.635 million for alleged overcharges. The suit stemmed from a dispute dating back several years. Sources claimed that a 2005 audit by the Department of Management Services revealed numerous questionable payments to compa... - Bunge North America Inc. Pollution Emissions Settlement
St. Louis, MO: The US Department of Justice and the federal Environmental Protection Agency filed charges against the oilseed processing company regarding pollution emissions. The case involved 12 soybean processing plants and corn mills in eight states throughout the US. The lawsuit claimed Bunge violated the Clean Air Act by constructing major modif... - Spherix Inc. Contract Dispute Settlement
Beltsville, MD: The US Department of Agriculture filed charges against the provider of biotech and information technology services over contacts with the National Park Service and the Forest Service. Spherix agreed to a $6 million settlement. Under the terms of the settlement, Spherix's current national park reservation system will be phased out when Re... - $7.5 million settlement in Warren Hospital Medicare fraud lawsuit.
Phillipsburg, NJ: (Dec-10-07) The federal government filed charges against Warren Hospital of Phillipsburg, alleging that the facility bilked the government by inflating costs on Medicare claims. The suit claimed that Warren inflated Medicare charges to receive payments it wasn't entitled to between January 1998 and August 2003. The US Department of Justic... - $42.2 million settlement in sand stealing lawsuit.
San Francisco, CA: (Dec-10-07) California Attorney General Jerry Brown's office brought charges against Hanson Building Materials, alleging that the mining company stole sand from several bays near San Francisco. The lawsuit also accused the company of defrauding the state out of millions of dollars in royalty payments for sand mined in Suisun and San Fran... - $510,000 settlement in racial discrimination lawsuit.
Milwaukee, WI: (Dec-10-07) The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) brought charges against Target Corp., on behalf of four management applicants, alleging that the company racially discriminated against them. The suit stated that the Minneapolis-based retailer violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by not hiring Kalisha White, Ralpheal Edgesto... - $250,000 settlement in breach of payment contract lawsuit.
Gold Hill, NV: (Dec-10-07) N.A. Degerstrom brought a lawsuit against GoldSpring, Inc., alleging that the company owed it, money for services provided. The lawsuit is said to have stemmed from a dispute as to how much GoldSpring owed Degerstrom for services provided. Sources stated that as per a December 27, 2005 agreement, the parties agreed that the amoun...