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Pontotoc, MS: (Nov-07-07) Several female borrowers and loan applicants brought a lawsuit against William Anderson Jr., a former vice president of the First National Bank of Pontotoc, alleging that they faced sexual harassment and a violation of their civil rights. The lawsuit was brought by the US Justice Department under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act... - Gold Mine, Alpheus Kaplan and Nehemiah Development Company pay $721,000 fine for arsenic clean up costs
San Francisco, CA: (Nov-06-07) The US Environmental Protection agency (EPA) brought charges against Alpheus Kaplan, Nehemiah Development Company, and eleven other parties over clean up costs associated with the Central Eureka Mine, an abandoned gold mine site in Amador County, CA. The suit accused the defendants of moving arsenic-laden waste from previous... - Nurse Pregnancy Discrimination, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan pays employee $180,000 bias settlement
Wailuku, HI: (Nov-06-07) The federal government brought a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit against Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, on behalf of a Kaiser nurse who was rejected for a job on Maui in 2005. The suit, filed by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged that managers at Kaiser's Wailuku clinic withdrew a job offer to Margaret... - FedEx Drivers, FedEx Corp. pays $253,000 settlement to five employees for unfair labor practices
Chicago, IL: (Nov-06-07) The National Labor Relations Board brought charges against FedEx Corp., alleging that the company had unfair labor practices. The suit was filed on behalf of the Teamsters union, representing five drivers. The lawsuit claimed the company illegally harassed and intimidated drivers and terminated the contracts of four of the five to... - Online Real Estate, HouseValues Inc. pays fine for misrepresenting the quality of its real estate leads to subscribers
Seattle, WA: (Nov-06-07) The State Attorney General's office brought charges against HouseValues Inc., a Kirkland-based online real estate company, alleging that it misrepresented the quality of its real estate leads to subscribers. The suit claimed that in doing so, the company violated state consumer protection laws. Real estate agents and other customer... - Capsized Boat, TS Hong Kong agrees to pay $1.4 million EPA settlement after releasing 3,100 tonnes of benzene, 85 tonnes of fuel, and 16 tonnes of diesel into the ocean
Taipei, Taiwan: (Nov-06-07) The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) along with government agencies including the Ministry of National Defense, the Department of Health, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, the Coast Guard Administration, and the Fisheries Agency Council brought charges against TS Hong Kong, registered in Hong Kong,... - Game Vendor, Intoxicated Giants fan crashes pickup truck into family and leaves 2-year-old paralyzed
Bergen County, NJ: (Nov-06-07) The family of Antonia Verni of Cliffside Park, brought a lawsuit against Aramark, a beer vendor at the stadium where the Giants football team was playing, after Daniel Lorenzo, an intoxicated Giants fan, lost control of his pickup truck and crashed into the Verni family's Toyota. Records show that the crash left the then 2-... - Construction Storm Water, R.S. Audley, Inc. pays $60,000 EPA fine for violating the Clean Water Act
Boston, MA: (Nov-05-07) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought charges against R.S. Audley, Inc., a Bow, NH-based construction company, alleging that it violated on numerous occasions storm water requirements of the federal Clean Water Act. The suit claimed that Audley excavated approximately one million cubic yards of material from a 300 acr... - Asbestos Joint Compounds, Man awarded $3.6 million after forty years of asbestos exposure lead to mesothelioma
San Francisco, CA: (Nov-05-07) Martin Lujan, an 81-year-old man who worked in the San Francisco area, brought a lawsuit against Bondex, Kaiser-Gypsum, Hamilton Materials, and Kelly Moore, all asbestos joint compound companies, alleging that he was exposed to an unreasonable risk of cancer at his workplace. The suit claimed that Lujan had been exposed to asbe... - Fill Material, Six companies agree to $100,000 EPA fine for discharging dredged materials into Chesapeake waters
Chesapeake, VA: (Nov-02-07) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought charges against six defendants, Sea Bay Development Corp., Beechtree Park, Inc., Green Sea Farms, LLC, Elwood H. Perry, Frank T. Williams' Farms, Inc., and Ferrell's Backhoe Service, Inc., alleging that the defendants discharged and/or controlled and directed the discharge of... - Legally Blind, Red Bluff pays former City Councilman Larry Stevens $520,000 settlement for ADA violations
Red Bluff, CA: (Nov-05-07) Red Bluff City Councilman Larry Stevens brought a lawsuit against the city and then City Manager Susan Price in April 2006, alleging that they violated his rights under the Americans With Disabilities Act. The suit claimed that though Stevens has some sight, he is legally blind. Records show that after filing the suit, Stevens le... - Sports Agent, Three football players become ineligible to play after accepting bribes from agent
Los Angeles, CA: (Nov-03-07) The University of Southern California brought charges against Robert Troy Caron, a sports agent, in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging that he caused three of its football players to be declared ineligible because of their dealings with him. The suit, filed after an investigation, revealed that Caron, a personal injury lawyer... - Elderly Motorist, Dental surgeon's family awarded $12.5 million wrongful death settlement after being hit by a car while bicycling
Los Angeles, CA: (Nov-03-07) The family of Glenn Garvin, a Thousand Oaks dental surgeon, brought a wrongful death lawsuit against Ventura County, after the 49-year-old endodontist was killed in 2006 by an elderly motorist. The suit stated that Garvin was riding a bicycle North on Westlake Boulevard when a Lexus that was being driven by Norma Seigel, 82, st... - Mercantile Taxes, Wilkins Township pays ProCare Pharmacy Direct $950,000 settlement for excessive tax charges
Wilkins, PA: (Nov-01-07) ProCare Pharmacy Direct Inc. brought charges against Wilkins Township, alleging that it was overcharged more than $2 million in mercantile taxes paid between 2004 and 2006. The suit sought a refund of the excess amount paid. The company, a subsidiary of CVS/Caremark Corp., originally sought the funds through an appeal filed on Ap... - Public Records, Washington State Department of Corrections pays employee $65,000 settlement for failing to provide public records regarding part time employee health insurance
Seattle, WA: (Nov-01-07) Doug Moore, a state employee, brought charges against the Washington State Department of Corrections, alleging that corrections officials illegally rejected his attorney's request for electronic public records. The suit claimed that officials harassed him, insisting that they would only supply expensive hard copies. Moore was seeki... - Copied Art, Marylee Leialoha Colucci and Island Treasures Art Gallery pay photographer Kim Taylor Reece $60,000 after creating a stained glass copy of a photo
Honolulu, HI: (Nov-01-07) Photographer Kim Taylor Reece brought charges against Marylee Leialoha Colucci and Island Treasures Art Gallery in Kailua, alleging that the stained glass artist copied his photo of a hula dancer. The two works are strikingly similar. They depict a dancer in kahiko, or ancient hula, attire sitting on the sand performing an "ike" m... - Jail Suicide, Teenager's family awarded wrongful death settlement
Naugatuck, CT: (Nov-01-07) The family of 16-year-old Falan Fox brought a wrongful death lawsuit against the city, after the teenager hanged herself in a Naugatuck jail cell. The suit claimed that Fox died as a result of the jail's negligence as she hung herself with her tube socks in full view of a surveillance camera on July 22, 2000. The family accused t... - Court Parking, Nassau County pays $50,000 settlement for a parking dispute
Nassau County, NY: (Nov-01-07) The Court Officers Benevolent Association of Nassau County (COBANC) brought charges against Nassau County and the state's Office of Court Administration, alleging that the county misappropriated parking spaces at the State Supreme Court Building. Records show that Mineola Village filed its separate law suit after COBANC filed... - Arena ADA, Madison Square Garden pays fine for ADA violations
New York, NY: (Nov-01-07) A lawsuit was brought against the owners and operators of Madison Square Garden, the sports and entertainment arena, alleging that they violated the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). The lawsuit stated that since the passage of the ADA 17 years ago, Madison Square Garden has made a number of alterations to its facilit... - Workers Compensation, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and Restaurant pays waitress $900,000 settlement after workplace injury
Bridgeport, CT: (Oct-31-07) Nancy Martino brought a lawsuit against Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and Restaurant, alleging that she sustained injuries while working as a waitress at the chain restaurant. The case was put before the Workers' Compensation Commission, claiming that 46-year-old Martino was working as a waitress in the restaurant on Research...