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$58.5 million settlement with AG's office in workers compensation suit. Boston, MA: (May-14-07) An investigation by Massachusetts attorney general Martha Coakley's office led to a lawsuit against American International Group Inc., accusing it of having failed to pay surplus workers compensation funds to Massachusetts. The probe revealed that AIG faile... - $4.9 million settlement in insurance malpractice suit.
Enterprise Life Insurance San Antonio, TX: (May-14-07) Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott brought charges against Irving-based Enterprise Life Insurance Co., accusing the company of not refunding unused insurance premiums to auto loan customers. Abbott sued Enterprise Life and eight other credit insurance companies whose investigations are ongoing. T... - Arbitraje de corredores de bolsa y consultores financieros
Los inversores que pierden dinero como resultado de errores por descuido o dolo intencional por parte de sus corredores de bolsa o consultores financieros pueden tener derecho a recuperar sus pérdidas a través de un proceso conocido como arbitraje de corredores de bolsa. Las demandas de arbitraje pueden involucrar todo tipo de inversion... - Kennedy Valve Lead Waste Violations Settlement
New York, NY: (May-10-07) The New York State Attorney General's Office brought charges against Kennedy Valve, a Southern Tier manufacturer, alleging that it was guilty of environmental crimes. The suit claimed that Kennedy Valve in Elmira was guilty of unlawfully handling hazardous waste by repeatedly disposing tons of waste containing lead at the Chemung... - Bridgeton, NJ Police Officer Misconduct Settlement
Bridgeton, NJ: (May-10-07) Rigoverto Diaz, 22, an immigrant, filed suit against the city of Bridgeton and the Bridgeton Police Department, alleging that he was robbed and beaten in 2006 by a city police officer. Diaz claimed in his suit that the incident was racially motivated, that patrolmen Carl Holliday and Gregory Willis picked him up the night of Nove... - Morgan Stanley & Company Inc. Retail Stock Investors Fraud Settlement
Tucson, AZ: (May-10-07) The US Securities and Exchange Commission filed federal charges against Morgan Stanley & Company Inc., alleging that it failed to get retail stock investors the best prices possible on more than 1 million over-the-counter transactions. The charges claimed that over a three year period, Morgan Stanley's automated trading system delay... - Highland, CA Flood Wrongful Death Settlement
San Bernardino, CA: (May-10-07) Daniel Martinez, 44, a widower whose pregnant wife was swept into a creek by floodwaters in 2005, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the City of Highland, San Bernardino County, East Valley Water District, Standard Pacific Homes, and Rancho San Andreas/National Equity Engineering, who he held responsible for the death... - San Diego County Water Authority Imperial Valley Water Dispute Settlement
San Diego, CA: (May-08-07) The Imperial Valley had filed civil charges against San Diego County water leaders claiming that the county's historic 2003 water transfer deal, to buy billions of gallons of water from valley farmers, had hurt Imperial Valley. Water Authority and irrigation district officials have been arguing without resolution over the issue... - Michael and Kevin Corbett Bar Fight Wrongful Death Settlement
Cork, Ireland: (May-09-07) The father of Adrian Moynihan, a 23-year-old man who died after being dragged inside the door of the club by staff and pushed to the ground, filed suit against Michael and Kevin Corbett, owners and licensees of Sidetrax on Cork's Grafton Street. The suit claimed that Moynihan died because of negligence in monitoring staff behavio... - Purdue Pharma LLC OxyContin Abuse Settlement
Hartford, CT: (May-08-07) In a lawsuit filed by the Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and state Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell Jr. against Stamford-based Purdue Pharma LLC, the maker of the painkiller OxyContin, they alleged that the company propagated illegal marketing practices that led to greater abuse of the highly addictive painkille... - VOA Associates and Jacobs Facilities District Schools Construction Delay Settlement
Chicago, IL: (May-08-07) The Consolidated High School District 230 filed charges against VOA Associates and Jacobs Facilities, its former architect and construction manager, alleging that both companies failed to ethically perform in running the $146 million overhaul of the district's three schools: Andrew High School in Tinley Park, Sandburg High School i... - Proposed San Francisco, CA 49ers Stadium Maintenance Settlement
San Francisco, CA: (May-08-07) The 49ers football team filed claims against San Francisco, alleging that the city has been a negligent landlord. According to the charges filed, the team had threatened to file a lawsuit, having complained for years about leaks in luxury suites, rusty light towers and steps, cracked walkways, clogged drains in concession sta... - Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Company and Fidelity Distributors Corporation Plan Fraud Fine
Seattle, WA: (May-08-07) NASD, formerly known as National Association of Securities Dealers, filed charges against two Fidelity broker-dealers, Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Company and Fidelity Distributors Corporation, alleging that they prepared and distributed misleading sales literature promoting Fidelity's Destiny I and II Systematic I... - Possible Chevron Oil Kickbacks Settlement
New York, NY: (May-07-07) United States prosecutors filed suit against Chevron, the second-largest American oil company, over alleged kickbacks that were being paid to Saddam Hussein on oil it bought from Iraq as part of a now defunct United Nations program. Chevron is preparing to acknowledge that it should have known about the kickbacks and that the admi... - Springfield, MA Police Manhandling Arrest Settlement
Springfield, MA: (May-07-07) Douglas Greer, a black man and principal of the Robert M. Hughes Academy Charter School in Springfield, filed suit against the city of Springfield, Massachusetts, claiming that he was attacked by five white police officers as an act of discrimination. The suit stated that Greer was pulled from his car by the officers in January... - Zurich Capital Markets Market Timing Securities Fraud Settlement
Bellevue, WA: (May-07-07) The US Securities and Exchange Commission brought charges against Zurich Capital Markets (ZMC), a unit of Zurich Financial Services, accusing it of helping four market-timing hedge funds that defrauded mutual funds. The suit claimed that in order to buy, exchange and redeem shares in these mutual funds, these hedge funds employed... - State Emergency Medical Services Authority Ambulance Medical Malpractice Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: (May-07-07) Kathy Schroeder filed suit against the Los Angeles County Fire Department and the State Emergency Medical Services Authority after an accident left her unconscious and in their care. A Mustang broadsided Schroeder's Hyundai sports coupe in a Palmdale intersection, knocking her unconscious. She woke up wedged against a console,... - Marshall Astor Family Elder Abuse Settlement
Rochester, NY: (May-06-07) Brooke Astor, a Park Avenue philanthropist, was in the limelight recently when her grandson Philip, filed an elder-abuse lawsuit against his estranged dad, Marshall, accusing him of embezzling millions of his grandmothers money while skimping on her care. While Brooke fought dementia and depression, her hard-hearted son and socia... - Ponte Vedra, FL Library Director Wrongful Termination Settlement
Ponte Vedra, FL: (May-07-07) Former director of the Ponte Vedra Beach branch library, Mary Thomas, filed charges against St. Johns County over the wrongful termination of her post at the county. The suit claimed that County Library Director Mary Jane Little, came to the Ponte Vedra Beach library and used her position of authority to get employees to sign a... - Kentucky, USA Boxing Ring Personal Injury Settlement
Cincinnati, KY: (Apr-05-07) Former heavyweight champion Greg Page filed suit against the state of Kentucky over compensation following an ill-fated championship match at the old Peel's Palace in Erlanger, where he suffered brain damage and other injuries. The March 9, 2001 fight, billed as the battle for the heavyweight championship of Kentucky, ended in t...