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Jacksonville, FL: (Sep-27-07) The family of a 12-year-old Jacksonville girl brought charges against Louis Templeman, a former Department of Children and Families employee, alleging that the man abused the girl when she was 5-years-old. A Duval County jury ruled in May 2007 that Templeman violated the girl's civil rights when he allegedly sexually molested... - Joe Palma State Funds Embezzlement Settlement
Franklin, KY: A lawsuit filed by the Simpson County Fiscal Court in 2004 against former County Sheriff, Joe Palma accused him of stealing $23,000 from the county. Despite evidence, Palma avoided jail time when he entered an "Alford plea" to three felony counts and one misdemeanor. Civil action between Joe Palma and Simpson County was settled on January... - Protecting Children in Car Accidents is No Accident
Sep-28-08 Ashland, MA Car accidents injure all kinds of different people—adults and children alike. And one would assume that when there are injuries affecting both adults and children in car crashes , that there is some kind of parental, or familial relationship amongst those in the car, affected by the automobile crash . However, not always. A single-... - Medtronic Infuse Bone Graft: Long List of Perks for Docs
Sep-27-08 Anchorage, AK Patients who underwent the Medtronic Infuse Bone Graft may be surprised to learn that Medtronic has been accused in a lawsuit of providing surgeons with a number of incentives to use Medtronic products. According to the Wall Street Journal, doctors were given a wide variety of gifts to induce them to use the Infuse Bone Graft. Accor... - Medical Malpractice: When you don't Get what you Pay for
Sep-26-08 Philadelphia, PA Medical malpractice is something both sides of the equation fear: for the patient, a medical malpractice suggests a botched procedure, or diagnosis that could begat a lifetime of pain and suffering, and invoke medical malpractice law . For the medical professional, it could mean a hit on their medical malpractice insurance . For either... - Tenative Farmers Insurance Verdict of $130 Million in Class Action Settlement
A class action suit brought by 76,000 people against Farmers Insurance Co, has received a tentative settlement verdict of $130 million. The suit had alleged that the insurer had failed to pay for general contractors, claimed breach of contract, bad faith and fraud. The average cost per person for unpaid bills and for fixing damaged homes was $575. ... - Car Accidents: "Dazed and Confused"
Sep-23-08 Sacramento, CA Just about anyone who has been involved in a car accident can tell you that dealing with insurance companies is a gigantic pain. Although the car crash itself is an ordeal, dealing with the paperwork and insurance adjusters to file a claim is a whole other nightmare. Karen S (not her real name) says that since her automobile accident o... - Custody Laws: You Can't Choose Your Parents…
Sep-20-08 Orlando, FL While family law often involves tales of estranged bedfellows, where things get really complicated are the child custody battles. Custody laws usually guide lawyers along the family law custody road, but not in a vacuum. Other factors include things such as pre-nuptial agreements and the circumstances that can serve to make it that much e... - Liberty Travel Agrees Preliminary Overtime Class Action Settlement of $2.76 Million
Liberty Travel has agreed a preliminary settlement of a class action lawsuit in which it was accused of not paying overtime wages to employees from June 1995 to December 1999. The tenative settlement is for $2.76 million, with $413,571 awarded to 245 travel agents from Liberty Travel offices across Pennsylvania. Linda Welsh, of Montgomery County, an... - Avandia –Two Weeks to Near Death
Sep-17-08 Canfield, OH Dennis is just 40 years old. He was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and was put on Avandia . But after only two weeks on the drug, Dennis experienced shortness of breath and chest pains. He had a heart attack and he thinks Avandia could have been the cause. Dennis's story is unusual in that he suffered a severe, near death experience very s... - DUI is Not Always Cut-and-Dried
Sep-15-08 Feather River Beach, CA It doesn't take long to unearth a news story about drinking and driving . DUI offences happen daily, and some with tragic consequences. However, as cut-and-dried as drunk driving offences can be—and in the eyes of DUI law , if a driver's blood alcohol content is appreciably above 0.08 he is legally drunk—there is still the n... - Timberland's Text Messages Worth $7 Million
Members of a class action suit against Timberland for unsolicited text messages on cells phones have won a $7 million settlement. Jeffrey Weinstein, lead plaintiff in the suit, decided to file after receiving a text message from the shoe company about discount shoe purchases through their website. The message came in the middle of a bad day, and was unsolic... - Stockbroker Arbitration: Large Sums Awarded
Sep-12-08 Tyler, TX A commonly-held belief is that if you are looking to recover a large amount of lost money, the best way to get it is through a lawsuit. However, stockbroker arbitration claims can also help investors recover lost money—and not just small amounts. Furthermore, stockbroker arbitration is often the only way to go about getting money back because... - GM to Pay Motorists $90 Million for Defective Transmissions
Tens of thousands of motorists across the US could receive reimbursement of expenses connected with defective transmissions in more than 90,000 Saturn economy cars. General Motors has agreed to pay an estimated $90 million, if approved, to settle the class action. The suit, filed nearly a year ago, alleges that the transmissions are "exceptionally pro... - R.J. McGlennon Co., Inc. Chemical Release Violations Fine
San Francisco, CA: In a September 2006 civil complaint, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) alleged that R.J. McGlennon did not submit timely reports for its use of methyl ethyl ketone and xylene between 2001 and 2003. The case also claimed the company failed to properly report its use of certain glycol ethers between 2001 and 2004, which it te... - Proposed $21.8 Million Settlement of Drug Pricing Class Action
Preliminary approval of a Proposed Settlement related to the average wholesale prices of certain prescription drugs has been granted by the District Court for the District of Massachusetts. In the lawsuit, plaintiffs claimed that drug manufacturers unlawfully inflated the published average wholesale price of certain drugs, increasing what certain consumers a... - Former Chief Executive of UnitedHealth Group to Pay $30 Million Settlement
In addition to the more than $900 million settlement announced last month by UnitedHealth Group, Former Chief Executive William McGuire, has agreed to pay$30 million into a fund established in a class action settlement involving stock options for the country's largest health insurer. The settlement is subject to court approval, and it remains to be det... - Attorney David Mazie Goes Eyeball to Eyeball with Lasik Surgeon
Sep-9-08 Roseland, NJ You know how some people just seem smart—well that's how attorney David Mazie seems. Smart! At age 46 Mazie has won millions and millions of dollars on behalf of clients lucky enough to get his firm to take on their case. His most recent win is an eye popping $2.1 million settlement recovered for a 47-year old man rendered legally blind beca... - Auction Rate Securities: Arbitration is Quicker than Settlement
Sep-8-08 Kansas City, MO The big news in Auction Rate Securities (ARS) is that some of the financial firms, such as Citibank, Bank of America and UBS are in negotiations with regulators about payoff programs for clients who purchased auction rate securities. However, according to Diane Nygaard, founder of the Nygaard Law Firm, nothing has been finalized and no one... - US Steel Settles Class Action for $4.4 Million
U.S. Steel Corp, has reached a $4.4 million settlement witih residents of Ecorse and River Rouge in the Detroit area, regarding a lawsuit that alleged the Pittsburgh-based plant was emitting orange smoke and metallic particles into the surrounding neighborhoods. SEPT-05-08: Detroit-area steel mill settles class-action suit [ CHICAGO TRIBUNE: US STEEL C...