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  • Attorney Timothy B. Garrigan: "I thought civil rights lawyers would be treated like rock stars."
    Apr-17-08 Tim Garrigan tells LawyersandSettlements, "I think I watched too much TV when I was young and impressionable, and I thought civil rights lawyers would be treated like rock stars. Well, it didn't quite work out that way, but I still can't think of anything else I would ever want to do, and I'm very lucky to be able to do it." That work includes a long and...
  • The Reality of Reality TV: Alleged "Sweatshop Conditions"
    Apr-17-08 Hollywood, CA: The reality for many workers on US Reality TV shows is long hours, and little or no overtime pay -- a contravention of California overtime statutes. It is for this reason that the Writers Guild of America (WGA) is attempting to organize workers, to help them get a better deal from their employers. Last Tuesday, 12 former workers of suc...
  • Driver to pay proposed $725,000 settlement in wrongful death lawsuit.
    Cumberland County, PA: (Apr-15-08) The estate of Cabot Resuta, 36, of Silver Spring Township brought a lawsuit against Laura Beth Kelly, 43, formerly of Camp Hill, alleging that Resuta died due to her negligence. The suit stated that Resuta died after his cycle was hit from behind on US Route 11/15 in East Pennsboro Township by a sport-utility vehicle dr...
  • Santa Barbara to pay undisclosed settlement in wrongful death lawsuit.
    Santa Barbara, CA: (Apr-15-08) The family of Katie Janeway, a 14 year old developmentally disabled girl, brought a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Santa Barbara, alleging that her death occurred as a result of the city's negligence. The suit claimed that in 2002, Janeway drowned in Santa Barbara's Los Banos Pool, alleging that the city failed to...
  • City to pay $325,000 settlement in library's lawsuit.
    Streator, IL: (Apr-15-08) The Streator Public Library brought a lawsuit against the city of Streator, alleging that excessive money was collected through the city's personal property replacement tax. Sources said that the law stipulated that the city must repay 9% of the tax money to the library, but records show that none was paid from 1980 to 2004. The...
  • Attorney Terry J. Chapko on the Starbucks Class Action
    Apr-16-08 Coronado, CA: During our interviews with Laura Ho and Shannon Liss-Riordan, Terry Chapko's name came up as one of the attorneys who brought the burgeoning Starbucks class action to their attention. LawyersandSettlements caught up with him in his one-person shop in this suburb of San Diego where he's practiced employment law on the plaintiff's side since 20...
  • Shell Oil company to pay $75,000 settlement in environmental lawsuit.
    Bridgeport, CT: (Apr-14-08) The US Environmental Protection Agency brought charges against Motiva Enterprises, LLC, a subsidiary of Shell Oil, which functions as a gasoline bulk terminal, alleging that it had violations of the federal Clean Air Act. The terminal loads gasoline into tanker trucks, a process the suit claimed, generates significant gasoline...
  • Vector to pay $6.3 million settlement in employment lawsuit.
    Newfoundland, Canada: (Apr-14-08) Mark D. Dobbin, Paul J. Conway and S. Maxwell Parsons, former executive officers of Vector Aerospace Corporation, brought charges against the company, seeking termination payments and benefits under their employment arrangements. Vector is an independent provider of aviation repair and overhaul, who supplies services to...
  • $7 million settlement in healthcare insurance lawsuit.
    Palm Beach, FL: (Apr-14-08) The US Attorney's Office brought charges against Dr. Fred Steinberg, a Palm Beach County radiologist and his entities, alleging that they billed for fictitious CT scans and improperly reported to patients' physicians as if they were done. Additionally he stands accused of doing CT scans and ultrasound exams that were not order...
  • Former executive to pay $10 million settlement in contract lawsuit.
    New York, NY: (Apr-14-08) Meritage Homes Corporation brought charges against John Landon, its former co-chairman and co-chief executive officer, over money that he had been paid under a non-compete portion of his contract. The suit claimed that as per the terms of his employment agreement, Landon had been entitled to $10 million, payable in equal monthly...
  • Former parishioner to pay undisclosed settlement in $3 million abuse lawsuit.
    Veneta, OR: (Apr-14-08) A lawsuit was brought against local businessman and church leader James Richard "Burt" Simmerman, by a teenager who claimed that she was sexually abused by the former parishioner and leader at St. Thomas Becket Roman Catholic Church in Veneta. Court documents reveal that Simmerman was sentenced in June 2007, to three years and eig...
  • Abbott Laboratories to pay $9.5 million settlement in patent lawsuit.
    Brussels, Belgium: (Apr-14-08) Innogenetics, a Belgian biopharmaceutical group, brought a lawsuit against Abbott Laboratories, a US based group, alleging patent infringement. The 2005 lawsuit, filed in US district Court claimed that Abbott infringed the biopharmaceutical group's patented Hepatitis C virus genotyping technology. In recent developments in...
  • Diagnosis: Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH)
    Apr-15-08 Sacramento, CA In 2006, Margaret was prescribed phentermine (the "phen" in Fen Phen) to lose weight and it worked—she lost about 90 lbs. But after taking the diet drug for about one year, she wound up in the hospital. "My whole body was swollen, I had severe chest pains and I had trouble breathing," she says. At first, doctors thought she was having...
  • Mace to pay $365,000 settlement in environmental lawsuit.
    Bennington, VT: (Apr-14-08) The US Environmental Protection Agency brought a lawsuit against Mace Security International, a Bennington chemical company, alleging that there were environmental violations at the company's site. Mace Security is a maker of pepper sprays, tear gas and similar law enforcement products. The suit was filed following a February...
  • AngioDynamics to pay $7 million settlement in patent lawsuit.
    San Francisco, CA: (Apr-14-08) Diomed Holdings Inc., a currently bankrupt company, brought charges against AngioDynamics Inc., alleging that the company infringed on its patents. The suit claimed that the infringement was over varicose vein laser treatment technology. Sources stated that the two parties resolved the lawsuit by entering into a settlement ag...
  • Vought to pay $1.5 million settlement in discrimination lawsuit.
    Dallas, TX: (Apr-11-08) The US Labor Department brought charges against defense contractor Vought Aircraft Industries Inc., alleging that the company's hiring practices discriminated against minorities and women. The suit was filed after Labor Department investigators found that Vought's hiring process disproportionately eliminated black and Asian men. T...
  • School district to pay $1.1 million settlement in negligence lawsuit.
    Pinellas, FL: (Apr-11-08) The family of E'Traveon Johnson, a Fairmount Park Elementary student, brought a lawsuit against the Pinellas School Board, after the child was struck by a car after running away from his St. Petersburg elementary school in 2005. Records of the incident show that he ran away from the school and was struck by a Cutlass Supreme as...
  • Pending approval, settlement to bring $50.5 million in bank fees lawsuit.
    Springfield, IL: (Apr-11-08) Illinois banks brought a lawsuit against the Blagojevich administration, after the governor raised fees on financial institutions in order to help pay for alleged general state costs. The suit claimed that the increases were too high, and that the fees the banks paid should be used for regulating banks, not regular state expe...
  • Attorney Brian J. Glick on Insurance, Medical Malpractice, and Medical Device Liability
    Apr-15-08 Boca Raton, FL: Attorney Brian J. Glick says that "he works for the people, not the powerful." What that involves, and how it can change things for the better, was the subject of our interview. LawyersandSettlements (LAS): How would you describe your practice? Brian J. Glick (BJG): It's all what we call liability work, people injured as a result o...
  • City to pay $600,000 settlement in gender bias lawsuit.
    Somerset, MA: (Apr-11-08) Kim Pelletier, a former highway department worker, brought a lawsuit against the town of Somerset, alleging that she faced sexual harassment and discrimination, while on the job. Pelletier was the first female worker in the department who began to object to her work assignments and the fact that she was not allowed to drive a ne...
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