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Mar-18-08 Lafayette, LA: Police officers, city marshals, and firefighters for Lafayette filed a lawsuit against the city for back pay owed in the form of unpaid wages . However, the hearing for the ongoing lawsuit has been postponed since there are questions regarding the amount in which the employees are owed. This has come after months of multiple settlement offe... - Abogado de Horas Extraordinarias de Agentes de Acciones
Aunque normalmente sólo se les paga comisión-, los agentes de acciones y comodidades pueden tener derecho a pago de horas extras en virtud de las leyes federales y estatales. Agentes de acciones y comodidades típicamente suelen trabajar más de las 8 horas al día necesarias, empezando tan temprano como las 6:00 am y trabajando hasta después... - Celebrex Has the Scientists Talking
Mar-17-08 Buffalo, NY In what could hardly be thought of as a celebration, labeling revisions to Celebrex approved by the US Food and Drug Administration this past fall warning of adverse renal function with long-term use , has been augmented by a report coming out of the University of Buffalo (UB) that Celebrex has been shown in laboratory studies to induce irr... - Waterford to pay $750,000 settlement in police scandal lawsuit.
Waterford, NJ: (Mar-16-08) Several officers brought charges against the Waterford township, alleging that they lost pay and time on the job after a three-year misconduct probe. The suit sought back pay, employment benefits and attorney's fees for three of the four accused officers. In its defense, the Republican-led township committee stated that it laun... - Phone billing companies pay $1.9 million settlement in unauthorized charges lawsuit.
Atlantic City, NJ: (Mar-16-08) The Federal Trade Commission brought a lawsuit against BSG Clearing Solutions North America LLC, ACI Billing Services Inc. doing business as OAN, and Billing Concepts Inc., alleging that they charged their customers unauthorized charges on their phone bills. FTC sources stated that the three related companies control more t... - Hospital to pay $325,000 settlement in wrongful death lawsuit.
Colorado Springs, CO: (Mar-16-08) Donald Rifkin, a Colorado Springs man, brought charges against Memorial Hospital after his wife shot and killed their sons and then herself, after being released from the hospital. The wrongful death suit claimed that the hospital was negligent in the treatment of Julie Rifkin, 41, who was admitted at Memorial Hospital o... - Journal Sentinel to pay undisclosed settlement in advertising lawsuits.
Milwaukee, WI: (Mar016-08) Russ Darrow Group Inc., a Menomonee Falls automotive group, and Kings Way Homes, an Elm Grove home builder, brought charges against the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, alleging that the newspaper overcharged for advertising due to inflated circulation figures. The suit, brought by the two advertisers was filed in 2006 and 2007 in M... - Bextra, Bextra! Read All About It! First trial to be heard in May
Mar-17-08 San Francisco, CA Nearly four years after Bextra was taken off the market for cardiovascular risk , the first Bextra trial is scheduled to be heard May 5th. On the heels of the mammoth $4.85 billion Vioxx settlement, the Multi-District Litigation (MDL) Court for the Bextra/Celebrex litigation is finally ramping up in California. Bextra was only on th... - $8.3 million settlement in tax litigation to benefit Midland area education.
Midland, MI: (Mar-16-08) The City of Midland brought charges against Midland Cogeneration Venture (MCV) over a 12-year-old tax agreement. The suit was filed with the city seeking an estimated net refund of $127.3 million that it said MCV owed. Sources stated that the case, which covers the tax years of 2001 through 2007, reached a resolution in which MCV... - Pasta maker to pay $1.5 million settlement in annual reports fraud lawsuit.
Kansas City, MO: (Mar-16-08) Three lawsuits were brought against American Italian Pasta Co., also naming certain former or current officers and directors, alleging that its executives and directors had misrepresented fiscal data, giving the impression that the company was doing well even as sales slumped during the low-carbohydrate diet craze. Comp... - Developer to pay $32,000 settlement in land zoning lawsuit.
San Louis Obispo, CA: (Mar-16-08) The Nipomo Community Services District brought a lawsuit against San Luis Obispo County in January 2007, after the county's Board of Supervisors approved property owner Henri DeGroot's application to change the zoning on 40 acres of property near Los Berros and El Campo roads. The suit was filed in order to get the count... - We Care to pay $$51,636 settlement in health care lawsuit.
Tampa, FL: (Mar-16-08) Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum and the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit brought charges against Theodore Hartzog, an employee of We Care Inc. of Tampa Bay, a local nonprofit, alleging that he falsified service logs for four Medicaid recipients between March 13 and Sep.7, 2007. The suit claimed that Hartzog created records indica... - Worker ends theft lawsuit with $30,000 settlement.
Park Rapids, MN: (Mar-16-08) The Park Rapids Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce brought charges against Donald Mark Lung, a former employee, alleging that he paid himself more than $14,000 from Chamber funds. The theft charges were filed after several discrepancies were found in the Chamber's bank account. Investigations revealed that several vendors had not... - Farmington to pay $427,000 settlement to underpaid workers.
Farmington, NM: (Mar-16-08) The Department of Workforce Solutions, a state agency, brought a lawsuit against the city of Farmington, NM, alleging that it underpaid workers who worked on its airport restaurant in 2007. The suit claimed that thirteen temporary workers from SOS Staffing worked on remodeling the airport restaurant. They were paid $9 to $12 a... - Washington State to pay $2.25 million settlement to shooting victims.
Tacoma, WA: (Mar-17-08) Several families brought a lawsuit against the Washington State Department of Corrections, after five children were wounded or traumatized in a 1999 attack on a California Jewish community center. The incident took place when Washington parolee Buford O. Furrow Jr., a self-professed white supremacist with a history of mental illne... - Online store owner pays $66,000 settlement to Attorney General.
Kennewick, WA: (Mar-13-08) Over 50 people brought complaints against Teryl Cooper's website, Storybook Lane, an online store, alleging that they ordered children's furniture and accessories from the website, but never received the merchandise. The suit, which was filed following complaints lodged with the Washington Attorney General and the Better Busine... - Kimberly Clark to pay $165,000 settlement in pollution lawsuit.
Everett, WA: (Mar-13-08) The State Environmental Agency brought charges against tissue giant Kimberly-Clark Corporation, alleging that it violated clean air standards, by allowing a fire to smolder for half a year, contributing to wood smoke and pollution. The suit claimed that the company allowed a pile of shredded wood waste near the Riverside neighbor... - Albion River Inn to pay $165,000 settlement in discrimination lawsuit.
Mendocino, CA: (Mar-13-08) The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) brought a lawsuit against owners of the Albion River Inn restaurant, alleging that it discriminated against Abdellatiff Hadji, former restaurant manager. The commission brought the charges on behalf of Abdellatiff Hadji, an Arab American restaurant manager of Moroccan descen... - Santa Monica pays $55 million settlement in lawyer's fees lawsuit.
Los Angeles, CA: (Mar-13-08) Attorneys from Dallas-based Baron & Budd P.C., San Francisco-based Sher Leff LLP and Sacramento-based Miller, Axline & Sawyer brought a lawsuit against the city of Santa Monica, alleging that it failed to pay them contingency fees. Court documents reveal that the city sued the attorneys in 2004, in a bid to invalidate a conti... - Sonic Cash to pay $150,000 settlement in illegal fees lawsuit.
Denver, CO: (Mar-13-08) Colorado Attorney General John Suthers' office brought a lawsuit against Sonic Cash LLC, an Internet lender, alleging that it charged illegally high fees in nearly 2,300 payday loans made to Colorado consumers. The suit was brought as an effort to target Internet payday lenders who over charge fees for loans or aren't properly lic...