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Racine, WI: (Feb-18-08) Public Business Consulting Group (PBCG), a private consulting firm, has been embroiled in a legal battle with the Racine Unified School District, over issues a district employee raised regarding a contract after he released several internal documents and leveled several allegations about PBCG's work in the district. The suit was fil... - False Arrest, City of Greer pays $50,000 settlement after imprisoning a woman whose charges had been dismissed years earlier
Greer, SC: (Feb-18-08) Denise Riddle, a Greer resident, brought a lawsuit against the city, alleging that she was falsely arrested. The suit claimed that a Greer police officer handcuffed and arrested Riddle at her home at 10 p.m. Feb. 1, 2006, on a bad check charge that she had made restitution on early on. Online court records show the warrant had been d... - Probation User Fees, Clark County Council pays $1.1 million settlement after misappropriating funds
Clark County, IN: (Feb-16-08) Clark County judges brought a lawsuit against the Clark County Council, after it appropriated probation user fees (PUF) in the 2005 budget to fund supplemental probation services, such as court reporter and bailiff salaries. The lawsuit stated that the judges objected to the use of PUF funds to pay for services that are suppos... - Packaging Concepts Limited must pay undisclosed settlement for employees' injuries
Lincoln, RI: (Feb-18-08) The Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration brought charges against Packaging Concepts Limited, alleging that the facility had an extraordinary number of workplace injuries since 2002. Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration records show Packaging Concepts Limited reported 125 injuries from 2000 and 2006... - Excessive Arrest, City of Worcester agrees to pay pizza vendor $100,000 settlement after breaking nine bones in his face
Worcester, MA: (Feb-18-08) Daniel Houde brought a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Worcester and seven of its police officers, alleging that police used excessive force when they broke nine bones in his face while arresting him six years ago. Records show that Houde, 43, filed the suit in US District Court over his arrest on May 20, 2002. T... - Contract Extortion, County Executive Robert Janiszewski ordered to pay Hudson County a $650,000 racketeering settlement
Hudson County, NJ: (Feb-18-08) Hudson County brought a lawsuit against former County Executive Robert Janiszewski and the bonding company that covered him, after the county lost $26.8 million to corruption. Records show that Janiszewski served for 13 years as county executive before abruptly leaving in September 2001; he later admitted to extorting money f... - Jailhouse Hanging, City of River Rouge pays family a $1.8 million wrongful death settlement
Detroit, MI: (Feb-18-08) The family of Tatisha Gant brought a civil lawsuit against the River Rouge Police Department, alleging that it was responsible in the jailhouse hanging of the 25-year-old girl. The suit accused Police Lt. Camilia Worthy and Sgt. Jeffrey Harris of knowing that Gant needed medical attention, as she bit chunks out of her arm and was... - Correctional Managers, Jury orders Marion County to pay $1 million racial discrimination settlement to two former employees
Salem, OR: (Feb-18-08) Russell Rice and Larry Lytle, two white former employees at the Department of Correction's Santiam Correctional Institution, brought a discrimination lawsuit against Marion County, alleging that Superintendent Frank Thompson, who is black, gave preferential treatment to other black employees. Both Rice and Lytle were managers at th... - University Apartments, Capstone Development agrees to $15 million construction defects settlement
Storrs, CT: (Feb-18-08) The University of Connecticut (UConn), the owners of Hilltop Apartments, brought a lawsuit against Capstone Development Corporation based in Birmingham, AL, over a botched construction job on the apartment that resulted in numerous safety code violations, including faulty electrical cables. The lawsuit claimed that the construction... - Excessive Force, Washtenaw County pays family $4 million wrongful death settlement
Detroit, MI: (Feb-16-08) The family of Clifton "Pete'' Lee Jr., a Ypsilanti Township man, brought a wrongful death lawsuit against the Washtenaw County Sherrif's Department, alleging that the Sherrif's Department was responsible for the arrest of a 45 year old man who died of asphyxiation and respiratory restriction after a traffic stop. Records show that... - Hotel Food Poisoning, Thomson Holiday and JMC-Thomas Cook awards British travelers a £2.5 million personal injury settlement
Birmingham, England: (Feb-14-08) A lawsuit was brought against tour operators Thomson Holiday (TUI) and JMC-Thomas Cook, alleging that travelers on holiday suffered from different varieties of food poisoning at the Beach Club Hotel in Torremolinos, Spain. The suit claimed that over 1,000 British travelers had stayed at the hotel and had experienced such pr... - Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. agrees to pay the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation a $10 million patent infringement settlement
Tulsa, OK: (Feb-14-08) The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) brought charges against Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc., over patent rights to discoveries its scientists made in the 1980s. At the crux of the dispute was a lawsuit filed by OMRF in 2007 against Alexion, over the FDA approved drug Soliris. Alexion markets a year long treatment of Soliris... - Airport Security, Jackson County pays former employee $200,000 whistleblower settlement
Jackson County, OR: (Feb-14-08) Lynda Longfellow, a former airport parking enforcement officer, brought a lawsuit against Jackson County, alleging that she was fired in retaliation to her blowing the whistle on eight Medford airport security workers, who were asleep while on duty. Longfellow, a Butte Falls resident, raised other issues about airport securi... - Elderly Annuities, Allianz Life Insurance Co. agrees to $10 million insurance malpractice settlement
Sacramento, CA: (Feb-14-08) The state Department of Insurance filed a lawsuit against Allianz Life Insurance Co., alleging that the largest seller of annuities in California targeted thousands of seniors in deceptive annuity sales. The suit accused Minneapolis-based Allianz of deceiving elderly victims into purchasing confusing annuity products that were f... - California Overtime: IBM Giveth and IBM Taketh Away
Feb-18-08 Sacramento, CA A lawsuit filed by three IBM sales technicians in July last year charged the company with violations of federal and California state overtime laws . The focus of the workers' complaint was IBM's classification of their jobs and those of other non-managerial workers as exempt from the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards A... - Technician Whistleblower, Jury orders DuPont Chambers Works to pay $1.224 million settlement to employee
Salem, NJ: (Feb-13-08) Jack Seddon, a former technician at DuPont Chambers Works, brought a whistleblower lawsuit against the company, alleging it had public safety hazards at its facility. The suit claimed that DuPont systematically retaliated against the 52-year-old Seddon after he raised objections to potential public safety hazards at the Chambers Work... - Drug Manufacturer Rebates, Caremark Corp. agrees to pay $38.5 million settlement after convincing doctors to switch drug brands
East bay, CA: (Feb-14-08) A multi state lawsuit was brought against Caremark Corp. by state attorney generals, alleging that the prescription management company convinced doctors to switch patients to different brands of drugs in exchange for rebates from manufacturers. Caremark provides prescription drug services to some 2,000 health care plans nationwide... - Music Teacher, Town of Brookline agrees to $150,000 settlement after the former employee exploited a freshman student
Brookline, MA: (Feb-13-08) A former Brookline High freshman and her family brought charges against Geoffrey Dana Hicks, alleging that the 20-year-old music teacher sexually exploited the student. Records state that Hicks made headlines in March 2003 when allegations arose that he had been involved in an ongoing sexual relationship with the student when s... - Construction Contact, Kilbourn Tower pays the city of Milwaukee a $950,000 settlement
Milwaukee, WI: (Feb-13-08) The city of Milwaukee brought a lawsuit against Kilbourn Tower, on Kilbourn Avenues, resulting in the tower closing a portion of Kilbourn Avenue for a few years, driving neighbors in an adjoining apartment building to vacate premises. Records show that in 2003, the city of Milwaukee turned over a small parcel of green space at th... - Personal Property Taxes, Village of Romeo pays Ford Motor Company a $1.2 million settlement for double charging
Romeo, MI: (Feb-13-08) Ford Motor Company brought charges against Macomb County groups, alleging that they owed the company money that it overcharged on personal property taxes. The suit resulted when Ford checked its taxing records and found it had paid personal property taxes twice from 1998 to 2001. After numerous discussions with local municipalities...