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Salt Lake City, UT: (Feb-13-08) A multistate fraud lawsuit was brought against drugmaker Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc., by state Attorney generals, alleging that the company defrauded Medicaid programs by illegally inflating drug prices. The federal lawsuit claimed that from 1997 to 2004, Aventis told pharmacies and hospitals to charge Medicaid a higher p... - Woman's Basketball Coach, Former employee accepts $6.6 million wrongful termination settlement from Fresno State University
Fresno, CA: (Feb-14-08) Stacy Johnson-Klein, former Fresno State women's basketball coach, brought a lawsuit against Fresno State University, alleging that she was wrongfully terminated. She filed suit three years after she was fired, accusing university officials of sexual harassment and discrimination. Johnson-Klein stated that the school retaliated ag... - Housing Inmates, City of Renton pays Yakima County $1.7 million settlement
Yakima, WA: (Feb-13-08) Yakima County brought a lawsuit against the city of Renton, over issues regarding the housing of inmates in the Yakima County jail. Records show that the suit was filed counter to Renton's filing a claim to recover more than $400,000 spent to house inmates elsewhere. Yakima officials said that in 2006, Renton withdrew from a contr... - Nightclub Fire, WHJY-FM, Capstar Radio Operating, and Clear Channel Broadcasting agree to $22 million fire damage settlement
Providence, OH: (Feb-13-08) A spate of lawsuits were brought against local radio station 94 WHJY-FM and parent company Clear Channel Communications Inc., alleging a fatal nightclub fire five years ago in West Warwick took the lives of or injured several people. The lawsuits, which are currently pending in the federal District Court in Providence, allege th... - Library Delays, Nine construction companies agree to $17 million settlement
Indianapolis, IN: (Feb-13-08) Marion County brought charges against insurers of nine construction companies over delays and concrete problems that disrupted the downtown Central Library's expansion. The companies named in the lawsuit were Ambassador Steel; Premier Concrete; Quantum Steel; Shiel-Sexton Co.; Shook, LLC; Trotter Construction Co.; Turner Con... - Lead Generation, ValueClick, Inc. agrees to pay FTC a $2.9 million deceptive marketing practices settlement
Westlake Village, CA: (Feb-13-08) The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) brought charges against ValueClick, Inc., over the company's questionable lead generation practices. Sources with the FTC stated that the company utilized deceptive marketing practices that violated the CAN-SPAM Act and FTC Act. Company officials said in an announcement, that in an eff... - $6.6M Discrimination Judgment for Ex-Fresno Basketball Coach
Feb-15-08 Fresno, CA In a high-profile gender discrimination case against Fresno state, the former women's basketball coach has said that she will accept the $6.62 million awarded to her so that she could put an end to her case against the college. Stacy Johnson-Klein was originally awarded $19.1 by the jury who heard her case, but a new trial was ordered last we... - Domestic Police Brutality, Baton Rouge agrees to $30,000 settlement after tear gassing and beating a man
Baton Rouge, LA: (Feb-11-08) Levy Claiborne brought a lawsuit against East Baton Rouge, alleging that two Baton Rouge police officers sprayed tear gas on him and beat him with their nightsticks while arresting him on Feb. 4, 2006, for criminal mischief and resisting an officer. The police brutality lawsuit claims officers Stewart Tate and Carl Mayo kicked... - National Guard, Sangamon County agrees to $20,000 wrongful arrest settlement
Sangamon County, IL: (Feb-11-08) Eric Hersey, a National Guardsman, brought a lawsuit against Sangamon County and deputy John Gillette, alleging that he was wrongly arrested in 2004 and held in jail overnight. The suit claimed that Hersey came to Springfield on Aug. 13, 2004, to retrieve his medical records from Camp Lincoln to take with him to Washington St... - Elderly Annuities, American Equity Investment Life Insurance Co. allots $125 million in insurance malpractice refunds
Des Moines, IA: (Feb-11-08) Minnesota's Attorney General Lori Swanson brought a lawsuit against American Equity Investment Life Insurance Co., a life insurer, alleging that the company sold long-term deferred annuities to senior citizens that weren't suitable for their financial needs. Records show that Swanson also sued another life insurer over alleged d... - Chancellor Authority, North Dakota State University agrees to pay former board member $200,000 settlement
Bismarck, ND: (Feb-11-08) Robert Potts, former chancellor of North Dakota's Board of Higher Education, brought a lawsuit against North Dakota State University, following clashes with Joseph Chapman, the president of North Dakota State University, and disagreements with some board members over the scope of Potts' authority. Records stated that the board m... - Assistant Harassment, Public Regulation Commission member David King agrees to $840,000 settlement for former employee
Las Cruces, NM: (Feb-08-08) Wyla Green brought a lawsuit against the city, accusing David King, a member of the state Public Regulation Commission, of sexually harassing her. Green originally filed a grievance against King in November 2003, accusing him of sexual harassment. She was fired the following March for allegedly falsifying time sheets, using her... - PPH: When Losing Weight Can Kill
Feb-13-08 Washington, DC If you found yourself in the middle of any February prior to 1997 and packing a few extra pounds, you might have been one of the millions of Americans turning to Fen Phen , the magic diet pill that was all the rage until it was revealed that Fen Phen was a suspected link to PPH , an often fatal lung disease. Today, you may be turning to a... - Stadium Eminent Domain, City of Arlington agrees to $2 million Dallas Cowboys stadium settlement
Arlington, TX: (Feb-11-08) A group of landowners, represented by the same legal counsel, brought a lawsuit against the city over eminent domain issues connected to the new Dallas Cowboys stadium. The property owners included Charlie Scott and Walter Herrington, who owned large numbers of rental houses in the neighborhood that were demolished for the stadiu... - Bad Faith Insurance, Infinity Property and Casualty Corp. agrees to $13 million personal automobile liability insurance settlement
Birmingham, AL: (Feb-11-08) A national provider of personal automobile insurance, Infinity Property and Casualty Corporation, brought charges against one of its insurance company subsidiaries, accusing them of bad faith in the handling of a 1993 Florida personal automobile liability claim. Sources close to the case revealed that the related parties had c... - Overtaxed, Internal Revenue Service pays Alliance Semiconductor Corp. $6.6 million settlement
Santa Clara, CA: (Feb-11-08) Alliance Semiconductor Corporation brought charges against the Internal Revenue Service, alleging that it was wrongfully overtaxed for its taxable years 1999 through 2002. Sources close to the case stated that the parties had reached a settlement agreement, resolving the dispute. Alliance Semiconductor officials claimed that fi... - Industrial Toxins, Solutia Inc. agrees to pay $3.6 million EPA settlement
New York, NY: (Feb-11-08) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought charges against Solutia Inc., alleging that it was liable to compensate for costs incurred to clean a toxic industrial site in St. Louis. Records show that the EPA removed 55,000 tons of soil from the site that was contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls and lead. The agen... - Apparel Overtime, Yellow Rat Bastard agrees to $1.4 million wage and hour violations settlement
New York, NY: (Feb-12-08) The New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo brought charges against Yellow Rat Bastard, a trendy apparel retailer based in SoHo, alleging that it had unpaid wages and overtime violations at it facility. Records show that the suit grew out of a lawsuit that Cuomo's predecessor, Eliot Spitzer filed 14 months ago, seeking more than... - Parish Priest, Vermont Roman Catholic Diocese agrees to $170,000 child molestation settlement
Burlington, VT: (Feb-08-08) A child sexual molestation lawsuit was brought against the Vermont Roman Catholic diocese, alleging that it was responsible for the long-ago molestation of a child by a parish priest. The case was filed by John Perrotte, 41, of South Hero, who claimed that the diocese was to blame for his 1980 molestation in Milton at the hands... - Car Chase Shooting, City of Cleveland pays teenager's family $1 million wrongful death settlement
Cleveland, OH: (Feb-08-08) Harriet Green, the mother of a teenager, brought a wrongful death lawsuit against the city, after her son was shot and killed by police. Records show that Ricardo Mason, 16, was shot on Aug. 27, 2002, while riding in a stolen car. Two officers in a cruiser chased the stolen car into an alley, where it hit a fence post. Officer Ma...