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Avoca, IA: (Jan-21-08) The Iowa Board of Social Work brought charges against Avoca social worker David Benedix, alleging that he falsified client records, accepted fees by misrepresentation, violated rules related to social work practice, and engaged in unethical conduct detrimental to the public. Records show that Benedix co-owned and operated Phoenix Famil... - Taser Misconduct, City of Lakewood pays epileptic man $90,000 personal injury settlement after refusing medical treatment and resisting police aid
Lakewood, WA: (Jan-21-08) William Grider and his wife, Kathy, brought a lawsuit against the municipality, the police department, Chief Larry Saunders, and four officers, after he was jolted with a stun gun and roughed up by police when he rejected medical aid following an epileptic seizure. The suit stated that Grider, 63, had a seizure and passed out at t... - Foreclosure Rescue Scam, Businessman Vincent Abell pays five homeowners $120,000 settlement
Washington, DC: (Jan-21-08) Walter Malone, one of five DC residents who filed suit against Washington businessman Vincent Abell, alleged that he lost money on his mortgage as a result of a foreclosure rescue scam. The suit, filed mostly by elderly plaintiffs accused Abell of tricking them into signing away their homes for loans to cover missed mortgage pay... - Fort Wayne agrees to put $250 million towards septic system improvements
Washington, DC: (Jan-21-08) The Justice Department, in conjunction with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), brought charges against the city of Fort Wayne, IN, alleging that the city failed to comply with monitoring and reporting requirements of its permit. The suit further alleged the city failed to meet effluent limitations at the pipe leading fro... - Chicago pays elderly man $125,000 personal injury settlement after being brutally beaten by a city police officer
Chicago, IL: (Jan-21-08) Randle Miles, an elderly man, brought a police misconduct civil lawsuit against the city, alleging that he was brutally assaulted by Officer William Cozzi. Records show that Cozzi, 50, pleaded guilty in 2007 to misdemeanor battery in the 2005 incident. The suit said that there was video evidence that showed Cozzi shackling Miles' l... - Sunbather Accident, City of Coronado pays $141,000 personal injury settlement after woman was run over by a lifeguard's truck
Fresno, CA: (Jan-21-08) Sarah Bouvet, a 24-year-old woman, brought a lawsuit against the city of Coronado, after she was run over by a lifeguard truck while sunbathing on the beach in 2005. The suit stated that as a result of the accident, Bouvet was hospitalized for two days with injuries to her lower body after the right tires of a lifeguard's truck ran... - Firefighter Back Pay, City of San Francisco pays $755,000 settlement to several retired workers
San Francisco, CA: (Jan-21-08) Dennis Kruger and Francis Kelle, veterans with the fire department and Firefighters Local 798, brought charges against the city, alleging that when they retired, they were denied full compensation for the retroactive sick pay, overtime, and vacation time. The suit, filed in 2005, had at its core issues regarding special rates... - Las Vegas police award man $250,000 personal injury settlement after his neck was broken during his arrest
Las Vegas, NV: (Jan-21-08) Frankie Davis, a man whose neck was broken during his arrest in 2001, brought charges against the Las Vegas police, alleging that the incident at a downtown Las Vegas casino left him seriously injured. In his suit, Davis had accused Officer David Miller of battery and excessive force in the November 2001 arrest at the Las Vegas C... - Calgon Carbon awarded $9.25 million settlement after purchasing common stock of Advanced Separation Technologies Incorporated
Pittsburgh, PA: (Jan-21-08) Calgon Carbon Corporation brought charges against three companies, Progress Capital Holdings, Inc., Florida Progress Corporation, and Potomac Capital Investment Corporation, over Calgon Carbon's purchase of the common stock of Advanced Separation Technologies Incorporated (AST). Sources close to the case stated that the three co... - US Government awards family $750,000 settlement after woman dies after undergoing eight surgeries in 35 days
Jacksonville, FL: (Jan-18-08) The family of Betty Jean Plato, a Middleburg woman, brought a lawsuit against the government, after Plato died after undergoing eight surgeries in just over a month at Jacksonville Naval Hospital. Hospital records show that Plato, 76, died in 2005 of a blood infection after showing up with abdominal pain at the hospital emer... - Disability Access, Developers pay $175,000 settlement for failing to comply with the Fair Housing Act
Washington, DC: (Jan-18-08) The Justice Department brought charges against New York developers Bruce Tanski, the Bruce Tanski Construction and Development Company, Michael Dennis, and the Mountain Ledge Development Corporation, alleging that the developers violated the Fair Housing Act. The suit stated that the developers violated the act by failing to des... - Oklahoma State University sets aside $12 million for Ardent Health Services to continue running the hospital
Okmulgee, OK: (Jan-18-08) Ardent Health Services, owner of the Oklahoma State University Medical Center, brought charges against the University, over issues pertaining to its medical residency program in Tulsa. Ardent, the University, and the Oklahoma Health Care Authority have been in mediation since Ardent sued seeking the federal Indirect Medical Educat... - Buried Waste, Roth Steel Corp. pays $150,000 environmental violations settlement
New York, NY: (Jan-18-08) The state Department of Environmental Conservation brought a lawsuit against Roth Steel Corp., a metal shredding business located near Onondaga Lake, alleging that the facility had several violations, including improperly disposing of solid waste and hazardous substances, failing to control storm water runoff and failing to preven... - Software Licenses, Whittiker Legal Publishing pays SIIA $500,000 copyright infringement settlement
New York, NY: (Jan-18-08) The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) brought charges against Whittiker Legal Publishing, alleging that the New York-based publishing firm installed and used multiple copies of the association's member companies' software without proper licenses. The suit was filed on behalf of several prominent software vendors... - Stamford Health System Inc. pays $19.6 million settlement after using donated property for something other than its original purpose
Stamford, CT: (Jan-18-08) State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal's office brought charges against Stamford Health System Inc., over services provided at the Rehabilitation Center of Southwestern Connecticut. The suit stemmed from a 2004 merger of Stamford Hospital with the Palmers Hill Road center. Blumenthal said that when donated property is used for... - Police Union Leader, City of Chandler pays former employee $532,000 wrongful termination settlement
Chandler, AZ: (Jan-18-08) John Carboun, a former Chandler police union leader, brought charges against the city after he was wrongfully fired. Sources stated that he was fired over a letter he wrote to the city manager, and was then reinstated after a Merit Board hearing. Carboun was fired by former Chief Bobby Joe Harris in 2002 after he wrote a letter to... - Chelsea and Westminster Hospital pays British actress Leslie Ash $10 million settlement after contracting the dangerous infection
London, UK: (Jan-18-08) British actress Leslie Ash brought a medical malpractice lawsuit against London's Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, alleging that she contracted a dangerous infection, due to the hospital's negligence. Records state that the celebrity contracted Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus Aureus after seeking treatment at the facility for... - Don Tyson and Tyson Limited Partnership agree to $4.5 million Tyson Foods shareholder settlement
Chicago, IL: (Jan-18-08) A shareholders lawsuit was brought against certain current and former directors of US meat company Tyson Foods Inc., alleging that there was a breach of duties in connection with consulting contracts for Don Tyson in 2001 and 2004. Sources close to the case claimed that as part of a settlement reached, former senior chairman Don Ty... - Attorney Robert Arledge ordered to pay $5.8 million after making false Fen Phen settlement claims
Jackson, MS: (Jan-18-08) A federal lawsuit was brought against Vicksburg attorney Robert Arledge, who was convicted in an investigation of false diet drug settlement claims in Mississippi. The suit stated that Arledge, 50, had been charged with knowingly allowing clients to make claims of about $250,000 each even though they had no legitimate reason. ... - Credit Counseling, Credit Solutions of America Inc. agrees to $588,000 settlement for unlicensed debt settlement services
Boise, ID: (Jan-18-08) The Idaho Department of Finance filed charges against Dallas-based Credit Solutions of America Inc., alleging that the company engaged in unlicensed credit counseling. The suit was brought after the department received information in May 2007 that suggested that Credit Solutions of America had contracted with Idaho debtors to provide...