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Tucson, AZ: (Dec-13-07) Global Aircraft Solutions Inc., a Tucson based company, brought charges against BCI Aircraft Leasing, the managing partner of the JetGlobal Joint Venture, over its stake in a Delta Air Lines bankruptcy claim. Sources close to the case stated that the company's interest in JetGlobal's Delta bankruptcy claim is a result of a settlement... - Back Wages, Barstow Fire Protection District pays former fire chief $90,000 in back wages
Barstow, CA: (Dec-13-07) Eddie Varela, former chief, brought charges against the Barstow Fire Protection District, alleging that the district failed to pay him due wages, as well as discriminated, harassed and retaliated against him. The suit, filed in August 2006, specifically named Dallis Harris, a fire district board member. In 2001, Varela filed the... - Workers' Compensation: "They'll just fight me and fight me."
Dec-17-07 Anchorage, AK: When you're working in the Alaskan bush counting salmon for the state Department of Fish and Game, you might expect to be under their workers' compensation coverage 24/7. That's what Jim Palmeter thought in July 2006. Palmeter (not his real name pending possible legal action) says, "I was out in the bush on Chiganik Lake on the Alaskan... - $210,000 settlement reached in a wrongful death suit alleging Police used excessive force
Stockton, CA: (Dec-12-07) The family of Bernet Vaba, 53, has filed a suit against the Stockton police department alleging wrongful death. The family alleged that the police were too hasty, needlessly agitating Vaba and using excessive force. Sources stated that Police shot Bernet Vaba, on Nov. 1, 2006, after she came toward them with two knives in her hand... - Discrimination: Minneapolis Top Cops Sue City
Dec-15-07 Minneapolis, MN: Five of Minneapolis' top cops have filed a discrimination class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the city of Minneapolis, its police department, and its police chief, Timothy Dolan. The suit charges that the defendants discriminated against the plaintiffs because they were people of color, were passed over for deserved pr... - Mother accepts $1.5 million wrongful death settlement.
Baltimore, MD: (Dec-13-07) A lawsuit was brought against the state by the mother of a 6-year-old, alleging violation of rights. The suit claimed that Brandon, the severely brain-damaged boy lives in a hospital bed in the front room of his Southwest Baltimore home, being fed through a tube and undergoing daily dialysis because of abuse he suffered in foster... - $27,500 settlement in civil rights violation lawsuit.
Philadelphia, PA: (Dec-11-07) Felix Wilkins, a 66-year-old Philadelphia man, brought charges against the city, alleging that the city wrongfully arrested him for playing the flute on a corner. The suit claimed a violation of his civil rights. As part of a settlement reached, the city agreed to pay Wilkins $27,500. Additionally, the settlement agreement sti... - $128,500 payout in racial harassment lawsuit.
Mentor, OH: (Dec-11-07) The city of Mentor brought charges against Michael McDonald, a 16-year-old Mentor boy, after he was found to have left a racist note at the home of a black family. The charges stemmed from McDonald leaving a box marked with the letters "KKK" in the driveway of Sylvia Spikes, who had just moved into the predominantly white neighborho... - $18.3 million payout resolves wrongful death suit.
Waterbury, CT: (Dec-11-07) The family of seventeen-year-old Tim Orefice brought a wrongful death lawsuit against Jason Secondino, Guilford Texaco, and a truck leasing company, after the boy was killed in a car accident in 2002. Tim Orefice was killed in Guilford on Jan. 25, 2002, after his car was hit by a Guilford Texaco tow truck driven by Jason Secondin... - $6 million settlement in Big Dig wrongful death lawsuit.
Boston, MA: (Dec-11-07) The family of Milena Del Valle, a Jamaica Plain woman, brought charges against Powers Fasteners, a company that supplied the ceiling bolt epoxy for the Big Dig project, after the woman was killed in a tunnel ceiling collapse accident. Sources stated that the lawsuit and subsequent criminal charges were filed after concrete ceiling... - Corrections Corp. agrees to $1.55 million settlement to settle overcharges lawsuit
Tallahassee, FL: (Dec-11-07) The state brought a lawsuit against Corrections Corp. of America, alleging that the company owed the state $3.635 million for alleged overcharges. The suit stemmed from a dispute dating back several years. Sources claimed that a 2005 audit by the Department of Management Services revealed numerous questionable payments to compa... - $800,000 Cyber School breach of contract
Pittsburgh, PA: (Dec-11-07) Rodis LLC, a management services company, brought charges against the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, alleging breach of contract. The suit claimed that Rodis was formed in 2004 to handle the school's business affairs, but in March 2005, it was notified that its contract would be terminated in 60 days. The suit, filed in Beav... - $700,000 payout in oil spill damage lawsuit.
San Francisco, CA: (Dec-10-07) A lawsuit was brought against the owners of the Cosco Busan, a South Korea-bound container ship, alleging that the oil spill in San Francisco Bay adversely affected the livelihoods of crab fishermen. As part of a settlement reached, two San Francisco-based law firms announced that the company will release $700,000 to compensa... - $7.5 million settlement in Warren Hospital Medicare fraud lawsuit.
Phillipsburg, NJ: (Dec-10-07) The federal government filed charges against Warren Hospital of Phillipsburg, alleging that the facility bilked the government by inflating costs on Medicare claims. The suit claimed that Warren inflated Medicare charges to receive payments it wasn't entitled to between January 1998 and August 2003. The US Department of Justic... - $1 million settlement in accounting oversight lawsuit.
New York, NY: (Dec-10-07) The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board brought charges against Deloitte & Touche, one of the Big Four accounting firms, alleging that the firm botched an audit of a pharmaceutical company by entrusting it to a partner it knew to be a poor auditor. The suit stated that by the time Deloitte issued its 2003 audit of Ligand Pha... - $2.6 million settlement in shareholders lawsuit over public disclosures.
Stillwater County, MT: (Dec-10-07) Several stockholders and investors brought a lawsuit against Stillwater Mining Company, challenging the accuracy of the company's public disclosures concerning financial results and ore reserves. In addition to Delaware, the investors filed suit in federal courts in New York and Montana in 2002. Sources close to the case... - $42.2 million settlement in sand stealing lawsuit.
San Francisco, CA: (Dec-10-07) California Attorney General Jerry Brown's office brought charges against Hanson Building Materials, alleging that the mining company stole sand from several bays near San Francisco. The lawsuit also accused the company of defrauding the state out of millions of dollars in royalty payments for sand mined in Suisun and San Fran... - $50,000 settlement in police misconduct lawsuit.
Corpus Christi, TX: (Dec-10-07) Ruben Galvan, a Corpus Christi man, brought charges against the city, claiming that police used excessive force and violated his constitutional rights during his 2005 arrest outside a downtown nightclub. The suit, filed in March 2007, alleged that two Corpus Christi police officers, David Mihalco and Sergio Delgado, harassed... - $1 million settlement in illegal payday loans lawsuit.
Little Rock, AR: (Dec-10-07) The state Attorney General Dustin McDaniel's office brought charges against nine businesses and individuals, including Dialing4Dollars.Net, JonesMoneyOnline.Net, CrossettCash.Net, ConwayCash.Net, Money.Net, ElDoradoOnline.Net and MoneyInAFlash.Net., alleging that they offered illegal payday loans disguised as instant cash rebat... - $8 million in penalties in substandard construction suit.
Louisville, KY: (Dec-10-07) State and federal prosecutors brought charges against Gohmann Asphalt and Construction of Jeffersonville, Ind., a road contractor, alleging that the company falsified tests on asphalt samples on more than 100 roads and highways in Kentucky and Indiana. The lawsuit stemmed from work Gohmann did around the two states from 1997 thr...