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Kokomo, IN: (Nov-18-07) Howard County brought charges against Delphi Corp., alleging that the company owed property taxes. Records show that Delphi filed for Chapter 11 protection in October 2005 and stopped production in the summer of 2007 at a factory in Anderson, but still employs several thousand people in Kokomo. As part of a settlement reached, Delph... - Petroleum Storage, US Oil Company, Inc. agrees to pay $450,000 settlement for emission violations
Madison, WI: (Nov-19-07) The Wisconsin Attorney General J. B. Van Hollen's office brought charges against US Oil Company, Inc., of Combined Locks, Wisconsin, alleging that the company violated state air pollution control laws at petroleum bulk storage tanks, which it operates in Milwaukee, Brown, and Dane Counties. The charges were brought following a comp... - Airport Runway, Engineering company agrees to pay for construction delays and costs
Greenville, TX: (Nov-19-07) The city of Greenville brought charges against Post, Buckley, Schuh & Jernigan Inc. (PBS&J), an engineering company hired as part of a project to repave the runway at Majors Field Municipal Airport, alleging that they completed an incorrect survey of the runway prior to the start of the work, forcing the city to incur additional... - Light-Rail Pollution, Sound Transit agrees to pay $120,000 fine for water pollution from a construction project
Puget Sound, WA: (Nov-19-07) The Department of Ecology brought charges against Sound Transit, alleging that it had two water pollution violations on its Sound Link light-rail construction project. Records show that Ecology issued the penalties in 2006 to Sound Transit and in May 2007 to the transit agency and contractor for violating the project's construc... - Presidential Advertising, Media Fund pays $580,000 FTC fine for illegal marketing during the 2004 campaign
Washington, DC: (Nov-19-07) The Federal Election Commission (FTC) brought charges against Media Fund, a union financed advocacy group that played a major role in the 2004 elections, alleging that it illegally ran advertising against President Bush in favor of Democrat John Kerry. The suit claimed that the now inactive Media Fund spent $53.4 million during... - VoIP Patent, Vonage ordered to pay Verizon $120 million in damages
New York, NY: (Nov-19-07) Verizon Wireless brought charges against Vonage over patents that Verizon owned relating to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calling. As part of a settlement reached, a judge ordered Vonage to pay $120 million in damages to Verizon. Vonage appealed the verdict. In a recent development in the case, the US Court of Appeals turned... - Psychiatrist Malpractice, Constance Reynolds ordered to pay $800,000 malpractice and fraud settlement
Billings, MT: (Nov-19-07) Betty Bowman brought a lawsuit against Constance Reynolds, a therapist, alleging that Reynolds engaged in malpractice and fraud, causing her considerable personal damage. Bowman's suit claimed that her daughter, Dana Mobley, was a client of Reynolds when the two became lovers. Records show that Mobley died of asphyxiation in Febru... - Critic Free Speech, Massachusetts Department of Education pays MCAS critic $187,000 civil rights settlement
Boston, MA: (Nov-19-07) Alfie Kohn, a MCAS critic, brought charges against the state Department of Education, alleging that his rights to free speech were violated when he was prevented from speaking at a 2001 state-run conference. Kohn claimed he was scheduled to deliver a keynote address, when the organizers violated his rights and deprived others from h... - Sergeant Termination, Athens County pays former employee settlement after being fired for political reasons
Athens County, OH: (Nov-18-07) Bryan Cooper, a sheriff's sergeant, brought a civil rights lawsuit against Athens County Sheriff Vern Castle, alleging wrongful termination. Records show that Cooper sued Castle in 2006 after Cooper was fired in 2004. The sergeant claimed his firing was in retaliation because Cooper supported Castle's political opponent, Pat... - Interview with California Labor Lawyer Kim Anglin
Nov-19-07 San Diego, CA California labor lawyer Kim Anglin discusses the creative ways that employers pass on their cost of doing business—to the detriment of their employees. First, Anglin explains that there are two sets of overtime laws--federal and state laws. Each state can enact their own law and some, like California labor laws , have even higher... - Apartment Mold, Landlord Roosevelt Owyang agrees to pay 12 families $1.3 million settlement
Oakland, CA: (Nov-18-07) Twelve immigrant families who lived in a dilapidated, unheated, mold and cockroach infested apartment, brought charges against their landlord, Roosevelt Owyang, accusing him of not providing a habitable dwelling at the complex. The suit also alleged breach of contract. The former tenants stated that rain water leaked into their apa... - Clerk Discrimination, University Place pays former city employee $40,000 racial bias settlement
Tacoma, WA: (Nov-18-07) Sarah Ortiz, a former University Place city clerk, brought a lawsuit against the city, alleging it discriminated against her. Ortiz, who served as clerk for nearly three years, filed an in-house racial discrimination complaint in 2006. She later alleged that city staff treated her unfairly in retaliation for the original complaint... - Racial Discrimination, Frankfort-Elberta Area School District settles elementary school student racial bias case
Frankfort, MI: (Nov-18-07) Euniecia Snyder brought a federal complaint against the Frankfort-Elberta Area School District in 2005, alleging that an elementary school principal forced her daughter, Realite Peebles, a black third-grader to use a separate bathroom. The racial discrimination lawsuit was filed on behalf of Peebles, who attended the district's e... - Ferry Mold, City of Portland to pay settlement for terminal mold
Portland, ME: (Nov-18-07) Scotia Prince, the owners of the former Portland to Nova Scotia ferry service, brought charges against the city of Portland, alleging that mold allegedly forced the company out of the International Marine Terminal in 2004. As part of a settlement reached, sources confirmed that the Portland City Council will vote to pay $1.2 milli... - Utilities Whistleblower, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities agrees to $485,000 fine for setting up a private bank account
Newark, NJ: (Nov-18-07) The New Jersey State Board of Public Utilities has come under public scrutiny, following a spate of whistleblower lawsuits filed against it. One of the cases involved BPU fiscal chief Joseph Potena, who claimed his supervisors became critical of his job performance, threatened insubordination charges, and usurped his responsibilitie... - Alltel Acquisition, Alltel Corp. pays $1.5 million charge regarding its acquisition of Midwest Wireless
Washington, DC: (Nov-18-07) The federal government brought charges against wireless carrier Alltel Corp., alleging that the company violated conditions of a recent acquisition. The charges filed by the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department concerned the divestitures required by the agencies as part of Alltel's more than $1 billion ac... - Mortgage Kickbacks, First American Title Insurance Co. agrees to $5 million fine and to close 84 partnerships
Washington, DC: (Nov-18-07) The US Department of Housing and Urban Development and Florida insurance and banking regulators brought charges against a First American Corp. title insurance subsidiary, alleging that the company gave kickbacks for new business. The suit claimed that the company's First American Title Insurance Co. unit illegally used Florida-b... - Jesuit Priest Abuse, Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus agrees to $50 million settlement to Alaska Natives victims
Anchorage, AK: (Nov-18-07) More than 100 Alaska Natives brought charges against the Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order, alleging that they were sexually abused by Jesuit priests. The suits stated that the victims were altar boys, altar servers, and altar girls when they were abused. Victims claimed that when they wi... - Cancer Discrimination, Tucoemas Federal Credit Union pays former employee $3.1 million settlement
Visalia, CA: (Nov-15-07) Kim McGee, former vice president of Tucoemas Federal Credit Union, brought a lawsuit against the union, alleging that she was demoted and later pressured to quit after she underwent breast cancer treatment. Documents show that McGee was diagnosed with cancer in 2003, and that her bosses hassled her to return to work right after her... - Illegal Tree Cutting, Newton city pays property owner $40,000 for cutting down trees
Newton, NC: (Nov-15-07) James Powell, a property owner, brought charges against the city of Newton, alleging that the city was responsible for the illegal cutting of trees on his property. City officials claimed that when the city began developing property on NC 10 as a park, a survey was done and the city contracted a company to clear the land. The compan...