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Los Angeles, CA: (Nov-13-07) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought charges against 26 central California facilities, including facilities located in Fresno, Kings, Kern, Madera, and Tulare counties, alleging that they failed to resubmit risk management plans, a violation of the Clean Air Act. EPA officials claimed that when properly implemen... - Stock Mismanagement, Elderly couple awarded $685,000 settlement after a stock broker lost 95% of their savings on risky investments
Buffalo, NY: (Nov-13-07) Elwood Weber, 86 and Grace Weber, 75, an elderly couple, brought charges against their former stock broker Edward Carlsen, alleging that he mismanaged their investments by using risky investment techniques and buying high flying stocks with their funds. They claimed that the move caused their accounts to lose 95% of their value in... - Construction Mud, Dixon Builders pays $80,000 EPA fine
Fairfield, OH: (Nov-13-07) The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency brought charges against Dixon Builders and its sister companies, alleging that they violated Ohio's water pollution laws by failing to control mud and runoff at four construction sites. An investigation undertaken by the Ohio EPA between 2003 and 2005 found that the Fairfield-based company... - Principal Tenure, Phillipsburg School District awarded former principal $58,000 wrongful termination settlement
Phillipsburg, NJ: (Nov-13-07) Jeanette Gilliland, former Andover Morris principal, brought a lawsuit against the Phillipsburg School District, alleging that she was wrongfully terminated. The board claimed it fired Gilliland over the objections of Superintendent Gordon Pethick, who alleged that she had inappropriate anger aimed at parents and students. At... - Copper Mine Pollution, Judge approves $158 million settlement
Tucson, AZ: (Nov-13-07) Several environmental pollution lawsuits were filed against Asarco LLC, a bankrupt Tucson copper miner. In a recent development in the case, company officials stated that it had won court approval to pay the US and three states as much as $158 million to end litigation about pollution that was spread over 2,500 square miles and affe... - Corrections Discrimination, Niagara County pays Sheriff's Department employee $86,000 wrongful termination and racial bias settlement
Niagara County, NY: (Nov-13-07) Officer Derrick Brevard, a former Niagara County Sheriff's Department employee, brought a lawsuit against the county, alleging that he was wrongfully terminated from his job in 2005. Records how that Brevard filed a grievance against the county following his termination from his corrections job with the Sheriff's Department,... - Apartment Fire, Building owners and manager pay $6 million settlement after six children died in the blaze
Chicago, IL: (Nov-13-07) The families of six children killed in a Rogers Park fire brought charges against the owners and managers of the apartment building, Marshway Limited Partnership, Marshway, and CIG Management, for allegedly being responsible for the wrongful deaths. The suit stated that a smoke detector had been removed from the third floor apartme... - Apprehension Agent, State of Minnesota pays employee whistleblower and discrimination settlement
Minneapolis, MN: (Nov-13-07) Denise Bechthold brought a federal whistleblower lawsuit against the state, alleging that she was treated differently because of her gender and because she reported suspected misconduct. Bechthold, 44, of Blaine, was appointed special agent for the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Shortly after, she claimed that she was passed... - Feds Crack Down on Medical Device Implant For Profit Industry - Part II
Nov-14-07 Washington: DC: To settle criminal charges of conspiring to violate the federal anti-kickback statute by using consulting agreements as inducements for orthopedic surgeons to use a company's products, four device makers recently entered into deferred prosecution agreements with the Department of Justice and agreed to pay a total of $311 million. The com... - Principal Removed, Beaufort County School District pays former principal $60,000 wrongful termination settlement
Beaufort County, SC: (Nov-12-07) Former principal LaVerne Davis brought charges against the Beaufort County School District, alleging that the district wrongfully removed Davis as principal of St. Helena Elementary School in 2004. As part of a settlement reached, the district agreed to pay Davis $60,000 as well as required that both sides keep terms of the... - Survival School, Boulder Outdoor Survival School pays family undisclosed settlement after their son died of dehydration
Salt Lake City, UT: (Nov-12-07) The family of Dave Buschow brought a wrongful death lawsuit against Boulder Outdoor Survival School, a wilderness survival facility, after the New Jersey man died of dehydration in 2006. Experts stated that the death occurred during a grueling course in southern Utah. As part of a settlement reached, Boulder Outdoor Su... - Police Severance, Former Police Chief awarded $39,000 severance settlement after being fired for misconduct
Davidsville, PA: (Nov-12-07) Former Conemaugh Township Police Chief Howard Jackson brought charges against the township, alleging that he was wrongfully terminated from his post. Prior to his filing suit, records show that grievances were filed by the Fraternal Order of Police, and a discrimination complaint was filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity... - Collapsed Culvert, Niagara County pays injured woman $350,000 settlement
Niagara County, NY: (Nov-12-07) Maureen Bryer, a Wilson woman, brought charges against Niagara County, after she sustained serious injuries in an auto accident involving negligence on the city's part. The suit was filed on May 13, 2000, when Bryer, now 65, was driving on Wilson Burt Road on a sunny Saturday morning. There had been torrential rains the nigh... - Stun Gun, Teenager awarded $50,000 settlement after being tasered ten times by an NYPD officer
Brooklyn, NY: (Nov-12-07) Lincoln Dozier, a 19-year-old Brooklyn teenager, brought charges against the NYPD, alleging that a sergeant tortured him with a stun gun. Dozier claimed that he was zapped five times in the back by Sgt. Dolores Pilnacek, who was wielding the hand-held device as cops held Dozier down in the lobby of a Flatbush apartment building. T... - Wheelchair Ramp, Menehune Shores and Asset Property Management Inc. pay $200,000 disability discrimination settlement
Kihei, HI: (Nov-12-07) Bob Bourbeau, a disabled resident of the Menehune Shores, brought a lawsuit against the Association of Apartment Owners of Menehune Shores and its manager, Asset Property Management Inc., alleging that they had not provided disability access at the premises. Bourbeau requires a wheelchair. He and his wife, Bessie, filed charges that... - Bankruptcy Discrimination, Fired Hanceville Police Chief awarded $125,000 bias settlement from city
Hanceville, AL: (Nov-12-07) Former Hanceville Police Chief Ed Potter brought a lawsuit against the city, Mayor Katie Whitley, and council members Wayne Armstrong, Hubert Jones, Selma Barnett, and Larry Cornett in 2005, alleging that he was wrongfully fired from his post with the city. He also claimed that city council members discriminated against him. R... - Wrongful Termination, Campbellsville Water Co. pays former employee $208,000 settlement
Campbellsville, KY: (Nov-12-07) Sandra Bailey, a former employee, brought charges against the Campbellsville Water Co., alleging that she was wrongfully terminated. The suit, filed in July 2004 sought compensation for lost wages, emotional distress, and damages. Bailey claimed that she had been working for the Water Co. for more than three years when her e... - Unsolicited Marketing, Ameriquest Mortgage Co. and ADT Security Services pay $8 million FTC fine for telemarketing Do Not Call recipients
Los Angeles, CA: (Nov-15-07) The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) brought charges against Ameriquest Mortgage Co. and ADT Security Services Inc., alleging that the companies made telemarketing calls to people who were on the Do Not Call registry. The suit claimed that the companies made unsolicited calls to numbers on the registry. Though the companies did... - NBA Divorce, Michael Jordan pays former wife $168 million divorce settlement
Los Angeles, CA: (Nov-12-07) A settlement was reached between basketball superstar Michael Jordan and ex-wife Juanita Jordan, in which the former NBA player agreed to pay his former wife an unprecedented settlement of more than $168 million. Sources confirmed that the couple split in December 2006, when Jordan, 44, and his wife Juanita, 48, balked at signi... - 9/11 Wrongful Death, NBC producer's family awarded undisclosed settlement from American Airlines
Providence, RI: (Nov-09-07) The family of David Angell, the Rhode Island native who achieved fame as executive producer of the NBC series Frasier, brought a lawsuit against American Airlines, the Globe Aviation Services security company, Boeing Co., the Massachusetts Port Authority, and Colgan Air, the regional airline that two terrorists took from Portlan...