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Seattle, WA: (Nov-09-07) Melissa Sheffield brought a sexual discrimination lawsuit against Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, alleging that she was retaliated against because she was a lesbian. Sheffield went to court alleging that Goodyear had retaliated against her after she complained that her boss had made disparaging remarks about her sexuality. She cl... - Auto Promotion Fraud, Bill Heard Chevrolet pays $400,000 Florida State fine for misleading advertising
Orlando, FL: (Nov-09-07) The state brought charges against Bill Heard Chevrolet, alleging that the company engaged in deceptive trade practices. The suit was filed after an investigation into the company's trade practices revealed it had misleading advertisements and promotions. Florida investigators found many game promotions, such as Fantastic Fortune Ge... - Internet Phone Patent, Vonage agrees to pay AT&T $39 million patent infringement settlement
New York, NY: (Nov-09-07) AT&T brought charges against internet phone company Vonage, alleging that the company infringed AT&T's patents. The suit is said to represent the last of the major litigation filed against Vonage for infringing on patents. AT&T claimed Vonage violated a patent which allows users to access an Internet phone system through a standar... - Detention Center Suicide, Union County pays mother of teen aged boy $780,000 wrongful death settlement
Elizabeth, NJ: (Nov-09-07) Yolanda Padilla, the mother of Eddie Sinclair Jr., brought a wrongful death lawsuit against Union County, after the 17-year-old boy committed suicide in the Juvenile Detention Center in Elizabeth in 2003. Padilla stated that the death of her son could have been prevented and resulted out of the negligence of the jail staff. The d... - Police Sniper, City of Portland pays family $500,000 wrongful death settlement
Portland, OR: (Nov-09-07) The family of Raymond Gwerder brought a lawsuit against the city of Portland, after he was killed by a police sniper in 2005. Records stated that Gwerder was suicidal and had threatened to shoot police if they came inside his house. He was shot outside the house while he was on the phone with a police negotiator, ending a 90-minut... - Alter Boy Abuse, Diocese of Scranton pays $3 million to teen aged abuse victim
Scranton, PA: (Nov-09-07) A lawsuit was brought against the Diocese of Scranton, by a victim who claimed that he was sexually abused by former Roman Catholic priest Albert Liberatore Jr. between 1999 to 2002. The suit stated that the abuse took place when the victim was a teenage altar boy at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Duryea. Records stated that Libe... - CD Price Fixing, Sony, Time Warner, and Virgin Group pay $67.4 million antitrust settlement
Detroit, MI: (Nov-09-07) The Michigan State Attorney General's office, 43 states, and US territories brought charges against Sony, Time Warner, and Virgin Group alleging that music retailers and distributors engaged in a CD price-fixing scam. The State Attorney General's office stated that the offense is a violation of federal and state law. As part... - Recycling Pollution, Perma-Fix Environmental Services Inc. pays $1.3 million settlement for Clean Air Act violations
Jefferson Township, OH: (Nov-07-07) The federal government joined a neighbors' lawsuit against Perma-Fix Environmental Services Inc., a local recycling and processing plant, alleging that the company violated the federal Clean Air Act. In its defense, the company stated that it does not have enough air pollutants to require a special permit that would hold... - Groundwater Contamination, San Bernardino pays $11 million EPA fine for landfill waste
San Francisco, CA: (Nov-07-07) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought charges against the county of San Bernardino, CA, over clean up costs associated with the Newmark Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site, located near San Bernardino. EPA officials stated that the county operated the Cajon Landfill from 1963-1980, where the landfill accep... - Athletic Director Severance, University of North Dakota pays former employee $154,000 resignation settlement
Grand Forks, ND: (Nov-07-07) Tom Buning, former University of North Dakota athletic director, brought a lawsuit against the university over severance issues. In a settlement reached, in exchange for Buning's resignation, the University of North Dakota agreed to pay 14 months severance pay, about $144,000, and vacation pay of about $10,000. Sources stated... - Feds Crack Down on Medical Device Implant For Profit Industry - Part I
Nov-12-07 Washington, DC: On September 27, 2007, criminal complaints were filed against four device makers, charging the companies with conspiring to violate the federal anti-kickback statute by using consulting agreements with orthopedic surgeons as inducements to use a company's artificial hip and knee replacement and reconstruction products. The anti-kickback... - Speech Defamation, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock agrees to settlement after recording and disseminating an attorney's speech
Galveston, TX: (Nov-07-07) Anthony Buzbee, a prominent island attorney, brought a lawsuit against Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, the nation's largest dredging contractors, alleging that the company recorded and disseminated a speech he gave in 2006 in Las Vegas. The suit stated that Buzbee gave a speech to a group of maritime defense attorneys in Las Vegas. On... - Toxic Brine, Cargill Salt pays $228,000 fine for violating California state water pollution laws
San Francisco, CA: (Nov-07-07) A deputy Alameda County district attorney filed six civil charges against Cargill Salt, accusing the company of violating state water pollution laws after it spilled 218,000 gallons of toxic brine into the marshes along San Francisco Bay in Newark in 2006. Sources stated that the toxic spill, Cargill's sixth in or around the... - Wetland Tract, Land owner and property manager pay $100,000 penalty for environmental damages
Chesapeake, VA: (Nov-07-07) The US government brought a lawsuit against the Bosher family, owners of Bosher Tract, also known as the Green Sea Farm, a 1,560-acre parcel in southern Chesapeake, alleging that they illegally dumped muck and dirt from ditches into ecologically important non tidal wetlands. The Bosher family stated that they had hired workers t... - Interactive Voice Application, Express Scripts, Inc. pays Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing patent infringement settlement
Los Angeles, CA: (Nov-07-07) Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, LP, a company that offers a wide range of interactive technology, brought a lawsuit against Express Scripts, Inc., alleging that the company infringed on its patents. As part of a settlement reached between the parties, Express Scripts has agreed to pay an undisclosed sum for a nonexclusive... - House Lien, Town pays $50,000 settlement to homeowner who couldn't sell house do to alleged code violations
Roseland, IN: (Nov-07-07) Cheryl Engel of Elkhart brought a lawsuit against the town, alleging that she was unable to sell her house because of code violations. Engel filed the suit in 2006 after potential buyers of a house she owns on West Willow backed out of the deal when about $98,000 in liens were found for alleged code violations. As part of a settle... - Free Ringtones, Azoogle pays $1 million settlement for internet marketing and advertising fraud
Tallahassee, FL: (Nov-07-07) The Florida Attorney General's office brought charges against Azoogle, a New York company that manages Internet marketing of cell phone products, alleging that it had improper marketing practices. The Florida Attorney General's new cyber fraud task force claimed that though free cell phone ringtones can be found all over the In... - Wal-Mart Scales, Wal-Mart pays state of Wisconsin $90,000 fine for overcharging for weighed products
Madison, WI: (Nov-07-07) The state of Wisconsin brought a lawsuit against Wal-Mart Supercenters, after inspectors from the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection discovered computerized scales at check-out counters were malfunctioning at nine Wal-Mart Supercenters around the state. The suit claimed that the scales were not deducting the w... - Gender Harassment, First National Bank pays $350,000 settlement after vice president was charged with gender harassment toward female customers
Pontotoc, MS: (Nov-07-07) Several female borrowers and loan applicants brought a lawsuit against William Anderson Jr., a former vice president of the First National Bank of Pontotoc, alleging that they faced sexual harassment and a violation of their civil rights. The lawsuit was brought by the US Justice Department under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act... - Superblock Land Owner, Lexington Square Partners LLC pays $2.7 million to the city of Baltimore for property reconstruction
Baltimore, MD: (Nov-07-07) Carmel Realty Associates brought a lawsuit against the city and its economic development arm, the Baltimore Development Corp. (BDC), in November 2004, alleging that it violated state open meeting and record laws. The suit claimed that the BDC violated state laws in recommending the city award superblock redevelopment rights to Le...