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Salt Lake City, UT: (Nov-04-07) The families of six miners and three rescue workers who died in the Crandall Canyon mine brought wrongful death charges against the state of Utah. In a recent development, sources claimed that the parties reached a settlement agreement which stands to benefit the plaintiffs. The suit claimed that Kerry Allred, Don Erickson,... - Fill Material, Six companies agree to $100,000 EPA fine for discharging dredged materials into Chesapeake waters
Chesapeake, VA: (Nov-02-07) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought charges against six defendants, Sea Bay Development Corp., Beechtree Park, Inc., Green Sea Farms, LLC, Elwood H. Perry, Frank T. Williams' Farms, Inc., and Ferrell's Backhoe Service, Inc., alleging that the defendants discharged and/or controlled and directed the discharge of... - Legally Blind, Red Bluff pays former City Councilman Larry Stevens $520,000 settlement for ADA violations
Red Bluff, CA: (Nov-05-07) Red Bluff City Councilman Larry Stevens brought a lawsuit against the city and then City Manager Susan Price in April 2006, alleging that they violated his rights under the Americans With Disabilities Act. The suit claimed that though Stevens has some sight, he is legally blind. Records show that after filing the suit, Stevens le... - Off-Island Waste, Nantucket pays Waste Options $760,000 settlement in contract dispute for shipping construction and demolition waste
Nantucket, MA: (Nov-05-07) Waste Options, a landfill operator, brought charges against the town, alleging that it breached its contract with the company. The dispute stemmed from off-island shipping of construction and demolition waste. As part of a settlement reached, town administrator Libby Gibson stated that Nantucket will pay Waste Options $761,317 to... - Trump Property Assessment, Atlantic City pays Trump Entertainment Resorts $34 million settlement for overassessing property values at three casinos
Atlantic City, NJ: (Nov-02-07) Trump Entertainment Resorts, a consolidated company that includes Donald Trump's three casinos, brought charges against the city, alleging that the city overassessed their properties. Records show that Trump Entertainment Resorts had filed 19 tax appeals. As part of a settlement reached, sources confirmed that the city... - Sports Agent, Three football players become ineligible to play after accepting bribes from agent
Los Angeles, CA: (Nov-03-07) The University of Southern California brought charges against Robert Troy Caron, a sports agent, in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging that he caused three of its football players to be declared ineligible because of their dealings with him. The suit, filed after an investigation, revealed that Caron, a personal injury lawyer... - Elderly Motorist, Dental surgeon's family awarded $12.5 million wrongful death settlement after being hit by a car while bicycling
Los Angeles, CA: (Nov-03-07) The family of Glenn Garvin, a Thousand Oaks dental surgeon, brought a wrongful death lawsuit against Ventura County, after the 49-year-old endodontist was killed in 2006 by an elderly motorist. The suit stated that Garvin was riding a bicycle North on Westlake Boulevard when a Lexus that was being driven by Norma Seigel, 82, st... - Mercantile Taxes, Wilkins Township pays ProCare Pharmacy Direct $950,000 settlement for excessive tax charges
Wilkins, PA: (Nov-01-07) ProCare Pharmacy Direct Inc. brought charges against Wilkins Township, alleging that it was overcharged more than $2 million in mercantile taxes paid between 2004 and 2006. The suit sought a refund of the excess amount paid. The company, a subsidiary of CVS/Caremark Corp., originally sought the funds through an appeal filed on Ap... - Claims Investigator Overtime, City of Palo Alto pays former employee $335,000 settlement for unpaid overtime
Palo Alto, CA: (Nov-01-07) Casey O'Neill, former Palo Alto claims investigator, brought charges against the city in August 2005, alleging that she was owed overtime wages for her work in the city attorney's office. She later alleged that she faced retaliation after she filed suit against the city. Following a series of cost-benefit analysis, the city agree... - Public Records, Washington State Department of Corrections pays employee $65,000 settlement for failing to provide public records regarding part time employee health insurance
Seattle, WA: (Nov-01-07) Doug Moore, a state employee, brought charges against the Washington State Department of Corrections, alleging that corrections officials illegally rejected his attorney's request for electronic public records. The suit claimed that officials harassed him, insisting that they would only supply expensive hard copies. Moore was seeki... - Copied Art, Marylee Leialoha Colucci and Island Treasures Art Gallery pay photographer Kim Taylor Reece $60,000 after creating a stained glass copy of a photo
Honolulu, HI: (Nov-01-07) Photographer Kim Taylor Reece brought charges against Marylee Leialoha Colucci and Island Treasures Art Gallery in Kailua, alleging that the stained glass artist copied his photo of a hula dancer. The two works are strikingly similar. They depict a dancer in kahiko, or ancient hula, attire sitting on the sand performing an "ike" m... - Fibrinogen Hepatitis, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp. pays $18.17 million settlement after infecting thousands of people with Hepatitis C
Tokyo, Japan: (Nov-01-07) Five lawsuits were brought against Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp., a Japanese pharmaceutical company, alleging that customers who used Fibrinogen, which is used to stop bleeding, ended up victims of hepatitis virus-tainted blood products. Mitsubishi Tanabe, a newly merged firm that incorporates the producer of the medical product... - Painter Electrocution, Campbell Quality Painting, LLC and the Heritage Preservation Trust of Newtown, Inc. pay $300,000 wrongful death settlement
Newtown, CT: (Nov-01-07) The estate of Ivan Patricio Tenecela, a painter who was electrocuted while at work at the municipally-owned Newtown Meeting House, brought a civil lawsuit against the town. The suit stated that on July 26, 2004, an aluminum ladder made contact with an 8,000-volt power line on the south side of the meeting house, killing Tenecela, 2... - Jail Suicide, Teenager's family awarded wrongful death settlement
Naugatuck, CT: (Nov-01-07) The family of 16-year-old Falan Fox brought a wrongful death lawsuit against the city, after the teenager hanged herself in a Naugatuck jail cell. The suit claimed that Fox died as a result of the jail's negligence as she hung herself with her tube socks in full view of a surveillance camera on July 22, 2000. The family accused t... - Court Parking, Nassau County pays $50,000 settlement for a parking dispute
Nassau County, NY: (Nov-01-07) The Court Officers Benevolent Association of Nassau County (COBANC) brought charges against Nassau County and the state's Office of Court Administration, alleging that the county misappropriated parking spaces at the State Supreme Court Building. Records show that Mineola Village filed its separate law suit after COBANC filed... - Arena ADA, Madison Square Garden pays fine for ADA violations
New York, NY: (Nov-01-07) A lawsuit was brought against the owners and operators of Madison Square Garden, the sports and entertainment arena, alleging that they violated the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). The lawsuit stated that since the passage of the ADA 17 years ago, Madison Square Garden has made a number of alterations to its facilit... - Allegany Ballistics Laboratory, Hercules, Inc. pays $12.95 million settlement for facility environmental damages
Washington, DC: (Nov-01-07) The US Justice Department, the Department of the Navy, and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought charges against Hercules, Inc., a former defense contractor, alleging that the facility caused environmental damage. As part of a settlement reached, the company agreed to pay the United States nearly $13 million towar... - Workers Compensation, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and Restaurant pays waitress $900,000 settlement after workplace injury
Bridgeport, CT: (Oct-31-07) Nancy Martino brought a lawsuit against Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and Restaurant, alleging that she sustained injuries while working as a waitress at the chain restaurant. The case was put before the Workers' Compensation Commission, claiming that 46-year-old Martino was working as a waitress in the restaurant on Research... - School Bus Drivers' Overtime, Palm Beach County School pays drivers and attendants $1.3 million employee overtime settlement
Palm Beach, FL: (Oct-31-07) Several school bus drivers and attendants brought charges against the Palm Beach County School Board, alleging that they were not properly paid for services they rendered to the school, including overtime. As part of a settlement reached between the parties, the Palm Beach County School Board agreed to pay school bus drivers and... - Funeral Privacy, Family awarded $11 million settlement after church protesters set up a demonstration at a Marine's funeral
Baltimore, MD: (Oct-31-07) Albert Snyder of York, PA, the father of Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, a fallen Marine, brought charges against Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church, its founder, the Rev. Fred Phelps, and his two daughters, Shirley Phelps-Roper and Rebecca Phelps-Davis, alleging that they had invaded the family's privacy and inflicted emotional dis...