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Birmingham, AL: (Oct-25-07) Seven black workers filed charges against Tulsa, OK-based Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co., alleging that they were subjected to hangman's nooses in a racially hostile environment on an offshore oil rig. The suit was filed with the assistance of the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), who claimed that... - Gas Pipeline Management, BP PLC and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. pay US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission $7.3 million civil penalty
New York, NY: (Oct-25-07) The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) brought charges against BP PLC, and a subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (APC), alleging that the two companies violated norms in the companies' management of interstate natural gas pipelines. As part of a settlement reached, UK oil giant BP agreed to pay a civil penalty o... - Pay to Play Insurance, Ace Ltd. pays $4.5 million settlement for bid rigging and price fixing insurance
Miami, FL: (Oct-25-07) Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum and nine other states brought charges against Ace Ltd., a Hamilton, Bermuda, insurance holding company, alleging that company officials were involved in a "pay to play" scandal with other insurance brokers. The charges asserted that ACE had conspired with other insurance brokers after it came to... - Car Loan Insurance, Service Life and Casualty Insurance Co. and Old United Life Insurance Cos. pay Texas policyholders $15.7 million insurance malpractice settlement
San Antonio, TX: (Oct-25-07) Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott brought charges against Service Life and Casualty Insurance Co. and Old United Life Insurance Cos., two auto credit insurance companies, alleging that they did not provide required refunds to policyholders who had paid off their car loans in advance. These policies were sold to cover vehicle p... - Bankruptcy Reorganization, Calpine Corp. pays $2.13 million bankruptcy settlement
New York, NY: (Oct-24-07) Decatur County brought charges against Calpine Corp., and reached a settlement in which the bankrupt company agreed to a $2.13 million payout out of a $2.4 million claim by the county. Records how that in January 2007, the county hired bankruptcy lawyers to appear in a New York bankruptcy court after Calpine claimed it owed only $... - House Raid, Kauai pays couple $325,000 settlement after raiding their house by mistake
Kauai, HI: (Oct-24-07) A couple brought a lawsuit against the city and its police department after their home was mistaken for a drug dealer's residence, and wrongfully searched. Police records state that police had been tracking a package that allegedly contained 11 pounds of marijuana that had been picked up at the Koloa post office by a man who was driv... - Police Chief Gender Harassment, Ypsilanti Police Department pays gender bias settlement
Milwaukee, WI: (Oct-24-07) Leslie Berryman brought a lawsuit against former Ypsilanti Police Chief Leonard Supenski, alleging that she was sexually harassed by him. As part of a settlement reached, sources say that Berryman was paid $32,293 to drop the lawsuit. Under the deal, she also agreed not to file suit against the city or the chief for a laundry lis... - Unauthorized Searches, GunnAllen Financial pays $50,000 fine to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
New York, NY: (Oct-24-07) The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) brought charges against GunnAllen Financial of Tampa, Florida, alleging that a GunnAllen computer was used for 205 unauthorized searches. FINRA runs the widely used BrokerCheck, an online database of 5,100 securities firms and 672,000 brokers and other people who require a licens... - Optometrist Harassment, National Vision Inc. pays $175,000 after doctor harassed four female patients
Lufkin, TX: (Oct-25-07) Four women brought a lawsuit against Dr. S.J. Charendoff, a Lufkin optometrist with National Vision Inc., alleging that they were sexually harassed by him. The women's complaints stemmed from alleged incidents in 2003 and 2004 where they said Charendoff rubbed their arms, backs and shoulders, and claimed that he rubbed his crotch on... - Hydroelectric Dam Land, Avista Corp. pays state of Montana $4 million per year for renting land
Helena, MT: (Oct-24-07) The state of Montana brought charges against Avista Corp., as part of its effort to collect rent payments for state owned land underneath hydroelectric dams. Records show that Avista, of Spokane, WA, owns Avista Utilities, which serves about 350,000 electricity customers in Eastern Washington and northern Idaho. As part of a set... - Storm Water Pollution, Dutton-Lainson Co. pays $50,000 for environmental damages
Hastings, NE: (Oct-24-07) Attorney General Jon Bruning's office brought a lawsuit against Dutton-Lainson Co. of Hastings, alleging that the facility polluted the environment. The suit claimed that the company violated air temperature requirements outlined in its air quality permits in 2005. As part of a settlement reached, the company agreed to pay $25,000... - Immigration Officer, Department of Homeland Security pays excessive force settlement
El Paso, TX: (Oct-24-07) Maria Antonieta Martinez-Aguero brought charges against the city, alleging that she was physically abused by an immigration officer at the Paso del Norte Bridge in 2001. The suit named the Department of Homeland Security as a defendant. Martinez-Aguero, 53, of Juarez, said that former INS agent Humberto Gonzalez, now a Border Patrol... - Processor Copyright, Intel Corp. pays Transmeta $250 million for copyright infringement
Santa Clara, CA: (Oct-24-07) Transmeta brought a lawsuit against Intel Corp., alleging that the chip maker infringed on its copyright. The copyright dispute was over patents that improved processor technology and were used in Intel's Pentium III, Pentium 4, Pentium M, Core and Core 2 products. Transmeta filed suit in October 2006 in federal court in Delaware... - Propane Antitrust, BP Plc pays $303 million settlement for manipulating the cost of propane
Washington, DC: (Oct-23-07) The US Department of Justice and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) brought civil charges against BP Plc, alleging that the company tried to manipulate propane prices in the United States by cornering the market in February 2004. The suit stated that BP employees bought enormous quantities of propane, until it own... - Accounting IRS Payment, McGill, Power, Bell & Associates pays Lawrence Park Golf Club settlement for accounting errors
Erie, PA: (Oct-23-07) The Lawrence Park Golf Club brought charges against McGill, Power, Bell & Associates LLP, an accounting firm, claiming that an undetected financial problem cost the company $1.7 million. The club claimed audits performed by McGill, Power, Bell & Associates failed to show that money that was supposed to be funneled to the Internal Reve... - Middle School Principal, Jackson Public Schools pays former principal $350,000 settlement for wrongful termination and retaliation
Jackson, MS: (Oct-23-07) Chastain Middle School Principal Michael Ellis brought a lawsuit against Jackson Public Schools, alleging that he was terminated after he exposed Superintendent Earl Watkins's sexual misdemeanors. Ellis was Chastain's principal for 2 1/2 years before he was fired in December 2006. Superintendent Watkins said he fired Ellis after an a... - Niagara Falls Parking Lot, Urban Renewal Agency and Empire State Development pay $1.65 million eminent domain settlement
Niagara Falls, NY: (Oct-23-07) The city of Niagara Falls brought a lawsuit against its Urban Renewal Agency and a Canadian hotelier, over a parking lot near Fourth Street that has long been scheduled for development. The suit also mentioned that the city and its developer Dino DiCienzo, have been embroiled in a legal battle over who stands to receive proce... - Apartment Closure Injunction, Juanita Apartments pay city of Burien $200,000 fine for health and safety code violations
Burien, WA: (Oct-23-07) The city of Burien brought charges against property owners of a Juanita apartment complex after it shut its building doors during a 2004 emergency closure. Records show that Burien filed a nuisance abatement action in January 2004 against the owners of the Juanita and then got a court ordered injunction to close the apartment comple... - Logging Forest Fire, Babbitt Logging Inc. and Stimson Lumber Co. pays state of Idaho $1.5 million for wildfire damage
Boise, ID: (Oct-23-07) The state of Idaho brought charges against Babbitt Logging Inc., based in Coeur d'Alene, and Portland, OR-based Stimson Lumber Co., over a 2003 wildfire that torched nearly a square mile of state-owned timber on the eastern shore of Priest Lake. The state filed suit claimed that the companies caused the fire by rigging logging equipm... - Storm Sewer Death, City of Omaha pays family $207,500 wrongful death settlement after Chad Sieger was swept away by storm waters
Omaha, NE: (Oct-23-07) The family of Chad Sieger brought a wrongful death lawsuit against the city, after the man drowned when he was washed into an Omaha storm sewer in 2004. Reports state that Sieger, 29, of Bellevue was driving near 108th Street and Borman Avenue in a heavy rainstorm on July 22, 2004, when his car stalled. Police said he got out of his...