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Newark, NJ: (Oct-01-07) Justin Hopson, a former state trooper, brought a lawsuit against the state of New Jersey alleging that he was beaten and harassed by members of a secret group of rogue officers within the state police. Hopson said that he was attacked by members of a loose-knit group within the state police known as the Lords of Discipline. For year... - Divorce Slander, Sara Evans pays ex husband $600,000 in alimony divorce settlement
Nashville, TN: (Oct-01-07) Sara Evans, the Dancing with the Stars third-season celebrity participant, filed a lawsuit against her husband Craig Schelske, accusing him of infidelity. Her suit claimed that he was having an affair with their former nanny and using pornography. Sources stated that the divorce was to be completed in Feb 2007, but Evans eventual... - Longshoreman Personal Injury, State Ports Authority pays $13.2 million settlement after worker gets crushed under shipping container
Walterboro, SC: (Oct-01-07) Michael Clarkin and his family brought a lawsuit against the South Carolina State Ports Authority (SPA), after he was nearly crushed to death in 2004. An empty shipping container broke loose in mid-air, plunged 50 feet and bounced onto Clarkin's parked Ford Explorer. The suit claimed that the Mount Pleasant longshoreman was sitt... - Military Munitions, Textron Systems Corp. pays $8.75 million for groundwater contamination and clean up
Boston, MA: (Oct-01-07) The Massachusetts state and federal governments brought charges against Textron Systems Corp., a military contractor, alleging that it tainted groundwater at Cape Cod. The suit claimed that Textron used the so-called J-3 range at the Massachusetts Military Reservation to test munitions for three decades. The Army removed 3,500 tons... - Waste Management Lockout, Trash haulers pay $500,000 to Castro Valley customers
Castro Valley, CA: (Sep-28-07) Castro Valley Sanitary District customers brought a lawsuit against Waste Management of Alameda County, alleging that the company provided poor, sporadic, or no service during the July 2007 labor dispute. The suit stated that Waste Management locked out 481 drivers for 25 days in July 2007, bringing in replacement workers for... - Airport Contract Fraud, Frank Vallecorsa of American International Inc. pays $1.5 million business fraud settlement
Detroit, MI: (Sep-28-07) A lawsuit was filed against Frank Vallecorsa of American International Inc., a Detroit contractor, alleging that he dealt fraudulently in relation to contracting work at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. Frank Vallecorsa was accused of making false claims when billing the Federal Aviation Administration for airfield lighting and sign w... - Mequon Property Tax, City pays $510,000 to land owners
Mequon, WI: (Sep-29-07) Several Mequon property owners brought a lawsuit against the city, alleging that they overpaid property taxes because the city's former assessor, Jim Siebers, over assessed the value of their properties. The suit claimed that Siebers assessed the two dozen large parcels as completely residential even though only a small number of ac... - Brain Injury, Teenager receives $9 million settlement after car accident into a fence
Los Angeles, CA: (Sep-289-07) The family of Samantha Palumbo brought a lawsuit against the city of San Dimas, after their teenage daughter suffered a severe brain injury. The suit claimed that driving alone through San Dimas on April 8, 2005, Samantha lost control of her car and slammed into a city-built fence made of wooden logs. Parts of the fence pierce... - Airport Sludge, Laurinburg-Maxton Airport Commission pays $75,000 fine for dumping sludge into a swamp
Fayetteville, NC: (Sep-29-07) The North Carolina State Division of Water Quality brought a lawsuit against the Laurinburg-Maxton Airport Commission, over an illegal sludge dump in 2006. In May 2007, The State Division of Water Quality fined the airport more than $97,000 for several environmental violations, including dumping sludge into a wetlands area. Th... - Chief Probation Officer, Searcy, AR pays wrongful termination settlement
Searcy, AR: (Sep-28-07) Denny Bishop, Searcy's former chief probation officer, brought a lawsuit against the city, alleging he was wrongfully terminated. Bishop filed the federal lawsuit against Mayor Belinda LaForce claiming he was fired for advocating equal pay for a female worker, Donya Garrett. He claimed Garrett was being discriminated against because... - Hunt Refineries, $48 million to be spent on pollution controls
Washington, DC: (Sep-28-07) The Justice Department and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought a lawsuit against Hunt Refining Co. and Hunt Southland Refining Co., alleging that the companies violated the federal Clean Air Act. The violations relate to the burning off or flaring of gases from the refineries. In a settlement reached, Hunt Refin... - Jack Kerouac Biography, Author returns $200,000 deposit after failing to meet deadline
New York, NY: (Sep-28-07) Penguin Group USA Inc. brought a lawsuit against author Douglas Brinkley, alleging that the writer breached contract by failing to deliver a biography on Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac. Penguin stated that it had sued Brinkley, who is also a history teacher at Houston's Rice University, because he failed to finish the book in... - CO Wrongful Death, Family of minister awarded settlement after a fatal carbon monoxide leak
Salem, VA: (Sep-29-07) The family of Walter Vierling, a retired minister killed by a carbon monoxide leak at Roanoke College, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the college and A.O. Smith Corporation, the maker of a water heater that caused the leak. The suit stated that the 91-year-old Vierling was staying in a dormitory as part of a Lutheran Church c... - Bus Drivers' Overtime, Garland School District pays overtime settlement
Dallas, TX: (Sep-29-07) Several bus drivers brought a lawsuit against the Garland School District, alleging that they weren't properly paid overtime. The bus drivers claimed in the suit filed on Jan. 11, 2006, that they had not been paid for overtime, particularly time they spent preparing buses, cleaning buses, and taking students on special trips. The sc... - Drug Pricing, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. finalizes $499 million settlement
Boston, MA: (Sep-28-07) The US Department of Justice and the US Attorney for the District of Massachusetts brought a lawsuit against Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. following an investigation into the company's drug pricing, sales, and marketing activities. Under finalized terms, the company entered a five-year corporate integrity agreement with the Office of the... - Enron Generators, Marathon Electric Manufacturing Corp. pays Enron $1.15 million commercial settlement
Milwaukee, WI: (Sep-28-07) Enron Wind Energy Systems brought a lawsuit against Regal Beloit Corp. seeking recovery and damages from Marathon Electric Manufacturing Corp., one of Regal Beloit's subsidiaries, related to 564 generators Enron purchased in the late 1990s. Enron and several affiliated firms filed the suit in 2004. In a settlement reached, Regal... - Cell Phones Taxes, Sprint Nextel Corp. pays $2.375 million settlement to Springfield, MA for license gross receipt taxes
Springfield, MA: (Sep-27-07) The city of Springfield brought a lawsuit against Sprint Nextel Corp., over the collection of business license gross receipts tax. The city filed two separate lawsuits, one in US District Court in Jefferson City in May 2004, naming SBC, Sprint, Alltel, Cingular and Nextel as defendants, and the other in Greene County Circuit Co... - Target Pesticides, Retail chain pays EPA fine for unregistered products
Minneapolis, MN: (Sep-27-07) The US Environmental Protection Agency brought charges against Target Corp., the second-largest US discount store chain, alleging that the company violated federal rules governing the labeling and sale of pesticide products. The agency claimed that Target was selling unregistered pesticides from its stores and through its websi... - Lost Emails, Morgan Stanley pays $12.5 million for lying about lost emails
New York, NY: (Sep-27-07) The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) filed charges against Morgan Stanley, alleging that its Dean Witter subsidiary failed to provide emails related to pending arbitration cases by claiming the information was lost during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The lawsuit stated that FINRA found that, in actuality, the fir... - Police Training, Officer shot in arm with live ammunition awarded $130,000 settlement
Elmira, NY: (Sep-27-07) Joseph Miller Senior, a former Elmira police officer, brought a lawsuit against the city after he was shot during a training exercise. Sources claimed that Miller sued the city after he was shot in the arm during a training exercise in 2003. An investigation later found the gun was loaded with live ammunition, and not practice round...