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Sort by relevance 7,408 pages found matching priest settlement- Coral Springs, FL Volunteer Firefighters Settlement
Coral Springs, FL: (Sep-16-07) Ten firefighters brought a lawsuit against the city, alleging it breached contract when the volunteer fire department was disbanded to make way for paid employees. A second lawsuit was brought against the city by Phillip Rodin, one of those volunteer firefighters, who claimed that he was wrongfully terminated after he alleged... - TCF Architecture and Olympic Associates Co. Fire Stations Construction Mismanagement Settlement
Olympia, WA: (Sep-15-07) Scott Wall Construction of Olympia brought a lawsuit against Lacey Fire District No. 3 in October 2005, alleging that the district was responsible for deficient plans and unfair management by TCF Architecture of Tacoma and Olympic Associates Co. of Seattle, regarding the construction of three fire stations. The suit claimed that un... - An interview with wage and hour claims attorney Jose Garay, Carter and Garay
Sep-18-07 Irvine, CA An interview with wage and hour claims attorney Jose Garay, Carter and Garay LawyersandSettlements (L&S): You are a difficult guy to get hold of. Jose Garay (JG): Sorry about that—I've been rather busy lately. In the last three years our law firm has expanded by about 400 percent in the number of cases filed pertaining to wage an... - Christian Longo Convicted Killer Wrongful Deaths Settlement
Lincoln County, OR: (Sep-14-07) Penelope Dupuie, the sister of MaryJane Longo, brought wrongful death lawsuits against convicted family killer Christian Longo on December 1, 2004. During the spring of 2003, Longo was convicted in Lincoln County Circuit Court of murdering his wife and three young children. The bodies of two of Longo's children had been foun... - Pettis County, MO Jail Meth Overdose Wrongful Death Settlement
Pettis County, MO: (Sep-15-07) The family of Sheena Crawford, 20, who died in June 2005, after she ingested methamphetamine, brought a federal lawsuit against the county. The suit stated that Crawford died after a methamphetamine overdose, when she was being booked into the Pettis County Jail. The family filed the wrongful death suit in 2006, and alleged t... - Viola Trevino Falsified DNA Test Settlement
Albuquerque, NM: (Sep-14-07) Steve Barreras paid $20,000 in child support to Viola Trevino, after Mobile Blood Services issued a false paternity test to him. Barreras brought a lawsuit after it was proven that the DNA testing company gave him phony results. The owner of Mobile Blood Services, David Quintana, claimed that his company has always been honest... - Utica, NY Snow Tubing Personal Injury Settlement
Utica, NY: (Sep-14-07) Mark Rashford and 11-year-old Sabra Jones of Whitesboro brought a lawsuit against the city in 2002, following an accident that occurred when the tube they were sledding on at the ski area struck an exposed concrete corner of a ski lift tower at the Val Bialas ski hill in December 2000. The lawsuit alleged that the city did not provid... - Palm Beach County School District Bus Accident Wrongful Death Settlement
Palm Beach County, FL: (Sep-16-07) Claudia and Jeffrey Kautz, the parents of 15-year-old Diana Kautz, brought a lawsuit against Palm Beach County School District, after their daughter died in a November 2004 school bus accident. An analysis of the crash showed that bus driver Maria Abrahantes ran a stop sign just before the bus smashed into a pickup truck... - Richard Mellon Scaife Infidelity Divorce Settlement
Pittsburgh, PA: (Sep-16-07) Margaret Ritchie Battle Scaife, the estranged wife of billionaire and newspaper owner Richard Mellon Scaife, filed for divorce accusing her banking heir turned media mogul husband of infidelity. Sources stated that the couple did not have a prenuptial agreement. Richard Mellon Scaife has two children from his first marriage to t... - Travelers Insurance Flood Control Basin Settlement
San Bernardino, CA: (Sep-16-07) Colonies Partners filed a lawsuit against the San Bernardino County Flood Control district, regarding a flood control basin at one of Colonies Partners's large development sites in Upland. The county settled in November 2006 with a $102 million payout. The San Bernardino County Flood Control district then sued Travelers Insu... - Los Angeles, CA Female Firefighter Discrimination Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: (Sep-13-07) Brenda Lee, a firefighter, brought charges against the Los Angeles Fire Department, alleging that she was discriminated against because she is a lesbian and black. Lee alleged in her lawsuit that her superiors made derogatory comments about her and ignored her protests of discrimination. The lawsuit said that she was forced int... - Pilgrim Baxter & Associates Market Timing Securities Fraud Settlement
Wayne, PA: (Sep-13-07) The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought charges against Pilgrim Baxter & Associates, alleging that there was conflict of interest trading allowed by Wayne, PA-based Pilgrim Baxter, adviser to the PBHG mutual fund family, that diluted the value of the mutual funds. The firm is now called Liberty Ridge Capital, after co... - Menlo Park, CA Police Officers' Harassment Settlement
Menlo Park, CA: (Sep-12-07) Three former Menlo Park police officers, Keith Butler, Joe Hinkston, and Kenneth Clayton, brought a racial discrimination lawsuit against the city, alleging that Sgt. Ron Prickett, their supervisor, insulted and harassed them because of their race. In the lawsuit filed in October 2006, the officers alleged that Prickett, their s... - Santa Rosa Roman Catholic Diocese Priest Abuse Settlement
Santa Rosa, CA: (Sep-12-07) A lawsuit was filed against the Santa Rosa Roman Catholic Diocese, alleging that former priest Francisco Xavier Ochoa sexually abused 10 underage parishioners since 1984. The suit was filed in October 2006, five months after Ochoa, 69, former assistant pastor of St. Francis Solano Parish in Sonoma, is believed to have fled to Me... - US Federal Government Vehicle Crash Quadriplegic Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: (Sep-12-07) In a settlement reached with the Federal Government, the family of nine-year-old Leilani Gutierrez received a nearly $55 million payout. The settlement resolved a lawsuit filed by the family, which accused the government of being liable for a vehicle crash caused by a federal employee, which left Leilani Gutierrez a quadriplegi... - Delray Beach, FL Teen Dance Wrongful Death Settlement
Delray Beach, FL: (Sep-11-07) The family of Jerrod Miller, a teen fatally shot by a rookie Delray Beach police officer in 2005, brought a wrongful death lawsuit against the city. The lawsuit was filed by Kenneth Miller and Terry Glover, who claimed that the city and then-rookie officer Darren Cogoni acted negligently in the February 2005 death of Jerrod Mi... - Detroit, MI Mayor Bodyguard Whistleblower Settlement
Detroit, MI: (Sep-11-07) Former Deputy Police Chief Gary Brown and former mayoral bodyguard Harold Nelthrope brought a whistleblower lawsuit against Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, exposing alleged misdeeds by the mayor's staff and extramarital affairs by the mayor himself. Brown claimed he was fired in 2003 because he was looking into allegations of drunken drivi... - Frank Noto, Gobbler's Knob Sportsman Club Inc., and Vito Cardinale Deer Hunting Shooting Personal Injury Settlement
Greenville, NY: (Sep-11-07) Troy Corino, 35, a Brick man, brought charges against Frank Noto in federal court in New York, alleging that Noto, of Staten Island, negligently shot him twice with a high-powered rifle. The suit claimed that Corino and Noto were participating in an annual Thanksgiving weekend deer hunt in Greenville, NY, on Nov. 27, 2004. Noto... - Hennepin County, MN Twins Ballpark Eminent Domain Settlement
Minneapolis, MN: (Sep-11-07) Hennepin County made an offer of settlement of $19.3 million plus incidental fees and costs in the litigation over the value of the land on which the new Twins Ballpark will be built. The county made the offer to Land Partners II, the owner of the parking lot where the ballpark is being built, and Hines Interests Ltd., a Texas-... - ConocoPhillips Greenhouse Gases Settlement
San Francisco, CA: (Sep-11-07) California Attorney General Jerry Brown brought charges against ConocoPhillips, over the oil company's proposed $600 million expansion of its East Bay refinery. In a settlement reached, ConocoPhillips agreed to spend $10 million to offset greenhouse gases created by the proposed $600 million expansion. The suit was filed as p...