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Tokyo, Japan: (Jun-24-07) An environmental pollution lawsuit was filed about eleven years ago by asthma sufferers in Tokyo against the automobile industry, including Toyota Motor Corporation. In a settlement reached by the Tokyo High Court, the seven carmakers, including Toyota, were ordered by the court to payout 1.2 billion yen (US$10 million) to resolve... - Janssen Pharmaceutica Products and ALZA Corp. Duragesic Pain Patch Wrongful Death Award
New York, NY: (Jun-19-07) A lawsuit was filed against the two Johnson & Johnson subsidiaries after Adam Hendelson died while wearing the company's Duragesic pain patch. Hendelson was in a automobile accident and was suffering from persistent hip pain. He wore a Duragesic narcotic painkiller patch on his right arm to help with the constant pain. Duragesic i... - Family Dollar Stores Inc. Back Dated Stocks Settlement
Washington, DC: (Jun-22-07) A stockholder derivative lawsuit was filed against discount store chain Family Dollar Stores Inc., accusing the company of backdating stock options. Family Dollar was one of more than 100 companies which launched internal reviews into their stock options practices. The probes centered on backdating, which occurs when a stock opt... - Pneumo Abex Corp. Asbestos Wrongful Death Settlement
Bloomington, IL: (Jun-22-07) Nancy Malcolm filed suit against several defendants, including Pneumo Abex Corp., a manufacturer of asbestos, alleging her husband, Daniel Malcolm, died as a result of asbestos exposure. Malcolm was a Bloomington High School teacher from 1968 to July 1994 and worked at a foundry at Caterpillar's East Peoria plant from June to Aug... - Tronox Chemical Plant Environmental Settlement
Hattiesburg, MS: (Jun-23-07) The Hattiesburg Public School District and several businesses filed an environmental damage suit against chemical giant Tronox, alleging that the plant caused residents to live in a contaminated neighborhood for years. The lawsuit, originally filed in 1993, was settled in 2003 in a deal in which Tronox's predecessor Kerr-McGee... - Pima County, AZ Wrongful Death and Medical Malpractice Settlements
Tucson, AZ: (Jun-21-07) Pima County supervisors approved two out-of-court settlements that amounted to almost $3.5 million. One suit that was filed by the family of Pedro Forrer, a man who was killed in a crash in March 2005, alleged that the county was responsible for his wrongful death. Forrer was driving on West Orange Grove near North La Canada Drive w... - Hotels Face Lawsuits Over Billing Practices
Jun-25-07 Orlando, FL: Customers are expected to pay an estimated $1.75 billion this year in "automatic" hotel fees and surcharges, including the "safe warranty fee." However, some of these hotel billing practices are illegal and lawsuits are now being filed challenging hotels for not disclosing their automatic fees until guests check out. Hotels are finding... - Dallas, TX Assistant Fire Chief Defamation Settlement
Dallas, TX: (Jun-20-07) Several male and female employees of the city's fire department filed complaints against Assistant Fire Chief Roland Gamez, accusing him of sexual harassment, claiming that he inappropriate touched employees. Following an internal investigation, the veteran of 27 years was fired. Gamez filed suit against the city, alleging that offi... - Jeffrey McMahon Enron CFO Fraud Settlement
Washington, DC: (Jun-21-07) The US Securities and Exchange Commission brought charges against Enron's former chief financial officer, Jeffrey McMahon, alleging that he helped the company commit fraud. McMahon, who has been the president of Houston-based Zilkha Biomass Energy since 2004, neither admitted nor denied the Securities and Exchange Commission all... - Clayton County, GA Police Officers' Racial Discrimination Settlement
Jonesboro, GA: (Jun-20-07) Thirty-four sheriff's department employees filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against Clayton County, after they were fired by Sheriff Victor Hill on his first day in office. Deputies summoned the employees to the jail that morning and took their guns and badges. Sheriff's office snipers stood guard on the jail's roof as the... - Southern States Claims Services Junk Car Lot Insurance Settlement
Moss Point, MS: (Jun-20-07) The city of Moss Point reached a settlement with Adjusters International, an insurance company mediator, over damages to vehicles during Hurricane Katrina. As a result of the Hurricane Katrina automobile insurance settlement, some of the cars that make up the junkyard of police vehicles across the street from the city's police s... - Oakland County Drain Commission, the Pontiac Lake Property Owner's Association, and the Pontiac Lake Improvement Board Lake Level Flooding Settlement
White Lake Township, MI: (Jun-20-07) Christine Rushford filed a lawsuit against the Oakland County Drain Commission, the Pontiac Lake Property Owner's Association, and the Pontiac Lake Improvement Board, alleging that the Pontiac Lake's high water levels were responsible for the flooding on her property. Rushford, who lives on a piece of property sometim... - Jefferson Parish, LA Revenue Resources Contract Settlement
Jefferson Parish, LA: (Jun-20-07) Revenue Resources, a River Ridge company, filed suit against Jefferson Parish, alleging that the government improperly canceled its contract when it came under attack from watchdogs and some council members. Since 1995, Revenue Resources worked for the parish digging up ideas for new income streams. Its most lucrative sugg... - Everest Reinsurance Co & Mt. McKinley Insurance Co. Federal-Mogul Asbestos Claims Settlement
Southfield, MI: (Jun-20-07) Federal-Mogul Corp. filed a lawsuit against two of its insurers, Everest Reinsurance Co. and Mt. McKinley Insurance Co., over coverage for asbestos damages. The nearly six-year long legal battle ended after several months of negotiations with the insurers, Cooper Industries LLC, the asbestos claimants committee, and the legal repr... - Moscow, ID Wastewater Violations Settlement
Moscow, ID: (Jun-20-07) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought charges against the city of Moscow, over alleged Clean Water Act violations related to the city's discharge of wastewater. The city owns and operates a wastewater treatment facility that discharges treated wastewater into Paradise Creek. The wastewater treatment plant is part of a... - Xcel Energy Inc. IRS Tax Settlement
Denver, CO: (Jun-20-07) Xcel Energy Inc. filed suit against the US government in April 2004 to establish the right to deduct the interest expense that it had accrued from 1993 to 1994 on policy loans related to insurance policies. The suit stemmed from a dispute over corporate-owned life insurance policies purchased on the lives of employees of Xcel subsid... - Dr. Sean Nisivoccia Chiropractor Fraud Settlement
Newark, NJ: (Jun-19-07) The State Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor and the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners filed suit against Dr. Sean Nisivoccia, alleging that the chiropractor illegally had office tests conducted by technicians, including a 15-year-old boy. New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Co., one of the plaintiffs, claimed that the test... - Marlboro, MD Wrongful Arrest and Imprisionment Settlement
Marlboro, MD: (Jun-20-07) Daniel Anthony Miller, 39, of Spotsylvania County, VA, filed a federal civil lawsuit, alleging that he was wrongfully arrested and imprisoned by a police detective. The suit stemmed from an incident when Miller was stopped in May 2004 by a Virginia State trooper for not having a front tag on his vehicle. A computer check showed th... - Maricopa County, AZ Restraint Chair Wrongful Death Settlement
Maricopa County, AZ: (Jun-20-07) The family of Clint Yarbrough filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Maricopa County after Yarbrough died in Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's jail. Yarbrough was brought into the Fourth Avenue jail in December 2005, where sources say he appeared drugged and became combative. He was put in a restraint chair and wheeled t... - Dr. James Morrone & Glen Ellyn Family Dental Clinic Patient Wrongful Death Settlement
Chicago, IL: (Jun-20-07) The family of Robert Pauly, a 73-year-old man who died while sedated at a dentist's office, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Dr. James Morrone and Glen Ellyn Family Dental Clinic in 2004. Pauly died in the dental chair at Glen Ellyn Family Dental Clinic in June 2004 after going in to have his tooth pulled. The suit claimed th...