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Manchester, NH: (May-15-07) The US Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges on Gayle Spence Luacaw, a former Enterasys vice president, accusing her of being involved in a conspiracy in connection with an Enterasys contract with Ariel International Technology Co. Ltd. and a deal involving SAP AG, a German computer company. Luacaw, 48, pleaded guil... - Durham, NC Police Cruiser Accident Personal Injury Settlement
Durham, NC: (May-14-07) Linda Jones filed a lawsuit against the city after a speeding Durham police cruiser struck her down, causing injuries that have left her dependent on a cane in order to walk around. Her suit claimed that Officer Joseph Kelly was grossly negligent when he slammed into her. The city contested Jones' claim, alleging that Kelly was acti... - Department of Human Services Child Neglect House Fire Wrongful Deaths Settlement
Ardmore, OK: (May-14-07) A settlement was reached in a lawsuit filed against the Department of Human Services (DHS), after a house fire claimed the lives of three children. One-year-old Christian, 2-year-old Makayla, and 3-year-old Isaiah died in their bedroom before they could be saved, when their mother left the house for a while, only to return to see i... - Discrimination: You Don't Have to Take It
May-15-07 Savannah, MO He stood at the dais and said those magic words: "I Have a Dream..." The late Martin Luther King Jr, felled in a hail of gunfire almost forty years ago, was setting the stage for his vision of equality amongst all races and all peoples: whites, African-American, Hispanic. Age. Gender. An end to discrimination. King was robbed of his visi... - Arbitraje de corredores de bolsa y consultores financieros
Los inversores que pierden dinero como resultado de errores por descuido o dolo intencional por parte de sus corredores de bolsa o consultores financieros pueden tener derecho a recuperar sus pérdidas a través de un proceso conocido como arbitraje de corredores de bolsa. Las demandas de arbitraje pueden involucrar todo tipo de inversion... - Medical Malpractice: Fear has its Price
May-14-07 Miami, FL They're only human, after all. And like us, medical practitioners can have a bad day. A sleepless night, trouble with the kids, a bitter divorce. However, when someone in the medical community has a bad day, for whatever reason, it's often the patient that pays for it, in what is sometimes a lifelong struggle. And that could mean medical malprac... - St. Mary's Hospital Fatal Medical Malpractice Settlement
Madison, WI: (May-12-07) The family of Jasmine Gant filed a medical malpractice and wrongful death lawsuit against St. Mary's Hospital after a 16-year-old Fitchburg girl died during childbirth in 2006. The suit claimed that Gant died after a nurse mistakenly gave her an epidural drug through her IV. In settlement reached, St. Mary's Hospital agreed to pa... - Kennedy Valve Lead Waste Violations Settlement
New York, NY: (May-10-07) The New York State Attorney General's Office brought charges against Kennedy Valve, a Southern Tier manufacturer, alleging that it was guilty of environmental crimes. The suit claimed that Kennedy Valve in Elmira was guilty of unlawfully handling hazardous waste by repeatedly disposing tons of waste containing lead at the Chemung... - Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Plavix Patent Infringement Settlement
New York, NY: (May-10-07) The Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against research-based pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., accusing it of infringing Plavix patents. Plavix, a blood thinner manufactured by Paris-based Sanofi-Aventis SA and marketed by New York-based Bristol-Myers Squibb, was to face generic comp... - CIT Group Inc., CIT's Student Loan Xpress Preferred Lender Fraud Settlement
New York, NY: (May-10-07) New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office had filed charges against CIT Group Inc. and CIT's Student Loan Xpress unit, over the state's investigation of abuses in the US student loan business. An investigation into CIT's business practices showed that Student Loan Xpress had provided meals, entertainment and gifts to school... - Bridgeton, NJ Police Officer Misconduct Settlement
Bridgeton, NJ: (May-10-07) Rigoverto Diaz, 22, an immigrant, filed suit against the city of Bridgeton and the Bridgeton Police Department, alleging that he was robbed and beaten in 2006 by a city police officer. Diaz claimed in his suit that the incident was racially motivated, that patrolmen Carl Holliday and Gregory Willis picked him up the night of Nove... - Morgan Stanley & Company Inc. Retail Stock Investors Fraud Settlement
Tucson, AZ: (May-10-07) The US Securities and Exchange Commission filed federal charges against Morgan Stanley & Company Inc., alleging that it failed to get retail stock investors the best prices possible on more than 1 million over-the-counter transactions. The charges claimed that over a three year period, Morgan Stanley's automated trading system delay... - Highland, CA Flood Wrongful Death Settlement
San Bernardino, CA: (May-10-07) Daniel Martinez, 44, a widower whose pregnant wife was swept into a creek by floodwaters in 2005, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the City of Highland, San Bernardino County, East Valley Water District, Standard Pacific Homes, and Rancho San Andreas/National Equity Engineering, who he held responsible for the death... - First American Cash Advance Payday Lender Fraud Settlement
Charleston, WV: (May-10-07) Attorney General Darrell McGraw's office brought charges against payday lender First American Cash Advance, following an investigation into the payday lending practices of First American and Community State Bank of South Dakota. The suit alleged that First American had claimed it was operating as an agent of Community State Bank... - Rockford Catholic Diocese Priest Abuse Settlement
Kane County, IL: (May-10-07) Two women filed charges against the Rockford Catholic Diocese, claiming that they were sexually abused by Father Mark Campobello, who was their priest and teacher in 1999 and 2000, in Kane County. One of the abuse victims claimed that she had complained to the Rockford Diocese back in September 2002, when Campobello was serving... - Whistleblowers: The Results could be Rewarding
May-13-07 Middletown, NY The world needs a few more good whistleblowers. And the payoff can be more lucrative than the good feeling that you've done something right - something worthwhile. Beyond the warm glow of a good deed done, may lay a pot of gold in the form of settlement dollars. Especially if you have been wronged in the process. And for you there are r... - California's Takin' Care of Business and Working (Unpaid) Overtime
May-11-07 San Francisco, CA "We're in a transition period, where a lot of companies assumed that they did not have to pay overtime and they're learning—sometimes the easy way and sometimes the hard way—that they do," states lawyer Cliff Palefsky over the phone from his law office in San Francisco. A member of the McGuinn, Hillsman and Palefsky law f... - Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center Cardiologist Medical Malpractice Class Action Settlement
Lafayette, LA: (May-09-07) A class action medical malpractice lawsuit was filed against Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, accusing Dr. Mehmood Patel, a cardiologist, of doing unnecessary angiograms, angioplasties and stent implants. Patel, who faces 94 criminal counts in a federal case involving 78 patients, denied the malpractice allegations an... - HBO Chief Assault and Battery Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: (May-09-07) Sasha Emerson, a female subordinate at Time Warner Inc.'s HBO filed suit against Chris Albrecht, chairman and chief executive of Home Box Office, alleging that he shoved and choked her. In a settlement reached, HBO paid at least $400,000 to end the physical abuse and battery suit. The settlement was overseen by Time Warner Pres... - Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust Neo-Natal Infection Medical Malpractice Settlement
Hungerford, UK: (May-09-07) The family of now six-year-old Ashton Hopkins, of Park Way, Hungerford filed suit against the Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust, after the boy contracted a neo-natal infection at Swindon's Princess Margaret Hospital within days of his birth in September 2000. Though the illness was genetically transmitted by his mother Zoe, the...