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New York, NY: (May-07-07) United States prosecutors filed suit against Chevron, the second-largest American oil company, over alleged kickbacks that were being paid to Saddam Hussein on oil it bought from Iraq as part of a now defunct United Nations program. Chevron is preparing to acknowledge that it should have known about the kickbacks and that the admi... - Springfield, MA Police Manhandling Arrest Settlement
Springfield, MA: (May-07-07) Douglas Greer, a black man and principal of the Robert M. Hughes Academy Charter School in Springfield, filed suit against the city of Springfield, Massachusetts, claiming that he was attacked by five white police officers as an act of discrimination. The suit stated that Greer was pulled from his car by the officers in January... - State Emergency Medical Services Authority Ambulance Medical Malpractice Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: (May-07-07) Kathy Schroeder filed suit against the Los Angeles County Fire Department and the State Emergency Medical Services Authority after an accident left her unconscious and in their care. A Mustang broadsided Schroeder's Hyundai sports coupe in a Palmdale intersection, knocking her unconscious. She woke up wedged against a console,... - Coventree Inc. Nereus Shareholders Settlement
Toronto, Canada: (May-07-07) A lawsuit was brought by minority shareholders and employees of its subsidiary Nereus Financial Inc. against Coventree Inc. A settlement was reached when Coventree agreed to provide a comprehensive settlement of the various matters that were in issue relating to Nereus. Among other things, the settlement agreement resolves all... - Wakely Associates Harper Creek School Construction Contract Settlement
Battle Creek, MI: (May-07-07) The Harper Creek Community School filed a construction malpractice suit against Wakely Associates, in connection with the firm's contract with the school regarding the $57 million bond project facility work. The dispute went on for over three years, but was settled when the Harper Creek Community Schools Board of Education vot... - Marshall Astor Family Elder Abuse Settlement
Rochester, NY: (May-06-07) Brooke Astor, a Park Avenue philanthropist, was in the limelight recently when her grandson Philip, filed an elder-abuse lawsuit against his estranged dad, Marshall, accusing him of embezzling millions of his grandmothers money while skimping on her care. While Brooke fought dementia and depression, her hard-hearted son and socia... - Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky Employee Work Wage Settlement
Scott County, KY: (May-07-07) The Department of Labor filed charges against Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky in 2006, alleging that TMMK had violated labor laws by not paying employees according to stipulated wage/hour norms. The suit involved an issue which debated as to whether workers should be paid for the time they take to put on and take off prote... - Hayward Unified School District Student Train Wrongful Death Settlement
Hayward, CA: (May-06-07) The Castro family filed a lawsuit against the Hayward Unified School District, following the death of 15-year-old Celedonia Jasmin Castro, who was killed by a commuter train in February 2005 on the railroad tracks behind Tennyson High School. The suit claimed that a lack of supervision by school officials at the Huntwood Avenue gate... - Ponte Vedra, FL Library Director Wrongful Termination Settlement
Ponte Vedra, FL: (May-07-07) Former director of the Ponte Vedra Beach branch library, Mary Thomas, filed charges against St. Johns County over the wrongful termination of her post at the county. The suit claimed that County Library Director Mary Jane Little, came to the Ponte Vedra Beach library and used her position of authority to get employees to sign a... - Kentucky, USA Boxing Ring Personal Injury Settlement
Cincinnati, KY: (Apr-05-07) Former heavyweight champion Greg Page filed suit against the state of Kentucky over compensation following an ill-fated championship match at the old Peel's Palace in Erlanger, where he suffered brain damage and other injuries. The March 9, 2001 fight, billed as the battle for the heavyweight championship of Kentucky, ended in t... - Edward Waters College Student Shooting Wrongful Death Settlement
Jacksonville, FL: (May-06-07) The family of Johnathan Wesley Glenn, an 18-year-old student at Edward Waters College, filed charges against the college after Glenn was fatally shot a day after he wrote an essay critical about campus safety. Glenn was a freshman when two men approached him and demanded a sports jersey he was wearing, his cell phone and wal... - Union Carbide Corp. et al. Asbestos Exposure Death Settlement
San Francisco, CA: (May-04-07) The family of Charlie Piazza of Santa Clara filed a lawsuit against Union Carbide Corp., Georgia-Pacific Corp., Kelly-Moore Paint Co. Inc., Hamilton Materials Inc., Kaiser Gypsum Co. Inc., and CertainTeed Corp. alleging that Piazza was exposed to asbestos products manufactured by the six defendants and died due to the prolonged... - DuPont Co. Benlate Birth Defects Settlement
Dover, DE: (May-06-07) Two lawsuits filed against the DuPont Co. claimed that the fungicide Benlate caused birth defects in children. The lawsuits was filed in 1997 on behalf of children in Britain and New Zealand who were born without eyes or with abnormally small eyes, and defects. The lawsuit reached a settlement according to a filing with the Securit... - Alabama, USA Youth Detention Center Abuse Settlement
Birmingham, AL: (May-07-07) The state of Alabama faced a lawsuit filed by a dozen girls who claimed that they were abused at a youth detention center near Birmingham. The allegations of sexual and physical abuse at the state Department of Youth Services detention center in Chalkville surfaced in 2001, eventually leading to fifteen employees being fired or... - University of Wisconsin Religious Discrimination Settlement
Madison, WI: (May-04-07) The University of Wisconsin Roman Catholic Foundation filed charges against the university, alleging religious discrimination after the group was denied recognition, despite a campus presence dating to the 1880s. The group filed suit last year after UW-Madison said it could no longer be recognized because only three of its 12 board... - Stratagene Corp. Genetic Analysis Patent Infringement Settlement
La Jolla, CA: (May-03-07) Third Wave Technologies, Inc., a genetic analysis products manufacturer, filed charges against Stratagene Corp and reached an out-of-court settlement regarding the patent infringement issue litigated in US District Court in Wisconsin in September 2005 and appealed to the Federal Circuit Court. In a settlement reached, Stratagene... - FAG Bearings Groundwater Contamination Settlement
Joplin, MO: (May-03-07) The US Department of the Interior filed a suit against FAG Bearings, a ball bearings manufacturing company, accusing it of natural-resource damages for the release of trichloroethylene at its plant in Joplin. FAG used TCE as a degreaser from 1972 to 1982. The hazardous substance was released when an underground pipe containing a sma... - Arkansas State Police Trooper Mistaken Escapee Wrongful Shooting Settlement
Bentonville, AR: (May-03-07) Larry Norman, a former state trooper pleaded guilty to a negligent homicide charge over the fatal shooting of a mentally disabled man mistaken for a fugitive in 2006. Joseph Erin Hamley was mistaken to be a suspected escapee near the Benton-Washington county line, when Norman and several other officers were responded to the cal... - Hartville, OH Building Delays Settlement
Hartville, OH: (May-03-07) Dean Windham, owner of Noble Homes and Guardian Property Management, filed suit against Hartville village, alleging that his Noble Homes and Guardian Property suffered $2.6 million in damages, because village officials caused unnecessary delays in his Windham Bridge project. The suit contended that officials intentionally delayed... - Mohegan Sun Racetrack Property Assessment Taxes Settlement
Wiles-Barre, PA: (May-03-07) The Wilkes-Barre Area School District filed charges against Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs over a property assessment dispute regarding the value of s racetrack property. The suit filed with the courts in 2002, argued that the assessed value of the racetrack property, then owned by Pocono Downs L.P., was too low, giving the distri...