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Chicago, IL: (Apr-25-07) Papst Licensing filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Minebea Co., Ltd., a multi-billion-dollar industrial company based in Tokyo, alleging that since 1997, Minebea tried to destroy Papst's licensing program. The lawsuit dealt with Papst Licensing's patents that cover motors and hard-disk drives found in virtually all persona... - Independence Blue Cross Data Analysts Unpaid Overtime Settlement
Philadelphia, PA: (Apr-26-07) Ninety-one Independence Blue Cross quality data analysts filed a lawsuit against the company, accusing it of not providing stipulated overtime pay. On Feb. 6, analyst Elizabeth McGraw filed a lawsuit on behalf of herself and colleagues in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court, alleging that in March 2006, the health insurer decided... - Traverse City, MI Development Property Settlement
Traverse City, MI: (Apr-25-07) As part of a settlement related to the Incochee Woods Development, the city is set to buy a Wayne Street property valued at more than $160,000. Wayne Street neighbors objected when developers proposed building a project entrance on the lot. The previous agreement between the city and developer would have allowed the property... - Eagle Copters Maintenance Ltd. and Maldivian Air Taxi Helicopter Crash Wrongful Death Settlement
Calgary, AB: (Apr-28-07) In a wrongful death lawsuit filed in Calgary Court of Queen's Bench by the survivors of Harry Chernetz, a settlement was reached with the dead man's family, and two of the companies sued over his death. Chernetz, 51, perished with nine others on Dec. 3, 1999, when their helicopter plunged into the Indian Ocean, near Rangali Island... - Sunny Health Nutrition Technology & Products and Sunny Sia HeightMax False Marketing Settlement
Riverview, FL: (Apr-28-07) The Federal Trade Commission filed charges against Sunny Health Nutrition Technology & Products and Sunny Sia as part of its clamp down on dietary supplement manufacturers who market with false claims. The suit claimed that Sunny Health Nutrition Technology & Products and Sunny Sia allegedly made false and unsubstantiated claims... - University of Georgia Athletes Sexual Assault Settlement
Macon, GA: (Apr-28-07) Tiffany Williams, a former University of Georgia student filed a $25 million sexual harassment lawsuit against the university, alleging she was sexually assaulted by former basketball player Steve Thomas and ex-football player Brandon Williams. Tiffany Williams claimed UGA officials were slow to respond to an alleged assault involvin... - Loma Linda Behavioral Medicine Center Medicare Fraud Whistleblower Settlement
Redlands, CA: (Apr-25-07) A federal lawsuit was filed, following a whistleblower's lead against the Loma Linda Behavioral Medicine Center, accusing it of fraudulently over billing federal health insurance programs. The allegations made against Loma Linda BMC in a lawsuit filed pursuant to the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act led to a settlement i... - Kentucky Fried Chicken Cancer Chemicals Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: (Apr-25-07) Kentucky Fried Chicken was among about a dozen companies sued in 2005 for allegedly failing to heed Proposition 65, a voter-passed 1986 measure that requires businesses to post warnings about dangerous chemicals. KFC was accused of failing to warn its customers that its potatoes contain a suspected cancer-causing chemical. In a... - Mt. Hood Chemical Corp. Pesticide Violations Penalty
Portland, OR: (Apr-25-07) The federal Environment Protection Agency filed charges against Mt. Hood Chemical following an investigation by inspectors, which revealed that Mt. Hood's Portland, OR facility had 31 alleged violations of the federal pesticide law (the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act or FIFRA). The EPA's inspection of the company... - Chevron Crude Oil Spill Settlement
Trenton, NJ: (Apr-25-07) New Jersey Attorney General Stuart Rabner filed charges against Chevron regarding the crude oil spill into the Arthur Kill that caused excessive damage to the oyster beds, which had already been decimated by pollution and over-fishing. The spill occurred on Feb. 13, 2006, when a barge was offloading crude oil at a Chevron facility... - Bally Total Fitness Religious Discrimination Settlement
Fresno, CA: (Apr-25-07) The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit against Bally Total Fitness on behalf of Sukdev "Devin" Singh Dhaliwal, a Sikh man who claimed that the gym denied him a job after asking if he was Muslim. The suit alleged Dhaliwal applied for a sales job with one of Bally's five Fresno fitness centers in 2004. An interviewe... - Judge Approves Final Terms of Improved National Pediatric Paxil Class Action Settlement - Consumers Get a Better Deal
Apr-27-07 Madison County, IL Madison County Associate Judge Ralph Mendelsohn today approved and amended the national pediatric Paxil class settlement which will provide more payment to people who paid for Paxil for use by a minor. The case was based on documents showing that GSK had determined that Paxil failed to out-perform placebo for depressed minors yet GSK rec... - US Department of Veterans Affairs Wiccan Emblem Settlement
Reno, NV: (Apr-24-07) Roberta Stewart filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Veterans Affairs, accusing them of not recognizing the Wiccan emblem as a religious marker in national cemeteries. Stewart filed the suit in November 2006 with several widows and others who said not recognizing the Wiccan symbol was unconstitutional. Her husband, Nevada Army... - Tallahassee, FL Wrongful Diagnosis Paraplegic Settlement
Tallahassee, FL: (Apr-24-07) Minouche Noel, now 19, was born with spina bifida. She was paralyzed before she turned two because she was misdiagnosed and wrongly treated with a surgery at the state's Children's Medical Services. In a settlement reached by the Florida House and the parents of Noel, the state of Florida agreed to pay $6 million to end the sev... - Blarney Pub and Grill Underage Drinking Fine
Dinkytown, MN: (Apr-24-07) The city filed charges against Blarney Pub and Grill, accusing it of serving alcohol to underage university hockey players after KMSP-TV provided undercover footage of the incident. The city accused the pub of serving alcohol to minors on four different occasions in 2005 as well as failing a compliance check in 2004. In a settlem... - Jerome Kaye and John Tertel Deceptive Hearing Aid Businesses Civil Penalties
Lancaster, PA: (Apr-24-07) Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett filed charges against Jerome Kaye with a primary place of business located at 2050 Columbia Ave, Lancaster, and John Tertel, doing business as The Hearing Advocate, 270 Park Place, Mahanoy City, accusing them of unfair and deceptive business practices in Pennsylvania. The suit claimed t... - Just For Feet Inc. Bankruptcy Shareholder Settlement
Birmingham, AL: (Apr-24-07) A shareholder lawsuit filed against former executives and directors of Just For Feet Inc. accused the company's former auditor and the estate of company founder, Harold Ruttenberg, of failing to file for bankruptcy in a timely manner, deciding instead to refinance debt. The shareholders alleged that the decision was influenced b... - Impac Mortgage Holding Inc. Derivative Actions Settlement
Irvine, CA: (Apr-24-07) A federal lawsuit filed against Impac Mortgage Holding Inc., a mortgage real estate investment trust, over federal and state derivative actions, reached settlement, dismissing all claims asserted against Impac's officers and directors, without prejudice. Impac did not admit to any wrongdoing, but agreed to pay up to $300,000 in lega... - Klickitat County, WA Tampered Evidence Civil Rights Settlement
Klickitat County, WA: (Apr-24-07) Ricky Spring filed a federal lawsuit against Klickitat County and two sheriff's deputies, Roy Brown and Frank Randall, claiming he was wrongly arrested for drug dealing. The suit was filed in 2005 and alleged a host of civil rights violations and other legal theories stemming from his arrest on drug charges in January 2000... - Portland Public Schools Custodian Contract Class Action Settlement
Portland, OR: (Apr-24-07) A class action lawsuit filed against the Portland Public School District, accused it of contracting out custodial work to save money amid financial turmoil. The suit alleged that the district violated Oregon State labor law when it hired Portland Habilitation Center workers to replace its union custodians despite union protests. T...