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Sort by relevance 7,406 pages found matching priest settlement- Clarksville Police Department Officer Discrimination and Retaliation Settlement
Clarkesville, TN: (Apr-08-07) Detective Travis Hisel, a Clarksville Police Officer filed suit in a US District Court in October 2004 against the city, alleging that he was retaliated against and denied promotion for filing a grievance against a superior for allegedly making a racial slur. A federal jury ruled in Hisel's favor after determining that he had... - University of Iowa Professor Severance Settlement
Des Moines, IA: (Apr-07-07) Kenneth Kress, 55, of Iowa City, a law professor at the University of Iowa, was accused of forging students' evaluations of his effectiveness as a teacher. The surveys were one of the tools used by the university to award pay raises to members of the faculty. Kress admitted to forging the surveys and in a recently released recor... - Otay Water District Employees Wrongful Dismissal Settlement
San Diego, CA: (Apr-07-07) Six former employees filed a lawsuit against the Otay Water District, accusing the it of racial discrimination when they lost their jobs in early 2001 with a scheme to be replaced by Latinos. The plaintiffs, Donna Bartlett-May, Clarence Cassens, James Clements, Michael Coleman, Mona Favorite-Hill, and Janice Tubiolo claimed they... - Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Female Firefighter Gender Harassment Settlement
Sacramento, CA: (Apr-07-07) An undisclosed female former employee brought a lawsuit against the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District, accusing more than a dozen firefighters, including five supervisors, of sexual harassment. The lawsuit alleged she was sexually assaulted by two of them. The men accused of sexual assault denied claims and allegations and... - Marilyn Miglin, Duke Migilin, and Dr. Dennis Gordon Cosmetic Company Investor Fraud Settlement
Chicago, IL: (Apr-07-07) Las Vegas attorney Jason Landess sued Marilyn Miglin, the 68-year-old widow of murdered real estate developer Lee Miglin, after their company, Advanced Medical Products, ran into losses. The dispute arose when Miglin invested $2.5 million for 25 percent ownership in Advanced Medical Products Inc., a company formed by Landess and a... - Allentown, PA Abortion Protesters Civil Rights Settlement
Allentown, PA: (Apr-06-07) Thirteen abortion protesters filed suit against the City of Allentown, alleging the city, under former Mayor Roy Afflerbach and former police chief Joseph Blackburn, had violated their constitutional right to demonstrate at the Union Boulevard clinic by having police cite them for loitering, trespassing and other offenses. The pr... - Jeff Wyler Hiring Gender Discrimination Settlement
Cincinnati, OH: (Apr-07-07) Thirty-nine plaintiffs filed suit against tri-state auto dealer Jeff Wyler, alleging that they had been passed over for car sales jobs because of their gender. The case stems from a series of complaints that the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received from about a dozen women who alleged that they had been discrimina... - Gynecare Intergel Linked To Pain, Tissue Adherence, and Internal Scarring
Apr-12-07 Chaska, MN Lawyers are investigating the possibility of filing lawsuits against Ethicon Inc., after a number of women were harmed by the use of Gynecare Intergel Adhesion Prevention Solution. The solution was used during gynecological surgery to protect tissue as it healed but in some cases it caused serious injury to patients. The United States Food... - April 2007 Big Pharma Litigation Update - Drugs (Part II)
Apr-12-07 Washington, DC: The anti-epileptic drug, Depakote (valproate), marketed by Abbott Laboratories, is one of the most heavily prescribed medications for off-label use. Experts say the evidence of harm caused by Depakote is just beginning to emerge. According to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania psychiatrist, Dr Stefan Kruszewski, a recognized expert on psychotropic... - Merced County, CA Female Officers Gender Discrimination Settlement
Merced County, CA: (Apr-06-07) A lawsuit was filed by five female officers against Sheriff Mark Pazin and Merced County alleging that the Sheriff discriminated against the female correctional officers. The suit sought $15 million and claimed the female officers were treated as second class citizens by the department and were denied certain shifts and break... - eDirectSoftware Unlicensed Software Settlement
Billings, MT: (Apr-05-07) Microsoft Corp. brought a civil lawsuit in US District Court in Billings against eDirectSoftware accusing it of selling unlicensed software to non-students at student discounts. The suit alleged that eDirectSoftware was guilty of software piracy as well as trademark and copyright law violations. eDirectSoftware officials admitted... - Town & Country Resort Hotel and Convention Center Illegal Parking Lot Settlement
Mission Valley, CA: (Apr-08-07) Town & Country Resort Hotel and Convention Center was charged by federal regulators with illegal construction of a parking lot next to the waterway. The suit began in November 2005 after a local environmentalist questioned the hotel's grading project for the parking lot, which is largely shielded from public view by trees an... - Dayton, OH Administrator Wrongful Settlement
Dayton, OH: (Apr-05-07) Susan Fisler Silberstein, a former Civil Service Board administrator, was fired in 2002 for criticizing the city's diversity plan. The plan attempted to bring more minorities and women into the fire department by awarding extra points on the civil service exam for military experience or participating in the fire department's apprent... - Hawaiian Government Employees Association Settlement
Honolulu, HI: (Apr-05-07) The Public Employers (the state and the four counties) and the Hawaiian Government Employees Association (HGEA) have reached a tentative agreement in their negotiations involving certain white and blue collared bargaining units representing nearly 26,000 state and county government employees. The settlement involves a 4 percent an... - IRI Golf Course Upgrades Settlement
Rockwall, TX: (Apr-05-07) The City of Rockwall filed a lawsuit against the golf course operator in 2006, accusing the company of not meeting existing standards contained in their lease agreement with the city. IRI Golf leases Dallas land from the City of Rockwall, on which a portion of the golf course is located. In an out of court settlement reached with... - Bransom Elementary School District Pricipal Wrongful Termination Settlement
Burleson, TX: (Apr-05-07) After Principal Justin Kirk was asked to leave Bransom Elementary School following a suspension without any cause, he requested a public hearing before the school board. Administrators suspended Kirk in January 2007 and the district agreed to pay Kirk a lump sum of $30,000 in a negotiated settlement. The settlement agreement sta... - First American Title Insurance Co. Real Estate Referral Settlement
Minneapolis, MN: (Apr-05-07) The Minnesota Department of Commerce sent enforcement letters to real estate agents alleging they participated in sham affiliated business arrangements with First American Title Insurance Co. Minnesota officials reached a settlement with First American on February 28, 2007 where the insurance company paid out $500,000. In a ser... - Florida Atlantic University Foundation Fundraiser Severance Settlement
Boca Raton, FL: (Apr-05-07) Florida Atlantic University (FAU) former chief fundraiser Lawrence Davenport, whose contract ran through 2011, resigned and reached a severance settlement with the school. Davenport wanted to be president of a university and felt that he should leave FAU before the school began a capital campaign, which could require up to a 5-y... - Jackson County Board of Education Property Damage Settlement
Jackson County, GA: (Apr-05-07) Following an Open Records request given to the Jackson County Board of Education by MainStreet Newspapers Inc., the County board declared the details in the Norman and Melissa Romans lawsuit against the county. A lawsuit filed by Norman and Melissa Romans claimed that their home and property was damaged due to the constructi... - East Bay Municipal Utility District Authority Pipeline Explosion Wrongful Death Settlement
Contra Costa, CA: (Apr-05-07) The Walnut Creek pipeline explosion in 2004 killed five men who were constructing a water main for the East Bay Municipal Utility District Authority. Matamoros Welding employee Israel Hernandez was one of the men killed. As companies involved in the explosion are settling lawsuits with the deceased's families, Hernandez' daug...