LAWSUITS NEWS & LEGAL INFORMATION
Search Results for
Sort by relevance 7,406 pages found matching priest settlement- Portland General Electric Commercial Overcharge Settlement
Rosemead, CA: (Mar-12-07) Southern California Edison (SCE), Pacific Gas and Electric, San Diego Gas & Electric, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), the California Electricity Oversight Board, the California Department of Water Resources Electric Power Fund, and the California Attorney General filed charges against Portland General Electric (... - Robert Eberhart, Jonathan Holzaepfel, and Thomas King Inflated Rent Settlement
Portsmouth, NH: (Mar-08-07) The US government filed a lawsuit stemming from allegations by a whistleblower that the doctors, Robert Eberhart, Jonathan Holzaepfel, and Thomas King received inflated rent payments from HealthSouth, which operated a sports medicine facility in return for patient referrals. Eberhart and Holzaepfel are both partners in the Seaco... - Carol Traina and Bari Wiggins MBC Investors Fraud Settlement
Miami, FL: (Mar-07-07) Carol Traina and Bari Wiggins entered guilty pleas before a United States District Judge in Miami, after the FBI ended their investigation of the viatical and life settlement company that showed conspiracy and securities fraud. According to the information, Mutual Benefits Corp. (MBC) sold investment interests in viatical and life se... - Delphi Automotive Systems LLC Company Commercial Claim
Phoenix, AZ: (Mar-12-07) A settlement was reached in a bankruptcy court in February 2007 between InPlay and Delphi under which InPlay was granted general unsecured non-priority claim against Delphi Automotive Systems, LLC in the amount of $7.5 million. InPlay Technologies, a developer and marketer of innovative, emerging technologies declared that it has s... - BP Plc OSHA Violations Fine
New York, NY: (Mar-07-07) BP came under a federal regulation probe after violating norms at its Toledo and Midwestern refineries. The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) had inspected the refinery in the wake of the March 2005 blast at BP's Texas City, TX, refinery which killed 15 people and injured 170 others. On April 24, 2006, OSHA i... - Oakland, FL Off-Duty Arrest Personal Injury Settlement
Pittsburgh, PA: (Mar-09-07) Deven Werling filed suit against the city in federal court alleging he was roughed up by a police sergeant at a hot dog shop in the city's neighborhood in October 2004. Werling claimed that he had been injured during the arrest. The sergeant who he named was later fired after investigations showed that he had contradicted hims... - Hertz Corp. Commercial Fraud Settlement
Tucson, AZ: (Mar-12-07) The Tucson Airport Authority filed charges against car rental company Hertz Corp over money not paid for fees due to Tucson International Airport following an audit by the authority that showed that Hertz had under-reported revenue from Aug. 1, 2002 to Dec. 31, 2005. The amount owed by Hertz was recorded as more than $593,000, but a... - Clear Channel Outdoor, Steen and CBS Illegal Advertising Settlement
Philadelphia, PA: (Mar-12-07) A lawsuit was filed by the Society Created to Reduce Urban Blight against outdoor advertisers, Clear Channel, Steen and CBS Outdoor, charging them with illegal billboards that violates citizens' constitutional rights and their rights under state law. They further alleged that the agreement between the city and the outdoor adve... - Time Warner Stock Inflation Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: (Mar-12-07) The University of California, Los Angeles filed charges against Time Warner, accusing it of being responsible for the loss of $550 million dollars in market value in university investments. The suit alleged that Time Warner company executives inflated the value of AOL stock before and after the merger of AOL and Time Warner by... - University of California Santa Cruz Environment Pollution Settlement
Santa Cruz, CA: (Mar-12-07) A lawsuit was filed in 2006 by the Coalition for Limiting University Expansion and later joined by the city of Santa Cruz against the University of California, Santa Cruz. The lawsuit accused the campus and its contractor of violating the federal Clean Water Act by allowing water polluted with sediment to migrate from several co... - Platinum Diversified Mining, Inc. Merger Agreement Settlement
Tucson, AZ: (Mar-08-07) A settlement was reached between Nord Resources Corporation and Platinum Diversified Mining (PDM) regarding lawsuits arising from the failure of a merger to close. The merger agreement contemplated the acquisition of Nord by PDM in an all-cash merger transaction which did not take place jeopardizing Nord's reputation. The settlement... - Alfa Vision Insurance Co. and Martha Miller Intoxicated Accident Wrongful Death Settlement
Columbia, OH: (Mar-06-07) Clay Greenplate was killed in a car accident after a head on collision with Martha Miller. Miller's tests confirmed that her blood-alcohol level was above the legal limit when her sport utility vehicle crossed into the path of Greenplate's vehicle. Miller was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to involuntary mansl... - Tekelec Service Interruption Settlement
Morrisville, NC: (Mar-07-07) Bouygues Telecom filed a lawsuit against Tekelec, a leading developer of high-performance network applications for next-generation fixed mobile and packet networks, arising from a 2004 service interruption that occurred in Bouygues' network. A settlement reached will include Tekelec providing $5 million in credits to Bouygues,... - US Department of Energy Nuclear Fuel Storage Settlement
Charlotte, NC: (Mar-06-07) In a litigation started by Duke Energy Carolinas against the US Department of Energy (DOE), the US Department of Justice reached a settlement ending the fuel dispute. The utility entered into a contract with the DOE in 1983 that provided for federal removal of used fuel from Duke's nuclear reactor sites beginning in 1998. Duke al... - Bruce Headley Inflated Horse Prices Settlement
San Diego, CA: (Mar-09-07) A fraud lawsuit was filed by Stonestreet Stables owner Jess Jackson against trainer Bruce Headley in San Diego County Superior Court. The lawsuit reached a settlement when Headley agreed to pay Jackson $900,000 to resolve claims. The suit also included Narvick International President Emmanuel de Seroux and bloodstock agents Brad... - Scott Sword and Catherine Doyle Pit Bulls Attack Personal Injury Settlement
Cary, NC: (Mar-09-07) Eleven-year-old Nicholas Foley spent 40 days in a hospital after he suffered near fatal and life-changing injuries after being mauled by three pit bulls in 2005. A lawsuit filed against dog owners Scott Sword and Catherine Doyle in McHenry County court reached settlement with Sword and Doyle agreeing to pay the boy $100,000. The amount... - Stockbroker Arbitration: When Class Action Lawsuits are Best
Mar-9-07 New York, NY: For cases in which individual investors have grievances with their stockbrokers, investors usually find that stockbroker arbitration is the best course of action. In fact, if an investor has signed an agreement to submit to arbitration he has no choice and must take his claim to arbitration. However, when there are large groups of inves... - Construction Companies Workers Compensation Settlement
New York, NY: (Mar-05-07) A construction worker who suffered a fall while on the job on elevated train tracks on the Brooklyn Queens Expressway in New York City, suffered several injuries including cervical and spinal cord damage, which necessitated two surgeries. The Queens resident was bedridden for several months as a result. Attorneys filed a case on b... - San Francisco, CA Police Promotion Discrimination Settlement
San Francisco, CA: (Mar-05-07) Eleven San Francisco police officers filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the Police Department passed over them while considering promotions, favoring less-qualified black candidates. The officers agreed to an out of court settlement of $1.6 million. Three officers who were part of the original suit have since been promoted... - Boy Scouts of America Wildfire Settlement
Salt Lake City, UT: (Mar-07-07) The state of Utah filed a lawsuit against the local chapter of the Boy Scouts of America over a wildfire that burned 14,200 acres of land near a campsite. The state alleged in its lawsuit that the wildfire started at a campsite where 17 Scouts, ages 12 to 14, were working on a wilderness-survival badge in the Uinta Mountains...