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Sort by relevance 7,406 pages found matching priest settlement- Bio Performance Fuel Pills False Advertising Settlement
Dallas, TX: With gasoline prices hitting record highs, Bio Performance aggressively marketed their green pills as a wonder-cure, repeatedly and falsely claiming that its fuel pills could improve vehicular fuel efficiency by as much as 30 percent while also reducing engine emissions by 50 percent. In May 2006, the Attorney General filed a lawsuit against... - Honolulu, HI et al. Inaccessible Housing Discrimination Settlement Fund
Washington, DC: The US Department of Housing and Urban Development's referral to the Justice Department brought about a lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the District of Hawaii, on defendants the City and County of Honolulu, Mecon Hawaii Limited, Yamasato, Fujiwara, Higa & Associates Inc., Hawaii Affordable Properties Inc., and R.M. Towill Corp... - High-Tech Magic Lucasfilm Patent Infringement Settlement
San Francisco, CA: In a court-approved settlement, William Osburn and his Maryland-based company, High-Tech Magic, have agreed to a $250,000 judgment in Lucasfilm's favor for illegally using Star Wars trademarks to manufacture and sell Lightsaber™ replicas. US District Judge Ronald M. Whyte of the Northern District of California, San Jose Division, pe... - Oklahoma City, OK Wrongful Conviction Settlement
Oklahoma City, OK: Jeffrey Todd Pierce sued police chemist Joyce Gilchrist, former Oklahoma County District Attorney Bob Macy, and the city in 2003 after results of a DNA test showed he did not rape a woman at an Oklahoma apartment complex in 1985. Gilchrist, who testified about DNA evidence at the trial, and Macy, whose office prosecuted him, both clai... - Quietflex Manufacturing Co. Employee Discrimination Settlement
Houston, TX: A lawsuit was filed by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against Quietflex Manufacturing Co. in January 2000 when the Hispanic workers walked off the job at the Houston air-conditioning duct maker. An investigation revealed that dozens of Hispanic workers wer... - Affinion Loyalty Group Patent Infringement Settlement
Richmond, VA: Affinion Loyalty Group (ALG), a pioneer in the loyalty industry, announced that it has settled its patent litigation with Maritz Inc. As part of the settlement, ALG has agreed to dismiss its patent infringement lawsuit filed in US District Court for the District of Delaware relating to ALG's portfolio of patents that broadly cover online i... - Bernardo Heights Country Club Lesbian Couple Discrimination Settlement
San Diego, CA: A lesbian couple, B. Birgit Koebke and Kendall French, filed a lawsuit against the Bernardo Heights Country Club that resulted in a landmark state Supreme Court ruling in 2005. Koebke and French alleged Bernardo Heights Country Club, located in Rancho Bernardo, violated state law and discriminated against them because of their sexual orie... - Diocese of Norwich Priest Alter Boy Abuse Settlement
Norwich, CT: Michael Nelligan accused Rev. Bruno Primavera of molesting him while Primavera served at St. Mark's Church in Westbrook, CT. Primavera was a visiting priest in the Diocese of Norwich from 1978 to 1980. Nelligan, now 44, was a 15-year-old altar boy at the time. Robert Reardon, Nelligan's attorney pointed out that the Diocese of Norwich had i... - Lexus of Serramonte Employee Gender Harassment Settlement
San Francisco, CA: In a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by five young women against a Colma auto dealer, a settlement was reached with the defendant agreeing to pay the women $375,000, without admitting wrongdoing. The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged that young female workers at Lexus of Serramonte suffered sexual, physical, and ver... - Exeter Police Department Secret Service False Arrest Settlement
Exeter, NH: William Slavoski, a US Secret Service agent, in charge of the Secret Service's Scranton office, who claimed he was falsely arrested by two Exeter borough police officers, has settled a federal lawsuit against the borough and officers for $125,000. The suit filed by Slavoski alleged he had been falsely charged by borough officers with simple... - Bayer Corporation Bayer Side Effects Settlement
Tallahassee, FL: Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum announced that Florida and 29 additional states have reached an $8 million settlement with Bayer Corporation, resolving an investigation into the marketing of a drug to lower cholesterol. The settlement was part of a consumer protection enforcement action initiated over concerns that Bayer failed... - Eli Lilly The Habitual Offender
Jan-25-07 Indianapolis, IN: The revelations that Eli Lilly concealed the side effects of Zyprexa and promoted the drug for unapproved uses is not newly discovered misconduct. It is a persistent pattern of conduct indicative of a nasty habit that needs breaking. After the secret company documents were leaked to the press last month by attorney, Jim Gottstein,... - WesTech Solutions Corp. Employee 401k Transactions Settlement
Salt Lake City, UT: The Labor Department sued Corona-based Internet services firm WesTech Solutions in 2005 after an investigation by the benefits administration unit. WesTech had allegedly been mixing employee contributions with the general corporate account and failing to deposit those contributions into the company's 401(k) plan. The owner of WesTech... - CPI Industries Toxic Gases Environmental Fine
Palo Alto, CA: CPI Industries was found guilty of storing 600 pounds of Potassium Cyanide and 4000 pounds of Nitric Acid on their property line next to Barron Park residents. Experts' claim that as little as 10mg of Potassium cyanide can cause a person to pass out and if left untreated it can lead to death within 20 minutes. CPI settled with the city of... - Colonie, NY Email Subpoena Civil Rights Settlement
Albany, NY: In 2003, two anonymous e-mailers alleged cronyism, misconduct, and mismanagement in Colonie's Department of Emergency Medical Services. The town of Colonie manufactured criminal subpoenas to unmask the authors of critical anonymous e-mails to the town supervisor. Paramedic Hugh Skerker was suspended by an arbitrator in early 2004 for dispatc... - Berkley Insurance Company et al. Vehicle Service Contract Class Action Settlement
La Jolla, CA: A class action lawsuit was filed against the companies alleging certain car dealers and retailers sold Vehicle Service Contracts insured by National Warranty Insurance Risk Retention Group that proved to be worthless as a result of a Ponzi scheme which led to National Warranty Insurance Risk Retention Group's inevitable and foreseeable ban... - CarFax Vehicle History Report Fraud Class Action Settlement
Fairfax, VA: A class action lawsuit was filed against CarFax for allegedly providing services which were unfair, false, deceptive, and materially misleading. The suit claimed the vehicle history report provider could not check accident reports in 23 states and that the company's information was only updated every six months, so consumers could not find... - Florida Death Row Inmate Wrongful Death Settlement
Jacksonville, FL: In 1987, at the age of 36, Frank Valdes was sentenced to death for the murder of a corrections officer at Glades Correctional Institution who was shot to death when Valdes and another man attempted to free an inmate in a prison van. While serving time, Valdes died on July 17, 1999 after being attacked at Florida State Prison by corre... - Epson InkJet Settlement Award Delayed
Jan-21-07 San Francisco, CA Consumers waiting for their Epson InkJet settlement award will have to wait a little while longer. According a notice at Epsonsettlement.com , "Appeals have been filed challenging the Judgment and order granting final approval of the Settlement and application for attorneys' fees, which were entered by the Court on October 23, 2006." ... - PPH and Fen-Phen: Some Lawsuits Settled
Jan-20-07 Savannah, GA Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH) is a serious lung disorder that can lead to heart failure and potentially death. There is no specific known cause of PPH; all that is known is that it causes increased pressure in the pulmonary artery and a decrease in the amount of blood entering the lungs. Although some lawsuits regarding fen-phen an...