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On December 7, 2004 the Hyundai Advance and the MSC Ilona were heading in opposite directions along the Pearl River Delta between Shenzhen and Shanghai. The two ships collided and the fuel storehouse of MSC Ilona leaked more than 1,200 tons of heavy oil into the river. The spill was 9 nautical miles long, 600 meters wide and seriously damaged the oceani... - Hoeganaes Corp. Smokestack Emissions Boater Settlement
Several boaters filed a lawsuit against the Cinnaminson metal powders manufacturing company claiming smokestack emissions damaged windshields on marina boats along the Delaware River in Delran and Riverside. Since 1997, more than 1,700 boaters had to replace and cover windshields known as Isenglas. Hoeganaes did not admit wrongdoing, but has agreed to pay... - Rabobank King City Deposit Interest Settlement
King City filed a lawsuit against the new owner of the former Community Bank of Central California regarding a financial dispute. The city deposited $4.4 million into the bank as a deposit, but Rabobank maintained the city put the money up as collateral for loans on a city downtown redevelopment project called Town Square. In a settlement agreement, the... - Edison Chouest Offshore Breach of Contract Settlement
The Port of Galveston filed a $91 million breach of contract lawsuit in February 2005 against the company. In 2000, Edison Chouest Offshore had signed a lease agreement to build a terminal on Pelican Island to support offshore energy activities. The project, dubbed C-Port Galveston, never started. The Port accused Edison Chouest of reneging on a multi... - Merck & Co. Inc. Vioxx Heart Attack Settlement
Gerald Barnett took Vioxx for 33 months before suffering a heart attack in September 2002. The former FBI agent filed a lawsuit against Merck for compensatory and punitive damages. A New Orleans jury ruled Merck was negligent for failing to adequately warn doctors about the risks associated with the drug. The jury also found that Merck knowingly misrepr... - Lake Compounce Amusement Park Drowning Death Settlement
On June 1, 2000 Deven Alexander was riding in an inner tube going down the "Lake Plunge" water slide when his tube flipped over and threw him into the lake. He died six days after the accident. Kyia Alexander filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the park on behalf of her 6-year-old son. The lawsuit claimed the park's owners, operators and employees we... - Gibraltar Design Matanzas High School Construction Settlement
Flagler County School Board filed an $11 million lawsuit against the design firm related to construction at the Matanzas High School. In March 2004, the construction of Matanzas was stopped after the facilities director and an architect discovered that engineering plans created by Gibraltar Design called for a flimsily built school. They noted the secon... - NVE Pharmaceuticals Stacker-2 Advertising Settlement
A lawsuit was filed against the company claiming it misled consumers by making false and misleading claims about the safety and effectiveness of its products. The lawsuit claimed NVE violated the New Jersey State Consumer Fraud Act through ads that exaggerated the benefits and minimized the risks of Stacker-2 and other Ephedra based supplements. The settl... - Warwick, RI Detective Wrongful Conviction Settlement
In 1989, detective Scott Hornoff was convicted of murdering Victoria Cushman. He spent six years in prison for allegedly killing his former lover until Todd Barry confessed to the murder in 2002. Hornoff was released from prison. He filed a lawsuit in Superior Court against the city of Warwick, seeking reinstatement to the city's police department. He a... - Government of Libya Pan Am Bankruptcy Settlement
On December 21, 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed and destroyed by Libyan terrorists over Lockerbie, Scotland. In the aftermath of the bombing, international air traffic declined; Pan Am filed for bankruptcy relief and the airline ceased operations in December 1991. The Government of Libya has agreed to pay a $30 million settlement to Pan Am's administr... - City of Fargo North Dakota State University Flood Damage Settlement
North Dakota State University sued the city after a storm flooded the Fargodome. The campus suffered heavy damage when rainfall runoff got into the dome and flowed through a steam tunnel that connects the dome to the university. Fargo's City Commission has approved a $2 million settlement. (Aug-15-06) [ WCCO NEWS ] Legal Help If you have a... - Wilson Borough Police Department Officer Brutality Settlement
On August 23, 2003 Brian Johnson was allegedly attacked and beaten by part-time police officer Gurshinder Martharu at Wilson Borough police headquarters. Johnson went to police headquarters with his sister to pick up his girlfriend, Kendyll Mimlitch, who had gone to the station to give a statement about an assault that occurred earlier in the day. As th... - US LEC Interstate Billing Settlement
Qwest Communications filed a lawsuit against the other telecommunications provider regarding intrastate and interstate access charges. The lawsuit claimed US LEC violated billing practices. Under the terms of the settlement, US LEC has agreed to purchase a certain amount of services from Qwest and pay $3 million in damages. (Aug-14-06) [ LOCAL TECH W... - Barton County Community College Wrongful Termination Settlement
For three years Jennifer Schartz was a non-tenured, part-time instructor and adviser to the student newspaper. In April 2004, despite recommendations from her supervisors and President Veldon Law, the school's trustees voted against renewing her contract. Schartz filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the college claiming she was dismissed in reta... - Jockeys Guild Paralyzed Jockey Settlement
In July of 2004, jockey Gary Birzer was riding Lil Bit of Rough when the thoroughbred made her move in the first turn at Mountaineer Racetrack & Gaming Resort. The 110-pound jockey was thrown headfirst into the dirt at 40 mph. Birzer broke his neck and was left permanently paralyzed from the chest down. The Jockey Guild usually pays $10 per race for an... - Katherine Louise Schoeffler Hansen Will Dispute Settlement
On November 8, 2003 Walter Sengenberger was on his death bed when he allegedly insisted his childhood friend write a will for him. Former Mayor Frank Duci obeyed and wrote a short will on a blank shopping list taken from his wife's purse. 84-year-old Sengenberger signed with an X. After Sengenberger's death, Hanson surfaces as an heir and took Duci to c... - Frank Murphy, the Anchorage Archdiocese, the Boston Archdiocese and the Missionary Society of Saint James the Apostle Priest Abuse Settlement
Five men filed a lawsuit against the former Anchorage Catholic priest claiming he sexually abused them as minors more than two decades ago. Murphy came to Anchorage in the 1960s, but left in 1985 as the archdiocese learned the police were investigating him for sexual misconduct. The suit was filed against, Frank Murphy, the Anchorage Archdiocese, the Bo... - Banca Popolare Italiana Parmalat Bankruptcy Settlement
Talk to a local bankruptcy lawyer right away! Parmalat SpA and Banca had filed lawsuits against one another related to the dairy company's corporate fraud scandal collapse in December 2003. Parmalat was seeking money in revocatory claims, which allow a company to recover money paid to creditors shortly before bankruptcy. Under the terms of the settl... - Toyota Motor Corporation Female Employee Gender Harassment Settlement
Sayaka Kobayashi worked as an assistant to Hideaki Otaka, who served as president and chief executive of Toyota Motor North America. Kobayashi filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the top executive claiming he made repeated unwanted sexual advances. She claimed Otaka arranged travel and office schedules so that they would be alone together, require... - AGE Refining Inc. HUBZone Contract Settlement
The United States Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the company for falsely certifying that it was in compliance with the provisions of the Historically Underutilized Business Zone Act of 1997. The program provides federal contracting preferences to small businesses and is administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration. AGE Refining...