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An antitrust class action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Francisco alleging the three memory-chip makers conspired to fix prices for dynamic random access memory. Hynix Semiconductor, Samsung and Infineon did not admit to any wrongdoing, but have agreed to pay a $161 million class action settlement. South Kor... - Universal Music Group Pay for Play Settlement
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer filed charges against the music producer for paying and giving gifts to radio stations in exchange for airplay of its artists. Universal Music wanted more airplay for its artists in return for outright bribes to radio station programmers in the form of vacations, electronics and tickets to music and sporting event... - State of Hawaii Youth Inmate Abuse Settlement
Three inmates at the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility filed a lawsuit over alleged lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender abuse. The plaintiffs claimed they were physically and emotionally abused by guards because of their sexual orientation. The state does not admit wrongdoing, but has agreed to a $625,000 settlement. The state must also create polic... - Merced County Deputy Attack Personal Injury Settlement
Jason Haugen was attending the county fair when two sheriff's deputies allegedly beat him brutally. In the process, Haugen's insulin pump was torn from his body. He filed a personal injury lawsuit against the county claiming the deputies were on steroids during the attack. Merced County has agreed to pay a $15,000 settlement. (May-07-06) [ ABC LOCA... - Whistleblower Mark Livingston Battles Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
May-10-06 Washington DC Attorney, Jason Zuckerman, says a positive result of the recent corporate scandals is the recognition of the value of whistleblowers in exposing fraud, corruption, and other wrongdoing within a company. As a result of a shift in the public's perception, he says, some whistleblowers are viewed as heroes for taking on powerful corporations lik... - Seattle Seahawks '12th Man' Slogan Trademark Settlement
Texas A&M University filed a lawsuit against the football team for allegedly using a '12th Man' slogan trademarked by the university. The Seahawks acknowledge Texas A&M's ownership rights in the mark and will continue to use the mark under license in connection with the Seahawks' operations, promotions and fan activities in the Pacific Northwest. The Se... - Amtrak Passenger Train Wrongful Death Settlement
On April 20, 2000 Rachel Marturello, 11, her sister, Rebecca, 14, and friend Zandra Lafley, 13, were walking on a railroad trestle in Kent, WA. They saw an Amtrak train approaching and tried to run and jump to safety. Rebecca got out of the way on time, but Rachel and Zandra were struck and killed by the passenger train. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Ap... - Highland Hospital Hispanic Housekeeper Discrimination Settlement
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against the institution on behalf of five hospital workers who are natives of Cuba and Puerto Rico. The lawsuit claimed Highland Hospital discriminated against its Hispanic housekeepers by subjecting them to rules requiring them to speak only English when they were in the hospital. Highlan... - The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. Terminal and Maturity Annuities Settlement
The Connecticut and New York Attorney Generals filed a lawsuit against the financial services and insurance company regarding the use of expense reimbursement agreements in its terminal and maturity funding group annuity line of business. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of plan sponsors that purchased terminal or maturity funding annuities between January... - Tenet HealthSystem Hahnemann, LLC C-Section Medical Malpractice Settlement
On February 21, 2003, at the age of 32, Rosalyn Patterson went into the Hahnemann University Hospital to give birth to her fourth child. She suffered massive brain damage from blood loss after undergoing an emergency Caesarean section. Her family filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the hospital claiming hospital staff grossly underestimated bloo... - Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. CEO Harry Yuen Shareholder Fraud Settlement
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit against the former Gemstar-TV Guide International CEO for his alleged role in a scheme to defraud shareholders. Yuen allegedly inflated revenues to boost stock and falsified company books. He was fired in 2003 from the Los Angeles' based media and technology company that develops, licenses, markets... - Conexant Systems Inc. DSL Patent Infringement Settlement
Texas Instruments Inc. and its rival communications chipmaker were in a legal dispute regarding patents for digital subscriber line, or DSL, technology. GlobespanVirata, which Conexant acquired in 2004, sued Texas Instruments for allegedly abusing the process for setting standards for ADSL technology. Texas Instruments countersued GlobespanVirata, alleg... - U.S. Department of Interior Crow Indian Trust Fund Settlement
In 2002, the Crow Indian tribe filed a lawsuit claiming the government had mismanaged its trust fund accounts from 1972 to 1992. The government settled without admitting liability and has agreed to pay the tribe a $10 million settlement. The money will be spent on social and educational needs as well as caring for and developing the reservation. (May-03... - Extendicare Homes Negligent Care Settlement
In 2002, Donald Burdick was admitted to Lakeside Nursing & Rehabilitation in Chippewa Falls after having heart surgery that left him paraplegic. Burdick developed bedsores after the nursing home did not follow proper care procedures. He filed a lawsuit against the nursing home for negligence in his care. Extendicare Homes agreed to pay Burdick a $2.75 m... - San Bernardino County and Deputy John Monaghan Suspect Wrongful Death Settlement
On February 9, 2003 reserve deputy John Monaghan was responding to a report of a burglary alarm. He spotted Jose Luis Perea driving slowly through the area and running a red light. Monaghan followed Perea, who got out of his truck and ran into a pallet yard. Monaghan fired his weapon at the suspect; two gunshots missed Perea, a third struck him in the n... - Microsoft Corp. Antitrust Class Action Settlement
Californian local government entities filed a class action lawsuit against the computer company for allegedly engaging in anticompetitive conduct and using its market power to overcharge members of the government class. The case was filed on behalf of San Francisco City and County and the City of Los Angeles, as well as the counties of Santa Clara, San... - Emergency Debt Relief Fraud Settlement
The state of Florida filed a lawsuit against the debt company for allegedly fraudulently claiming it could reduce consumers' payments to creditors by as much as 50 percent. Emergency Debt Relief charged an 18 percent monthly fee based on the consumer's total indebtedness and failed to negotiate the debt even after being paid by consumers. The debt compa... - Home Depot Inc. Employee Gender Discimination Settlement
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Seattle filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the home improvement company on behalf of a female former employee. The female employee worked as a kitchen designer at the Shoreline store and was allegedly subjected to gender discrimination and was terminated after eight years of satisfactory per... - Baltimore County Police Department Police Cruiser Wrongful Death Settlement
A multimillion-dollar wrongful death settlement was reached in the case of Bonnie Pappas, a 45-year-old woman killed in January when her car was hit by a police cruiser responding to a 911 call. Baltimore County Police department's criminal investigation unit found that at the time the accident occurred, the police officer who hit Pappas was drivin... - Avery County High School Basketball Coach Abuse Settlement
A North Carolina School Board has agreed to pay $5,100 to cover the medical expenses of a teenager who alleged that he had been sexually assaulted by older members of Avery County High School's basketball team while at a camp in Raleigh in 2003. The settlement relieves the coaches from admitting liability, a position maintained by the board of education...