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Washington State has settled an $84,000 spyware lawsuit with Zhijian Chen, an Oregon man, who allegedly marketed bogus anti-spyware software called "spyware cleaner". Chen made thousands of dollars by sending e-mails and posting advertising meant to mislead the public into believing their computers were infected by a virus and that "spyware cleaner" co... - University of the Cumberlands Gay Student Expelled Settlement
Jason Johnson has reached a settlement with the University of the Cumberlands after being expelled for being gay. The University discovered that he was gay from a posting on his MySpace.com page and expelled him from the university stating that his sexual orientation violated a school policy. The university also planned to give the honor student f... - Hazle Township Quarry Closure Settlement
Lonzetta Trucking and Hazle Township settled a federal case regarding the closing of a quarry. While the settlement is for an undisclosed amount, Lonzetta Trucking had sought more than $1.5 million during the civil trial which accused the city of wrongfully closing the quarry in a manner that was "shocking to the conscience" and violated the civil right... - York County, PA INS Detainee Numbers Settlement
The United States Justice Department filed charges against the county for allegedly inflating claims to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) for housing INS detainees. York represented that the average daily population of York County Prison was 996 inmates, rather than 1,544 as the county reported separately to the state. The United States a... - USA Healthcare, Inc. Medicare Fraud Settlement
Charges were filed against the health care facility for allegedly overcharging Medicare. USA Healthcare was accused of failing to disclose on its cost reports that it did business with vendors that were related to it by common ownership or control. An outside consultant who formerly worked for USA Healthcare failed to file required reports with the gove... - Berlin Intermediate School Teacher Gender Harassment Settlement
Five former Berlin Intermediate School female teachers filed a lawsuit against the school claiming gender harassment and misconduct by vice principal Darrell Birckett during the 2003-2004 school year. The women claimed Birckett touched them, made suggestive gestures, told offensive jokes and made obscene statements. The Worcester County Board of Educati... - Meyer Material Inc. Construction Worker Wrongful Death Settlement
On September 9, 2002, 34-year-old Daniel Hupe was struck by a cement truck while working on a taxi-way at an Aurora Municipal Airport construction site. Hupe was taken to the Provena Mercy Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. Hupe's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the owner and operator of the cement truck. They have been awarded a $... - Yellow Pages Inc. Advertising Fraud Settlement
Between 2003 and 2004, Yellow Pages Inc. sent checks to thousands of businesses, schools and nonprofit organizations in 27 states throughout the US. Fine print on the checks' noted that once the checks were cashed, recipients were obligated to purchase one year of advertising for $179. Yellow Pages Inc. then used a collection firm to retrieve the fees a... - Microsoft and Autodesk z4 Technologies Patent Infringement Settlement
David Colvin, the founder of z4 Technologies, sued the two software companies in federal court, claiming they appropriated two of his antipiracy software patents with Microsoft's Office and Windows XP and Autodesk's AutoCad programs. A Texas Jury has ordered Microsoft to pay $115 million and Autodesk was required to pay $18 million in the patent infring... - PepsiCo Inc. Lead Soda Labels Settlement
The city of Los Angeles and the state of California filed a lawsuit against the beverage company for allegedly violating Proposition 65 by failing to warn consumers that labels contained lead. Pepsi bottled in Mexico is not supposed to be sold in Southern California as the labels can contain up to 45% lead. Some businesses bring Mexican imported Pepsi t... - Westra Construction Co. School Mold Settlement
In 2001, teachers and students from the new Chavez Elementary School filed a lawsuit against the building company for allegedly allowing mold to grow during construction. Plaintiffs reported suffering from asthma and other respiratory problems. After health conditions showed up, the school was closed, torn open, cleaned and reconstructed to rid classroo... - Drip Drip Drip - Paxil Info Leaks Out
Apr-25-06 Secrecy agreements in litigation hide information about defective products or a company's negligence, and sometimes go so far as to prohibit the parties from discussing that there ever was a lawsuit. Such is the case with Paxil and as a result, unwitting patients continued to take the drug long after its dangers were known to GlaxoSmithKline. Many lawsuit... - Ciminelli Services Corp. and RBS Excavating Laborer Wrongful Death Settlement
Kevin Campbell Auchter was a culinary student who worked as a demolition laborer for Ciminelli. On February 24, 2000 at the age of 22, Kevin was killed during the demolition of two silos at the Monterey Coal Co. in Albers. He was preparing a silo for implosion when a huge chunk of concrete jarred loose from within the silo and hit him. Kevin's father, T... - Hewlett-Packard Company Announces Recall of 85,000 Notebook Computer Batteries in the U.S.
April 20, 2006, Hewlett-Packard announced another Notebook battery recall due to risks of fire hazards and potential property damage. Over 15,000 batteries and 4,000 recalled batteries in the U.S. with L3 bar code label. October 14, 2005, Hewlett-Packard Company announced the recall of about 135,000 Notebook Computer Batteries world wide, with an esti... - New Haven Correctional Center Illegal Strip Search Settlement
A lawsuit was filed on behalf of 1,600 people arrested on minor charges who were allegedly illegally strip searched at the New Haven Correctional Center. From January 1998 through January 2001 a jail policy allowed full strip searches on everyone brought into the facility, regardless of the charges against them. During that same period, the state of Con... - San Francisco International Airport Immigrant Misconduct Settlement
San Francisco's federal court awarded Tsungai Tungwarara a $45,000 settlement of her lawsuit that alleged abuse and misconduct by airport immigration officials. At the age of 18, Tungwarara arrived in San Francisco from her native country of Zimbabwe to visit her mother. However, suspecting she had intentions of remaining in the U.S. illegally, im... - Lethal Defects Of Bjork-Shiley Heart Valve
Apr-24-06 An estimated 25 million Americans have one kind of medical implant or another. However an analysis of implant recalls over 10 years show that the average number of recalls per year was 40 and by 2001, the number rose to 117. The FDA regulates the implant industry, but many products reach the market with insufficient clinical testing, followed by very litt... - City of Wilkes-Barre Political Demotion Settlement
In December 2004, city fire Chief James Delaney Jr. brought forward a suit alleging that his demotion to captain earlier that year was politically motivated. Delaney claimed that his demotion was a direct result of his support for the former mayor of Wilkes-Barre, Tom McGroarty, who was defeated by Tom Leighton in the 2003 Democratic primary election. D... - GlaxoSmithKline Augmentin Antitrust Settlement
A multistate antitrust settlement has been reached with GlaxoSmithKline concerning the antibiotic drug Augmentin, that is sold to fight various types of bacteria in the body. It was alleged that GlaxoSmithKline fraudulently delayed generic competition. The total settlement is set at $3.5 million. (Apr-17-06) [ SUN HERALD ] Legal Help If yo... - Dydo Auto Sales Fraud Settlement
The Vermont attorney general's office has settled its case against Dydo Auto Sales and owner William J. Dydo Jr., who is alleged to have engaged in fraudulent activity contrary to the Vermont Consumer Fraud Act. Dydo will pay $90,000 in restitution and fines and will be prohibited from working in the auto sales or financing industry in Vermont for at le...