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Venice City Council approved a $370,000 settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by a man whose wife killed herself while in jail in 2003. Elizabeth Stebbins, a mother of two who suffered for years from alcoholism and depression, was found to have committed suicide in her prison cell on December 7, 2003. Her husband, Karl, claims Venice police... - Delaware County Pregnancy Gender Discrimination Settlement
Marissa Hurst, a female deputy for Delaware County, who began a gender discrimination suit with the Ohio Civil Rights Commission, has been awarded $150, 000 in wrongful dismissal damages. Hurst alleged that Sheriff Al Myers refused her request for light duty during pregnancy and fired her in July 2004, weeks after she gave birth. The settlement calls fo... - Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington Alter Boy Priest Molestation Settlement
Michael Gay of South Burlington filed a civil lawsuit against the church claiming he was molested as a child by a former priest. Gay sued the diocese on claims he was molested while he was an altar boy by former priest Edward Paquette in the 1970s. Bishop Salvatore Matano of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington has agreed to award Gay a $965,000 set... - Massachusetts Casualty Insurance Company Bad Faith Settlement
A Judgment, which is ultimately expected to be worth over $6 Million dollars, was entered on Friday, March 17, 2006, in the case of David Jay v. Massachusetts Casualty Insurance Company (nka Centre Life Insurance Company)("MCIC"), a subsidiary of Zurich Insurance, in the Stark County Court of Common Pleas, Stark County, Ohio (Case No. 2004 cv 00843) ... - Qualcomm Inc. and Flarion Technologies Inc. Merger Requirements Settlement
The Department of Justice filed civil antitrust charges against the two companies for allegedly violating pre-merger waiting period requirements. The Antitrust Division claimed Qualcomm obtained operational control in its acquisition in violation of government waiting periods required of merging companies. Under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, companies underg... - City of Espanola, NM Jailed Student Settlement
In August 2004, 8-year-old Jerry Trujillo was sent to the school counselor's office after he hit another child with a basketball. Jerry then allegedly went out of control and refused to return to class. The police were summoned; they handcuffed the third grader and took him to the city jail where he was dressed in an orange jumpsuit and placed in a hold... - EchoStar Communications Corp. Patent Infringement Settlement
TiVo Inc. filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the parent of the Dish satellite television provider. TiVo claimed EchoStar used its technology without license for the satellite company's own digital video recorders. A jury in the U.S. District Court in Marshall found that EchoStar had willfully infringed TiVo's patent to pause and rewind live telev... - Is Shelf Life Of Zicam Nasal Spray In Jeopardy?
Apr-17-06 On January 20, 2006, Matrixx Initiatives, Inc, the maker of Zicam cold remedy products , agreed to settle a class action lawsuit by paying out $12 million to 340 plaintiffs, who claim Zicam nasal spray permanently damaged their sense of smell, a condition known as anosmia. In the summer of 2005, Matrixx also settled the only lawsuit that has gone to trial,... - Accor North America Inc. Motel 6 Child Personal Injury Settlement
Accor North America Inc. has reached an undisclosed monetary settlement with Hitendra and Falguni Bhakta, the parents of a child who is alleged to have found and swallowed a used condom at the Motel 6 in Casper, Wyoming on May 26, 2003. It appears that the child, who was only two years of age at the time of the incident, was found choking on a used cond... - Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Medical Malpractice Cerebral Palsy Settlement
On July 4, 1999 Ms. Skokie was 38 weeks pregnant when she went to the hospital emergency room with complaints of unexplained bleeding and abdominal pain. The mother was released the next day as readings on the electronic fetal monitor were within normal limits. On July 13, she returned to Evanston Hospital with complaints of bleeding. After natural labor... - City of Los Angeles Teenager Wrongful Death Police Shooting Settlement
At 4 o'clock in the morning on February 6, 2005, in South Los Angeles, police officer Steven Garcia began chasing a stolen Toyota Camry. He believed the driver was intoxicated as the car was driving erratically. After a brief chase, the suspect backed the stolen car toward the police officer, who fired 10 shots. Seven bullets hit Devin Brown, who was only... - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Student Suicide Settlement
The parents of a young college student filed a $27 million lawsuit against Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) over the apparent suicide of their 19 year old daughter, Elizabeth Shin, have settled the case for an undisclosed amount. Shin died in a fire in her dormitory room in 2000, after making a series of suicidal threats. Toxicology resul... - Qwest Communications Employee Racial Discrimination Settlement
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against the telecommunications company on behalf of Hispanic employees in Portland. The lawsuit claimed Qwest denied promotions to Hispanic employees into management positions between 1998 and 2001. The company denied the allegations, but agreed to a $400,000 racial discrimination settlement. (Ap... - HealthHelp Inc. Employee Wrongful Termination Settlement
Three female employees from the radiology benefits management service company were allegedly told not to hire "Blacks or Jews." When the women refused and told their employer that they would not discriminate, they were all fired. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against HealthHelp alleging racial and religious discriminatio... - SoftwareOnline.com, Inc. Consumer Protection Violations Settlement
A lawsuit was filed against the company for allegedly misrepresenting the extent to which its InternetShield and Registry Cleaner products are necessary to prevent attacks from malicious Web sites and computers crashes. SoftwareOnline bombarded potential customers with pop-up ads and allegedly used deceptive billing practices. The company admitted to mult... - San Jose City Santa Clara County Land Dispute Settlement
Santa Clara County and San Jose city were in a legal feud over a 7,000 seat concert hall project at the county fairgrounds and development in North San Jose. San Jose originally sued Santa Clara to block the county's fairgrounds theater project. San Jose agreed to pay a $36.5 million settlement to Clara County who will use the money for a new state-of-the... - City Streets and Jake Aaron Strickland Drunk Driving Wrongful Death Settlement
After a Christmas Party in 2003, Julie Jones and her husband Brent Jones were headed home when they got into a head on collision. Jake Aaron Strickland had been drinking that night at City Streets bar and drove 70 mph the wrong way down a one-way street when he struck Jones' Chevrolet Tahoe. Brent Jones was killed in the accident. Julie and their twin c... - Cedars Bar and Grill Intoxicated Motorcycle Accident Wrongful Death Settlement
In December 2004, Austin Police Commander Shauna Jacobson and her husband Kurt Jacobson were drinking at the bar during a charity poker run. The intoxicated couple left the bar and was killed in a motorcycle accident. Their blood alcohol levels were more than three times the legal limit. Family members filed a $1 million wrongful death lawsuit. Cedars B... - Citigroup Inc. WorldCom Fraud Settlement
The University of California filed a lawsuit against the bank regarding its role in the 2002 collapse of WorldCom Inc. The university was an investor of WorldCom before it filed for bankruptcy in July 2002. The university claimed the former telecommunications analyst at Citigroup's Salomon Smith Barney unit issued unreasonably positive research reports... - UBS AG Copper Trading Scandal Settlement
Sumitomo Corp. filed a lawsuit against the bank relating to copper market transactions between 1995 and 1996. In 1996, Sumitomo's head copper trader Yasuo Hamanaka admitted running up losses of $2.6 billion in 10 years of unauthorized trading. UBS has agreed to pay Sumitomo an $86 million settlement related to the scandal. (Apr-07-06) [ MARKET WATCH...