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An Illinois bicycle company has agreed to a $1.1 million settlement regarding injuries caused by defects in its Mongoose and Roadmaster bikes. (Sep-23-03) Legal Help If you have a similar problem and would like to be contacted by a lawyer at no obligation, please click the link below to submit your complaint. ... - Settlements and Verdicts: Microsoft
MSfreePC.com is a website that has been set up to help MIcrosoft customers process claim and receive an "instant settlement" of $100 to purchase computer products, as part of the $1.1 billion antitrust settlement Microsoft has agreed to. [ SETTLEMENT WEBSITE] Legal Help If you have a similar problem and would like to be contacted by a lawyer at... - Settlements and Verdicts: AOL Time Warner Inc
Under a proposed settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, AOL will have to make it easier for customers to cancel their subscriptions. The FTC had accused AOL of hassling subscribers who cancelled their subscriptions, and continued to bill customers who thought they had cancelled the service. (Sep-23-03) [ PRESS RELEASE ] [ REUTERS ] Legal Hel... - Settlements and Verdicts: Jimmy Williams
will receive a $750,000 settlement after he spent 10 years in jail for a rape he didn't commit. (Sep-23-03) [ NEWS 5 ] Legal Help If you have a similar problem and would like to be contacted by a lawyer at no obligation, please click the link below to submit your complaint. ... - Settlements and Verdicts: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
A $990,000 settlement has been reached in the whistleblower lawsuit filed on behalf of Michelle Doggett. Doggett claimed that the lab retaliated against her after she exposed financial mismanagement in her department, the lab's energy, manufacturing and transportation division. The settlement is believed to be one of the largest for a whistleblower in t... - Settlements and Verdicts: Nike Inc.
A $1.5 million settlement has been reached in the free-speech lawsuit filed filed in 1998 claiming that the company lied in their public relations campaign refuting accusations of dire workplace conditions in Asian factories. The company claimed that they were truthful in the campaign, and that it was protected by the first amendment of the US constitutio... - Settlements and Verdicts: New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services.
$24.5 million dollars in extra funding will be spent by New Jersey state on its DYFS under the terms of a settlement agreement. The suit, filed in 1999 by Children's Rights Inc., alleged that the department violated the civil rights of children in foster care by leaving them at risk for abuse and neglect. The agency will also have to verify that all 12,... - Settlements and Verdicts: Bozeman School District in Montana.
A $160,000 settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed against the Bozeman School District in Montana. The suit was filed by the family of Kelly Morgan who was killed in a drunk driving accident following the 2000 homecoming dance. The parents claimed that there was lax supervision on the part of the school, stating that the boy who drove the car, Br... - Settlements and Verdicts: City of Philadelphia et al.
A $1.05 million settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed by former West Point cadet Kevin Galligan in regards to injuries he suffered when a railing collapsed at Veterans Stadium almost five years ago. The suit was filed against the city of Philadelphia, Hussey Seating Company of North Berwick, Maine who installed the handrails, and Contemporary... - Settlements and Verdicts: J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup.
A $236 million settlement has been reached between the Securities and Exchange Commission and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup, the nation's two largest banks. The Commission charged the banks with helping Enron Corp. to hide debts and defraud investors. In addition, the banks have agreed to pay New York City and New York state $50 million to sett... - Settlements and Verdicts: Aviation Charter Inc.
A $25 million insurance settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed against Aviation Charter Inc. of Eden Prairie, Minn., and its affiliated companies. The suit was filed in regards to the crash of a twin-engine Beechcraft King Air A100 as it approached Eveleth-Virginia Municipal Airport on October 25, 2002. Six passengers were killed in the crash, i... - Settlements and Verdicts: Libya.
A settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed on behalf of the families of 270 people who were killed in the 1988 bombing of a Pam Am jetliner. Under the terms of settlement, a $2.7 billion fund will be established by the Libyan government to compensate the families, who would receive at least $5 million each. The terror attack occurred over Scotla... - Settlements and Verdicts: Tenet Healthcare Corp.
A $54 million settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed against Tenet Healthcare Corp, Redding Medical Center and Tenet HealthSystems Hospitals Inc. The suit was filed by the federal government, claiming that two doctors had performed unnecessary heart procedures. The settlement will cover all unnecessary heart procedures allegedly performed at Red... - Settlements and Verdicts: General Electric Co.
A $1.4 million settlement has been reached in the state lawsuit against General Electric Co. claiming that the company had engaged in deceptive practices. New York's Attorney General Eliot Spitzer filed the suit in March 2000 claiming that GE had deceived thousands of consumers into buying a new dishwasher when they concealed that recalled models could be... - Settlements and Verdicts: Transportation Security Administration.
A settlement has been reached in the racial profiling lawsuit filed against the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on behalf of naturalized American Bob Rajcoomar who was illegally detained by Federal Air Marshals. The Marshals claimed that Rajcoomar, a Guyana-born ethnic Asian Indian and retired U.S. Army physician, was "watching too closely" w... - Settlements and Verdicts: Equifax.
A $250,000 settlement has been reached between credit bureau Equifax and the Federal Trade Commission to resolve charges that the company did not do enough to answer calls from consumers inquiring about their credit reports. The actions listed in the charges were in violation of an earlier settlement between Equifax and the Commission that was reached in... - Settlements and Verdicts: Medco Health Solutions.
A $42.5 million settlement has been reached and granted preliminary approval in a series of ERISA-related class-action lawsuits filed against Medco Health Solutions. Eligible class members in the suits include ERISA plans for which Medco Health has administered a pharmacy benefit at any time since Dec. 17, 1994. The hearing to approve the settlement will... - Settlements and Verdicts: Household/Beneficial.
Notices will be sent to an estimated 2,150 Household Finance and Beneficial Finance borrowers in Maine of their eligibility to share in the state's $1.6 million settlement with Household International. Under the terms of settlement, all those who took out mortgage loans from Household or Beneficial from January 1999 through September 2002 will be sent for... - Settlements and Verdicts: City of McKinney, TX.
A $1.45 million settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed against the city of McKinney, TX regarding an accidental police shooting. The suit was filed by the family of Cathey Jo Howard-Kalimah who was accidentally shot and killed in her home on June 5, 2001 by Officer Joyce VanDertuin. Howard-Kalimah was mistaken for an intruder when she was shot,... - Settlements and Verdicts: Summit County, Ohio.
A $250,000 settlement has been reached in the discrimination lawsuit filed against Summit County, Ohio on behalf of Harold V. Dixon Jr. of Akron who alleged he was fired without cause after 22 years of service. Dixon, an attorney, claimed he was discriminated against because he is paralyzed from the neck down. (Aug-02-03) [ BEACON JOURNAL ] Legal H...