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Sort by date 102 pages found matching taco bell- City of Chicago Police Eye Shooting Settlement
June 14, 1998 the city of Chicago was celebrating the victory of the Bulls basketball championship. Fifteen year old Francis Bell was riding in a car that suddenly made a U-turn. The car sped onto a sidewalk corner where 11 police officers were standing guard in case of any celebratory mayhem. The car struck one officer in the leg and three other officers... - Cash Advance? There’s an App for That
Mar-25-19 Washington, DC What, you may ask, does the Pay feature of the new smartphone app, Branch , have to do with excessive overdraft fee lawsuits ? The honest answer is maybe nothing. On the other hand, it may be next new frontier for an under-regulated cash advance/overdraft fee/ payday loan industry. Loan sharks and payday lenders have long been players... - Helicopter Crash Kills Two, while Victims of Another Settle Lawsuits
Jun-8-10 Midlothian, TX A helicopter crash involving an air ambulance claimed two lives earlier this month. It could have been worse: The helicopter was in the midst of a test flight and was carrying no patients. The Forth Worth Star-Telegram reported on Thursday that a Bell 222U helicopter recently acquired by CareFlite was on a maintenance flight on June... - AT&T Faces $1 Billion Overtime Lawsuit
Dec-16-09 San Francisco, CA Employees who have been misclassified as exempt from California overtime pay are fighting back and taking their employers to court. One lawsuit filed recently against a telecommunications giant alleges that the corporation violated California and federal overtime laws by improperly classifying employees as exempt from overtime pay. ... - Kappa Alpha Psi Hazing Wrongful Death Settlement
Cape Girardeau, MO: (Jul-11-07) Michael Davis died in February of 1994 after being beaten to death while pledging for Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity at Southeast Missouri State University. After being brutally beaten, his fraternity members stopped to get food at a Taco Bell directly across the street from a hospital, then drove the unconscious boy home and pu... - Settlements and Verdicts: Taco Bell.
An extra $11.8 million has been granted in interest to the two Michigan men who accused Taco Bell of stealing their talking Chihuahua advertising campaign. The ruling by a federal judge brings the total award to $41.9 million. Thomas Rinks and Joseph Shields sued the fast-food chain in 1998 over creative ownership of the mascot, and were awarded $30.1 m... - Tomato-Pepper Salmonella: Still Some Concerns
Sep-25-08 La Habra, CA Marie believes she suffered from salmonella food poisoning after eating both salmonella peppers and tomatoes. "Due to the fact that I'm a nurse I didn't go to a doctor," she says, "but what really troubles me is that my grandson frequents fast-food restaurants and they continually served tomatoes and peppers on almost everything." Marie... - I'll Have a Burger but hold the Salmonella Tomato
Jun-9-08 Rockville, MD On June 9, 2008 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a nationwide warning that a salmonellosis outbreak has been linked to certain raw red plum, red Roma, and red round tomatoes , and products containing these three kinds of tomatoes. The FDA advises consumers, retailers and restaurateurs to only eat, sell and/or serve cherr... - Essure Side Effects Lawsuit News and Legal Information
Essure is a birth control device intended to cause permanent sterility without surgery, marketed and distributed by Bayer Healthcare. Since its approval in 2002, the FDA has received thousands of complaints about Essure side effects. Essure lawsuits have multiplied, and the FDA has required a ”black box” warning since 2016. Bayer has now take... - No Breaks from Shamrock Foods, Breakfast Republic or Modesto Community Hospice
Jun-5-23 Santa Clara, CA Labor lawsuits, particularly wage and hour claims, have skyrocketed in the past decade. In fact, wage and hour claims are among the most common lawsuits that California employers face. For instance, Shamrock Foods Co. was hit with a meal and rest break violation in March; the popular eatery Breakfast Republic is facing several violations of... - Bicycle Helmets Recalled by Bell Sports
Washington, DC: Bell Sports, of Scotts Valley, CA, is recalling about 31,100 full-face bicycle helmets in the US and a further 2,500 in Canada because the plastic buckle that connects the chin straps can fail, causing the helmet to come off the wearer's head. This poses a head injury hazard to riders in the event of a fall. The firm has receiv... - Walt Disney Recalls Children's Watches
Washington, DC: Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, of Lake Buena Vista, FL, is recalling about 1,200 children's light-up watches because the watch battery current interacting with nickel in the watch's stainless steel back can cause skin irritation and/or burning sensations to children who are allergic to nickel. This recall involves Buzz Lightyear,... - Lead-Tainted Children's Cosmetics Accessory Bags Recalled
About 945,000 Bonne Bell Children's Cosmetics Accessory Bags are being recalled because the metal clasps on the handle of the accessory bags contain excessive levels of lead, which is toxic if ingested and can cause adverse health effects. The recalled accessory bags are made of plastic and have a zipper and carrying handle. The bags come with an assort... - Accounting IRS Payment, McGill, Power, Bell & Associates pays Lawrence Park Golf Club settlement for accounting errors
Erie, PA: (Oct-23-07) The Lawrence Park Golf Club brought charges against McGill, Power, Bell & Associates LLP, an accounting firm, claiming that an undetected financial problem cost the company $1.7 million. The club claimed audits performed by McGill, Power, Bell & Associates failed to show that money that was supposed to be funneled to the Internal Reve... - Bell Canada pay equity Settlement
Current and former telephone operators of Bell Canada, most of them women, have voted 95 percent in favor of a $104 million settlement to end a 14 year-old dispute -- covering the years 1993 to 1999 -- with The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada and Bell Canada over pay equity for 4,765 telephone operators. CEP filed its claim for p... - Somerset County Social Services Fatal Abuse Settlement
In October 2002, Carole Anne Quillen and her boyfriend, Christopher Allen, fatally abused Quillen's two year old girl, Whitney Williams. Allen was sentenced to 25 years in prison for child abuse resulting in death and Quillen was sentenced to a five year prison term for manslaughter. The father, Clark Bell, reported that his daughter was being abused at... - Settlements and Verdicts: Clackamas County, Oregon.
A $1.5 million settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed by fired deputy Carl Bell alleging racial discrimination. The suit charged that Bell was fired after complaining about racist comments made by his trainers and colleagues about him and others. (Oct-22-03) [ OREGONIAN ] Legal Help If you have a similar problem and would like to be co... - Claims against Xarelto Due to Be Tested in Court Again
May-28-17 New Orleans, LA On May 30, 2017, a courtroom in New Orleans will hear testimony for another major bell weather case involving the controversial blood thinner drug Xarelto and the late Sharyn Orr from Kenner, Louisiana. According to the statement of claim, Sharyn Orr’s family rushed her to a hospital emergency room in New Orleans on April 24, 2015. Th... - Fosamax and Femur Fractures: "A Terrible Ordeal"
Aug-17-12 Montreal, Quebec When Deborah J. (real name withheld) first started taking Fosamax, she had no idea how serious Fosamax side effects could be. It was not until after a seemingly minor incident eight years ago that she learned about the potential link between Fosamax and femur fractures. Now, Deborah believes that her broken leg was a Fosamax fracture,... - Open Pit Burn Exposure Echoes Asbestos Disease
Apr-22-11 Anaheim, CA Military personnel and contractors deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan have not only dealt with suicide bombers and enemy attacks; their own country has put their lives at risk by hiring defense contractors KBR and Halliburton (and some lesser contractors) to dispose of military waste by open pit burning , which exposed them to toxic fumes...