“3 Hebrew Boys” Scammers Found Guilty by SC Jury
A federal jury found the “3 Hebrew Boys” namely Timothy McQueen, Joseph Brunson and Tony Pough guilty of fraud in a South Carolina Court. The men were accused of bilking investors out of $80 million dollars in various illegitimate schemes which carries heavy prison penalties and fines. The jury of four men and eight women [...]
$3 Million Dollar Settlement Awarded to Assault Victim Against KBR
Tracy Barker, the woman who sued Haliburton and several affiliates in May 2007 after she was sexually attacked by a state department employee was awarded 3 million dollars this week. Court records indicated that the woman was awarded the judgment of $2.93 million to settle her arbitration claim against the corporation. Barker was [...]
British Police Offer Settlement to Family of Slain Suspect
The family of a slain Brazilian man who was mistaken for a terrorist and shot has reached a settlement with the London Police department regarding the incident. Brazilian native Jean Charles de Menezes was killed July 22, 2005 by British Officers when they mistook the young man to be a suspect in terrorist attacks. This [...]
Danvers Mass. Explosions Prompt Residents to File Lawsuits
Danver Massachusetts residents Deborah Riva and Robert Corrieri are seeking to file a class action lawsuit against Covington, KY based Ashland Inc., who were responsible for a blast that damaged their property. Riva, who lost her home and Corrieri, whose boat was damaged, are heading litigation in a Salem Superior Court against a company that [...]
Craigslist Shielded Against Erotic Services Lawsuit
An Illinois based federal judge granted Craigslist a motion for a judgment over the website’s ex “erotic services” listing. Seeking financial award under the Communications Decency Act, Thomas Dart, the Sheriff of Cook County Illinois, filed a lawsuit against Craigslist alleging that its erotic services category helped perpetuate prostitution. Thomas Dart is seeking an injunction [...]
Million Dollar Verdict Upheld For McDonald Employee who was Strip Searched
A Louisville Kentucky appellate court upheld a ruling that awarded a fast food employee $6 million dollars after she was wrongfully strip searched and sexually assaulted. Victim Louise Ogborn, then 18, was forced to strip naked when someoen called the McDonald’s she was working at pretending to be a police officer. Ogborn received the call [...]
Man Wrongfully Imprisoned seeks Financial Restitution
A man who was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 27 years is seeking monetary compensation for his pain and suffering. Former inmate William Dillion is asking for a settlement in the upper millions of dollars for a conviction that landed him in a Brevard county correctional facility. Although DNA exonerated him from the 1981 murder [...]
Family Awarded $6.74 million for Fatal ADM Accident
A Decatur Illinois jury decided that agribusiness company Archer Daniels Midland Co. would pay wrongful death restitution to the family of a 26-year-old man who was killed at one of their plants. They awarded the grieving family $6.74 million dollars for the March 2007 death of Francisco Moreno Garcia this past Friday at the Macon [...]
Spinach Companies Sued by Wisconsin Woman after E. Coli Outbreak
85-year-old Jane Majeska of Fond du Lac, Wis. is suing California spinach growers and shippers after eating a tainted batch of the leafy green. The Spinach was riddled with E. Coli which killed three people and sickened 200 nationwide. In Jane’s Majeska case, she ended up on a ventilator and feeding tube after developing hemolytic [...]