A California construction worker who developed a highly aggressive form of cancer after exposure to asbestos has received $7.5 million in settlement of legal claims against six companies that manufactured or distributed asbestos-cement pipe, the law firm Weitz & Luxenberg, PC, today announced (docket number 153777, Butte County Superior Court, Chico, Calif.). The man, 57, [...]
Jan 27 2012 | Posted in
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that it has reached a settlement with E&B Giftware LLC (E&B), of Yonkers, N.Y., resolving CPSC staff allegations that E&B failed to report a defect with its fitness balls. In settling this matter, E&B has agreed to pay a civil penalty in the amount of $550,000. [...]
Dec 21 2011 | Posted in
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Henry Gordy International, Inc. (Henry Gordy), of Plainfield, N.J., has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $1,100,000. The penalty agreement has been provisionally accepted by the Commission (5–0). The settlement resolves CPSC staff’s allegations that Henry Gordy knowingly failed to report [...]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Bad Boy Enterprises, LLC of Natchez, Miss., has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $715,000. The penalty settlement agreement (pdf) has been provisionally accepted by the Commission. The settlement resolves CPSC staff allegations that Bad Boy Enterprises failed to immediately report, [...]
Sep 23 2011 | Posted in
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A recent personal injury case against CSX Transportation proves that you should consider your options carefully before accepting an offer to settle out of court. Richard Burden, who was a conductor employed by the company at the time, was severely injured during a fall in 2007 while dismounting a tank car. The incident took place [...]
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Winter Bee Inc. of Los Angeles, Calif., has agreed to a civil penalty of $200,000. The penalty settlement (pdf), which has been accepted provisionally by the Commission, provides that Winter Bee must pay $40,000 of the $200,000 penalty. The Commission agreed to suspend $160,000 of [...]
Dec 6 2010 | Posted in
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Over 95% of the eligible plaintiffs have accepted a settlement worth at least $625 million in compensation, which will result in the dismissal of their claims against the City of New York and its contractors for injuries they say they suffered from their work during the rescue, recovery and/or clean-up efforts after the terrorist attack [...]
Nov 22 2010 | Posted in
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Happy Days Children’s Wear, Inc., a company that operates three children’s clothing retail stores in Brooklyn and Queens, will pay $22,500 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission EEOC, the agency announced today. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Happy Days Children’s Wear fired a [...]
Nov 7 2010 | Posted in
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The Houston trial law firm Arnold & Itkin LLP is announcing a verdict of more than $4 million handed down late Thursday on behalf of a worker who suffered serious injuries after being thrown against a ship. A jury in Judge John Conery’s 16th Judicial District Court in St. Mary’s Parish, Louisiana, awarded $3.55 million [...]
Oct 5 2010 | Posted in
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ATLANTA, Sept. 30–On May 7, 2008, Jose Rivera was working as a painter on a residential construction site in Atlanta, Georgia when he opened what he thought was a closet door on the third floor and fell approximately 30 feet down an open elevator shaft that had no guardrails, barricades, or any other type of [...]
Sep 30 2010 | Posted in
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