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| | Transocean, the owner of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig that exploded, killed 11 workers and caused one of the largest environmental disasters in U.S. history, said in SEC filings Friday that 2010 was “the best year in safety performance in our company’s history,” which meant top executives were granted bonuses reflecting those results. Click on the headline to read more. | | Upcoming Seminars & Events. | |
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| | Jury Awards $450,000 in Discrimination Lawsuit | |
| | ****Correction: Suit occurred in North Carolina, not Arkansas as stated in 4/7 Eclips**** A North Carolina jury awarded $450,000 in compensatory damages to a local woman who claimed she was fired from her job at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. plant in Fayetteville, N.C., because of her race and gender. The jury, however, found that she was not discriminated against, but ruled that she was fired for complaining about discrimination. The jury declined to award punitive damages. Drew Brooks, Fayetteville Observer 04/06/2011 | | Read Article: Fayetteville Observer | | U.S. Government Settles Suit over Illegal Immigrant's Death | |
| | The federal government will pay $1.95 million to settle a lawsuit over the death of an illegal immigrant from penile cancer who was untreated for more than a year while being held in state and federal custody. According to the lawsuit, in 2005, a California doctor noticed a growth on his penis while he was in state custody, but a biopsy was never done. When he was transferred to federal custody in 2007, he was only given pain pills and fresh boxer shorts, the suit contends. The family was also awarded $1.73 million in a separate but similar suit filed against the state of California. Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle 04/08/2011 | | Read Article: San Francisco Chronicle | | Brain Injury from High School Football Prompts Suit | |
| | A former high school football player in Pittsburgh has filed a lawsuit against the Highlands School District over permanent brain damage sustained from football collisions. The plaintiff claims he was "improperly sent back into games after violent, damaging collisions" during the 2007 football season. Since that time, the plaintiff said he has experienced hot flashes, depression, insomnia, nausea, dry heaves and vomiting. Vivian Nereim, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 04/08/2011 | | Read Article: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | | Labor Broker Abused Workers, Suit Says | |
| | The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit against a Texas labor broker, Henry's Turkey Service, over alleged abusive treatment of 31 male mentally retarded workers. The suit claims the men were subjected to "derogatory and humiliating name-calling based on their disability" and were beaten by their caretakers. The lawsuit seeks unspecified back pay as well as compensation for the men’s expenses related to relocation, job searches and medical treatment. Clark Kauffman, DesMoines Register 04/06/2011 | | Read Article: DesMoines Register | |
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