Archive for April, 2007



Coleman Injured In Boating Accident (CBS 46 News Atlanta)

Monday 30 April 2007 @ 11:12 pm
ATLANTA (AP) -- Rod Coleman underwent surgery Monday to repair a ruptured right quadriceps that could keep the Atlanta Falcons' standout defensive tackle sidelined into September.



Flushing Geriatric Center Settles Discrimination Suit (Queens Chronicle)

Monday 30 April 2007 @ 11:06 pm
A geriatric center agreed Friday to pay $900,000 to settle a class, race and national origin discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.



Chino Latino settles EEOC bias suit over Hispanics (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

Monday 30 April 2007 @ 10:14 pm
The trendy nightspot Chino Latino has agreed to pay $325,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that alleged it mistreated its Hispanic employees. The restaurant, one of the stars of the Parasole Holdings chain that includes the Good Earth, Muffuletta, Figlio, Salut Bar Americain and Manny's Steakhouse, also must hire a Spanish-speaking ...



In imams’ airline case, a clash of rights, prejudice, security (The Christian Science Monitor)

Monday 30 April 2007 @ 6:14 pm

A lawsuit brought by six imams who were removed from a flight raises issues about other passengers voicing complaints.




Upstate family says deaths cause by talc exposure (WSTM-TV NBC 3)

Monday 30 April 2007 @ 5:05 pm
SYRACUSE, N.Y. Survivors of a 67-year-old cancer victim filed a lawsuit today against a mining company, claiming he was the third family member to die from a rare cancer contracted from exposure to asbestos-tainted talc.



Upstate family says deaths cause by talc exposure (WCAX 3)

Monday 30 April 2007 @ 4:56 pm

SYRACUSE, N.Y. Survivors of a 67-year-old cancer victim filed a lawsuit today against a mining company, claiming he was the third family member to die from a rare…




NY family says talc caused deaths (Sharewatch)

Monday 30 April 2007 @ 4:18 pm
The death of Donald Lozo in August 2005 from the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma "is a statistical improbability" unless he contracted it from exposure to talc while working for the Carbola Talc Mine east of Watertown, said Patrick Timmins, the attorney representing Lozo's estate.



NY Family Says Talc Caused Deaths (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Monday 30 April 2007 @ 4:16 pm
Relatives of a 67-year-old man filed a lawsuit Monday against a mining company after he became the third family member to die from a rare cancer he allegedly contracted from exposure to asbestos-tainted talc.



Ex-Post worker will get $75K to settle lawsuit (BizJournals)

Monday 30 April 2007 @ 3:25 pm

The Denver Newspaper Agency has agreed to pay $75,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit involving an employee fired when she was six months pregnant.




Conductor Sues Connecticut Orchestra Over Firing (Playbill Arts)

Monday 30 April 2007 @ 2:35 pm
Sidney Rothstein, the former conductor and music director of the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra in Connecticut, has filed a discrimination lawsuit against its board, claiming he was wrongly dismissed after suffering a stroke =, reports the AP.



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