Archive for August, 2009
The Court of Appeals of Georgia recently had to determine whether Coweta County was immune from a lawsuit in which an inmate died from an exploding tractor tire. The court ruled that the county is not immune from suit, since the county had purchased the type of insurance which waived sovereign immunity under the applicable statute.
In McDuffie v. Coweta County, the estate of prisoner Terry Rhoades sued the county for wrongful death. Rhoades had been assigned to work ...
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In February 2008, an Imperial Sugar Co. refinery exploded in Port Wentworth which resulted in 14 deaths. The director of human resources for Imperial has testified that the CEO instructed her shortly after the explosion to downplay the role she played in safety procedures.
The Savannah Morning News has the story.
Deborah Haban, Imperial’s director of human resources, testified in a federal investigation that shortly after the explosion she told the company’s CEO, John Sheptor, that OSHA was likely to ...
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Chatham County State Court Judge Hermann Coolidge has scheduled hearings for September 10 in two lawsuits filed against Imperial Sugar.
The Savannah Morning News has the story.
The suits stem from a February 2008 fire at Imperial’s Port Wentworth plant which left fourteen dead and many more injured. Around 40 lawsuits have been filed against Imperial due to the fire.
The cases of Paul Seckinger and Shelathia Harvey are expected to test the waters of litigation before the other suits go ...
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The Illinois Attorney General filed suit against Wells Fargo last week for discriminatory and illegal mortgage lending practices against blacks and Latinos.
CNN.com has the story.
Lisa Madigan, the Attorney General of Illinois, believes that Wells Fargo has turned Latino and African-American communities into hotbeds of subprime lending. She stated that the high foreclosure rates in these communities are a direct consequence of the illegal practices committed by Wells Fargo. Madigan also alleged that white borrowers with equivalent incomes ...
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