Month: February 2018
LAWSUIT DEMANDS ‘FULL TRUTH’ ON IRAN’S COMPLICITY’ IN 9/11 ATTACKS
Monday, June 20, 2011
WASHINGTON — Iran has been accused of direct involvement in the Al Qaida suicide air strikes on New York and Washington in 2001.
The families of more than 3,000 victims of the Al Qaida attacks have filed suit in U.S. district court in New York that accused Iran of participation in the mass-casualty plot. The plaintiffs have called on the U.S. government to declassify documents that link the Teheran regime to air crashes on the World Trade Center and Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
“Today, nearly a decade after the attacks that took so many of our loved ones away, we believe the 9/11 families and the American people deserve to know the full truth about Iran’s complicity,” Thomas Mellon, the lead attorney for the plaintiffs, said.
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“Our experts, including three former 9/11 Commission staff members, have stated that the evidence is ‘clear and convincing’ that the Islamic Republic of Iran was involved in the 9/11 attacks,” Timothy Fleming, the lead investigative attorney, said.
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Iran has not presented a defense of the suit, and the district court clerk entered a default against Teheran. Havlish and the co-plaintiffs have asked the federal court to rule on the case.
“These families have waited nearly 10 years to hear the truth,” Pantazis said. “Under the scrutiny of a federal judge, hopefully this will be accomplished in the next few months.”
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Excerpts taken from World Tribune- please follow link to see complete article
http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2011/me_iran0757_06_20.asp
For more information on the lawsuit, see http://www.iran911case.com/
ISAIAH EVANS, ET AL. V. UNITED STATES PIPE & FOUNDRY
This case was filed in court against Defendants, Phelps Dodge Industries, Inc. (“PDI”), MW Custom Papers, LLC (“MWCP”), United States Pipe & Foundry Company, LLC (“USP”), FMC Corporation and United Defense, L.P. (“FMC/UDLP”), by individual property owners (“Plaintiffs”) alleging Defendants caused foundry waste materials and other pollution to be deposited upon their residential property (“Action”).
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AUBURN PRESIDENT, AD NAMED IN WRONGFUL TERMINATION SUIT
A former manager of Auburn University’s Tigers Unlimited ticket service filed a wrongful termination civil lawsuit against the university including the athletics department Wednesday.
The Auburn Board of Trustees and five key school officials, including university president Jay Gouge, athletics director Jay Jacobs and associate athletic directors David Benedict and Rich McGlynn, are named in the civil suit brought by Matt Davis, who was fired this February from his manager position at Tigers Unlimited.
“A lot of complaints are filed with their facts enough to just get it though (but) this a pretty detailed complaint,” Davis’ attorney Dennis Pantazis said in a Thursday afternoon phone interview with The Montgomery Advertiser.
MOVIE DEAL
It’s official!
There will be a movie made about Lilly Ledbetter and her fight for equal pay for women.
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 was the first law signed by President Obama. Now, filmmakers will make a movie showing how Lilly Ledbetter became an activist for equal pay for women. It began with Jon Goldfarb representing Ledbetter in her discrimination case in Gadsden, Alabama and a jury awarding a verdict of $3.8 million dollars.
Jon Goldfarb focuses on employee rights and civil rights.
DOLLAR GENERAL SETTLEMENT
Documents and Information
You have reached the Wanda Womack, et al vs. Dollar General webpage.
As of March 6, 2013, checks were mailed to all eligible class members from the Administrator’s office located in Tallahassee, Florida.
Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, the Claims Administrator will distribute to each Settlement Class Participant a Base Award based on her tenure (excluding periods as a Store Manager in a “Market Store”) (“Qualified Tenure’) during the class period (Feb 8, 2006 to April 1, 2012) as a proportion of the total Qualified Tenure of all Settlement Class Participants during the Class Period. Qualified Tenure will be calculated in increments of no less than one month (30 days), except for those who opted into the suit pursuant to the EPA, whose Qualified Tenure will be calculated based on length of service as a Store Manager from 2003 forward (and then again calculated as a proportion of the total Qualified Tenure of all Settlement Class Participants). This process will establish the pro rated share for all with at least one month’s (30 days) worth of Qualified Service to be applied against the funds designated for Base Awards by the Claims Administrator. The Base Award constitutes alleged back-pay and the Claims Administrator will adjust each award to withhold for applicable employee taxes and necessary government withholdings from the Base Award. (See Document 443 Pg 39 – 40).
For Non-Wage Damages Awards to Settlement Class Participants (Claims Form Award), the Claims Administrator will determine an appropriate allocation of non-wage damages among those Settlement Class Participants who are determined by the Claims Administrator to be eligible to receive a Non-Wage Damages Award. As to each Settlement Class Participant, each Non-Wage Damage Award shall be based on the information contained in the particular Settlement Class Participant’s claims form regarding alleged comparables, other types of claimed harm and verification of same, and Qualified Tenure during the Class Period. Qualified Tenure will be calculated in increments of no less than one month (30 days) except for those who opted into the suit pursuant to the EPA, whose Qualified Tenure will be based on length of service from 2003 forward. Non-Wage Damages Awards shall be subject to a cap of three (3) times the agreed-upon differential for each of the following two groups. For those promoted to the Store Manager position, the agreed-upon calendar year annual differential for settlement purposes is $710.00. For those hired into the Store Manager position, the agreed-upon calendar year annual differential for settlement purposes is $1,519.00. For Settlement Class Participants who worked less than a full year, the differential will be adjusted by dividing the number of months worked by 12 months, e.g., 6/12ths for a Settlement Class Participant who worked 6 months. These Non-Wage Damages Awards represent non-wage damages which are not subject to tax or government mandated withholding (meaning you will have to pay taxes on the amount you receive at the end of the year). The Non-Wage Damages Award shall be established prior to the setting of the Base Award funds for allocation per the methods set in Para. VIII A.1 (See Document 443 Pg 40-41).
If you have not received a check and feel that you should have, you will need to contact the Administrator’s office at 877-236-6515. If you received a check but have questions about your check (how it was calculated, certain withholdings, etc.), you will also need to contact the Administrator’s office at 877-236-6515. The Administrator’s office should be able to answer any and all questions you have regarding checks, as they are the office that prepared the data, processed it, cut and distributed the checks.
NOTICE OF CLASS ACTION, PROPOSED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, AND SETTLEMENT HEARING
CORRECTED THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT
ORDER APPROVING MODIFICATION OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
CLAIMS FORM TO SEEK AN ADDITIONAL AWARD FROM THE SETTLEMENT FUND
GENDER DISCRIMINATION & SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN SCHOOLS
Title IX provides no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program activity receiving federal financial assistance.
Title IX applies at all elementary and secondary schools, colleges and universities – public or private – that receive federal financial assistance. The protection includes all aspects of the educational programs and activities. It provides a means to combat sex discrimination, including gender based harassment, sexual harassment, and sexual violence.
Gender Discrimination
- Comparable Educational Opportunities
- Including college and career preparatory programs
- Right to Equal treatment
- Academics
- Extra circular activities
- Financial Aid
- Facilities
- Housing
- Admissions
- Rights of pregnant and parenting students
- Discipline
- Grading
- Vocational education
- Employment
- Athletics
- Sexual and Gender Based Harassment
- Bullying on based on gender/sex stereotypes
Sexual Harassment
The Supreme Court established that Title IX sexual harassment liability required a showing that a school official who, at a minimum, had the authority to address the alleged discrimination and to institute corrective measures, had actual knowledge of the alleged discrimination and responded with deliberate indifference. In Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School Dist., 524 U.S. 274, 118 S. Ct. 1989, 141 L. Ed. 2d 277, 125 Ed. Law Rep. 1055, 158 A.L.R. Fed. 751 (1998)
- Teacher on student sex abuse
- Student on student sex abuse
NAMED TO TOP EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS FOR 2012
Congratulations to Jon Goldfarb, Candis McGowan, and Abby Richardson for being named to eBoss’s Nationwide List of Top Employment Lawyers 2012.
We are very proud of both of them all!
$3.2 MILLION DOLLAR VERDICT – SEXUAL HARASSMENT, RETALIATION VERDICT
Jean-Baptiste v. D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation
On August 10, 2012, Jon Goldfarb and Abby Richardson completed a week-long trial against the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation regarding the sexual harassment and retaliation claims of a single plaintiff, a former lifeguard. The plaintiff alleged she was consistently sexually harassed by her supervisor and complained to multiple managers over the course of several months about the harassment, all of whom refused to take any corrective action. When the plaintiff put her complaint in writing, she was fired three days later. The jury awarded the plaintiff $3.5 million in compensatory damages. The amount of backpay and the type of injunctive relief to which the Plaintiff is entitled is yet to be determined by the Court.
Please see more about it in the Washington Post
GENERAL MOTORS IGNITION SWITCH DEFECT
General Motors Co. issued a recall of 1.6 million vehicles because of an ignition design defect. The GM ignition defect has led to lawsuits alleging wrongful death as well as diminution (decrease) in value of vehicles.
Models identified as having the GM ignition switch defect include:
- 2005-2010 Chevrolet Cobalts;
- 2006-2007 HHRs;
- 2006-2007 Pontiac Solctice;
- 2005-2007 Pontiac G5;
- 2003-2007 Saturn Ion;
- 2007 Saturn Sky models.
Presently, attorneys at Wiggins and Childs are representing more than thirty-five (35) Plaintiffs nationwide and are continuing to investigate. For more information contact Greg Wiggins by phone (205) 314-0542 or by email gwiggins@wcqp.com.
Presently representing Plaintiffs in the following states:
Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Lousiana, Maryland, Missouri, Minnesota, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Washington DC
No representation is made that the quality of the legal services to be performed is greater than the quality of legal services performed by other lawyers.
NOTICE OF RIGHT TO JOIN COLLECTIVE ACTION IN HOPE M. CARR, ET AL, V. AUTOZONERS, LLC, ET AL
All individuals who currently hold or previously held the position of Store Manager with AutoZone
excluding those store managers from California and Puerto Rico from February 27, 2012 to the present and all individuals who were employed as Store Managers from July 16, 2008 to February 27, 2012, who filed opt-in consents in the case of Michael L. Taylor v. AutoZone, Inc., Case No.: 3:10-cv-08125-FJM in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
The purpose of this Notice is (1) to inform you of the existence of a lawsuit; (2) to advise you of how your rights may be affected by this lawsuit; and (3) to instruct you on the procedure for joining this lawsuit, should you choose to do so.
This lawsuit is brought as a collective action against AutoZoners, LLC and AutoZone Stores, Inc.
(“Defendants”) by Hope M. Carr, Dwight Bryant, Jr., Allen S. Mobley, Jr., Mark W. Clark, Jr., and Paul Loy, who are current and former Store Managers of AutoZone (“Plaintiffs”). Plaintiffs allege that they and other similarly situated Store Managers, regularly worked in excess of 40 hours per week, were classified as “exempt” employees, and were not paid overtime for hours worked in excess of 40 per week. Plaintiffs all claim that these practices are a result of a common policy of AutoZone, that these practices violate the FLSA and that these alleged violations are willful. Since the filing of the lawsuit by the Plaintiffs, 53 other Store Managers have joined the lawsuit.
Defendants deny all of Plaintiffs’ allegations. The Court has not ruled on the validity of the Plaintiffs’ claims or Defendant’s denials. To learn more, please read the NOTICE OF PENDING FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT LAWSUIT
If you are or have been employed by AutoZoners, LLC or AutoZone Stores, Inc. as a Store Manager
(excluding those store managers from California or Puerto Rico) at any time from February 27, 2012 to the present and wish to join this lawsuit, you must sign, date, and mail the attached Consent to Join Collective Action Formno later than October 4, 2017. You may submit the Consent form by mail to Carr, et al. v. AutoZone Stores, Inc., et al., c/o Simpluris, Inc., P.O. Box 26170, Santa Ana, CA 92799.
If you were employed as a Store Manager at any time from July 16, 2008 to February 27, 2012 and filed an opt-in consent in the case of Michael Taylor v. Autozone, Inc., Case No.: 3:10-cv-08215-FJM in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, and wish to join this lawsuit, you must sign, date and mail the attached Consent to Join Collective Action Form no later than October 4, 2017. You may submit the Consent form by mail to Carr, et al. v. AutoZone Stores, Inc., et al., c/o Simpluris, Inc., P.O. Box 26170, Santa Ana, CA 92799.
IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS
Download Notice
Download Consent to Join Form
Download Certification Order
Download Complaint