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______ $73,000 - Legal Malpractice Legal Malpractice - Failure To File Answer - Class Action - Professional Services - Malpractice
Facts: Plaintiffs were a group of employees laid off by their employer. Defendant attorneys represented the plaintiffs in a class action suit against their employer and union for severance pay. A motion for summary judgment was filed in Federal Court but was never answered by defendant attorneys. The motion was granted. The case was appealed but ultimately lost.

Plaintif...
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______ $16,000,000 settlement from CSX; directed verdict for remaining defendants. See Editor's Note. - Railroad Train Derailment - Burning Bleach - Area Evacuated - Settlement
Facts: Defendant CSX's 44 car freight train derailed near Miamisburg. White phosphorus bleach being transported in a tank car released and spontaneously ignited. The resulting fire burned 4 days and caused a drifting plume of smoke. Plaintiffs (nearby homeowners and renters) experienced losses or damages as a result of displacement following the derailment. Defendant Union Tank Car man...
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______ $1,500,000 for class members. See Editor's Note. - Toxic Exposure Class Action - Toxic Exposure - Office Building Air Quality - Premises Liability - Settlement
Facts: Plaintiffs, 700 men and women, were employees of Hamilton County. They worked in a building owned by Defendant A & D Partnership. Over a period of five to six years plaintiffs developed upper respiratory infections, headaches, fatigue and sinus problems resulting in mild to permanent disability. Plaintiff brought this "sick building" class action suit against defendant.

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______ $248 million See Editor's Note. - Contract Insurance Contract - Indemnification/defense Costs - Insurance - Indemnification
Facts: Plaintiff Dow Corning manufactured and sold breast implants and, over a period of 30 years, had insurance contracts with defendant insurance companies to cover liability and defense costs in breast implant litigation. Having lost a class action suit, plaintiff paid substantial amounts in settlements and judgments to implant recipients. Consequently, plaintiff brought this suit seekin...
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______ $2,153,000 plus $717,000 attorney fees as to City of Detroit and DOT. Defense verdict as to Polk. - Public Transportation Public Transportation - Wheelchair Lifts Not Maintained - Municipal Liability
Facts: Plaintiffs joined in a class action suit as handicapped persons using wheelchairs who were unable to board Defendant City of Detroit buses. Allegedly the wheelchair lifts on 243 of 589 city buses were not properly maintained and therefore could not be used. Plaintiffs demanded the defendants repair and utilize the wheelchair lifts but the defendants refused to make the repairs.
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______ Approximately $192,500,000. See Editor's Note. - Discrimination Employment - Race - Discrimination - Employment - Settlement
Facts: Plaintiffs, who were black employees, brought a class action suit against Defendant Coca Cola Company for race discrimination regarding promotions, compensation and performance evaluations. The class period covered April 22,1995 through June 14, 2000 and included approximately 2,000 current and former employees.

Plaintiffs alleged that they had been discriminated agai...
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______ In excess of $1,000,000 and service credit adjustments of 60 to 90 days per pregnancy based on amount of time acutally deducted. See Editor's Note. - Discrimination Discrimination - Pregnancy Leave - Class Action - Employment - Settlement
Facts: This was a class action suit in which plaintiffs, approximately 476 females, were employees of Defendant Cincinnati Bell. The class members were employed as of January 1, 1995, when enhanced early retirement plans were offered by defendant. Plaintiffs had taken maternity leave prior to April 29, 1979 and were not given service credit for their time on leave. A subclass of approximate...
- from The Ohio Trial Reporter (123739) Login for Class Action Verdict
______ $21,500,000. See Editor's Note. - Toxic Exposure Class Action - Toxic Exposure - Explosion - Settlement
Facts: Plaintiffs were 12,000 to 15,000 residents of Elyria who lived within a designated geographic area. On August 27, 1993, an explosion occurred at defendant's chemical plant which was located in Elyria. The explosion created a mist which contained hydrochloric acid. Following the explosion, approximately 10,000 people were evacuated.

Plaintiff residents alleged that th...
- from The Ohio Trial Reporter (123927) Login for Class Action Verdict
______ $1,500,000 - Nuisance Pollution Nuisance - Steel Factory - Particulates/odors - Settlement
Facts: Plaintiff homeowners brought a class action suit against Defendant Rouge Steel for odors and particulate emitted from its Melvindale industrial facility. There were three classes of complainants: the eight original homeowners; all single family homeowners within a 1.5 mile perimeter of the defendant's facility; and all persons who benefited from cessation of defendant's pollution. - from The Georgia Trial Reporter (115778) Login for Class Action Verdict
______ In excess of $3,000,000. See Editor's Note. - Contract Class Action - Contract - Season Tickets - Settlement
Facts: Plaintiff class members were the 12,000 individuals who had purchased 1995 season tickets for Defendant Cleveland Browns football. There were 40,000 season tickets sold for the 1995 season. Defendant announced that year that the team would relocate to Baltimore for the 1996 season.

Plaintiffs alleged that the "right of first refusal" for 1996 season tickets was part o...
- from The Ohio Trial Reporter (124834) Login for Class Action Verdict
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