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• School District Discrimination Case Under Review by Justice Department

  Christina Cole | April 26, 2007 7:37 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Discrimination

  The Justice Department is deciding whether or not to pursue a discrimination case against an Indiana school district that is being accused of discriminating against women.The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, ruled last month, that East Allen County Schools may have discriminated by announcing it will no longer negotiate contracts with food service workers, nurses, paraprofessionals...

• Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit in Unborn Child's Death

  Christina Cole | April 18, 2007 5:47 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  Just two days from her planned birth, Savannah, an unborn child, was killed with her mother in a collision involving a semi-trailer last month. Her father and grandmother have filed a wrongful death lawsuit, against the trucker and the trucking company. This case can help change the way state laws view unborn, viable children who are killed.Witnesses told police, a driver with Suzy-Q Trucking of...

• Wrong Way Driver Killed in Accident

  Christina Cole | April 11, 2007 5:51 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A driver reported by 50, 911 calls, for traveling the wrong way on I-465 was killed after crashing head-on in a car crash with another vehicle, also killing that driver.An Indiana State Police Sergeant said officers believe the driver, 26, got onto I-465 at Allisonville Road, shortly before 3am, traveling south in the northbound lanes.Driving a red Honda, she crashed with the driver of a blue...

• Auto Dealer to Pay $2.3 Million in Discrimination Lawsuit

  Christina Cole | April 07, 2007 5:07 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Discrimination

  One of the biggest car dealerships in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky has agreed to pay out $2.3 million to 39 women who claim sex discrimination because they were not hired for any sales positions, said the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.The consent decree in federal court, resolved an EEOC lawsuit from 2003 alleging 11 of their dealerships owned by Jeff Wyler had discriminated against...

• Wrongful Death Lawsuit Settled Between Southwest and Family

  Christina Cole | April 03, 2007 5:34 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  The family of a six-year-old Indiana boy killed when a jet skid off an airport runway slamming into their car, has reached a settlement with Southwest Airlines.The parents filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Southwest and Boeing Company, the manufacturer of the planes, in Cook County Circuit Court, almost a year ago.The lawsuit claimed both companies made mistakes that lead to the December...