by Associated Press Published: March 14,2012
Tags: business manager, colleges, courts, discrimination, education, employment, employment law, higher education, universities, whistleblower, whistleblowing
OXFORD — The University of Mississippi has until the end of the month to file a response to a lawsuit from a former business manager who alleges she was fired because she is black. The Oxford Eagle reports Ginger R. Walton also alleges in federal court documents that she was also fired for refusing to [...] [...]
HANCOCK COUNTY — Lockheed Martin Inc. has agreed to pay $2 million as part of a whistleblower lawsuit that accused several companies and individuals of rigging a contract at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, the U.S. Justice Department said Monday. The 2009 lawsuit, filed in federal court in Mississippi, claimed three current or former federal [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 25,2011
Tags: courts, disaster, disaster recovery, homeowners insurance, homes, housing, hurricanes, insurance, real estate, Weather, whistleblower
GULFPORT — U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter Jr. has declined to dismiss a whistleblower lawsuit filed against State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. State Farm had sought dismissal of the 2006 lawsuit filed by Cori and Kerri Rigsby, who alleged State Farm and its engineering firms defrauded policyholders after Hurricane Katrina. It claimed the Rigsbys [...] [...]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered Tennessee Commerce Bank in Nashville to reinstate a former corporate officer and pay more than $1 million in back wages, interest, attorney’s fees, compensatory damages and other relief. The department found the bank had fired the individual in violation of [...] [...]
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