SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Supreme Court has blocked a class-action lawsuit on behalf of 800 Redlands residents who claim they were exposed to toxic chemicals in their drinking water.
http://www.uswaternews.com/archives/arcrights/3coubar3.html13 of 16 Cabinet Members Have Ties To "Class Action" Targeted Companies
Washington, DC -- A new report, "Class Action Cabinet," released today by the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) shows that 13 of 16 Bush Cabinet members have been employed by, served on the board of, or have significant financial interest in corporations that have been targeted by consumer class-action lawsuits. Deliberations on the bill could start as early as tomorrow.
Condoleeza Rice and Andrew Card, top advisors to President Bush, though not part of the Cabinet, were also found to have ties to companies targeted by class action lawsuits as was President Bush himself.
http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/corporate/pr/pr003746.php3Red-Light Class-Action Lawsuit Filed
According to 10News, more than 150,000 red-light camera tickets have been mailed out to drivers whose cars were photographed by the cameras.
The suit, filed Thursday in San Diego Superior Court, names as defendants, among others, the operator of the program, Lockheed Martin, and the city of San Diego.
http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/news/942962/detail.htmlEEOC SEEKS TO JOIN CLASS RACE HARASSMENT SUIT AGAINST DEFENSE GIANT LOCKHEED MARTIN
NEW YORK -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today moved to intervene in two private class action lawsuits filed against defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. The suits, brought on behalf of hundreds of salaried and hourly African-American employees, charge that Lockheed harassed black workers, denied them deserved promotions or wages, and retaliated against them for complaining about the discrimination.
http://www.eeoc.gov/press/12-5-00.htmlSilicon Valley African-American wins case against Lockheed
In May, 1996, Jeff Heard won his appeal in his race discrimination case against Lockheed Missiles and Space Company in Sunnyvale.
Heard was rated an outstanding employee for years. In 1991, he got a new manager, Joseph Parisi, who against the advice of Human Resources, changed Heard's job duties, and re-ranked Heard from the top to the bottom of 49 employees. The new manager also re-ranked other African-American employees lower. At trial, Heard and other witnesses testified that at Parisi's first meeting with the supervisors of the department, he said that "minorities in the organization are low performers." He said "the management of the organization was all screwed up," referring to a manager who was African-American. Parisi never attended the award ceremonies recognizing Heard and other African-Americans, but he did attend them for Caucasians. Parisi told Heard he was lazy. He told racist jokes at work.
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