Tuesday, December 01, 2009Last Update: 1:30 AM PT

     Parents claim the U.S. Air Force knew of Lt. Col. William Paliwoda's "sexual assaults and inappropriate touching of infants," but transferred him to "the location across the street" from them, allowing him to sexually assault their child. They demand punitive damages in Trenton, N.J., Federal Court.

     Owens Corning claims its shingles are guaranteed for 20 to 40 years, but refuses to replace or repair them when the start falling apart after less than 5 years, a class action claims in Pittsburgh Federal Court.
     
     Volkswagen 1999-2000 models with TDI engines clog with carbon from normal use, a class action claims in King County Court, Seattle.

     The Samuel and Jean Frankel Jewish Heritage Foundation claims Citigroup blew the Foundation's $6 million by putting it into "highly speculative, very risky derivative investment vehicles, all within the Citigroup ... investment umbrella," in a fraud complaint in Oakland County Court, Pontiac, Mich.

     Palm Beach Finance Partners claims it lost $1.2 billion - everything it had - in Thomas Petters' alleged $3 billion Ponzi scam, which Kaufman Rossin & Co.'s "superficial and perfunctory" audits failed to detect, in Miami-Dade County Court.

     The former owners of Phoenix Home Health Care claim Mark Mitchell and his company US Medical Management bought Phoenix - but haven't yet paid for it - to use it to commit Medicare fraud, in a RICO complaint in Oakland County Court, Pontiac, Mich.

     Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw & Pittman demands records on policies and practices of transfer or release of prisoners from Guantanamo Bay. The law office sued the CIA, DHS, the Pentagon, the FBI and other agencies on behalf of four Kuwaiti clients, in a FOIA complaint in DC Federal Court.

     After a federal air marshal gave truthful testimony that supported another air marshal's EEO complaint, the Department of Homeland Security had him and his wife followed and fabricated complaints against him to justify putting him on leave indefinitely without pay, he claims in Covington, Ky., Federal Court.
     
     Michael Nichols, boss of Nichols Manufacturing, trapped a woman in his office and physically forced her to give him a hand job, she claims in Lake County Court, Ohio.
     
     Class-action complaints alleging Labor Code violations have been filed against these defendants: Subway, in Los Angeles Superior Court; Time Warner Cable, in Columbus, Ohio, Federal Court; Kryger Glass Co., in Kansas City, Mo., Federal Court; Rolling Oaks Personal Care-West, in San Angelo, Texas, Federal Court; Salsa Fresh Produce, in Opelika, Ala., Federal Court; Beltone Hearing Centers of Florida, in Ocala Federal Court; and General Transportation, in Tampa Federal Court.
     (Companies not separated by commas are defendants in the same case.)

     The USA, Missouri and Nebraska challenge Stericycle's proposed $185 million purchase of MedServe; both firms collect and "treat" infectious waste for large-quantity generators, in DC Federal Court.

     Epic Sporting Goods claims Fungoman and Romulo Cuchen violate patent on its "baseball fielding practice machine," in Shreveport Federal Court.

     The Redding Record Searchlight demands disclosure of the investigative report of the Anderson Fire Protection District's fire chief, which cost thousands of dollars, in Shasta County Court, Calif.

     Pretty Ugly claims Target violates its "Uglydoll" trademark, in Los Angeles Federal Court.
     
     Baylor University wants Steve Ray and Jimmy Leveritt dba Sportexas Marketing enjoined from using its trademarks and athletics schedule on posters and the Internet, for which the defendants are selling ads, in San Antonio Federal Court.
     
     International Merchandising Corp. claims Tri-California Events violated its "Alcatraz Triathlon" trademark, in Manhattan Federal Court.

     AT&T and AT&T Mobility charge state and local taxes for Internet access, which is illegal in Nebraska, a class action claims in Lincoln Federal Court.

     Inphi Corp. claims Netlist violated two of its buffering patents, in Los Angeles Federal Court.