Court fines companies in liner accident
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A French court on Monday convicted two construction companies of manslaughter for their roles in a deadly shipyard accident on the world's largest ocean liner, the Queen Mary 2, before it was launched.
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Bee Staff Writer. In what insurance officials are calling one of the largest fines for workers&#39; compensation fraud, two Southern California firms have been ordered to pay $14.6 million
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FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP. blames human error for the explosion that killed five workers and seriously injured three others at its Illiopolis plant on April 23, 2004. In the narrowest possible analysis of the accident, the company is correct.
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The operators of a plastics factory which exploded killing nine people are fined for breaching safety laws.
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WASHINGTON - The Sun Ace Shipping Company, based in Seoul, South Korea, has pleaded guilty to a one-count information for violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, in relation to the operation of a bulk carrier vessel the M/V Sun New, the Justice Department announced today.
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  MORRIS TOWNSHIP  Aerospace giant Honeywell International Inc. will pay a $500,000 fine for hazardous waste violations at its Aircraft Landing Systems facility in Kingman, Ariz.,  officials said.
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WASHINGTON -- British Airways PLC and Korean Air Lines Co. were each fined $300 million in a US court yesterday after admitting they reached secret agreements with competitors in setting fuel surcharges.
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A titanic legal tussle turns friendly.
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A California jury has awarded more  than $300,000 in compensatory damages in a sexual harassment  suit filed against FedEx Corp. on behalf of two female  employees, a lawyer representing the plaintiffs said on Friday.
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Embattled Russian oil giant Yukos was ordered to pay Â£780 million in fines and penalties today as part of a Â£2.28 billion back-tax claim for 2001.
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The owners of two ships involved in South Korea's worst oil spill are charged with breaking pollution laws.
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TACOMA, Wash. - A chlorine leak at a waterfront chemical plant injured 12 people who inhaled fumes, and prompted authorities to evacuate the area overnight.  Workers were filling a 1,000-gallon tank with the chemical at Pioneer Americas Inc.
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A Circuit Court jury had found Freightliner liable for shifting assets among several of its divisions in a bid to avoid a legal judgment.
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Corus is orded to pay over Â£3m in fines and costs for the 2001 explosion which killed three workers at its Port Talbot plant.
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Four years after filing suit against the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Cos., Shell service station owners in Massachusetts went before a US District Court judge in Boston yesterday, charging that Shell took several measures in the late 1990s to drive them out of business.
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Two units of mutual fund company Franklin Resources Inc. (BEN.N: Quote, Profile, Research) agreed to pay $20 million in civil penalties to settle charges that they used fund assets
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A Moscow court ordered oil giant Yukos to pay some $1.4 billion in fines and penalties as part of a $4.1 billion back-tax claim for 2001.