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Fire sprinkler systems are only supposed to release water when there's a fire. The parties have reached a nationwide tentative settlement apparently valued at $12 million in an action filed against Northwest Pipe Company on behalf of persons and businesses that purchased "Poz Lok" pipe fire sprinkler systems manufactured and sold in the 1990s by companies later acquired by Northwest Pipe. Persons and businesses eligible to take part in the settlement should contact attorneys for the class as soon as possible.

The parties have reached a $16 million settlement in a class action filed against energy provider Cleco Corporation on behalf of 264,000 electricity customers across Louisiana. The action alleged that the utility improperly engaged in "round-trip trades" involving power sales from Cleco affiliates to an unnamed trading partner, who then sold the power back to another Cleco affiliate. Persons eligible to take part in the settlement may contact the Louisiana Public Service Commission for more information.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has charged Canadian defendants Pinacle Publishing and M.D.S.C. Publishing with scamming small businesses and charities in the United States out of millions of dollars by billing them for business directory services they did not order or authorize, in violation of federal law. The FTC charges that the defendants refuse consumers’ requests to cancel the services, and use an in-house collection service to harass consumers whose accounts allegedly are past-due.

Kahn Gauthier Swick is investigating possible legal actions against Norfolk Southern and other responsible parties after a train carrying chlorine as well as several other toxic chemicals crashed into a parked train at the Avondale Mills Textile Plant in the small town of Graniteville, South Carolina, in Aiken County, on January 6, 2005, causing eight deaths, hundreds of injuries and an evacuation of the surrounding area.

If work needs to be carried out on your land for the public good, you may have to grant the agency that is doing the working an easement, or permanent right-of-way, but you should be paid for it. The parties have reached a tentative $943,000+ settlement in an action filed against AT&T Corporation on behalf of certain persons who own or owned land in Maryland between October 1989 and January 8, 2003, through which railroads run and on which AT&T laid fiber optic cable. The action alleged that the company laid the cable without proper permission, in violation of state property laws. Claims must be postmarked by December 19, 2003, to be considered valid.

A class action lawsuit has been filed against American Airlines, Inc. The complaint is not yet available but cover sheets filed with the court indicate that the claims relate to the November 12, 2001 crash of AA Flight 587 outside of New York City. Class Action America will continue to monitor this case and report additional details as they become available.

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