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Case ID: 4478 | Miscellaneous | 10/11/2005
A Sikeston, Missouri law firm filed a lawsuit August 25, 2005 seeking class action status in Scott County Circuit Court on behalf of Charles Ulmer, Charles DeWitt and Genie Rice against the companies and persons associated with ownership and operation of the Sikeston Garden of Memories Cemetery, Sikeston Memorial Park Cemetery and Forest Hills Cemetery in Morley.
The suit alleges the defendants have failed to maintain and repair the individual plots and the cemetery as a whole as obligated by representing itself to the public as a perpetual care cemetery which maintains a minimum endowed care and maintenance fund. A hearing is set for October 12, 2005 on the motion for a preliminary injunction to prevent the diversion of funds and other assets of the cemeteries pending the disposition of the case, according to lead counsel for the lawsuit. "The next step is to ask the judge to certify three classes, one for each of the cemeteries, rather than having thousands of separate lawsuits filed. The request will be entered before the end of this year." said the lawyer heading the lawsuit. Potential members of the class include those who own lots in the cemeteries along with those who have family members buried there, “so the class size will be huge,” the attorney said. Once classes are certified, they will ask the judge to set the case for trial. Potential members of the class will be notified by an ad in the local newspaper and by a mass mailing. It is anticipated that money recovered from the defendants will be placed in court-approved trust funds for cemetery maintenance. “Our whole goal in this is to try to make sure these cemeteries are maintained in the future." said the attorney for the plaintiffs. At Lawcash.com, it is our goal to keep you informed about important legal cases, class actions and settlements. Our lawyers offer free legal evaluations in tort cases, class actions, personal injury, and other lawsuits because we are dedicated to helping you resolve your legal complaints. Other Miscellaneous Cases of Interest 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. Federal law prohibits advertisers from using your fax machine to propagate their unsolicited ads. The parties have reached a tentative $2.5 million settlement in an action filed against AMF Bowling Centers on behalf persons who received an unsolicited fax from the company in November 2002. The action alleged that the company violated the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 by sending out as many as 352,000 unsolicited faxes. Persons eligible to take part in the settlement should contact attorneys for the class as soon as possible. A potential class action is being investigated on behalf of people who have stayed at a Ritz Carlton or a Mariott Hotel outside of the United States between between March 23, 1995, and March 23, 2005. Based upon current knowledge, it is believed that these hotel chains may have charged unauthorized surcharge fees that consumers may be entitled to recoup. Cincinnati Bengals fans who say the team improperly refused to allow them to cancel their season tickets have asked a judge to award their lawsuit class action status.
A lawyer representing several people involved in the dispute asked Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Robert Ruehlman to allow anyone who purchased tickets based on a 1997 brochure to join the lawsuit.
The conflict involves fans who bought seat licenses sold to raise money for construction of the new Paul Brown Stadium based on the brochure, which allowed buyers to lock in prices for six, eight or 10 years. Fans signed an agreement acknowledging they gave up their seat license if they stopped buying tickets. Ohio University has been sued by two graduates whose Social Security numbers were among more than 173,000 possibly stolen in five instances of data theft from school computers since March 2005. Donald Jay Kulpa, 31, of Cincinnati, and Kenneth Neben, 34, a former Columbus resident now living in North Bergen, N.J., argue their right to privacy has been violated. A lawsuit which seeks class action status on behalf of California consumers has been filed against Cost Plus World Market for selling unassembled furniture while failing to disclose in its advertising that the furniture is unassembled. |
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