Charlotte County, Fla., settled a lawsuit over damage of the pavement and exterior siding of a leased fleet facility, awarding Denjer Enterprises Inc. $100,000. The County leased a fleet building from Denjer after the County’s own building was destroyed in Hurricane Charley in 2004.
Read More →LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Times said this is the largest amount the City has ever paid for a police-related collision.
Read More →WASHINGTON – The complaint by the DOJ alleged that in 2009, the City failed to properly re-employ the fleet manager in his pre-military service position managing the City police department’s fleet of vehicles.
Read More →LINCOLN, NE - The City of Lincoln agreed to settle a lawsuit for $40,000 over a shipment of bad soy diesel fuel believed to have damaged 25 City transit buses.
Read More →ST. LOUIS - A St. Louis jury has ordered the City to pay $3 million to a woman who claimed that a municipal truck caused her to crash her car on June 19, 2008. The City will appeal the verdict for lack of evidence.
Read More →WALLINGFORD, CT - Stephen Nere, executive director of the Wallingford Housing Authority, is suing the agency commissioners, claiming they violated terms of his employment contract by voting in late June to revoke take-home privileges for all authority vehicles.
Read More →WAVELAND, MS - The State Auditor's Office claims Mayor Tommy Longo illegally used a city-issued gasoline charge card to purchase more than $1,100 worth of fuel for his personal vehicle.
Read More →DALLAS - The Dallas City Council decided to settle a two-year-old wrongful death lawsuit involving a stolen bait car designed to lure would-be thieves.
Read More →LOUISVILLE, KY - Although Officer Measle hadn't started work when he struck and killed the victim, a Jefferson Circuit Court judge ruled officers driving to and from work in police cruisers are considered on the job.
Read More →LOUISVILLE, KY - The City is denying financial responsibility for unspecified damages requested by the family of a victim killed by an off-duty officer in a city vehicle, according to The Courier-Journal.
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