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 Wednesday, May 2 Lawyers for San Diego County have agreed to pay $412,000 to two women who were alleged victims of Richard Fischer, the veteran sheriff's deputy who was charged with 14 counts of criminal sexual misconduct earlier this year. |
| Patrick Walders has sued two former students for allegedly defaming him by spreading what he claims is false information about alleged impropriety including an affair with a female student. |
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| The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing Albertsons grocery store for alleged policy forbidding workers to speak Spanish in San Diego-area stores. |
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| Five Navy service members, including one from Oceanside, fraudulently claimed $100,000 insurance payouts for non-existent injuries, according to a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday. |
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| Verma maintains that he did not harass anyone |
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| National City has retained a law firm to conduct two investigations that involve Councilman Jerry Cano, including allegations that he used his position to avoid fines for code violation for five years. |
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| A 17-year San Diego Fire Department veteran, and one of the agency's only female fire captains, claimed in a lawsuit filed this month that she has endured years of sexual harassment and suffered "severe retaliation" when she complained of the behavior. |
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| A California man who built a business out of recycling electronic waste is headed to prison for 15 months after a federal appeals court rejected his claim that the "restore discs" he made to extend computers' lives had no financial value, instead ruling that he'd infringed Microsoft products. |
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