November 6, 2006

Litigation filed against American Promotional Events, Inc (TNT fireworks in CA)

Below is a list of all civil cases filed by and against American Promotional Events, (APE) Inc. in all federal courts in the USA. APE does business in CA under the name "TNT Fireworks". It does not include state court suits or claims not yet in litigation. There may also be personal injury cases against APE in these cases below. Of particular interest are the cases by the city of Rialto and City of Colton (in bold type below). In those cases APE is being accused by the cities of contaminating the groundwater with the chemical Perchlorate, which is used in fireworks. From an 11/2/06 story in the San Bernardino County Sun, it was reported that "Perchlorate has spread from properties in north Rialto, contaminating wells in both cities. The cost of cleaning up the entire Rialto-Colton basin is expected to run into the hundreds of millions of dollars." The Colton case was dismissed due to a federal procedural issue and may be re-filed in state court. The Rialto case will move forward in Federal Court.

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Civil Name Search Results
22 Total Party matches for selection AMERICAN PROMOTIONAL EVENTS for ALL COURTS
Search done Fri Nov 3 13:04:27 2006

Name Court Case No. Filed NOS Closed
1 AMERICAN PROMOTIONAL EVENTS INC alndce 3:2003cv00032 01/07/2003 190 02/23/2004
American Promotional v. Eckerd Corporation

2 AMERICAN PROMOTIONAL EVENTS INC scdce 2:1999cv00171 01/20/1999 360 04/14/2000
Lennen, et al v. Dillard Department

3 AMERICAN PROMOTIONAL EVENTS INC wawdce 2:1995cv00743 05/15/1995 840 04/15/1996
Pyrodyne American, et al v. Western Fireworks

4 AMERICAN PROMOTIONAL EVENTS INC wawdce 2:1995cv00743 05/15/1995 840 04/15/1996
Pyrodyne American, et al v. Western Fireworks

5 AMERICAN PROMOTIONAL EVENTS INC alndce 3:2000cv03515 12/06/2000 442 12/11/2001
Pritchard v. American Promotional

6 AMERICAN PROMOTIONAL EVENTS INC-WEST cacdce 5:2004cv00079 01/21/2004 893
City of Rialto v. United States Department of Defense

7 AMERICAN PROMOTIONAL EVENTS INC-WEST cacdce 2:2005cv01479 02/28/2005 890
Colton City of v. American Promotional Events Inc-West

8 AMERICAN PROMOTIONAL EVENTS INC-WEST cacdce 2:2005cv01479 02/28/2005 890
Colton City of v. American Promotional Events Inc-West

9 AMERICAN PROMOTIONAL EVENTS OF ALABAMA INC wawdce 3:1999cv05338 06/25/1999 840 07/02/1999 American Promotional v. Thunder Fireworks, et al

10 AMERICAN PROMOTIONAL EVENTS OF ALABAMA INC. ohndce 4:1999cv00776 04/02/1999 840 05/18/1999 Amer Promo Events AL v. BJ Alan Company Inc.

11 AMERICAN PROMOTIONAL EVENTS OF ALABAMA INC. ohndce 4:1999cv02371 10/04/1999 840 03/02/2000 B. J. Alan Company v. Amer Promo Events AL

12 AMERICAN PROMOTIONAL EVENTS OF ALABAMA, INC. ksdce 2:1999cv02235 06/01/1999 840 06/24/1999 American Promotional v. Jakes Fireworks Inc

13 AMERICAN PROMOTIONAL EVENTS, INC tnedce 3:1997cv00709 09/22/1997 442 12/30/1997
Green v. American Promotional, et al

14 AMERICAN PROMOTIONAL EVENTS, INC tnedce 3:1997cv00710 09/22/1997 442 12/30/1997
Rogers v. American Promotional, et al

15 AMERICAN PROMOTIONAL EVENTS, INC ctdce 3:2001cv01168 06/22/2001 440 07/06/2001
American Promotional v. Spada, et al

16 AMERICAN PROMOTIONAL EVENTS, INC. nddce 4:2006cv00014 03/14/2006 840
American Promotional Events, Inc. v. Gaudreau et al
17 AMERICAN PROMOTIONAL EVENTS, INC. hidce 1:2002cv00018 01/09/2002 840 01/08/2003
American Promotional v. Asia Pacific Trading, et al

18 AMERICAN PROMOTIONAL EVENTS, INC. ncmdce 2:1995cv00535 07/21/1995 840 12/20/1996
AMERICAN PROMOTIONAL v. VICTORY FIREWORKS, et al

19 AMERICAN PROMOTIONAL EVENTS, INC. miwdce 1:2001cv00817 12/17/2001 840 12/02/2002
American Promotional Events, Inc. v. M.T. Sales, Inc. et al

20 AMERICAN PROMOTIONAL EVENTS, INC. laedce 2:1998cv01367 05/06/1998 365 07/14/1998
Malone v. Amer Promotional, et al

21 AMERICAN PROMOTIONAL EVENTS, INC. - EAST insdce 1:2003cv00117 01/27/2003 840 03/25/2004 CELEBRATION FIREWORKS II, INC. v. AMERICAN PROMOTIONAL EVENTS, INC. - EAST et al

22 AMERICAN PROMOTIONAL EVENTS, TEXAS, L.P. txwdce 7:2006cv00082 06/26/2006 440 08/18/2006 Texas Pyrotechnic Association v. Alamo Fireworks Incorporated

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