Employment

**Owners Insurance Co. claims it is not liable for a $400,000 judgment against **VIP Communications  because VIP and its owners repeatedly scheduled an 18-year-old woman to work alone with a convicted sex offender, in Prescott, Ariz., Federal Court. A class-action ERISA lawsuit claims **Health Management Associates breached its duty by investing plan members’ accounts into HMA common stock, in Fort Myers, Fla., Federal Court. Class-action complaints alleging Labor Code violations have been filed against these defendants: **PriceWaterhouseCoopers , on behalf of accountants, auditors and consultants, in San Francisco Federal Court; **Merry Maids , and **Soo Well Fashion, in Los Angeles Superior Court; **ARS National Services , in San Diego County Court, Vista; **First Horizon National/Horizon Home Loan Corp. , in Kansas City, Kan., Federal Court; **All Safe Roofing , in Fort Myers, Fla., Federal Court; **JK Harris & Co. , in West Palm Beach Federal Court; and **Sony Electronics and EMCS-America , in a single claim in San Diego Superior Court.