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Settlements - Civil/Human Rights
- Allentown, PA Protesters get undisclosed settlement in civil rights violation lawsuit. (Apr-12-07)
- Seattle, WA $1 million settlement for 175 people wrongly arrested during WTO protests. (Apr-5-07)
- Las Vegas, NV Three homeless men awarded $45,000 for wrongful arrest and civil rights violation. (Mar-30-07)
- Curtis Wilmore $1.9 million wrongful conviction settlement for 18 years in prison. (Mar-29-07)
- Park City, UT Over $18,000 paid to animal activist group in civil rights settlement. (Mar-23-07)
- Knightstown School District $69,000 settlement for students expelled over film showing. (Mar-23-07)
- Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System $1.29 million settlement for dialysis costs coverage. (Mar-21-07)
- Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention $500,000 for negligence and oversight of juvenile centers. (Mar-21-07)
- Chiquita Brands International $25 million fine paid for forming allies with deemed terrorist groups. (Mar-20-07)
- Muskogee County District Attorney $587,500 settlement in civil racketeering suit (Mar-16-07)
- Andrew Scott Officer fined $5,000 and censured for ethics violation. (Mar-13-07)
- Clear Channel Outdoor, Steen and CBS Outdoor Billboard company pays $350,000 to remove the illegal signs. (Mar-12-07)
- Los Angeles, CA $320,000 settlement for police misconduct. (Mar-12-07)
- District of Columbia, USA $200,000 settlement for wrongful arrest during protest. (Mar-8-07)
- Denver, CO State hospital gets $1.6 million in emergency funding to handle backlog of mentally ill patients. (Feb-28-07)
- Monroe County, WI $6 million settlement after depressed woman attempts suicide in county jail. (Feb-26-07)
- Dallas County, TX $950,000 settlement for inhuman treatment at county jail. (Feb-26-07)
- Winston-Salem, NC Man wrongly convicted, spends 18 years in prison, and gets $358,545 restitution and $1.6 million as compensation. (Feb-25-07)
- Rhode Island, USA Former prison inmate forced to eat feces awarded $120,000. (Feb-21-07)
- New Mexico, USA News agencies receive $125,000 for violation of the Inspection of Public Records Act. (Feb-16-07)
- Movie Gallery Inc., Empire Equity Group, and Home Finance Mortgage Inc. $65,000 fine for illegal disposing of personal customer information. (Feb-16-07)
- Louisville Police Department $4 million settlement awarded to a man who was freed by DNA evidence after serving seven years in prison. (Feb-16-07)
- Manatee County Sheriff's Department Allegedly drive by shooters receive $10,000 compensation for wrongful arrest. (Feb-2-07)
- US Federal Government Lawyer gets compensated $1.34 million for wrong conviction by federal agency. (Feb-1-07)
- Jacksonville, FL American Atheists Inc. gets an apology as well as $5,000 in attorney fees. (Jan-31-07)
- Wisconsin Department of Transportation Fine for not complying with an open record request. (Jan-31-07)
- Oklahoma City, OK $4 million settlement for wrongful conviction. (Jan-26-07)
- Islip, NY Dozens of evicted tenants receive undisclosed settlement. (Jan-25-07)
- Exeter Police Department Secret Service officer awarded $125,000 for false arrest. (Jan-25-07)
- Colonie, NY $225,000 civil rights settlement for manufacturing a criminal subpoena. (Jan-23-07)
- White County School District Settlement for Equal Access Act violations. (Jan-11-07)
- Kentucky $700,000 awarded to a man wrongfully convicted of rape. (Jan-8-07)
- Philadelphia, PA $180,000 false arrest settlement. (Jan-5-07)
- North Sewickley and Franklin, PA $60,000 settlement awarded to a high school student who was arrested for posting violent rap lyrics online. (Jan-3-07)
- District of Columbia $700,000 civil rights settlement for wrongful eviction of Hispanic buildings. (Dec-14-06)
- Wells County, IN $125,000 wrongful death settlement after an inmate died of a bacterial infection. (Dec-11-06)
- Trans Bay Steel Corp. $1.4 million human trafficking settlement. (Dec-10-06)
- Hewlett-Packard Co. $14.5 million settlement for violating privacy and ethics laws. (Dec-10-06)
- Oakland, CA $190,000 settlement awarded to two women groped by a police officer. (Dec-7-06)
- Brattleboro, VT $150,000 excessive force settlement awarded after a suicidal man was shot to death. (Nov-30-06)
- US Government $2 million settlement awarded to a Muslim lawyer wrongfully arrested. (Nov-29-06)
- Maryland $200,000 settlement after a boy was killed by a man just released from prison. (Nov-28-06)
- District of Columbia Police Department $685,000 settlement for protester abuse. (Nov-23-06)
- Middletown, NY $400,000 excessive police force settlement. (Nov-21-06)
- New Jersey $7.5 million settlement for a foster care death. (Nov-14-06)
- Lakewood Cheder School $1.2 million for providing false information to obtain funds for preschoolers' lunches. (Nov-7-06)
- New Jersey School Board $330,000 settlement awarded to a former student who has relations with the school guidance counselor. (Nov-6-06)
- City of Chicago, IL $1 million settlement for the coerced confession of a mentally handicapped man. (Oct-11-06)
- City of Los Angeles Tentative $450,000 settlement for unnecessary force by a police officer. (Oct-9-06)
- Canadian Federal Government Cited $2.2 million wrongful imprisonment settlement. (Oct-6-06)