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- Archdiocese of Los Angeles $60 million settlement for 45 abuse victims. (Dec-4-06)
- Diocese of Norwich $1.1 million settlement after a priest molested a teenager 30 years ago. (Nov-30-06)
- Chicago Police Officer Christopher Berlanga $1.2 million settlement after an off duty police officer car crash. (Nov-29-06)
- Los Angeles, CA $450,000 settlement awarded after a car thief was beaten with a flashlight. (Nov-29-06)
- Reading, PA and James Palange Tentative $1.75 million settlement after an undercover police officer was mistakenly shot and killed by another officer. (Nov-27-06)
- Metropolitan Transportation Authority et al. $10 million settlement after a woman's legs were severed following a bus crash. (Nov-21-06)
- Tempe, AZ $150,000 settlement awarded to a women who tripped over a pothole. (Nov-21-06)
- James Joseph Sander Jr. $1 million wrongful death settlement after frat party attendee drowned. (Nov-19-06)
- Lehigh Valley Apartments and Samuel Geltman and Co. $900,000 settlement after a young woman drowned to death. (Nov-9-06)
- City of Gladewater, TX $300,000 settlement for the fatal shooting of a suspect. (Nov-9-06)
- Albuquerque Public School District $350,000 settlement after a tennis coach seduced a student. (Nov-3-06)
- Air Force $500,000 paid to an intermediate school mistakenly shot during a training maneuver. (Nov-2-06)
- Los Angeles Archdiocese Ordered to pay $10 million to seven victims. (Oct-30-06)
- MEGA Brands Inc. $13.5 million paid to 14 families whose young children were injured by Magnetix building sets. (Oct-26-06)
- Normal, IL $750,000 settlement after a college student was shot and killed by a patrol officer. (Oct-19-06)
- Vito's $448,000 awarded after a drunken patron killed a university student. (Oct-13-06)
- City of Everett, WA $500,000 settlement after a hallucinogenic teenager was killed by police. (Oct-11-06)
- Prince George County Jury awarded a verdict in the amount of $3.7 million after the killing of an unarmed man. (Oct-3-06)
- Unitel Technologies $3 million golf cart injury settlement. (Oct-1-06)
- Drummer Construction et al $1 million settlement after a mother of two died of carbon monoxide poisoning while painting her house. (Sep-28-06)
- San Diego County, CA $400,000 settlement awarded to a widow whose husband died while in custody. (Sep-28-06)
- Seaside Park, NJ $450,000 police brutality settlement. (Sep-22-06)
- City of Chattanooga, TN $45,000 settlement awarded to a man allegedly beaten by city police officers. (Sep-22-06)
- Dunham's Sports $300,000 settlement for selling a shotgun later used to kill the purchasers grandfather. (Sep-21-06)
- Fourwinds Equestrian Centre £2.1 million settlement awarded after a teenager who was left brain damaged from a horse injury. (Sep-20-06)
- Marin County, CA $1 million paid to the family of a man who died after being arrested. (Sep-19-06)
- US Government $1.8 million settlement after the death on intoxicated student. (Sep-19-06)
- Mark de Tournillon Sr. $2.7 million settlement after a couple was killed in a boating accident. (Sep-18-06)
- State of Wisconsin $90,000 settlement after police shot and killed an unarmed man after a car chase. (Sep-18-06)
- Foodstaff and Symphony Design Group $450,000 settlement paid to a man beaten up by an intoxicated teenaged partygoer. (Sep-14-06)
- City of Miami, FL $180,000 after a documentary film producer was hit in the head with a lead pellet beanbag fired by police. (Sep-13-06)
- New York $14.5 million settlement awarded to a police officer injured while on duty. (Sep-8-06)
- A&G Coal Corp. $3 million settlement awarded after a toddler was killed by a dislodged boulder. (Sep-8-06)
- Accused Rapist $2.4 million settlement awarded to a rape victim. (Sep-6-06)
- U.S. Government $3.4 million wrongful death settlement for negligent air traffic control. (Sep-5-06)
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Milwaukee $13.3 million settlement awarded to eight victims of priest molestation. (Sep-1-06)
- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and The Wackenhut Corp. Settlement awarded to the parents of a slain clerk. (Aug-30-06)
- Solitude Ski Resort $2.5 million settlement awarded after a cyclist was killed in a car accident. (Aug-30-06)
- Sisters of Charity of Nazareth $1.5 million settlement for alleged abuse by Catholic nuns. (Aug-28-06)
- Anthony Crane Rental $3.1 million settlement awarded after a man was killed by falling crane. (Aug-25-06)
- Pinecrest Hospital and the Department of Health and Human Resources $300,000 settlement awarded after a patient killed another patient. (Aug-25-06)
- Tempo Real Estate Corporation $2.5 million settlement after a toddler drowned in an apartment complex pool. (Aug-24-06)
- Los Angeles County $2.5 million settlement awarded to a woman hit by a tram. (Aug-24-06)
- Los Angeles County $50,000 settlement awarded to a woman who tripped and fell on a sidewalk. (Aug-23-06)
- Starbucks $310,000 personal injury settlement awarded for a coffee burn. (Aug-20-06)
- Lake Compounce Amusement Park $1.2 million settlement awarded after a 6-year-old drowned to death. (Aug-17-06)
- Wilson Borough Police Department $950,000 out of court settlement awarded to a police brutality victim. (Aug-14-06)
- Jockeys Guild Undisclosed settlement awarded to paralyzed jockey. (Aug-9-06)
- Frank Murphy, the Anchorage Archdiocese, the Boston Archdiocese and the Missionary Society of Saint James the Apostle $1.4 million settlement awarded to five men who were abused as minors. (Aug-8-06)
- Cape Forklift Services and Sales CC R650 000 personal injury settlement awarded after a truck accident. (Aug-6-06)