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Sunderland, MA: A $1.1 million settlement was reached in the illegal strip search lawsuit involving people taken to Franklin County jail. The suit was filed by Gregory Garvey in response to his being strip searched by corrections officers while in custody after being arrested at his house, Jan. 30, 2007, on a default warrant for failure to appear in co... - Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds to Pay $6.25 Million
Washington, DC: The country' two biggest tobacco companies have agreed to improve public access to internal tobacco-industry documents and to pay $6.25 million into a court fund that will go to support the country' largest online collection of tobacco documents, the Justice Department announced today. The agreement is part of the United States' lan... - Medtronic to Pay DOJ $23.5M to Settle Allegations that they Bought Doctors
Washington, DC: A $23.5 million settlement has been agreed by Medtronic and the US Justice Department, which will effectively end investigations into allegations that the company paid doctors between $1,000 and $2,000 per patient to implant its pacemakers and defibrillators. The allegations arose out of two lawsuits pending in California and Minnesot... - Avandia Settlement Reached in Burford Case
London, UK: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), has settled an Avandia lawsuit that alleged the diabetes medication caused the death of a North Carolina man. The suit was filed by the family of James Burford who died of a heart attack in 2006 while using the drug. The settlement was arranged the night before GSK was due to go to court over the case, which is t... - Dick's Sporting Goods Reaches $15M Settlement in Wages and Overtime Class Actions
New York, NY: Dick's Sporting Goods the largest publicly traded US sporting goods retailer, has agreed to a $15 million settlement that would cover a raft of overtime and wages class action lawsuits. If approved in federal court, the settlement will end unpaid overtime and wages suits in 36 states. Legal Help If you have a similar proble... - Rebecca Riley's Estate Awarded $2.5 Million
Boston, MA: A $2.5 million settlement has been reached between the estate of Rebecca Riley, and Tufts Medical Center psychiatrist Dr. Kayok Kifuji. Rebecca Riley died at the age of 4 from an overdose of clonidine prescribed by Dr. Kifuji. Her parents, Michael and Carolyn Riley were convicted of first-degree murder and second-degree murder respectively... - Landmark Settlement Reached in BPA Class Action
Toronto, ON: U.S. polycarbonate baby bottle maker, Philips Electronics Corporation North America, has become the first to settle a lawsuit over failure to tell consumers its products contained Bisphenol A (BPA), in what is being dubbed as a "landmark" development. Under the terms of the preliminary settlement, Philips is not allowed to use BPA i... - Strip Search Class Action Settled for $3 Million
San Antonio, TX: A $3 million settlement of a class action lawsuit involving Bexar County Jail was approved this week by a federal judge. The suit alleged thousands of people were illegally strip searched in Bexar County Jail. The suit, filed in 2007, alleged a blanket strip search policy violated inmates' constitutional rights. As a result of the ca... - $330,000 Settlement Approved for Roberts Hawaii Drivers
Honolulu, HW: A $330,000 settlement has been reached in the wages and overtime class-action brought against Roberts Hawaii by dozens of its tour bus drivers. The lawsuit alleged the company forced the drivers to work long hours without paying the proper overtime.According to the attorney for Roberts Hawaii, 83 drivers will receive payments under the... - BoFA Settles with CountryWide Investors
New York, NY: Bank of America has reached a settlement with former Countrywide Financial Corp institutional investors who decided not to join a $624 million class-action case that won court approval in February. The terms of the accord were not disclosed and Countrywide's former auditor KPMG was not part of the pact, according to the filing. ... - Prius Headlight Class Action Certified Following Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: A federal judge has certified a class of roughly 320,000 owners and lessees of Prius hybrids who have reached a personal injury settlement with Toyota Motor Corp. over claims that the vehicles had defective LED headlights. The claims related to the defective headlights are separate from the litigation over sudden unintended acc... - New Car Class Action Settlements with Toyota and CADA
Washington, DC: Two proposed partial settlements of several class action lawsuits involving Toyota and the Canadian Automobile Dealer's Association (CADA) have been reached. The lawsuits allege certain automakers and trade associations conspired in violation of federal and state antitrust and consumer protection laws to prevent virtually identical, b... - AT&T Agrees to $18 Million ETF Settlement
New Jersey: AT&T has agreed a settlement in the class action it's currently facing over early termination fees (ETFs), according to a notice issued by the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Specifically, AT&T has agreed to pay $16 million in cash and a further $2 million in non-cash benefits to qualified class members who fi... - Wells Fargo Agrees $37M to Settle Bid-Rigging Lawsuits
New York, NY: Class action lawsuits filed by various municipalities against Wells Fargo look set to end, as Wells Fargo & Co has agreed to settle the suits, but they are pending court approval. The lawsuits alleged bid-rigging by Wachovia's municipal derivatives group, according to a report on Reuters.com. Wells Fargo, which acquired Wach... - Alabama Medicaid, Dey pays $4.75 million reimbursement settlement to state
Napa, CA: (Jan-09-08) The State of Alabama brought charges against Dey, LP, alleging that the company dealt fraudulently in January 2005 pertaining to Medicaid reimbursements paid by the state to pharmacists and other healthcare providers. Sources close to the case stated that as part of a settlement reached, the company agreed to pay the $4.75 million to... - Gambling Addicts in Quebec Reach Tentative Multi-Million Dollar Settlement with Lotto-Quebec
Montreal, PQ: Loto-Quebec has reached a tentative multi-million dollar settlement in a lawsuit brought by thousands of compulsive gamblers who allege that video lottery terminals - or VLTs - are associated with pathological gambling. The class action, initiated in 2001, was brought by the addicts against the provincial lottery agency and currently... - Station Night Club Fire Lawsuit Settled for $176 Million
West Warwick, RI: A settlement of $176 million has been approved by a federal judge, ending a lengthy lawsuit stemming from the infamous nightclub fire in Rhode Island in 2003. The Station Night Club fire killed 100 people. The settlement monies will be distributed among survivors of the fire who were severely injured, and the many children who los... - Capital One Settles Bank Fees Class Action
Brooklyn, NY: Settlement of a class action against Capital One Bank has been approved by a federal judge. The suit, filed in 2009 by lead plaintiff Eric Gunther, alleged that Capital One Bank imposed new and increased "miscellaneous account fees" without notifying customers after buying North Fork Bank. Details of the settlement have not been ma... - Zyprexa Settlement Costs Lilly $1.4 Billion
A settlement has finally been reached between drug maker Eli Lilly and the Department of Justice, over allegations of overzealous marketing of its antipsychotic medication Zyprexa . Lilly will pay a reported $1.4 billion to settle the claims, and plead guilty to a misdemeanour violation of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. The settlement of crimina... - Crestwood Contaminated Water Lawsuit Reaches $2.8 Million Settlement
Crestwood, IL: A class action lawsuit brought against the south suburb of Crestwood that alleged that the suburb had been secretly pumping contaminated water to households for more than 20 years has reached an approved settlement worth an estimated $2.8 million. As part of the settlement the town's residents will receive $500,000. Free garbage pickup...