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Sort by date 7,391 pages found matching settlement- Settlements and Verdicts: Caltrans, Santa Cruz and Monterey County Water Agencies.
An $11 million settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed against Caltrans, California's manager of interregional transport systems, as well as Santa Cruz and Monterey county water agencies, on behalf of about 200 home, business and landowners who suffered damages when the Pajaro River Levee broke and the town was flooded in March 1995. The plaintif... - Settlements and Verdicts: Bozeman School District in Montana.
A $160,000 settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed against the Bozeman School District in Montana. The suit was filed by the family of Kelly Morgan who was killed in a drunk driving accident following the 2000 homecoming dance. The parents claimed that there was lax supervision on the part of the school, stating that the boy who drove the car, Br... - Settlements and Verdicts: Shell Oil Co.
A $49 million settlement has been reached between Shell Oil Co. and the federal government in a lawsuit filed over the unauthorized release and burning of large amounts of natural gas from seven platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. According to the suit, most of the gas was disposed of, through processes known as flaring and venting, from 1994 to 1998, howeve... - Settlements and Verdicts: Pulaski County Special School District.
A $25,000 settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed against the Pulaski County Special School District by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of 14-year-old Thomas McLaughlin of Jacksonville. McLaughlin was disciplined by his school district and had his teachers preach to him from the bible for talking about being gay to his schoolmates... - Settlements and Verdicts: Evenflo Co.
of Piqua, Ohio has reached a $2.6 million settlement with the family of 8-1/2-month-old Jared Adams who died when his Happy Camper portable crib collapsed in April 1997. The boy was asphyxiated when a hinge on the crib's top rail collapsed and trapped his chest in the resulting "V-shaped" rails. At least 15 children have been killed in the United States... - Settlements and Verdicts: Safeway Corporation.
A $1.5 million dollar settlement has been reached in the consumer protection lawsuit filed against The Safeway Corporation. The suit claimed that the company's "Buy One, Get One Free" advertising was misleading, as the policy did not apply to two identically priced items, but only to different priced items, the lower-priced item being free. (Jul-07-03)... - Settlements and Verdicts: Pizzeria Uno Chicago Bar and Grill.
A $900,000 settlement has been approved in the lawsuit filed against the Pizzeria Uno Chicago Bar and Grill of West Dekalb Pike in King of Prussia, and the restaurant's various holding companies in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. The suit was filed by a couple who claimed that the restaurant served alcohol to a visibly intoxicated woman, which resulted i... - Settlements and Verdicts: Avjet Corporation.
An $11.7 million settlement has been reached in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against Avjet Corporation. A jury found the company negligent and responsible for the deaths of the passengers aboard a March 29, 2001 flight which crashed and killed all eighteen people on board. The suit alleged that a pilot had attempted to land the flight under unsafe,... - Settlements and Verdicts: Guidant Corp.
A $92 million dollar settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed against the Guidant Corp. subsidiary EndoVascular Technologies Inc. The company pled guilty to 10 felony counts for putting a defective product, Ancure Endograft, on the market. Ancure was used to treat abdominal aortic aneurysms. (Jun-13-03) [ FORBES ] Legal Help If you have... - Settlements and Verdicts: Salem Health and Rehabilitation Center
A $175,000 settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed against Salem Health and Rehabilitation Center and its operator, Roanoke-based Medical Facilities of America Inc. on behalf of the family of a man who died in the nursing home's care. The suit claimed that Ray C. Wolfe was malnourished and dehydrated, and had multiple bedsores when he was admitt... - Settlements and Verdicts: Ohio Valley Bistros Inc.
A $21 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed against Ohio Valley Bistros Inc. (the owner of T.G.I. Friday's), on behalf of the parents of two teenagers who were killed by a drunken driver. The suit was filed after 16-year-old Cory Stauble and Jamie Parsley were killed by 42-year-old Mark Eberenz who had been drinking alcohol for about ei... - Settlements and Verdicts: Campbell Industrial Park.
A $1 million settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed against Campbell Industrial Park yard owner Michael Cunningham of Hawaii. Dan Easterday filedthe suit when has leg was crushed by a forklift in October 2001 while using the yard to repair cars. The forklift reversed into Easterday, and his leg was nearly severed as a result. (Jun-21-03) [ HO... - Settlements and Verdicts: Michael Jackson.
A confidential settlement has been reached in the $12 million dollar breach of contract lawsuit filed against Michael Jackson by his former financial advisor Myung-Ho Lee. Lee claimed that Jackson had hired him in the late 1990's to handle his financial affairs, but had never paid for the services. (Jun-12-03) Legal Help If you have a similar pro... - Settlements and Verdicts: Kodak and Tesco.
An $8,000 settlement will be paid to Mark McCarthy, who filed a lawsuit against Kodak and supermarket chain Tesco after his vacation photos were lost. The London man dropped off the slides from his vacation to Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon at Tesco, where the store claims they were then sent to Kodak's processing laboratory, processed, and sent back to... - Settlements and Verdicts: City of Pittsburgh.
A $250,000 settlement has been reached in a reverse lawsuit filed by two police officers against the City of Pittsburgh. Benny Sledge and Anthony Hildebrand claimed that they were demoted after reporting alleged improprieties by their supervisor, Assistant Police Chief Earl Woodyard, Jr. The two officers claimed that they were subject to a hostile work... - Settlements and Verdicts: Bayer Corporation and GlaxoSmithKline
have agreed to pay settlement amounts totalling more than $344 million for their fraudulent conduct in a scheme involving the re-labeling of products to an HMO at deeply discounted prices, and then concealing and avoiding their obligation to pay millions of dollars in additional rebates to the Medicaid program. (Apr-16-03) Legal Help If you h... - Settlements and Verdicts: General Motors Corp
A $495 million dollar settlement has been reached between General Motors Corp. and plaintiffs in a number of lawsuits claiming that the company's pickup trucks were prone to explosion. Several suits have already been settled for an average of $1.6 million dollars each in regards to the company's 1973 to 1987 model year trucks, which were dangerous becaus... - Settlements and Verdicts: American Equity Insurance Co. et.al.
A $7 million dollar settlement has been reached in the toxic mold lawsuit filed by entertainer Ed McMahon against several defendants, including Scottsdale, Arizona-based American Equity Insurance Co., a unit of Citigroup Inc., as well as several Southern California contractors who had been hired to clean up the mold. The suit alleged that the companies a... - Settlements and Verdicts: K.C. Smith
A settlement of $100,000 dollars has been reached in the lawsuit filed in Tennessee against 20-year-old K.C. Smith by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The suit alleged that Smith had raised approximately $102,000 dollars between May 2000 and February 2003 by promoting fictitious investments on the Internet, by making false claims in nine million s... - Settlements and Verdicts: Funkmaster Flex
A settlement has been reached in the child support lawsuit filed against Funkmaster Flex, a New York DJ, by Haydee Diaz, the mother of his 2-year-old son. According to the ruling, Flex will support the child financially, arrange for medical insurance, set up a college fund, and buy a life insurance policy. (May-01-03) [ ALLHIPHOP ] Legal Help ...