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- Wrongful Death West Virginia to pay $2.6 million in multiple settlements. (Mar-5-08)
- Rent Controlled Apartments Landlord to pay $10 million settlement after forcing out low income tenants and then selling the buildings for a profit. (Mar-5-08)
- Perchlorate Contamination San Bernardino pays city of Rialto $4 million settlement to aid in cleanup costs. (Mar-5-08)
- Catheterized Arrest State of Washington pays $15,000 settlement after forcing a man to screen for intoxicants. (Mar-5-08)
- Mining Licenses Gecamines awarded $2 million settlement. (Mar-5-08)
- Housing Buyer Discrimination White homeowner settles $30,000 buyer-discrimination lawsuit. (Mar-4-08)
- Merger Agreement Rejected Finish Line and Genesco reach $175 million settlement in merger dispute. (Mar-4-08)
- Lighter Blamed in House Fire Cricket Lighters settles $200,00 wrongful death lawsuit. (Mar-4-08)
- Pastor Accused Baptist Minister settles $1.8 million fraud lawsuit. (Mar-4-08)
- Contractor Dispute Darien City Board agrees to $550,000 construction settlement. (Mar-4-08)
- Fire Chief Whistleblower City of DuPont agrees to $72,000 resignation and severance settlement. (Mar-4-08)
- Bus Service Shut Down On Trac Services, Inc. agrees to $39,000 safety violations settlement. (Mar-4-08)
- Yellow Pages Directory Billing agrees $400,000 deceptive marketing settlement. (Mar-4-08)
- Video Taping Arrest Harris County pays wrongfully arrested brothers $1.7 million civil rights settlement. (Mar-4-08)
- Employee Discrimination Vanguard Group Inc. agrees to $500,000 racial bias settlement. (Mar-4-08)
- Unsafe Work Site Employee awarded $2.5 million personal injury settlement after suffering burns to his lower body. (Mar-3-08)
- Country Singer City of Roanoke Rapids to pay $750,000 breach of contract settlement. (Mar-3-08)
- Construction Crane Universal Concrete and Mi-JACK pay $1.6 million worker's compensation settlement after crane crushes an employee. (Mar-3-08)
- Car Accident Family awarded $50,000 wrongful death settlement after teenage daughter was hit by a car while walking along a road. (Mar-3-08)
- Suspended and Fired Town of Alton agrees to pay former police chief $10,000 wrongful termination settlement. (Mar-3-08)
- Maintenance Worker Knox County School District pays employee $24,000 harassment settlement. (Mar-3-08)
- Labor and Delivery Judge awards mother $6 million medical malpractice settlement after baby was born with brain injuries. (Mar-3-08)
- Bay Bridge Oil Spill Hudson Marine Management Services pays city of San Francisco $2 million settlement to help with cleanup costs. (Mar-3-08)
- Cell Phone Services AT&T Mobility may have to pay $10 million to Florida customers after charging for third-party services. (Mar-3-08)
- Condemned Redevelopment City of Baltimore agrees to $7.8 million property use dispute settlement with Warner Street Inc. (Mar-3-08)
- Proxy Statement Applebee's International Inc. pays $358,000 shareholder settlement for omitting financial information. (Mar-3-08)
- Interim Management Services PDG to pay American Dental Partners $19 million settlement to resolve business contract dispute. (Mar-3-08)
- Killer Heir Estate of Fred Keller pays $40 million settlement. (Mar-3-08)
- Accounting Mistakes PriceWaterhouseCoopers agrees to pay $30 million settlement for its role in Metropolitan Mortgage and Securities' downfall. (Mar-3-08)
- Petroleum Storage Hess Corp. to pay $1.1 million fine. (Mar-2-08)
- Age Discrimination City of Independence awards two former employees a $65,000 age bias settlement. (Mar-2-08)
- Ticket Scalper GoTickets Inc. pays $7,500 settlement for selling over priced concert and sports tickets. (Mar-2-08)
- Chemical Plant Explosion CHEMCENTRAL Midwest Corporation agrees to $375,000 settlement for safety violations. (Mar-1-08)
- Road Supervisor Nesquehoning Borough pays former employee $47,500 wrongful termination settlement. (Mar-1-08)
- Cowboy Hat Lincoln County pays citizen $10,500 settlement for Constitutional Rights violations. (Mar-1-08)
- Restraining Chair Santa Cruz County agree to $3 million wrongful death settlement after an inmate died while in jail. (Mar-1-08)
- Chocolate Discharge G.K.I. Foods agrees to $43,000 settlement after disposing production waste water into a sanitary waste water system. (Feb-29-08)
- Buy it Now eBay Inc. to pay MercExchange $30 million patent infringement settlement. (Feb-29-08)
- Police Chief Whistleblower Argentine Township agrees to pay former employee $650,000 harassment and retaliation settlement. (Feb-29-08)
- Plane Crash Family awarded $15 million wrongful death settlement after surgeon dies while trying to land his aircraft. (Feb-29-08)
- Steelworker's Death Prost Builders Inc. and Pro Building Solutions Inc. agree to $335,000 settlement after employee falls to his death. (Feb-28-08)
- Falling Tree City of Anaheim pays $700,000 wrongful death settlement after tree crushes a man to death while in his van. (Feb-28-08)
- Assistant Principal Termination Oxnard Union High School District pays former employee a $150,000 settlement. (Feb-28-08)
- Landfill Storm Water Southeastern Public Service Authority agrees to $14,000 fine after pumping garbage tainted storm water into a local ditch. (Feb-28-08)
- Police Chief Resignation Town of Lyndeborough agrees to $53,500 settlement. (Feb-28-08)
- Assistant Termination City of Lake Elmo agrees to $20,000 wrongful termination settlement. (Feb-28-08)
- Windows Software Microsoft fined $1.3 billion for failing to comply with the European Union's antitrust order. (Feb-28-08)
- Wrong Bus Greenbrier County Board of Education agrees to $15,000 negligence settlement after dropping a 5-year-old off at the wrong spot. (Feb-28-08)
- Chemicals and Glue Contamination Pharmacia and Bayer CropScience agree to spend $26 million on the superfund cleanup. (Feb-28-08)
- Arrest and Search New Hanover County agrees to $2.45 million wrongful death settlement after a deputy shot through a door and killed a teenage student. (Feb-28-08)