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- Irrigation Water Higley Unified School District pays $19,500 settlement to the Coronado Ranch Homeowners Association after using its well without paying. (Jan-30-08)
- Smoke Free Four Phoenix bars pay $10,000 fine for violating the Smoke Free Arizona Act. (Jan-29-08)
- Softball Coach Thomas County School System agrees to undisclosed gender discrimination and harassment settlement for a former employee. (Jan-29-08)
- Coolant Oil City of Seneca pays $40,000 EPA fine to help clean up contamination. (Jan-29-08)
- Canceled Contract Moon Area School District pays $98,500 construction dispute settlement. (Jan-29-08)
- Deceptive Advertising Ashley Furniture Homestore pays $400,000 settlement for late deliveries and defective products. (Jan-29-08)
- Breach of Contract EPCOR Power pays NAL Resources a $4.2 million settlement regarding a natural gas supply agreement. (Jan-29-08)
- Hurricane Damage Axis Surplus Insurance Company ordered to pay $42.5 million settlement to condo developers. (Jan-29-08)
- Money Transfers Sigue Corp. forfeits $15 million for failing to prohibit money laundering. (Jan-29-08)
- Intentional Contamination Northwestern Medical Center pays former orthopedic surgery $4 million medical malpractice settlement. (Jan-29-08)
- Social Studies Teacher School District of Palm Beach County awards former Olympic Heights High School teacher $272,000 wrongful termination settlement. (Jan-29-08)
- Heavy Metal Contamination Asarco Mining Company agrees to $20.7 million environmental and personal injury settlement. (Jan-29-08)
- Chaparrel Investors OAO Lukoil agrees to $37.6 million shareholders settlement. (Jan-28-08)
- Endowment Fund Insurance company Chubb Group pays $750,000 settlement after falsifying financial reports at the Milwaukee Public Museum. (Jan-28-08)
- Company Harassment Henredon Furniture Industries agrees to pay $465,000 employee racial discrimination settlement. (Jan-28-08)
- Averted Hit and Run David Kyle Smith ordered to pay $450,000 after driving by a police car accident. (Jan-28-08)
- Police Training Program Sheriff's deputy Samuel Roy Wilbanks ordered to pay undisclosed settlement after molesting an minor. (Jan-28-08)
- Medical Technology Ventana Medical Systems Inc. pays CytoLogix Corp. $49 million patent infringement settlement. (Jan-28-08)
- Numbing Fumes Conker Shoe Co. pays author $225,000 personal injury settlement. (Jan-28-08)
- Zantac Patent GlaxoSmithKline and Cypress Pharmaceutical settle patent infringement dispute. (Jan-28-08)
- Wrongful Termination Hallandale Beach pays former police officer $100,000 settlement after firing him for using excessive force. (Jan-28-08)
- Power Outages Exelon Corp. agrees to $55 million settlement in code violation dispute with the city of Chicago. (Jan-28-08)
- Merger Dispute J.C. Flowers & Company, JPMorgan Chase, and Bank of America agree to pay Sallie Mae a $30 billion dept settlement. (Jan-28-08)
- Broker Fraud Ferris Baker Watts Inc. to pay $16 million settlement for brokers role in a Ponzi scheme. (Jan-28-08)
- Takeover Insider Trading Former Dow Jones board member pays $8 million securities fraud SEC settlement. (Jan-28-08)
- Adult Care Friendship Care Assisted Living ordered to pay $20,000 fine for facility violations and negligence. (Jan-27-08)
- Back Wages Amersino Marketing Group agrees to pay employees $70,000 settlement. (Jan-27-08)
- Collapsed Bridge Lisbon County pays undisclosed personal injury settlement. (Jan-27-08)
- Resort Construction Tamarack Resort pays $185,000 penalty for Clean Water Act violations. (Jan-27-08)
- Debt Settlement MedMira Inc. agrees to pay debt holder $500,000 settlement. (Jan-26-08)
- Deceptive Marketing EDP Technologies Corporation et al. agree to $2.2 million settlement to subprime customers. (Jan-26-08)
- Gas Storage Tanks Talisman Energy Inc. pays CNOOC Ltd. $40 million to resolve a business dispute. (Jan-26-08)
- Pathology Lab Stevens Hospital pays Cytolab Pathology Services $1.35 million breach of contract settlement. (Jan-25-08)
- Delinquent Loans DealMaker Auto Group pays $2 million settlement after delaying vehicle payoffs. (Jan-25-08)
- Lead Paint Poisoning Jury awards boy $6 million personal injury settlement. (Jan-24-08)
- Police Dog Bite Washington County awards family $82,500 personal injury settlement after son required 187 stitches to his face after the attack. (Jan-24-08)
- Motorcycle Accident Matthew Miller pays $300,000 wrongful death settlement after fatal crash. (Jan-24-08)
- Racist Voicemail Stamford Board of Education pays student $37,500 settlement after failing to protect her from racial discrimination. (Jan-24-08)
- Garment Workers Rifu Apparel pays seven female employees $120,000 pregnancy discrimination settlement. (Jan-24-08)
- Joke Book Judy Brown and publishers pay undisclosed settlement to comedians and talkshow celebrities for copyright infringement. (Jan-24-08)
- Superintendent Severance Oklahoma City School pays former employee $71,500 settlement. (Jan-24-08)
- Monster Stock Options CEO Andrew McKelvey ordered to pay $276,000 SEC settlement for backdating employee stock options. (Jan-24-08)
- Bank Robbery City of Golden Valley pays law abiding citizen $1.1 million settlement for excessive police force in his wrongful arrest. (Jan-24-08)
- University Basketball Coach Ball State University pays former employee $200,000 racial discrimination and retaliation settlement. (Jan-24-08)
- Union Workers Amtrak to pay $62 million employee wage dispute settlement. (Jan-23-08)
- Apartment Appointment Pine Properties Inc. pays $158,000 housing discrimination settlement. (Jan-23-08)
- Bondholder Interest Solutia Inc. agrees to $220 million settlement. (Jan-23-08)
- Varsity Diver Niagara-Wheatfield High School pays former student an undisclosed settlement after suffering head injuries during a swim team practice. (Jan-23-08)
- COO Insider Trading Silicon Valley entrepreneur pays $3 million insider trading settlement to SEC. (Jan-23-08)
- Ballot Device Election Systems and Software agrees to pays city of San Francisco $3.5 million settlement after problems with AutoMARK lead to prolonged hand counting of votes. (Jan-23-08)