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- Employee Disability Discrimination Schwalbach Holdings, Inc. agrees to pay $40,500 settlement after firing an employee with multiple sclerosis. (Jan-16-08)
- Infrared Technology Flight Safety Technologies Inc. pays Analogic Corp. $100,000 license infringement settlement. (Jan-16-08)
- Job Training Central Iowa Employment and Training Consortium pays $1.3 million settlement after improperly spending government grants. (Jan-16-08)
- Health Plan Fraud Lafayette General Medical Center agrees to $1.9 million settlement after allowing doctors to perform unnecessary procedures. (Jan-16-08)
- Store Closing Prizant's flooring company agrees to fill orders or refund customer's money after going out of business without notice. (Jan-16-08)
- Fire Protocol Sofa Super Store pays fine after nine firefighters die in store fire. (Jan-16-08)
- Isolation Death Family awarded $2 million settlement after man died while in police custody. (Jan-15-08)
- Foster Care Abuse State of Alaska pays two foster boys $2.4 million negligence settlement. (Jan-15-08)
- City Employee Fired City of Easton pays former employee $250,000 wrongful termination settlement. (Jan-15-08)
- Soccer Coach University of North Carolina awards soccer player $385,000 settlement for gender harassment. (Jan-15-08)
- Clarinex Shareholders Schering-Plough Corp. agrees to shareholders derivative settlement. (Jan-15-08)
- Water Features Albert D. Seeno Construction Co. pays $2.9 million civil settlement in environmental lawsuit. (Jan-15-08)
- Apparel Contract Talon International receives $1.5 million worth of marketable securities for Azteca Production International contract breach. (Jan-15-08)
- NASCAR Plane Crash Man awarded undisclosed settlement after a plane crashed into his home and killed his wife and infant son. (Jan-14-08)
- Employee Racial Harassment Beem Irrigation Inc. agrees to $77,000 settlement for employee racial discrimination and retaliation. (Jan-14-08)
- Hexavalent Chromium Honeywell Inc. pays $25 million settlement for groundwater contamination. (Jan-14-08)
- Motorcycle Cop Accident Erie police officer awarded $150,000 workers compensation settlement after sustaining serious injuries while on duty. (Jan-14-08)
- Wrongful Imprisonment and Conviction Man awarded $3.5 million after spending 15 years in jail for a crime he did not commit. (Jan-14-08)
- Negligent Death Family of New York Times reporter awarded undisclosed settlement for medical malpractice. (Jan-14-08)
- Educational Infomercials Whitney Information Network refunds $1 million to customers for false and misleading advertising. (Jan-13-08)
- Employee Harassment City of Rosemead pays former employee $330,000 settlement after allegedly being harassed by a city councilman. (Jan-13-08)
- Wrongful Imprisonment Man awarded multi million dollar settlement after spending 23 years in prison. (Jan-13-08)
- Tree Stands Ardisam Inc. pays $420,000 settlement for failing to report defective product to government officials. (Jan-13-08)
- Ambulance Service Duplin County pays Johnston Ambulance Service, Inc. $25,000 settlement for breach of contract. (Jan-12-08)
- Equipment Name Meade Instruments Corp. agrees to pay a substantial settlement to resolve a product naming and intellectual property dispute. (Jan-12-08)
- Genetic Analysis Illumina Inc. agrees to pay $90 million patent infringement settlement to Affymetrix Inc. regarding products used to analyze genetic information. (Jan-12-08)
- Foster Parent Neglect Debi Canella ordered to pay $70,000 settlement after her foster daughter choked on a car seat while left alone for 30 minutes. (Jan-11-08)
- Foster Care Abuse Adopted foster boy awarded $300,000 settlement after being abused by another foster boy. (Jan-11-08)
- Sewer Easements Fayetteville pays landowner $100,000 for construction and sewer easements. (Jan-11-08)
- City Director Former Coral Gables Procurement Director awarded $500,000 settlement for employee retaliation. (Jan-11-08)
- Copied Song Avril Lavigne pays undisclosed settlement to rock band, Rubinoos, for copyright infringement. (Jan-10-08)
- Employee Gender Discrimination Former Water Works employee awarded $67,000 gender bias settlement. (Jan-10-08)
- Stolen Gun Family awarded undisclosed settlement after teenage son was shot and killed after another teenager stole a sheriff deputy's gun. (Jan-10-08)
- Activist Protest New York City pays two activist groups $50,000 settlement for free speech violations. (Jan-10-08)
- Alabama Medicaid Dey pays $4.75 million reimbursement settlement to state. (Jan-10-08)
- Unlicensed Software NovaStar Mortgage Inc. pays Business Software Alliance $112,000 settlement for using unlicensed copies of computer programs. (Jan-10-08)
- Hazardous Waste Contamination American International Specialty Lines Insurance Co. Inc. agrees to pay $42.5 million settlement to clean up Fruit of the Loom site contamination. (Jan-10-08)
- Land Preparation Thompson's Station Board awarded $122,000 from Wal-Mart after the retailer decided not to move into the town. (Jan-10-08)
- Inmate Manslaughter Family of Carlos-Claros Castro awarded undisclosed settlement after he was killed by two guards. (Jan-10-08)
- Auction Defamation David Clabuesch pays Barrett-Jackson Auction Co. undisclosed settlement after posting defamatory signs. (Jan-10-08)
- Ballot Measures County of Monterey agrees to $511,717 settlement. (Jan-10-08)
- Employee Discrimination Terminix International Co. pays $95,000 settlement for employee racial bias. (Jan-10-08)
- Unregistered Loan Officers Nationstar Mortgage LLC pays the Kentucky Office of Financial Institutions a $105,000 payout. (Jan-10-08)
- Diamond Antitrust De Beers Diamond Company creates $295 million class action fund for anticompetitive gem prices. (Jan-10-08)
- State Employees State Street Global Advisors reimburses Alaska state employees $6 million for mismanaged retirement accounts. (Jan-9-08)
- Priest Abuse Catholic Diocese of Yakima pays $200,000 settlement to four abuse victims. (Jan-9-08)
- Construction Traffic Century City Realty LLC and JMB Realty Corp. pay $7.25 million settlement for underestimated traffic to the development. (Jan-9-08)
- Wrongful Conviction Family of mentally challenged man awarded $700,000 settlement after his death. (Jan-9-08)
- Chip Seal Residents awarded $200,000 for damage sustained to vehicles during road construction. (Jan-9-08)
- Paralympic Civil Rights US Olympic Committee agrees to confidential settlement for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. (Jan-9-08)