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- Catheterized Arrest State of Washington pays $15,000 settlement after forcing a man to screen for intoxicants. (Mar-5-08)
- Catholic Archdiocese Will Pay $12.6 Million in Sexual Abuse Settlements (Aug-12-08)
- Cedarburg Police Department A $9000 settlement for a home search. (May-16-05)
- Central Montgomery Medical Center $200,000 settlement for unlawful use of restraints on patients for two years. (Aug-1-05)
- Chesapeake, VA Racial discrimination suit over screening test ends in a $65,000 payout. (Jun-11-07)
- Chicago City $6.2 million civil settlement awarded to a wrongfully accused boy for the brutal murder of an 11 year old girl. (Sep-20-05)
- Chicago Considers $16.5 Million Settlement in Class Action Against Police Force (May-10-10)
- Chicago, IL $8 million settlement awarded to two men for wrongful conviction. (Apr-13-07)
- Child Abuse Settlement The mother of 6-year-old Brandon Ford has accepted a $1.5 million settlement in a lawsuit that claimed the boy was severely brain damaged while in foster care. (Dec-14-07)
- Chiquita Brands International $25 million fine paid for forming allies with deemed terrorist groups. (Mar-20-07)
- City Building Access Calistoga pays $73,000 settlement for Americans with Disabilities Act violations. (Oct-5-07)
- City of Amarillo, TX. A $5 million verdict has been reached in the lawsuit fi.. (May-5-04)
- City of Avondale, Arizona. A $5.9 million dollar settlement has been reached i.. (Sep-4-03)
- City of Boston $3.2 million settlement for wrongful imprisonment awarded to a man who spent more than 10 years in jail. (Mar-10-06)
- City of Chicago, IL $1 million settlement for the coerced confession of a mentally handicapped man. (Oct-11-06)
- City of Chicago $1.75 million settlement awarded for police harassment. (Oct-11-05)
- City of Chicago Proposed $9 million settlement to be awarded to an innocent man who spent 11 1/2 years in prison. (Jan-27-06)
- City of Chicopee $2.45 million wrongful conviction and imprisonment settlement awarded to a man who spent 14 years in jail for allegedly raping a college student. (Nov-18-05)
- City of Detroit A tentative settlement will pay more than $32,000 in damages and attorney fees to students (Jun-14-06)
- City of Espanola, NM $221,000 settlement awarded to the family of a third grade boy who was handcuffed and taken to jail by police for misbehaving at school. (Apr-18-06)
- City of Fayetteville, North Carolina and Golden Corral restaurant chain $100,000 settlement awarded to seven black men in a civil rights and slander lawsuit. (Jun-26-06)
- City of Fresno Will Pay $2.3 Million in Homeless Persons' Class Action Settlement> (Jul-28-08)
- City of Glendale, CA (female police officer sexual harassment) (Nov-15-04)
- City of Glendale, CA $1.8 million settlement for a police raid. (May-2-06)
- City of Hammond, IN $9 million settlement awarded to a man who spent 19 years in prison for a rape he did not commit. (Sep-11-06)
- City of Los Angeles, CA $720,000 settlement approved for a mentally disabled janitor who spent 9 years in prison for crimes he did not commit. (Oct-5-06)
- City of Los Angeles. A $1.2 million settlement has been approved in the lawsui.. (May-19-04)
- City of Los Angeles $1.1 million settlement awarded to the family of Notorious B.I.G. for intentionally withholding evidence. (Jan-23-06)
- City of Los Angeles Tentative $450,000 settlement for unnecessary force by a police officer. (Oct-9-06)
- City of Oakland A $50,000 settlement for the death of Terrance Mearis by police. (Apr-14-05)
- City of Portsmouth, VA $1.2 million settlement awarded to Friendship Temple for freedom of religion violations. (May-16-06)
- City of San Jose $800,000 settlement awarded to the Hells Angels after a police raid left three dogs dead. (Aug-24-06)
- City of Seattle, WA $75,000 settlement for two protesters whose free speech rights were violated. (Sep-21-06)
- City of Sharonville, OH $1.5 million settlement for mishandling a murder case. (Oct-2-06)
- City of Tulsa, OK $12.25 million settlement awarded to a man who spent 14 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. (Jun-6-06)
- City of Utica and Oneida County A $120,000 settlment for wrongful conviction. (Feb-24-05)
- City of Venice, CA $370,000 awarded in a wrongful prison death suit. (Apr-23-06)
- City of York, PA $2 million settlement for inciting violence and covering up evidence related to the murder of a black mother during the race riots in 1969. (Dec-6-05)
- City of Ypsilanti A $100,000 settlement for an illegal search. (Apr-25-05)
- Claude E. Jordan Sr. A $200,000 verdict has been reached in the lawsuit filed.. (Nov-26-03)
- Clear Channel Outdoor, Steen and CBS Outdoor Billboard company pays $350,000 to remove the illegal signs. (Mar-12-07)
- Coach Defamation City of San Marino agrees to pay high school basketball coach $2.1 million settlement for false arrest and misleading statements. (Dec-31-07)
- Colonie, NY $225,000 civil rights settlement for manufacturing a criminal subpoena. (Jan-23-07)
- Columbus, OH $192,000 settlement awarded to gang member for wrongful conviction. (Apr-13-07)
- Congressman's Illegal Recording Democrat ordered to pay $1 million settlement to Republican in phone call lawsuit. (Apr-7-08)
- Cook County Settles Strip Search Class Action for $55.3 Million (Nov-16-10)
- Cookeville Police (shooting family dog) (Nov-25-04)
- Correctional Services Corp., FL. A $38 million verdict has been reached in t.. (Dec-18-03)
- County Jail Strip Search Class Action Preliminary Settlement Reached (Mar-18-09)
- Cowboy Hat Lincoln County pays citizen $10,500 settlement for Constitutional Rights violations. (Mar-1-08)