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- Critic Free Speech Massachusetts Department of Education pays MCAS critic $187,000 civil rights settlement. (Nov-20-07)
- Curtis Wilmore $1.9 million wrongful conviction settlement for 18 years in prison. (Mar-29-07)
- Cushman and Wakefield Inc, Interior Systems Inc. $8.4 million settlement for unpaid postage.. (Oct-5-04)
- D.C. Government $12 million settlement for holding inmates in jail past their release date and subjecting inmates to unreasonable strip searches. (Jan-26-06)
- Dallas County, TX $950,000 settlement for inhuman treatment at county jail. (Feb-26-07)
- Dancers owner Michael Crissman $135,000 settlement in Adult Use Ordinance violation lawsuit. (Sep-7-07)
- Dede Harris a harassment and fraud lawsuit on behalf of Dede Harris dismissed. (Jul-18-06)
- Denver, CO State hospital gets $1.6 million in emergency funding to handle backlog of mentally ill patients. (Feb-28-07)
- Department of Children and Families $1.3 million settlement in foster care teen sexual abuse lawsuit. (Aug-6-07)
- Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention $500,000 for negligence and oversight of juvenile centers. (Mar-21-07)
- Department of Public Safety A $300,000 tort settlement. (May-23-05)
- Department of Social and Health Services A $1.54 million settlement for foster care abuse. (Apr-11-05)
- Detroit, MI $1 million settlement in wrongful detainment, constitutional rights violation lawsuit. (Jul-15-07)
- Dey, Inc. An $18.5 million dollar settlement has been reached in the Medicaid. (Jun-25-03)
- Diebold Election Systems settlement for faulty election voting systems. (Nov-15-04)
- Disabilities Groups Settle with Caltrans for $1.1 Billion (Dec-23-09)
- Disability Access Santa Cruz pays fines for inadequate access to election polls for disabled voters. (Oct-8-07)
- Disabled Win California Class Action (Apr-28-09)
- District of Columbia Police Department $685,000 settlement for protester abuse. (Nov-23-06)
- District of Columbia, USA $200,000 settlement for wrongful arrest during protest. (Mar-8-07)
- District of Columbia $1.1 million settlement for the wrongful imprisonment of a mentally impaired man. (Aug-12-05)
- District of Columbia $700,000 civil rights settlement for wrongful eviction of Hispanic buildings. (Dec-14-06)
- Douglas County Jail $225,000 settlement awarded to an inmate for failing to provide medical attention for his appendicitis. (Aug-18-05)
- Dr. Paul Hamburg $750,000 settlement against professor and doctor charged with sexual abuse toward patient. (Sep-27-05)
- Edgewater Police Department $100,000 settlement awarded to a women who was strip searched and subsequently charged with drug possession. (Oct-2-05)
- eHarmony Settles Same Sex Matching Class Action (Jan-27-10)
- Elderly Man Tasered by Deputies Reaches $65K Settlement (Jun-20-11)
- Evanston-Skokie School District 65 $250,000 settlement awarded to a former teacher for violating her free speech rights. (Sep-5-05)
- Excessive Force Corpus Christi, TX has agreed to pay Ruben Galvan $50,000 to settle a lawsuit that accused the police of using excessive force and violating his constitutional rights during his arrest outside a downtown nightclub. (Dec-12-07)
- Excessive Force Man awarded $80,000 after his finger had to be amputated during his arrest. (Oct-17-07)
- Excessive Force Tallmadge Police reaches undisclosed settlement in civil lawsuit. (May-23-08)
- Exeter Police Department Secret Service officer awarded $125,000 for false arrest. (Jan-25-07)
- Fairfield, OH Couple gets $25,000 in racial profiling and discrimination lawsuit. (May-7-07)
- False Allegations City of Wenatchee agrees to pay former pastor $700,000 settlement after falsely arresting him in association with child molestation. (Dec-27-07)
- False Arrest City of Greer pays $50,000 settlement after imprisoning a woman whose charges had been dismissed years earlier. (Feb-19-08)
- False Arrest Hillsborough woman wins $100,000 settlement for civil rights violations. (Sep-20-07)
- Family Awarded $7M in Prison Suicide Lawsuit (Nov-13-17)
- Family Dollar Inc. $100,000 civil penalty settlement awarded to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). (Jul-24-06)
- Fayette County, PA $75,000 settlement in civil rights violation lawsuit. (Aug-16-07)
- Federal Bureau of Investigation $100,000 settlement for arresting an environmentalist without probable cause and holding him in jail for four days. (Nov-22-05)
- Federal Government $1.6 million settlement awarded to Wen Ho Lee for false publications and charges of espionage. (Jun-7-06)
- Federal Government $80,000 settlement in First Amendment violation lawsuit. (Aug-17-07)
- Ferdinand Marcos. U.S. District Judge Manuel Real has ruled that $40 million d.. (Jul-28-04)
- Fernandez v. City of Phoenix Verdict for Defendant (Oct-29-15)
- Florida Department of Citrus. A $3.5 million dollar settlement has been reache.. (Jun-12-03)
- Flute Player Arrested Felix Wilkins will accept $27,500 to settle a lawsuit that claims the city of Philadelphia wrongfully arrested him for playing his flute on a corner. (Dec-13-07)
- Foster Care Abuse Adopted foster boy awarded $300,000 settlement after being abused by another foster boy. (Jan-11-08)
- Foster Care Abuse State of Alaska pays two foster boys $2.4 million negligence settlement. (Jan-15-08)
- Foster Care Chile Molestation Department of Children & Families pays $175,000 negligence settlement. (Feb-4-08)
- Foster Care Concealed Abuse Florida Department of Children & Families pays family $10 million for failing to provide adequate information on the background of their three adopted boys. (Oct-23-07)