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- 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)
- Foul Mouthed Defendant Fined Judge orders $29,323 in fines for courtroom misconduct during lawsuit. (Apr-7-08)
- Francois Navarre. (Nov-26-03)
- Free Speech Canterbury agrees to pay $60,000 settlement in civil rights lawsuit. (May-23-08)
- Funeral Privacy Family awarded $11 million settlement after church protesters set up a demonstration at a Marine's funeral. (Nov-1-07)
- Gambro Healthcare Laboratory Services $53 million Medicare fraud settlement (Apr-28-05)
- Gwinnett County Public Schools $175,000 settlement awarded to a bus driver after she was demoted for trying to recruit others into the United School Employees Association union. (Oct-22-05)
- Halquist Stone Co. $1 million settlement in water contamination lawsuit. (May-16-07)
- Hare Krishna A $9.5 million settlement for abuse victims. (May-26-05)
- Hazle Township Owners of quarry business, wrongfully shut down, receive settlement. (May-1-06)
- Hewlett-Packard Co. $14.5 million settlement for violating privacy and ethics laws. (Dec-10-06)
- House Raid Kauai pays couple $325,000 settlement after raiding their house by mistake. (Oct-26-07)
- Hunter College $65,000 settlement for expelling a student from residence after attempting suicide. (Sep-6-06)
- Illegal Strip Search Suit Settled for $33 Million (Mar-23-10)
- Illegal Strip Search Lawsuit Reaches $2.1 Million Settlement (May-13-09)
- Immigrant Policy Luzerne County Register of Wills Dorothy Stankovic pays $10,000 ACLU settlement after denying illegal immigrants a marriage license. (Jan-30-08)
- Immigrant Sedation US Government awards two detainees $55,000 settlement after drugging them while in custody. (Jan-31-08)
- Immigration Officer Department of Homeland Security pays excessive force settlement. (Oct-25-07)
- Inappropriate Police Officer Woman forced into acts to avoid being arrested. (Sep-21-07)
- Information Technology Manager City pays former employee settlement for false arrest. (Oct-3-07)
- Inmate Abuse State of Wyoming awards inmate an undisclosed settlement after being assaulted by his cell mate. (Jan-6-08)
- Inmate Anti-Semitism Vermont Correction Dept. to pay $25,000 settlement in religion lawsuit. (Apr-3-08)
- Innocent Man Detained Denver pays $30,000 settlement in wrongful arrest lawsuit. (Apr-3-08)
- Innocent Man Serves 16 Years Baton Rouge to pay $1 million settlement in wrongful conviction lawsuit. (May-6-08)
- Inova Fairfax Hospital $55,000 settlement for failing to provide a sign language interpreter for a patient. (Apr-13-07)
- Islip, NY Dozens of evicted tenants receive undisclosed settlement. (Jan-25-07)
- Jacksonville, FL $100,000 settlement in foster home child abuse lawsuit. (Jul-9-07)
- Jacksonville, FL American Atheists Inc. gets an apology as well as $5,000 in attorney fees. (Jan-31-07)
- James Tillman $5 million compensation in wrongful incarceration lawsuit. (May-18-07)
- Jimmy Williams will receive a $750,000 settlement after he spent 10 years in j.. (Sep-24-03)
- John Atherton A $39,652 sexual harassement settlement. (Dec-13-04)
- John Doe v. Fairfield County Council of Boy Scouts of America, Inc.; Connecticut Yankee Council, Inc., Boy Scouts of America; The Boy Scouts of America Corporation Verdict for Plaintiff (Apr-29-16)
- Jury Awards $2 Million in Sexual Harassment Wrongful Termination Suit (Sep-8-10)
- Jury Awards $29M in Elder Abuse Case (Jun-17-10)
- Kaiser Permanente A $200,000 security breach fine. (Jun-21-05)
- Kansas Catholic Diocese Settles Abuse Cases for $10 Million> (Aug-20-08)
- Keane Inc. $1.14 million sexual harassment settlement to Georgina Fisk. (Jun-16-06)
- Kent County school system and the Kent County Sheriff's Department $285,000 payout in illegal strip search lawsuit. (Aug-8-07)
- Kent, OH $65,000 settlement in wrongful arrest civil lawsuit. (Aug-31-07)
- Kentucky Lottery. A $2.8 million verdict has been reached in the lawsuit filed.. (Jul-8-04)
- Kentucky $700,000 awarded to a man wrongfully convicted of rape. (Jan-8-07)
- Klickitat County, WA $50,000 civil rights settlement for tampering with evidence. (Apr-27-07)
- Knightstown School District $69,000 settlement for students expelled over film showing. (Mar-23-07)
- Kobe Bryant An undisclosed settlement for mental anguish. (Mar-7-05)
- Kodak Settles Race Discrimination Class Action for $21 Million (Jul-15-09)
- Kona, HI Police A $30,000 settlement was awarded to a couple from Kona for wrongful arrest. (Jan-4-05)
- Kootenai County $900,000 wrongful imprisonment settlement awarded to a former death row inmate. (Aug-18-06)
- La Habra, CA $5.2 million settlement in night club ordinance violation lawsuit. (Aug-23-07)
- LA Settles LAPD Brutality Class Action (Feb-5-09)
- Lakewood Cheder School $1.2 million for providing false information to obtain funds for preschoolers' lunches. (Nov-7-06)