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- Claims Investigator Overtime City of Palo Alto pays former employee $335,000 settlement for unpaid overtime. (Nov-4-07)
- Storm Water Waste Coulter Forge Technologies pays $36,000 EPA fine for pollution at its Emeryville forging and metal processing site. (Nov-1-07)
- El Monte Superfund Forty individuals and businesses agree to $12.5 million settlement for groundwater contamination. (Nov-1-07)
- Employees Racial Harassment Hammon Plating pays $115,000 settlement for gender and racial discrimination. (Oct-31-07)
- Race Car Crash Family of marketing guru awarded $4.5 million wrongful death settlement. (Oct-31-07)
- Airport Property Sale City of Fresno pays Federal Aviation Administration $5.8 million settlement for selling land to Gap Inc. below market value. (Oct-31-07)
- Police Impersonation Kensington Police Department awards institutional police sergeant $47,000 settlement. (Oct-23-07)
- Apartment Management Archstone-Smith pays $683,000 settlement for improper tenant water billing. (Oct-22-07)
- Riders Police Scandal Oakland awards former police officer $625,000 settlement for wrongful termination and retaliation. (Oct-18-07)
- Organ Recovery Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center pays $250,000 wrongful death settlement after a disabled man is taken off life support before surgery. (Oct-16-07)
- Dry Cleaning Solvents Vulcan Materials Co. pays city of Modesto $20 million settlement for groundwater contamination. (Oct-15-07)
- Oil Field Pollution Frontier Oil Corp. and Wainoco Oil & Gas Co. pay $10 million settlement for environmentally damaging emissions. (Oct-15-07)
- Gender Bias Fresno State University pays former athletic director $3.5 million settlement for gender discrimination. (Oct-12-07)
- Seawall Permit Monterey pays $1.75 million settlement for intentionally blocking plans for a coastal retaining wall. (Oct-11-07)
- Internet Patent University of California received $30.4 million settlement from a patent dispute between Microsoft Corp. and Eolas Technologies Inc. (Oct-11-07)
- Smoke Emission Violations Brinks Inc. pays fine for environmental pollution. (Oct-11-07)
- Stolen Phones AT&T pays California state fine for unlawfully charging customers for unauthorized calls. (Oct-11-07)
- LAX Janitors' Harassment World Service West pays three female employees $150,000 gender harassment settlement. (Oct-11-07)
- Bridge Eminent Domain Tehama County pays residents to build new bridge through their property. (Oct-8-07)
- Orange Diocese Abuse Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange pays $6.685 million settlement to four abuse victims. (Oct-8-07)
- Student Molestation Woman drops abuse case for $260,000 settlement from Palo Alto Unified School District. (Oct-8-07)
- Disability Access Santa Cruz pays fines for inadequate access to election polls for disabled voters. (Oct-8-07)
- Fired District Attorney Otay Water District pays former company attorney settlement for wrongful termination. (Oct-7-07)
- City Building Access Calistoga pays $73,000 settlement for Americans with Disabilities Act violations. (Oct-5-07)
- Sewage Spill Escondido to pay $1.8 million fine for sewage spills and discharging improperly treated sewage. (Oct-4-07)
- Corner Collision Victim of truck crash on dangerous road awarded $199,000 settlement from city. (Oct-3-07)
- Pulp Mill Pollution Evergreen Pulp pays $5 million EPA settlement. (Oct-3-07)
- Information Technology Manager City pays former employee settlement for false arrest. (Oct-3-07)
- Bicyclist Accident On duty police officer hits biker and city pays $150,000 settlement. (Oct-3-07)
- Waste Management Lockout Trash haulers pay $500,000 to Castro Valley customers. (Oct-1-07)
- Brain Injury Teenager receives $9 million settlement after car accident into a fence. (Oct-1-07)
- Dance Lord Defamation Lord of the Dance star settles defamation lawsuit. (Sep-28-07)
- Campus Point Permits Company owner pays $2 million fine for building permits and zoning. (Sep-27-07)
- San Diego Chargers City pays football team for lost revenue. (Sep-26-07)
- Russell Bowman $19,000 settlement in political criticism libel lawsuit. (Sep-24-07)
- Alameda County, CA $188,000 settlement in foster care abuse lawsuit. (Sep-19-07)
- Travelers Insurance $9.5 million payout in insurance coverage lawsuit. (Sep-17-07)
- Los Angeles, CA $6.2 million settlement in racial discrimination and harassment lawsuit. (Sep-17-07)
- Menlo Park, CA $495,000 settlement in police officer racial discrimination lawsuit. (Sep-16-07)
- Santa Rosa Roman Catholic Diocese $5 million settlement in clergy abuse lawsuit. (Sep-16-07)
- US Federal Government Over $55 million payout in federal personal injury lawsuit. (Sep-16-07)
- ConocoPhillips $10 million settlement in environmental protection lawsuit. (Sep-16-07)
- Office Depot Inc. Over $2.3 million settlement in consumer protection lawsuit. (Sep-16-07)
- American International Group $2.5 million insurance settlement in polluted groundwater suit. (Sep-15-07)
- Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego $198.1 million settlement in clergy abuse lawsuit. (Sep-15-07)
- General Electric Co. $2.1 million settlement in power plant construction lawsuit. (Sep-14-07)
- Gilroy, CA $34,000 settlement in excessive force and wrongful arrest case. (Sep-5-07)
- Honey Lake Motocross Park $170,400 proposed settlement in noise monitoring fee related lawsuit. (Sep-5-07)
- Pacific Gas & Electric $2.5 million settlement in fraudulent pipeline waiver lawsuit. (Sep-4-07)
- Concord Produce $126,000 settlement in labor regulations violation suit. (Sep-3-07)