Texas Settlements

• Young Quarterback's Death St. Stephen's School to pay $1 million settlement in wrongful death lawsuit. (Apr-17-08)
• Equal Opportunity Discrimination Vought to pay $1.5 million settlement in discrimination lawsuit. (Apr-15-08)
• Cooling Tower Emissions Enterprise Products to pay $270,275 settlement in environmental lawsuit. (Apr-11-08)
• Officer Retaliation Exposed Fort Worth to pay $400,000 settlement in employment lawsuit. (Apr-10-08)
• Drilling Rig Breach Energy company to pay $4.8 million settlement in breach of contract lawsuit. (Apr-8-08)
• Emergency Interpreter City to pay $75,000 settlement to deaf woman in 911 services lawsuit. (Apr-4-08)
• Mining Waste Cleanup Cogema to pay $1.6 million settlement in land owner's lawsuit. (Apr-2-08)
• Customer's Personal Information Pharmacy to pay $315,000 settlement in disposal lawsuit. (Mar-28-08)
• Updated Housing Apartment owners to pay $1 million to avoid civil penalties. (Mar-13-08)
• Immigrant Discrimination Shipley pays undisclosed settlement to harassed employees in lawsuit. (Mar-12-08)
• Clergy Molester Religious group to pay $1.3 million in priest molestation settlement. (Mar-5-08)
• HIV Funds Dallas Independent School District pays $336,000 settlement for misappropriated program funds. (Feb-25-08)
• Biodefense Program Texas A&M University agrees to $1 million lab safety and sanitation settlement. (Feb-23-08)
• Stadium Eminent Domain City of Arlington agrees to $2 million Dallas Cowboys stadium settlement. (Feb-12-08)
• Retail Overtime McLane Co. Inc. agrees to $1.5 million settlement for misclassifying employees as exempt. (Feb-10-08)
• Ozone Pollution Holcim Inc. pays $2.25 million settlement for air quality violations. (Jan-31-08)
• Employee Discrimination Terminix International Co. pays $95,000 settlement for employee racial bias. (Jan-10-08)
• 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)
• Medicaid Fraud Harris Methodist Hospital has agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle allegations that the hospital submitted improper Medicaid and Medicare claims. (Dec-12-07)
• Senator Pension City of Houston pays state senator $423,000 settlement after forcing him to quit his city employee job and therefor lose his pension. (Nov-29-07)
• Tanker Truck Accident United Petroleum Transports pays injured couple $5.5 million settlement. (Nov-28-07)
• Inmate Safety McLennan County pay former employee $30,000 wrongful termination and retaliation settlement after reporting illegal and dangerous conditions. (Nov-22-07)
• Overpriced Drugs GlaxoSmithKline pays $1.4 million settlement for over charging Medicaid for three of its drugs. (Nov-22-07)
• Airport Runway Engineering company agrees to pay for construction delays and costs. (Nov-20-07)
• Assistant Superintendent Marshall Independent School District pays former employee $100,000 age discrimination settlement. (Nov-6-07)
• Car Loan Insurance Service Life and Casualty Insurance Co. and Old United Life Insurance Cos. pay Texas policyholders $15.7 million insurance malpractice settlement. (Oct-27-07)
• Optometrist Harassment National Vision Inc. pays $175,000 after doctor harassed four female patients. (Oct-25-07)
• Immigration Officer Department of Homeland Security pays excessive force settlement. (Oct-25-07)
• Deadly Crash Owner and driver of 18-wheeler pays family of 10 deceased and 2 injured undisclosed settlement. (Oct-15-07)
• Boom Boom Cabaret Lubbock County pays $50,000 for taking away the dance hall's business license. (Oct-9-07)
• Asphalt Spill Eagle Systems Inc. pays $200,000 settlement after 26,000 gallons of asphalt spilled into a river. (Oct-4-07)
• Hurricane Insurance Coverage USAA Casualty Insurance awards couple settlement for their damaged home. (Oct-3-07)
• Bus Drivers' Overtime Garland School District pays overtime settlement. (Oct-1-07)
• Fatal Bus Fire Families of 23 victims awarded undisclosed settlement. (Sep-25-07)
• Wyndham Worldwide $190,000 restitution in hotel price gouging lawsuit. (Sep-24-07)
• Texas Youth Commission $30,000 settlement in inmate brutality lawsuit. (Sep-20-07)
• Dallas County, TX $550,000 settlement in deputy constables wrongful termination lawsuit. (Sep-19-07)
• San Antonio Water System $635,000 settlement in racial discrimination lawsuit. (Sep-7-07)
• Emeritus $1.9 million settlement in Medicaid fraud lawsuit. (Aug-29-07)
• Lubbock, TX Possible $200,000 payout in personal injury lawsuit. (Aug-24-07)
• Landry's Restaurants Inc. Over $5 million settlement in bondholders lawsuit. (Aug-21-07)
• Lone Star Wheel Components Inc. $5.75 million settlement in wrongful death lawsuit. (Aug-19-07)
• Lake Pointe Medical Center and Rockwall County, TX $100,000 settlement in jail inmate wrongful death lawsuit. (Aug-14-07)
• San Antonio, TX Settlement reached in pregnancy discrimination lawsuit. (Aug-7-07)
• Beaumont, TX $75,000 payout in motorcycle wreckage lawsuit. (Jul-27-07)
• Union Pacific Railroad $1.2 million settlement in property damage lawsuit. (Jul-27-07)
• Affiliated Computer Services Inc. $2.6 million settlement in federal false claims lawsuit. (Jul-5-07)
• Murphy City, TX Over $255,000 severance deal reached in employment suit. (Jul-5-07)
• Midland, TX $481,158 settlement in employment termination case. (Jul-1-07)
• El Paso, TX $635,000 settlement in employment overtime wages dispute. (Jul-1-07)