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$895 Preliminary Settlement Approved for UnitedHealth Group Securities Class Action A preliminary settlement has been approved in the stock options lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group Inc, for $895 million. The settlement details of the securities class action would also have former CEO William McGuire pay $30 million and former general counsel Da... - Salmon River, US Government to pay $170 million to restore the San Joaquin River
Washington, DC: (Nov-15-07) The Natural Resources Defense Council filed a lawsuit against the US government in 1988, over restoring salmon to the San Joaquin River. The 19-year-long suit reached a settlement when a key US House committee approved legislation to implement a controversial water settlement, aimed at restoring salmon to the river. The deal was... - Jury Awards $132 Million Settlement in Bus Crash Lawsuit
El Paso, TX: A jury in El Paso has awarded a $132 million settlement to the victims of a bus crash that killed two people and critically injured several others. This is one of the largest jury awards in the nation. The case, pending in state court since 2005, alleged that a Los Paisanos van carrying 11 people had bald tires and no safety belts. T... - Settlement Gets Preliminary OK in Countrywide Class Action
Louisville, KY: A settlement has been granted preliminary approval by a federal judge in the class action pending against Countrywide Financial - now owned by Bank of America - and millions of customers who suffered a security breach of their detailed personal financial information. According to reports, the terms of the settlement would see Countryw... - NBA Divorce, Michael Jordan pays former wife $168 million divorce settlement
Los Angeles, CA: (Nov-12-07) A settlement was reached between basketball superstar Michael Jordan and ex-wife Juanita Jordan, in which the former NBA player agreed to pay his former wife an unprecedented settlement of more than $168 million. Sources confirmed that the couple split in December 2006, when Jordan, 44, and his wife Juanita, 48, balked at signi... - Trump Property Assessment, Atlantic City pays Trump Entertainment Resorts $34 million settlement for overassessing property values at three casinos
Atlantic City, NJ: (Nov-02-07) Trump Entertainment Resorts, a consolidated company that includes Donald Trump's three casinos, brought charges against the city, alleging that the city overassessed their properties. Records show that Trump Entertainment Resorts had filed 19 tax appeals. As part of a settlement reached, sources confirmed that the city... - Tentative Settlement Pending in Comverse Technology Class Action
New York, NY : A settlement that would bring to a close the securities class action against the software maker Comverse Technology is pending court approval. The expected settlement sum is between $150 and $300 million. The class action stemmed from civil charges brought by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, that former executives, primarily Ja... - Red Hat Proposes $8.8 Million Shareholder Settlement
Raleigh, NC : Possible good news for Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) shareholders, the company has reportedly set aside $8.8 million as a settlement fund for an ongoing shareholder class action. The suit alleges that the Raleigh-based Linux company misled investors through its financial statements in July 2004. The terms of the settlement, including the fund... - Woman Awarded $5.6M for Fall in McDonald's
Maui, HW: A woman who fractured her spine after fallling at a McDonald's restaurant in Kahului has been awarded a $5.6 million settlement by the jury hearing her case. In November 2007,Beverly Munguia, then 57, slipped and fell, resulting in a burst compression fracture of the L1 vertebra. She underwent a lumbar fusion, but claimed she was left... - Strip Search Class Action Settled for $900,000
A $900,000 settlement was approved today by a federal judge in a class action lawsuit over allegations that night club patrons were strip-searched during a police raid in 2005. Undercover police raided the club ' What's Next' in Flint, Michigan, to investigate reports of drug dealing taking place onsite. Apparently, the police bought drugs at the club... - Worker Awarded $6.9Million for Injuries From Chemical Fire
Harris County, TX: Carl Cotright has been awarded a $6.9 million settlement in his workplace injury lawsuit. In 2007, then 39-year old Cotright was employed by K-Solv, a chemical storage and transportation company to work in its Houston yard. During the course of his work, a flashfire was started when fumes from a chemical called xylene, which wa... - Asbestos Lawsuit Against Smithsonian Settled
Washington, DC : A 54-year old former employee of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum has been awarded a $233,000 settlement ending his lawsuit against the institution. Richard Pullman, a former exhibit specialist, worked for the museum for 28 years, during which time he frequently had to saw and drill into the interior walls of the museum. However, i... - Worker Awarded $9 Million for Workplace Injuries
Madison, IL: An injured CSX Transportation conductor has been awarded $9 million as settlement of his workplace injury suit. Richard Burden, of Owensboro, KY, was hurt in 2007 while releasing vertical handbrakes on a tank car at night. As he dismounted the car, he fell and sustained a fractured leg, a neck injury, which required surgery at thre... - Roofer Injured in Fall Awarded $16.6 Million
Miami, FL: A roofer who became paralyzed after suffering a fall in February 2006 has been awarded $16.6 million in settlement of his construction site accident lawsuit. Antonio Acevedo was in the process of tearing off a roof when he fell about 20 feet, resulting in paraplegia and a traumatic brain injury. Consequently, he is now in a wheelchai... - Family Awarded $4.1 Million in Asbestos Lawsuit
Brazoria County, TX: A $4.1 million settlement has been awarded to the family of a man who allegedly died of asbestos mesothelioma resulting from asbestos exposure at work. Diagnosed with the fatal disease in 2008, Jerry Johnston died eight months later at the age of 63. For eight years in the 1970s he worked at Dow Chemical where he was expose... - Ainsworth Antitrust, Canadian company pays $8.6 million class action settlement for violating US antitrust laws
Vancouver, BC: (Oct-19-07) A class action lawsuit was filed against Ainsworth, alleging that the company violated US antitrust and other laws. In a settlement reached, company officials stated that Ainsworth has agreed to pay $8.6 million to be distributed across the settlement class. Currently, the settlement is subject to court approval. Ainsworth howeve... - Whitman Settles Unpaid Wages Suit with Ex-Housekeeper
San Jose, CA: Former California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has settled an unpaid wages dispute with her former housekeeper, to the tune of $5,500. The dispute between the former e-Bay CEO and Nicky Diaz Santillan, Whitman's housekeeper of nine years, became public during the final month of Whitman's campaign. It affected public support w... - Dog Bite Victim Awarded $210,000
Los Angeles, CA: The owners of a retriever-mix that bit a woman in 2009 have agreed to pay $210,000 in damages in a personal injury suit. Chelsea Jacobson was visiting Albert, Margaret and Jake Joseph Vita in the backyard of their home and petting their dog when the dog snapped and bit her in the face. Depiste the Vitas arguing that Jacobson pr... - Debt Settlement, Wavefire.com Inc. pays over $1 million settlement
Calgary, Alberta: (Oct-16-07) Wavefire.com Inc. officials stated that the company had entered into a debt settlement agreement pursuant to which the principal amount of $1,726,096.00 owed to a related party. The settlement was reached after the issuance, as fully paid and non-assessable, of 9,798,010 common shares of Wavefire to the related party at a pric... - Settlement Proposed in Toys
Santa Clara, CA: To all persons residing in the United States who, between May 4, 2003 through October 29, 2010, returned merchandise purchased online to a Babies "R" Us or Toys "R" Us retail store, and received return credit less than theactual purchase amount, a settlement has been proposed in a class action lawsuit pending against Toys "R" Us, Inc. and...