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Settlements
- Government of Argentina $185 million settlement awarded to Azurix for breach of contract. (Aug-20-06)
- Starbucks $310,000 personal injury settlement awarded for a coffee burn. (Aug-20-06)
- Zurich American Insurance Co. $80 million settlement awarded for business interruption insurance claims related to the World Trade Center. (Aug-18-06)
- Hyundai Advance and MSC Ilona $8.5 million settlement for clean up efforts after an oil spill. (Aug-18-06)
- Hoeganaes Corp. $1.45 million settlement awarded to boaters for smokestack emission damage. (Aug-18-06)
- Kootenai County $900,000 wrongful imprisonment settlement awarded to a former death row inmate. (Aug-18-06)
- Merck & Co. Inc. $51 million settlement awarded to a heart attack victim who was taking Vioxx. (Aug-17-06)
- Lake Compounce Amusement Park $1.2 million settlement awarded after a 6-year-old drowned to death. (Aug-17-06)
- Gibraltar Design $775,000 settlement for construction flaws. (Aug-17-06)
- Arizona Diamondbacks $504,000 settlement awarded to pitcher Jason Grimsley for early contract termination. (Aug-17-06)
- Edison Chouest Offshore $9 million breach of contract settlement awarded to the Port of Galveston. (Aug-17-06)
- Rabobank $830,000 settlement awarded to King City regarding a financial dispute. (Aug-17-06)
- Warwick, RI $600,000 wrongful conviction settlement awarded to a former police detective. (Aug-16-06)
- Bonita Springs, FL $202,000 settlement awarded to a contractor for breach of contract. (Aug-16-06)
- NVE Pharmaceuticals $260,000 settlement for false advertising of Stacker-2. (Aug-16-06)
- Government of Libya $30 million settlement awarded to former Pan Am employees. (Aug-16-06)
- City of Fargo $2 million settlement awarded to North Dakota State University for storm damage. (Aug-15-06)
- Mid-Valley Pipeline Company and Sunoco Pipeline $2.57 million settlement for a January 2005 oil spill. (Aug-15-06)
- Washington State $17 million settlement after disturbing an ancient American Indian village and burial ground. (Aug-15-06)
- Barton County Community College $130,000 wrongful termination settlement awarded to a journalism instructor. (Aug-14-06)
- Wilson Borough Police Department $950,000 out of court settlement awarded to a police brutality victim. (Aug-14-06)
- ProCycle $200,000 settlement for misleading advertising and consumer protection violations. (Aug-14-06)
- US LEC $3 million settlement awarded to Qwest for billing and interstate access charges. (Aug-14-06)
- GlaxoSmithKline $70 million settlement and class action settlement for price fixing medications. (Aug-11-06)
- Kaiser Permanente $2 million fine for the mismanagement of the kidney transplant program in Northern California. (Aug-10-06)
- Jockeys Guild Undisclosed settlement awarded to paralyzed jockey. (Aug-9-06)
- Alcoa City, TN $92,000 racial discrimination settlement awarded to two African American police officers. (Aug-9-06)
- Katherine Louise Schoeffler Hansen $450,000 settlement awarded after a will dispute. (Aug-9-06)
- AGE Refining Inc. $9 million settlement for falsely certifying compliance with government contracts. (Aug-8-06)
- Toyota Motor Corporation Undisclosed settlement awarded to a female employee for gender harassment. (Aug-8-06)
- Frank Murphy, the Anchorage Archdiocese, the Boston Archdiocese and the Missionary Society of Saint James the Apostle $1.4 million settlement awarded to five men who were abused as minors. (Aug-8-06)
- Banca Popolare Italiana 59.5 million euros awarded to Parmalat in revocatory claims. (Aug-8-06)
- Innovative Construction Services $2.2 million settlement awarded after a construction dispute. (Aug-7-06)
- American-Amicable Life Insurance Co. $70 million settlement awarded after violating insurance and consumer protection laws. (Aug-7-06)
- Martha Stewart $195,000 settlement for civil insider trading violations. (Aug-7-06)
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. $1.1 million antitrust settlement for blocking generic versions of BuSpar. (Aug-6-06)
- John Charman $90.6 million divorce settlement awarded to the ex-wife. (Aug-6-06)
- Cape Forklift Services and Sales CC R650 000 personal injury settlement awarded after a truck accident. (Aug-6-06)
- Ohio State University Medical Center Undisclosed medical malpractice settlement awarded after a 24 year old woman was left with brain damage. (Aug-6-06)
- Milan Panic $20 million settlement paid to Valeant Pharmaceuticals for unwarranted bonuses. (Aug-6-06)
- Fox News Network $225,000 tentative gender discrimination and harassment settlement awarded to four women in Fox News advertising and promotion department. (Aug-2-06)
- RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. $16 million tentative securities settlement awarded shareholders. (Aug-2-06)
- Western World Insurance Company $2 million discrimination settlement awarded The Fair Housing Center of Washington and the Fair Housing Council of Oregon. (Aug-2-06)
- Queensland Government, Australia $5 million tentative personal injury settlement awarded Sonja Hickson. (Aug-2-06)
- Wyndham International Inc. $2.3 million automatic surcharge settlement awarded to hotel guests. (Aug-1-06)
- St. Paul Travelers Cos. Inc. $37 million regulatory settlement awarded to policyholders and $40 million in fines. (Aug-1-06)
- Yankee Gas, City of Derby, Derby Housing Authority and Richard Kastens $11.4 million wrongful death settlement awarded the heirs of Ade Jordan. (Aug-1-06)
- CNL Hotels and Resorts $35 million settlement awarded to investors. (Jul-31-06)
- e-Plus Inc. $6 million fraud settlement awarded to GMAC Commercial Finance. (Jul-31-06)
- Qwest Communications $265 million telecommunications settlement awarded to the State of New Mexico. (Jul-31-06)