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- WestJet Airlines $15.5 million settlement awarded to Air Canada for spying in an internal Web site. (May-31-06)
- Costco $75,000 fine for cesspool violations. (May-31-06)
- Thrush Construction and Suburban Elevator $8 million workers compensation and personal injury settlement awarded to an electrician. (May-31-06)
- Mirant Corp. $520 million settlement for breaching a distribution contract. (May-31-06)
- Ford Credit Titling Trust $3.1 million auto accident settlement. (May-30-06)
- Town of Milton, MA $50,000 settlement awarded to a reverend for false arrest and racial profiling. (May-29-06)
- AquaZone and Sheico PKS Inc. $1.4 million settlement after a woman died on a scuba diving tour. (May-29-06)
- State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. $9.9 million settlement awarded after insurance coverage was denied regarding tornado damage. (May-29-06)
- Wyoming State $250,000 wrongful termination settlement awarded to a former museum manager. (May-26-06)
- City of Monticello, MN $98,000 wrongful termination settlement. (May-26-06)
- Hollinger International Inc. $3.5 million settlement awarded to lawyers for Tweedy Browne. (May-26-06)
- Dr. Jeffrey Shall $400,000 defamation settlement awarded to a personal injury lawyer. (May-26-06)
- Everhart Trucking LLC and R&T Trucking $1 million settlement awarded after a woman was killed after a trucker lost consciousness and caused a car crash. (May-25-06)
- City of Rocky Mount, NC $3 million settlement after a house fire killed seven people. (May-25-06)
- City of Seymour, CT $950,000 wrongful death settlement awarded after a police detective let a drunken man drive. (May-25-06)
- Gold's Gym Settlement gives access to new gyms to former Lifestyles members. (May-25-06)
- Columbia National, Inc. $800,000 fine for submitting false and fraudulent mortgage claims. (May-24-06)
- Factory Mutual Insurance Company $215 million settlement to cover personal injury lawsuits related to a train crash. (May-24-06)
- Green Atlas Shipping Co. $22 million settlement awarded for cleanup costs of a ship wreck. (May-24-06)
- Associated Newspapers Ltd. $188,000 libel settlement awarded to Sir Elton John for publishing a story with false information. (May-24-06)
- Cook County $5.75 million wrongful death settlement awarded after a police car accident. (May-23-06)
- Northwest Regional Education Service District $500,000 defamation settlement awarded to a former superintendent. (May-23-06)
- City of Clarksville, TN $225,000 racial discrimination settlement awarded to a police officer. (May-23-06)
- State of Massachusetts $1.2 million settlement for retirement system age discrimination. (May-22-06)
- National Education Association $750,000 out of court settlement awarded to three female employees for gender harassment. (May-22-06)
- Washington State Patrol $2 million settlement awarded to nine women who were fondled by a highway trooper. (May-19-06)
- Jeffrey Rempala $70,000 settlement after being unable to account for missing prescription medications. (May-19-06)
- Puget Sound Energy $8 million settlement awarded after a gas leak killed a mother of three. (May-19-06)
- FAX.com Inc. $428,000 settlement for sending junk advertisements. (May-19-06)
- Sam's Wine and Spirits $300,000 fine for extorting money from liquor distributors. (May-19-06)
- New York City $1.5 million settlement after a family of four was killed by an off duty drunken police officer. (May-18-06)
- Sean "Diddy" Combs Confidential settlement awarded to a man beat up by the rapper's bodyguards. (May-18-06)
- Polk County, IA $50,000 settlement awarded after a man died following a 911 dispatch error. (May-18-06)
- New York State $200,000 settlement awarded after a lifeguard umbrella hit a woman in the head. (May-18-06)
- H.D. Smith Wholesale Drug Co. $2.2 million settlement for conspiring to sell counterfeit prescription drugs. (May-17-06)
- Tenet Healthcare Corporation $21 million settlement for violating anti-kickback laws. (May-17-06)
- Shoreline Amphitheatre $10 million settlement for undisclosed revenues. (May-16-06)
- Calpine Corp. $42.5 million breach of contract settlement awarded to Reading Municipal Light. (May-16-06)
- City of Portsmouth, VA $1.2 million settlement awarded to Friendship Temple for freedom of religion violations. (May-16-06)
- St. Paul Travelers Cos. $25 million settlement for asbestos related injuries. (May-16-06)
- AR Mays Construction $75,000 dust violation settlement. (May-16-06)
- Berkeley Iceland Settlement awarded after allegations of gay discrimination. (May-16-06)
- Janet Williams $17,500 settlement awarded after a poodle attacked a young boy. (May-15-06)
- Tempe Union High School District $140,000 settlement awarded to a former vice principal for blowing the whistle on student athlete grade fixing. (May-15-06)
- J.L. Foods and Wampler Foods $3 million settlement awarded to a woman who gave birth to a disabled baby after eating tainted turkey. (May-15-06)
- Owens Corning $5.2 billion settlement awarded to people sickened by asbestos. (May-15-06)
- George's Processing Inc. $1.24 million settlement for time spent donning and doffing work clothes. (May-14-06)
- Morgan Stanley & Co. $15 million fine for obstructing investigations. (May-14-06)
- Global Limo and BusBank $11 million settlement after a bus full of nursing home residents caught fire while fleeing from Hurricane Rita. (May-12-06)
- Hynix Semiconductor Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Infineon Technologies AG $161 million class action settlement for conspiring to fix the price of DRAM. (May-12-06)