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- Will-Work, Inc. $260,000 settlement awarded to 34 employees for failure to make contributions to the employees' pension, health, and annuity funds. (Jan-9-06)
- Global Medical Systems and its Dr. Jarris $750,000 wrongful death settlement awarded to a widow whose husband died aboard a fishing vessel from treatable diabetes complications. (Jan-9-06)
- Exel Inc. $145,000 racial discrimination settlement awarded to a former employee. (Jan-4-06)
- City of Oakland $210,000 personal injury settlement awarded to a protester who was hit in the face with a bag of lead. (Jan-4-06)
- Mount Sinai Fire District $150,000 wrongful death settlement awarded to the family of a volunteer firefighter. (Jan-4-06)
- Pacific Steel Casting $2 million in environmental upgrades for violations of odorous emissions. (Jan-4-06)
- Carl Karcher Enterprises $255,000 settlement awarded to former African American employees for racial discrimination. (Jan-3-06)
- Micro Pacific Development Inc. $175,000 settlement awarded to 4 female employees alleging harassment. (Jan-2-06)
- Austrian Airlines $500,000 age discrimination settlement awarded to the former director of sales. (Jan-2-06)
- Mirant Corp. $31.8 million settlement awarded to San Diego Gas & Electric customers after being overcharged during the energy crisis in 2000 and 2001. (Jan-2-06)
- Tonganoxie School District $440,000 settlement awarded to a teenaged student after classmates harassed and bullied him out of school. (Jan-1-06)
- Papillon Airways Inc. and Eurocopter $38 million settlement awarded to the sole survivor of a helicopter crash that killed 6 other people, including the survivor's husband. (Dec-20-05)
- Western and Southern Life Insurance Co. $400,000 settlement for differentiating life insurance rates based on the race of the uninsured. (Dec-20-05)
- Iron City Constructors and the Boldt Company $275,000 settlement for allowing a racially hostile work environment awarded to two African American former employees. (Dec-20-05)
- National Emergency Vehicles Inc. $350,000 settlement for selling an ambulance that caught on fire the day after it was sold. (Dec-20-05)
- Hallmark Cards Inc. $45 million to be spent on programming and development to broadcast religious coalition information after breaching a contract. (Dec-20-05)
- Millennium Partners $180 million settlement for market timing to increase the cost of mutual funds to investors. (Dec-19-05)
- City of Scottsdale $1.5 million settlement for wrongful death and personal injury after police violated pursuit policies. (Dec-19-05)
- State of Washington $6.5 million wrongful death settlement after an ex-convict stole an SUV that caused a fatal accident to a mother of four. (Dec-19-05)
- DuPont Co. $16.5 million in fines and environmental projects for withholding information about the hazardous risks related to PFOA in Teflon. (Dec-14-05)
- PrivatAir Inc. $53.8 million settlement awarded to a pilot for wrongful termination based on age. (Dec-13-05)
- University of California Board of Regents $700,000 settlement awarded to a family who was returned ashes from miscellaneous body parts of other cadavers. (Dec-13-05)
- Robert Swofford Jr. $5.25 million divorce settlement awarded to the former wife of a man who won the Florida Lotto jackpot. (Dec-13-05)
- City of Chicago $3 million proposed settlement to be awarded to a female construction worker who was left paralyzed after a concrete block crushed her back. (Dec-13-05)
- DIRECTV $5 million settlement for failing to offer local TV channels and providing unreadable contracts. (Dec-13-05)
- University of Colorado $3 million settlement awarded to the former head football coach in exchange for stepping down out of his position. (Dec-12-05)
- Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. $14 million settlement for breach of contract in developing a riverboat casino in Kimmswick. (Dec-12-05)
- Diageo PLC $150 million GBP financial settlement for people affected by thalidomide. (Dec-12-05)
- State of California $756,000 wrongful conviction settlement awarded a man who spent 20 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. (Dec-12-05)
- City of St. Paul $400,000 wrongful death settlement after a police officer shot the wrong man. (Dec-12-05)
- Paul Hall Center and Seafarers International $625,000 age bias settlement for refusing to admit those over the age of 40 into an apprenticeship program. (Dec-8-05)
- Beaver Water District $250,000 wrongful termination awarded to a former lab supervisor who was fired after reporting violations of Arkansas Clean Water Act. (Dec-8-05)
- Maytag Corp. $334,500 settlement in back pay awarded to former managers who were allegedly demoted based on age. (Dec-8-05)
- Westmead Children's Hospital Undisclosed settlement awarded to a mother whose son suffered brain damage during a tracheotomy procedure. (Dec-7-05)
- MGN Limited and Northern & Shell PLC Undisclosed settlement awarded to pop star Robbie Williams after alleging he was gay. (Dec-7-05)
- Envirosource Management Corporation $11 million settlement awarded to the family of a steel worker who died after falling into an unprotected pit of scalding water and molten metal. (Dec-6-05)
- City of York, PA $2 million settlement for inciting violence and covering up evidence related to the murder of a black mother during the race riots in 1969. (Dec-6-05)
- Riverside Beaver School District $90,000 settlement awarded to a high school student who was arrested and expelled for posting violent rap lyrics online. (Dec-6-05)
- Federated Investors $100 million to settle charges of late trading and market timing violations. (Dec-5-05)
- Torys LLP $30 million legal malpractice settlement awarded to Hollinger alleging failure to act in the client's best interest by simultaneously advising separate parties. (Dec-5-05)
- Stone Cold Chemicals Inc. $1.2 million settlement for bribing government employees to purchase its cleaning products at highly inflated prices. (Dec-5-05)
- City of Minneapolis $400,000 settlement awarded to a university student who suffered a ruptured spleen during the university hockey riot in April 2003. (Dec-4-05)
- City of San Jose $1.8 million settlement after police shot and killed a mother of two after mistaking a vegetable peeler for a clever. (Dec-4-05)
- Walt Disney Co. Confidential settlement awarded to the family of a young man who died of blunt force trauma on the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster. (Dec-4-05)
- Federal Government $60.9 million settlement awarded to a family whose new born son suffered severe brain damage during delivery. (Dec-2-05)
- City of Rancho Palos Verdes $9 million settlement awarded to a doctor who was partially paralyzed in a traffic accident. (Dec-2-05)
- The Boldt Co. $175,000 class action settlement awarded to African American employees alleging racial discrimination and hostile work environment. (Dec-1-05)
- West Virginia University Medical monitoring program set up for current and former employees regarding asbestos related illness. (Nov-30-05)
- Warner Music Group Corp. $5 million settlement alleging payoffs for radio airplay of artists awarded to the state of New York. (Nov-29-05)
- Larry Ellison $122 million settlement for stock trading abuses. (Nov-29-05)