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- Jail Funds Santa Clara must pay $1.5 million settlement for improper fiscal management. (Feb-21-08)
- False Abuse Accusations Boothbay Harbor Central School District pays shop teacher $320,000 defamation settlement. (Feb-21-08)
- Teacher Student Abuse Beaufort County agrees to pay $300,000 settlement to abuse victim. (Feb-21-08)
- Icy Fall Super Eight Motel pays Horse veterinarian $2 million personal injury settlement. (Feb-21-08)
- Foster Sisters Department of Children and Family Services and Penny Lane Centers pay $420,000 child abuse settlement. (Feb-21-08)
- GMC Yukon General Motors Corporation agrees to confidential personal injury settlement with man who was blinded in car accident. (Feb-21-08)
- Police Officer City of Tonawanda awards former employee $47,000 wrongful termination settlement. (Feb-21-08)
- Business Lawsuit Elbit Imaging Ltd. agrees to pay CP Holdings Ltd. a $5 million settlement. (Feb-21-08)
- Religious Decorations Oklahoma City to pay attorney fees in religious freedom violations lawsuit. (Feb-20-08)
- Used Tire Storage Sheridan Sand and Gravel Co. pays $10,000 fine for improper storage. (Feb-20-08)
- Office Politics Ramsey County pays two deputies $750,000 settlement after being placed in dead end jobs. (Feb-20-08)
- Clean Water Act Lexington-Fayette County agrees to spend $250 million to fix its sanitary and storm sewer systems. (Feb-20-08)
- School Misrepresentation Lehigh Valley College agrees to pay $200,000 settlement for violating consumer protection laws. (Feb-20-08)
- Police Officer Slander City of Detroit agrees to $25,000 settlement. (Feb-20-08)
- Access Roads Developer Bob Honts agrees to $250,000 property development settlement. (Feb-20-08)
- Serial Killer Hospitals agree to confidential wrongful death settlement for employing former registered nurse Charles Cullen. (Feb-20-08)
- Newspaper Publisher Star Tribune must pay St. Paul Pioneer Press a $3.8 million trade secrets act violations settlement. (Feb-20-08)
- Underground Piping Insituform Technologies awarded $4.5 million patent infringement settlement. (Feb-20-08)
- PCB Cleanup CBS Corp. agrees to $31 million environmental settlement. (Feb-20-08)
- Undetected Sewage Spill Prichard Water Works and Sewer Board spends $17 million on upgrades and testing. (Feb-20-08)
- Water Samples Govert Well & Pump agrees to $100,000 settlement after failing to test for coliform bacteria. (Feb-19-08)
- Consulting Contract Racine Unified School District agrees to pay Public Business Consulting Group a $750,000 settlement. (Feb-19-08)
- False Arrest City of Greer pays $50,000 settlement after imprisoning a woman whose charges had been dismissed years earlier. (Feb-19-08)
- Recovery Claim Florida Insurance Guarantee Association agrees to pay $14 million settlement to Home Solutions of America for construction services. (Feb-19-08)
- Probation User Fees Clark County Council pays $1.1 million settlement after misappropriating funds. (Feb-19-08)
- Workplace Injuries Packaging Concepts Limited must pay undisclosed settlement for employees' injuries. (Feb-19-08)
- Excessive Arrest City of Worcester agrees to pay pizza vendor $100,000 settlement after breaking nine bones in his face. (Feb-19-08)
- Contract Extortion County Executive Robert Janiszewski ordered to pay Hudson County a $650,000 racketeering settlement. (Feb-19-08)
- Jailhouse Hanging City of River Rouge pays family a $1.8 million wrongful death settlement. (Feb-19-08)
- Correctional Managers Jury orders Marion County to pay $1 million racial discrimination settlement to two former employees. (Feb-19-08)
- University Apartments Capstone Development agrees to $15 million construction defects settlement. (Feb-19-08)
- Fatal Drug Bust City of Louisville awards family a $250,000 wrongful death settlement after a police officer shot a 19-year-old boy. (Feb-18-08)
- Excessive Force Washtenaw County pays family $4 million wrongful death settlement. (Feb-18-08)
- Hotel Food Poisoning Thomson Holiday and JMC-Thomas Cook awards British travelers a £2.5 million personal injury settlement. (Feb-18-08)
- Soliris Patent Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. agrees to pay the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation a $10 million patent infringement settlement. (Feb-18-08)
- Airport Security Jackson County pays former employee $200,000 whistleblower settlement. (Feb-18-08)
- Elderly Annuities Allianz Life Insurance Co. agrees to $10 million insurance malpractice settlement. (Feb-18-08)
- Drug Manufacturer Rebates Caremark Corp. agrees to pay $38.5 million settlement after convincing doctors to switch drug brands. (Feb-17-08)
- Technician Whistleblower Jury orders DuPont Chambers Works to pay $1.224 million settlement to employee. (Feb-17-08)
- Music Teacher Town of Brookline agrees to $150,000 settlement after the former employee exploited a freshman student. (Feb-17-08)
- Wrong Medication Walgreens agrees to confidential settlement after woman suffers miscarriage. (Feb-17-08)
- Construction Contact Kilbourn Tower pays the city of Milwaukee a $950,000 settlement. (Feb-16-08)
- Personal Property Taxes Village of Romeo pays Ford Motor Company a $1.2 million settlement for double charging. (Feb-16-08)
- Anzemet Pricing Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc. agrees to $22.7 million settlement for inflating drug prices. (Feb-16-08)
- Woman's Basketball Coach Former employee accepts $6.6 million wrongful termination settlement from Fresno State University. (Feb-16-08)
- Housing Inmates City of Renton pays Yakima County $1.7 million settlement. (Feb-16-08)
- Nightclub Fire WHJY-FM, Capstar Radio Operating, and Clear Channel Broadcasting agree to $22 million fire damage settlement. (Feb-16-08)
- Library Delays Nine construction companies agree to $17 million settlement. (Feb-16-08)
- Lead Generation ValueClick, Inc. agrees to pay FTC a $2.9 million deceptive marketing practices settlement. (Feb-16-08)
- Domestic Police Brutality Baton Rouge agrees to $30,000 settlement after tear gassing and beating a man. (Feb-13-08)