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- Energy Environment Granite Falls Energy agrees to $300,000 MPCA fine. (Dec-2-07)
- Water Park Dispute Monterey County pays owner of Water World Resorts $22 million settlement. (Dec-1-07)
- Email Advertising Adteractive pays $650,000 civil penalty for advertising spam fraud. (Dec-1-07)
- Prohibited Waste North Country Environmental Services pays $100,000 fine for landfill asbestos violations. (Dec-1-07)
- Farm Manure Jacobus Tielen pays $21,000 environmental fine for manure spills. (Dec-1-07)
- Corroded Pipeline BP Exploration Alaska Inc. agrees to $20 million fine related to an oil spill. (Nov-30-07)
- Laid-Off Workers Westling Manufacturing pays $120,000 to former employees. (Nov-30-07)
- Sewer Extension Developer awarded $1.3 million settlement after town failed to provide a building permit. (Nov-30-07)
- Building Inspector Whistleblower Mount Olive pays former city employee $130,000 wrongful termination settlement. (Nov-30-07)
- Insurer Investments Medical Mutual Insurance Co. pays $75,000 settlement for investing in real estate partnerships meant to compensate top executives. (Nov-30-07)
- Paint Plant Explosion PPG Industries awards employee $900,000 burn injury settlement. (Nov-30-07)
- Commuter Flight Crash American Airlines agrees to undisclosed wrongful death settlement with the family of plane crash victim. (Nov-29-07)
- Senator Pension City of Houston pays state senator $423,000 settlement after forcing him to quit his city employee job and therefor lose his pension. (Nov-29-07)
- Tornado Insurance North Dakota Insurance Department agrees to $4 million payment to the Northwood School District. (Nov-29-07)
- Teenager Initiation Family awarded $200,000 after their 14-year-old son died after being punched in the chest by fellow students. (Nov-29-07)
- Inmate Suicides Sacramento pays families of three suicide victims $1 million settlement. (Nov-29-07)
- Landlord Discrimination Keller Williams Professional Partners et al. ordered to pay couple $55,000 racial bias settlement. (Nov-29-07)
- Coal Weight Kinder Morgan Energy Partners et al. agrees to $25 million civil penalty for the unauthorized sale of coal. (Nov-29-07)
- Collapsed Reservoir Ameren Corp. pays $180 million settlement after 1.3 billion gallons of water ruined a state park. (Nov-29-07)
- Tainted Spinach Family awarded settlement after two children became very ill after eating Natural Selection Foods spinach. (Nov-28-07)
- Loan Application Bill Heard Chevrolet pays $15,000 fine for falsifying a car application that was later repossessed. (Nov-28-07)
- Diesel Truck Emissions Waste Management agrees to $1 million fine for air quality violations. (Nov-28-07)
- Debt Settlement AADCO Automotive Inc. agrees to $5 million debt settlement with five creditors. (Nov-28-07)
- Professor Retaliation University of Oregon pays former employee $500,000 wrongful termination settlement. (Nov-28-07)
- Student Molestation Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified School District pays family $510,000 settlement after a second grade boy was abused by other students. (Nov-28-07)
- Racial Discrimination New York city pays former Deputy Warden $125,000 racial bias settlement. (Nov-28-07)
- Clinical Trail Software Etrials agrees to pay Datasci a $1.75 million settlement for patent infringement. (Nov-28-07)
- Tanker Truck Accident United Petroleum Transports pays injured couple $5.5 million settlement. (Nov-28-07)
- Dog Bite Gregory and Debi Sheffer pay $110,000 settlement after their German shepherd bit a six-year-old girl. (Nov-28-07)
- Injured Joggers City of Dana Point awards two severely injured joggers $49 million settlement after being hit by a car. (Nov-28-07)
- Dust and Air Pollution Lake Havasu, AZ and ERS Constructors pay woman $40,000 personal injury settlement. (Nov-28-07)
- Pesticide Production Pioneer Chemical Company pays $15,500 EPA fine. (Nov-28-07)
- Tomato Salmonella Sheetz Convenience Stores agrees to confidential out-of-court settlement with food poisoning victim. (Nov-28-07)
- Architect Software Michael Gaertner pays $40,000 fine for using unlicensed software at his architectural firm. (Nov-27-07)
- Immigration Detention Correctional Services Corp. agrees to pay former female inmate $100,000 settlement for abuse. (Nov-27-07)
- Genetically Engineered Grass Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. pays $500,000 fine for failing to follow buffer zone and cleaning regulations. (Nov-27-07)
- Gender Harassment Collegeville/Imagineering Enterprises and Rubie's Costume Co. pay $299,000 settlement to female employees who were harassed my managers. (Nov-27-07)
- Salary Structure City of Peoria pays over $2 million for breaching previous settlement terms. (Nov-27-07)
- Duane Reade Chain store agrees to $200,000 penalty for mispricing and selling expired nonprescription drugs. (Nov-27-07)
- Undercover Police Officer Minneapolis awards cop $4.5 million personal injury settlement after being shot by two other officers. (Nov-27-07)
- Acquisition Antitrust Cal Dive International and Helix Energy Solutions Group agree to $2 million settlement after using diving equipment it was meant to have sold. (Nov-27-07)
- Sinus Infection Pittsburgh woman wins $3 million medical malpractice verdict. (Nov-27-07)
- Corn Byproduct Permit Tate & Lyle agree to $188,000 EPA fine. (Nov-26-07)
- Meat Loaf Logo Sony Music pays record company founder $5 million settlement for failing to place logo on albums. (Nov-26-07)
- Bond Scheme Attorney Robert Kasirer ordered to pay $5 million for business investment fraud. (Nov-26-07)
- Cell Phone Chip Patent Qualcomm Inc. pays Broadcom Corp. $20 million patent infringement settlement. (Nov-26-07)
- Misdiagnosed Appendicitis Family awarded $400,000 medical malpractice settlement. (Nov-26-07)
- Postal Worker Harassment City of Medford awards former employee $258,000 settlement for verbal abuse and retaliation. (Nov-26-07)
- Soldier Accidental Death US Government awards family $5 million wrongful death settlement after son was killed in an auto accident. (Nov-26-07)
- Assault and Arrest City of Seattle agrees to pay man $185,00 settlement for excessive police force. (Nov-26-07)