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- Storm Water Waste Coulter Forge Technologies pays $36,000 EPA fine for pollution at its Emeryville forging and metal processing site. (Nov-1-07)
- El Monte Superfund Forty individuals and businesses agree to $12.5 million settlement for groundwater contamination. (Nov-1-07)
- Embolic Equipment Ev3 Inc. pays over $15 million settlement for patent infringement. (Nov-1-07)
- Ovarian Cyst Dr. Kerri Williams and Integris Grove General Hospital pays $2 million medical negligence settlement after patient died following discharge. (Nov-1-07)
- PolarGuard Fire Home Depot and Polar Industries Inc. pay $5 million settlement after soundproofing material caught on fire at a night club. (Nov-1-07)
- Oil for Food Ingersoll-Rand Company Ltd. pays $6.7 million settlement. (Nov-1-07)
- Orthopedic Consultants Five orthopedic device companies pay $311 million settlement for failing to disclose payments to consultants. (Nov-1-07)
- Cancer Testing Dianon Systems Inc. pays $1.5 million whistleblower settlement after billing for medically unnecessary tests. (Oct-31-07)
- Police Officer Discrimination Windsor Locks pays former officer $110,000 settlement for age and health discrimination. (Oct-31-07)
- Employees Racial Harassment Hammon Plating pays $115,000 settlement for gender and racial discrimination. (Oct-31-07)
- Race Car Crash Family of marketing guru awarded $4.5 million wrongful death settlement. (Oct-31-07)
- Nail Salon Employees 167 Nail Plaza pays two employees $225,000 for overtime and employment violations. (Oct-31-07)
- Tractor Trailer Truck Accident VanWYK Trucking Inc. and the estates of John Huffman pay wrongful death settlement after a mother and her infant son were killed. (Oct-31-07)
- School Employee Discrimination Linda Martin awarded $55,000 settlement for alleging bus bid rigging. (Oct-31-07)
- Psychiatric Suicide Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital pays $725,000 wrongful death settlement. (Oct-31-07)
- Corporate Fraud Leader of Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co. pays $151,000 fine for a massive accounting scandal. (Oct-31-07)
- Auto Dealer Marketing Bruce Titus pays fine for deceptive promotions and advertising fraud. (Oct-31-07)
- Airport Property Sale City of Fresno pays Federal Aviation Administration $5.8 million settlement for selling land to Gap Inc. below market value. (Oct-31-07)
- Zylon Bulletproof Vests Hexcel Corp. pays $15 million settlement for selling defective equipment to law enforcement agencies. (Oct-31-07)
- Outstanding Invoices Jacksonville pays IKON Office Solutions Inc. $3 million for unpaid contracts. (Oct-31-07)
- Recovery House Sarasota County pays $760,000 discrimination settlement after trying to zone out recovery homes for alcohol and substance abuse. (Oct-30-07)
- Compliance Laws iMergent, Inc. pays state of Louisiana fine for violating certain voluntary compliance laws. (Oct-30-07)
- Clean Air Violations Spectro Alloys Corp. pays EPA fine for producing excessive dioxin and furan emissions at its aluminum recovery plant. (Oct-30-07)
- Real Estate Investors Trillium Corp. pays $125,000 settlement. (Oct-30-07)
- Title Kickbacks Six homebuilders agreed to pay $1.4 million settlement after charging illegal title insurance. (Oct-30-07)
- Cyclist Injury City of Portland pays $100,000 personal injury settlement to cyclist who fell into sewer grate. (Oct-30-07)
- Beazer Home Loans Homebuilder agrees to spend $18 million for loan recollections. (Oct-30-07)
- Reverend Abuse Diocese of Norwich pays $170,000 settlement to abuse victim. (Oct-30-07)
- Acne Drug Patent River's Edge Pharmaceuticals pays Dusa Pharmaceuticals patent infringement settlement. (Oct-30-07)
- Asbestos Mesothelioma Dana Corp. pays $2 million in asbestos personal injury claims. (Oct-30-07)
- Tax Overpayments Town of Attleboro pays $200,000 to Emerald Square mall for overcharged taxes. (Oct-29-07)
- Check Cashing Bankruptcy Zvi Guttman pays $210,000 settlement. (Oct-29-07)
- Sewer System Improvements Metropolitan Government of Nashville pays over $3 million for sewer maintenance and overflow violations. (Oct-29-07)
- Tractor Collision Raleigh pays injured woman $575,000 settlement after a vehicle accident. (Oct-29-07)
- Ice Storm Damage Missouri State Emergency Management Agency pays Pulaski County for clean up costs. (Oct-29-07)
- Visitors Bureau McGladrey & Pullen pays $710,000 accounting embezzlement settlement. (Oct-29-07)
- Police Response Accident Allentown pays injured woman $40,000 settlement after intersection crash. (Oct-29-07)
- Mutual Fund Antitrust Wells Fargo & Company et al. may pay $1.15 million class action settlement for excessive fees. (Oct-29-07)
- Seattle Priest Abuse Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle pays $380,000 settlement to two clergy abuse victims. (Oct-28-07)
- British Military Injuries US Military pay $650,000 to three injured policemen after an SUV crash. (Oct-28-07)
- Storm Water Violations Sagewood pays $20,000 EPA fine. (Oct-28-07)
- Oil Rig Racial Discrimination Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co. pays seven workers $290,000 for racial bias. (Oct-28-07)
- Gas Pipeline Management BP PLC and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. pay US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission $7.3 million civil penalty. (Oct-28-07)
- Pay to Play Insurance Ace Ltd. pays $4.5 million settlement for bid rigging and price fixing insurance. (Oct-28-07)
- Car Loan Insurance Service Life and Casualty Insurance Co. and Old United Life Insurance Cos. pay Texas policyholders $15.7 million insurance malpractice settlement. (Oct-27-07)
- Bankruptcy Reorganization Calpine Corp. pays $2.13 million bankruptcy settlement. (Oct-26-07)
- Ortho Evra Death Teenagers family awarded $1.25 million settlement after daughter died from blood clots. (Oct-26-07)
- House Raid Kauai pays couple $325,000 settlement after raiding their house by mistake. (Oct-26-07)
- Police Chief Gender Harassment Ypsilanti Police Department pays gender bias settlement. (Oct-26-07)
- Aircraft Parts Hawker Beechcraft Corp. pays government $280,000 settlement for improperly charging for spare parts. (Oct-26-07)