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- Mud Slide Family awarded $85,000 after a mud slide damaged their home. (Oct-4-07)
- Railroad Worker Leukemia Union Pacific pays settlement to former manager exposed to carcinogenic chemicals. (Oct-4-07)
- Workplace Harassment City of York pays employee $130,000 settlement. (Oct-4-07)
- Miami FTAA Riots Demonstrators awarded $460,000 for excessive force by city and county police. (Oct-4-07)
- Applicant Discrimination Pilgrim's Pride Corp. agrees to $1 million settlement for gender and ethnic discrimination. (Oct-4-07)
- Car Accident City of Sebastian pays settlement to car accident victim. (Oct-4-07)
- Asphalt Spill Eagle Systems Inc. pays $200,000 settlement after 26,000 gallons of asphalt spilled into a river. (Oct-4-07)
- Mentally Retarded Rape Babcock Center pays $250,000 to settle allegations. (Oct-4-07)
- Inappropriate Adoption Social worker awarded $380,000 after being fired for not approving a foster home placement. (Oct-3-07)
- School Sports Ponca City School District pays fine for gender discrimination. (Oct-3-07)
- Corner Collision Victim of truck crash on dangerous road awarded $199,000 settlement from city. (Oct-3-07)
- Power Plant Pollution We Energies pays $3.1 million fine and $600 million on improvements. (Oct-3-07)
- Knicks Marketing Senior Vice President awarded $11.6 million settlement for gender discrimination and retaliation. (Oct-3-07)
- Pulp Mill Pollution Evergreen Pulp pays $5 million EPA settlement. (Oct-3-07)
- Hurricane Insurance Coverage USAA Casualty Insurance awards couple settlement for their damaged home. (Oct-3-07)
- Overseas Contracts York International pays $22 million in federal fines. (Oct-3-07)
- Uterine Cancer Woman awarded $250,000 medical malpractice settlement after her uterus was misdiagnosed with cancer and removed. (Oct-3-07)
- Farm Workers Overtime Three Mile Canyon Farm pays $250,000 settlement to employees. (Oct-3-07)
- Information Technology Manager City pays former employee settlement for false arrest. (Oct-3-07)
- Hazardous Waste Handling Romic Environmental Technologies pays EPA fine. (Oct-3-07)
- Bicyclist Accident On duty police officer hits biker and city pays $150,000 settlement. (Oct-3-07)
- Tuition Billing Dispute Midland Borough School District pays Western Beaver County School District $450,000 settlement. (Oct-2-07)
- TruGreen LandCare Harassed female employee awarded $100,000 settlement. (Oct-2-07)
- Illegal Spy Ware ERG Ventures LLC pays FTC $330,000 fine for installing Media Motor onto 15 million computers. (Oct-2-07)
- Apartment Discrimination Phoenix Village Apartments pays $185,000 settlement for failing to rent apartment to families with children. (Oct-2-07)
- Dynegy CFO Robert Doty pays $376,650 fine to SEC. (Oct-2-07)
- Lords of Discipline New Jersey State Troopers pay $400,000 settlement for harassing colleagues. (Oct-2-07)
- Divorce Slander Sara Evans pays ex husband $600,000 in alimony divorce settlement. (Oct-2-07)
- Longshoreman Personal Injury State Ports Authority pays $13.2 million settlement after worker gets crushed under shipping container. (Oct-2-07)
- Military Munitions Textron Systems Corp. pays $8.75 million for groundwater contamination and clean up. (Oct-2-07)
- Waste Management Lockout Trash haulers pay $500,000 to Castro Valley customers. (Oct-1-07)
- Airport Contract Fraud Frank Vallecorsa of American International Inc. pays $1.5 million business fraud settlement. (Oct-1-07)
- Mequon Property Tax City pays $510,000 to land owners. (Oct-1-07)
- Brain Injury Teenager receives $9 million settlement after car accident into a fence. (Oct-1-07)
- Airport Sludge Laurinburg-Maxton Airport Commission pays $75,000 fine for dumping sludge into a swamp. (Oct-1-07)
- Chief Probation Officer Searcy, AR pays wrongful termination settlement. (Oct-1-07)
- Hunt Refineries $48 million to be spent on pollution controls. (Oct-1-07)
- Jack Kerouac Biography Author returns $200,000 deposit after failing to meet deadline. (Oct-1-07)
- CO Wrongful Death Family of minister awarded settlement after a fatal carbon monoxide leak. (Oct-1-07)
- Bus Drivers' Overtime Garland School District pays overtime settlement. (Oct-1-07)
- Drug Pricing Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. finalizes $499 million settlement. (Oct-1-07)
- Enron Generators Marathon Electric Manufacturing Corp. pays Enron $1.15 million commercial settlement. (Oct-1-07)
- Police Taser Man awarded $500,000 for excessive force. (Sep-30-07)
- Cell Phones Taxes Sprint Nextel Corp. pays $2.375 million settlement to Springfield, MA for license gross receipt taxes. (Sep-30-07)
- Target Pesticides Retail chain pays EPA fine for unregistered products. (Sep-30-07)
- Lost Emails Morgan Stanley pays $12.5 million for lying about lost emails. (Sep-29-07)
- Police Training Officer shot in arm with live ammunition awarded $130,000 settlement. (Sep-29-07)
- Police Excessive Force Man stopped for speeding suffers broken rib and collapsed lung, awarded $365,000 settlement. (Sep-29-07)
- Child Protection Investigator Child abuse victim awarded $800,000 settlement. (Sep-28-07)
- Bank Scandal Swiss bank pays Parmalat $30 million bankruptcy settlement. (Sep-28-07)