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- BP Plc $2.4 million fine for OSHA violations. (Mar-12-07)
- Alfa Vision Insurance Co. and Martha Miller Widow receives $1.3 million as a wrongful-death settlement after losing husband in a crash with a drunken driver. (Mar-12-07)
- Bruce Headley Stable owner gets $900,000 from trainer for advising him to buy horses at an inflated price. (Mar-9-07)
- Scott Sword and Catherine Doyle Boy gets $100,000 settlement following mauling attack by three pit bulls. (Mar-9-07)
- Ready Mixed Concrete $3.6 million settlement after a man died in freak accident. (Mar-9-07)
- Hollywood Police Department Officer receives $155,000 settlement following an accident while on duty. (Mar-9-07)
- Boy Scouts of America $330,000 settlement and 9,000 trees planted after a wildfire destroyed 14,200 acres. (Mar-9-07)
- US Department of Energy $56 million settlement awarded to Duke Energy for storing nuclear fuel. (Mar-9-07)
- Rambus Inc. $200 million settlement for backdated stock options. (Mar-9-07)
- InterMune Inc. $36.9 million settlement for promoting off label uses of Actimmune. (Mar-9-07)
- Santa Monica, CA Woman fatally struck by bus, husband gets $1.3 million settlement. (Mar-9-07)
- San Francisco, CA Police officers sue for racial discrimination; settle for $1.6 million. (Mar-9-07)
- Construction Companies Construction suffers fall on job, receives a $1.5 million settlement. (Mar-9-07)
- New Mexico Highlands University $205,000 settlement awarded to a former professor for discrimination. (Mar-9-07)
- Prudential Insurance Bank receives $3.35 million from insurance provider for losses sustained in a check kiting scheme. (Mar-8-07)
- PCL Construction Services $1 million settlement for contract bidding fraud. (Mar-8-07)
- Vermont Police Academy $125,000 settlement awarded to an officer for punitive physical exercises. (Mar-8-07)
- PPL $1.5 million in damages after ash spill at its Steam Electric Station. (Mar-8-07)
- Wachovia Bank $775,000 settlement for employee embezzlement. (Mar-8-07)
- District of Columbia, USA $200,000 settlement for wrongful arrest during protest. (Mar-8-07)
- Swanton Local Board of Education $300,000 settlement awarded to former teacher for racial discrimination. (Mar-8-07)
- Manny and Vhee Carrascal $300,000 settlement after a foster child goes missing. (Mar-8-07)
- Minado $130,000 fine for language discrimination. (Mar-8-07)
- American International Group Inc. $1.64 billion settlement for accounting and sales practices. (Mar-8-07)
- Arlington Park Housing discrimination lawsuit ends with racetrack owners changing policies and paying $170,000 in fines and penalties. (Mar-8-07)
- Nantucket, MA $1.2 million settlement for expenses related to the off-island shipping of construction and demolition waste. (Mar-8-07)
- Alcoa Inc. $859,000 in penalties for nitrogen oxide pollution. (Mar-8-07)
- Paul Crawford's Estate Wife sues for wrongful death of husband, dies, leaving son sole recipient of the $675,000 settlement. (Mar-8-07)
- Calvin Jones, Jr. Wrongful death of teenager after crash sees driver pay $100,000 settlement. (Mar-7-07)
- Butler County, OH $206,000 out-of-court settlement after a 3-year-old died in foster care. (Mar-7-07)
- IntraLase Corp. Medical instruments makers resolve disputes with a pay out of $9.6 million. (Mar-7-07)
- Adelphia Communications Corp. $530 million settlement for civil fraud. (Mar-7-07)
- Lawrence School District Negligence in handling bullying reports costs school district $440,000. (Mar-7-07)
- Vivendi Universal $51 million settlement for securities fraud. (Mar-7-07)
- Delta Air Lines Inc. Airline comes under labor department probe for using family care funds to cover severance costs and pays $70 million to fund. (Mar-7-07)
- Royal Alliance Associates $750,000 administrative penalty after a former branch manager defrauded senior citizens of more than $4 million. (Mar-7-07)
- Paramount Financial Group, Inc. et al. Families of fire victims get $555,000 each. (Mar-7-07)
- International Biomedical Inc. $5 million settlement after an ambulance crash. (Mar-7-07)
- Freedom Financial & Trust, Ltd. $1.14 million settlement for breach of contract and patent infringement. (Mar-7-07)
- Seattle City Light Employees get close to $1.5 million settlement in racial discrimination lawsuit against employer. (Mar-6-07)
- Foss Maritime Co. Tug and barge company pays $265,000 to restore natural resources after an oil spill on tribal land. (Mar-6-07)
- Armstrong World Industries, Inc. Companies settle inter company claims and tax issues with an upward of $20 million pay out. (Mar-6-07)
- Arkansas State Police $1 million settlement after state trooper kills man in case of mistaken identity. (Mar-6-07)
- Pembroke, NC $200,000 settlement for the wrongful death of a teenager pursued by the police for traffic violation. (Mar-6-07)
- America West Airlines $100,000 settlement for female employee harassment. (Mar-6-07)
- Canadian National Railway Co. Strike ends with railways agreeing to pay $2.5 million in bonuses plus a wage hike to about 2,800 workers. (Mar-6-07)
- Rogue Valley Medical Center $500,000 settlement for understaffing nurses. (Mar-6-07)
- Fort Worth, TX City reaches out of court settlement of $750,000 with families of drowned victims. (Mar-6-07)
- Fontana, CA City pays parents of man killed by officer a total of $1 million. (Mar-6-07)
- Orange County, CA County gives minor children $1 million each after deputies contributed to the death of their parents. (Mar-6-07)