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- Univision Communications Inc. $24 million fine for educational children's programming violations. (Mar-5-07)
- Honeywell International Inc. $500,000 fine for underreporting hazardous waste. (Mar-5-07)
- Los Angeles County, CA Sanitation districts to pay state $4 million to set up recycled-water distribution system. (Mar-5-07)
- Hickman Mills School District $600,000 pay out for failure to investigate sexual harassment report by a student. (Mar-5-07)
- Microsoft Corp. $1.52 billion in damages for MP3 patent infringement. (Mar-5-07)
- Pawtucket, RI Woman awarded $700,000 after suffering severe internal injuries resulting from a collision with police cruiser. (Mar-5-07)
- Brocade Communications $7 million settlement after employee blows the whistle on backdated stock options. (Mar-5-07)
- Fieldstone Investment Corp. $10.6 million settlement awarded to shareholders. (Mar-5-07)
- Donald Horton and Christopher McCowen Family gets a $10 million settlement in wrongful death lawsuit following the murder of their daughter. (Mar-5-07)
- Fisher-Price Inc. $975,000 penalty for failure to report a defective product. (Mar-1-07)
- Denver, CO State hospital gets $1.6 million in emergency funding to handle backlog of mentally ill patients. (Feb-28-07)
- Long Beach Unified School District Teachers sue school district for work without compensation, get $250,000 as compensation. (Feb-28-07)
- Boeing, MPB Corp., and Aircraft Gear Corp. $13.55 million settlement awarded to two Army personnel after a helicopter crash. (Feb-28-07)
- BP Global energy group pay $32 million following a deadly explosion at oil refinery. (Feb-28-07)
- Consumerinfo.com $950,000 fine for fraudulent business practices and deceptive advertising. (Feb-28-07)
- San Bernardino County, CA $102 million for damaging commercial and residential developments. (Feb-28-07)
- St. Joseph County Mental heath facility files claim for being underpaid for over a decade, gets $3.25 million. (Feb-28-07)
- Veritas Software Corp. Company charged with engaging in a fraudulent scheme as well as aiding and abetting fraud pays $30 million civil penalty to settle with SEC. (Feb-28-07)
- Schering-Plough Corp. Pennsylvania gets $7.8 million from pharmaceutical company's settlement of $435 million for improper pricing. (Feb-27-07)
- Fannie Mae Mortgage giant pays $400 million civil penalty in an accounting fraud lawsuit filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (Feb-27-07)
- GlobalSantaFe Corp. Oil companies reach patent and licensing agreement at $15 million. (Feb-27-07)
- Great American Insurance Company Insurance company pays $10 million to cover losses to school district buildings. (Feb-27-07)
- Bayonne, NJ $405,000 disability settlement awarded after car crash. (Feb-27-07)
- Peter Chiesa Families get $1 million as compensation after man shoots two women over a property dispute. (Feb-26-07)
- Deloitte Dairy company sues auditing firm for prolonging fraud, gets $149 million in compensation. (Feb-26-07)
- Monroe County, WI $6 million settlement after depressed woman attempts suicide in county jail. (Feb-26-07)
- Dallas County, TX $950,000 settlement for inhuman treatment at county jail. (Feb-26-07)
- Nationwide Building Society $2 million fine for security breach. (Feb-26-07)
- Swiss Re Insurer pays $279 million for breach of contract. (Feb-26-07)
- Davie County, NC $975,000 settlement after deputy crashes into a car causing death and injuries. (Feb-25-07)
- State Farm $80 million settlement for 600 policyholders. (Feb-25-07)
- Luis Cornide and Robert De La Riva $8.6 million settlement for investment fraud. (Feb-25-07)
- Michael Coon $600,000 awarded after a schizophrenic man was shot and killed by a police officer. (Feb-25-07)
- Summit Refrigeration Group Executives rip off documents from former employer and pay $1.4 million settlement. (Feb-25-07)
- EMD Serono Inc. $24 million settlement for promoting Serostim for unapproved uses. (Feb-25-07)
- Madison County, AL Whistleblower lawsuit ends in out of court settlement of $110,000. (Feb-25-07)
- Winston-Salem, NC Man wrongly convicted, spends 18 years in prison, and gets $358,545 restitution and $1.6 million as compensation. (Feb-25-07)
- Lodge at Torrey Pines Partnership Gay employee sues company for hostile work environment gets $1.4 million settlement. (Feb-25-07)
- Ryan A. Brant Ex CEO guilty in stock options scheme pays a fine of $6.3 million. (Feb-25-07)
- Mary Muncie Man loses leg in accident, gets over $2 million in compensation. (Feb-25-07)
- Los Angeles, CA $700,000 settlement after the murder of an inmate. (Feb-25-07)
- Poquoson, VA $1.1 million settlement for wrongful termination and defamation. (Feb-23-07)
- A.O. Smith Corp. and Paul and Doris Lay Child dies of bathtub burn injuries; estate gets $245,000 as compensation. (Feb-23-07)
- Norfolk, VA Officer dies on duty; family gets over $900,000 as compensation. (Feb-22-07)
- Scenic Chevron and Evanston Insurance Co. Signs at gas station cause death of woman, surviving daughter gets $1.6 million as compensation. (Feb-22-07)
- St. James's University Hospital Parents sue hospital for negligence during childbirth, get �5.75 million in damages. (Feb-22-07)
- Landair Transport, Great West Casualty Co. and Axis Surplus Insurance Co. Woman sues for wrongful death of her husband, gets $3.5 million as compensation. (Feb-22-07)
- Trafigura $198 million as compensation for oil waste. (Feb-22-07)
- Tulsa, OK Families sue city for death of their children, get $315,000 as settlement. (Feb-22-07)
- Curtiss-Wright Corp. $9 million gender discrimination settlement. (Feb-21-07)