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Settlements
- Allstate Insurance Co. Racial discrimination suit settled at $115,000 for open display of favoritism. (Jan-29-07)
- Los Angeles County, CA $10 million settlement for discriminating against unionized physicians. (Jan-28-07)
- Coca-Cola British band wins undisclosed settlement. (Jan-28-07)
- Sun-Times Media Group $50 million settlement for breaching fiduciary duties. (Jan-28-07)
- Quietflex Manufacturing Co. $2.8 million discrimination settlement awarded to Hispanic employees. (Jan-26-07)
- Bio Performance $7 million settlement for false advertising of fuel pills. (Jan-26-07)
- First American Title Insurance Co. $10 million settlement for real estate professional incentives. (Jan-26-07)
- Oklahoma City, OK $4 million settlement for wrongful conviction. (Jan-26-07)
- Gargiulo Inc. $215,000 settlement with female farm workers for sexual harassment. (Jan-26-07)
- Honolulu, HI et al. Honolulu Apartment Complex builders pay heavily to ensure access to people with disabilities. (Jan-26-07)
- High-Tech Magic Lucasfilm gets $250,000 settlement in copyright infringement lawsuit. (Jan-26-07)
- Affinion Loyalty Group Undisclosed patent infringement settlement with Maritz. (Jan-25-07)
- Bayer Corporation $8 million settlement for failing to warn consumers about Baycol side effects. (Jan-25-07)
- Cell Therapeutics Former employee blows the whistle on pharmaceutical company. (Jan-25-07)
- Miles City Mayor Butch Grenz $20,000 in gender discrimination lawsuit. (Jan-25-07)
- Bernardo Heights Country Club Undisclosed settlement regarding marital status discrimination. (Jan-25-07)
- Islip, NY Dozens of evicted tenants receive undisclosed settlement. (Jan-25-07)
- Exeter Police Department Secret Service officer awarded $125,000 for false arrest. (Jan-25-07)
- Diocese of Norwich $2 million priest sexual abuse settlement. (Jan-25-07)
- Department of Correction Sexual harassment settled for $68,000. (Jan-25-07)
- Lexus of Serramonte Sexual harassment suit sees $375,000 settlement. (Jan-25-07)
- Christian Faith Center $700,000 settlement for sexual abuse charges. (Jan-24-07)
- WesTech Solutions Corp. $14,883 settlement after fraudulent 401(k) transactions. (Jan-24-07)
- CPI Industries $20,000 fine for an environment pollution lawsuit. (Jan-24-07)
- Berkley Insurance Company et al. Proposed $48.7 million class action settlement. (Jan-23-07)
- CarFax Proposed class action settlement for providing deceptive vehicle history reports. (Jan-23-07)
- Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport $1 million settlement for terminal construction delays. (Jan-23-07)
- Colonie, NY $225,000 civil rights settlement for manufacturing a criminal subpoena. (Jan-23-07)
- Florida Tentative $737,000 settlement after a death row inmate was killed. (Jan-23-07)
- Hood-Rich Inc. $350,000 worker's compensation settlement. (Jan-23-07)
- Electronic Data Systems Inc. and Travelers Casualty and Surety Co. $2.85 million whistleblower settlement for defrauding the federal flood program. (Jan-22-07)
- University of California $725,000 wrongful termination and retaliation settlement. (Jan-22-07)
- Legion Insurance Co. et al. $300,000 settlement for failing to pay insurance claims. (Jan-18-07)
- Sioux City Diocese $2.6 million for several priest abuse claims. (Jan-18-07)
- Nexgrill Industries Inc. $300,000 civil penalty for failing to report gas grill defects. (Jan-17-07)
- Hoover Company Inc. $750,000 civil penalty for failing to report vacuum cleaner defects. (Jan-17-07)
- Baxter Healthcare Corp. Employee gender discrimination settlement. (Jan-17-07)
- Compass Bank $1.75 million settlement for loan discrimination. (Jan-17-07)
- US Forest Service $400,000 settlement awarded to two campers trapped by a forest fire. (Jan-16-07)
- Cognis Corp. $290,000 fine for air pollution violations. (Jan-16-07)
- Mothers Work Inc. $375,000 employee pregnancy discrimination settlement. (Jan-16-07)
- Berrien County, MI $5 million settlement approved for the wrongful death of a doctor. (Jan-15-07)
- Blount County, TN $45,000 settlement awarded to a teenager forced to disrobe. (Jan-15-07)
- Xcel Energy Inc. $30,000 workplace gender discrimination settlement. (Jan-12-07)
- International Business Machines Corp. Financial settlement undisclosed for gender discrimination. (Jan-12-07)
- White County School District Settlement for Equal Access Act violations. (Jan-11-07)
- Pacifica, CA $395,000 excessive force and wrongful death settlement. (Jan-11-07)
- Peter Pan Bus Lines Trust $237,000 penalty for violating the Clean Water Act. (Jan-11-07)
- Lawrence Lasser $75,000 fine related to improper broker payments. (Jan-10-07)
- US Xpress $7.4 million settlement after a father and daughter were killed in a trucking accident. (Jan-10-07)