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Settlements

Australia Reported $4.5 million settlement for wrongful deportation. (Dec-5-06)
Carson, CA $430,000 whistleblower and wrongful termination settlement. (Dec-4-06)
Archdiocese of Los Angeles $60 million settlement for 45 abuse victims. (Dec-4-06)
Secure Computer $1 million anti-spyware settlement. (Dec-4-06)
Standish-Sterling Community Schools $130,000 settlement awarded to a former principal for contract violations. (Dec-1-06)
California State Department of Social Services $200,000 settlement for miscalculating adoptive support payments. (Dec-1-06)
PSEG Fossil $6 million civil penalty for violations of the Clean Air Act. (Dec-1-06)
Brattleboro, VT $150,000 excessive force settlement awarded after a suicidal man was shot to death. (Nov-30-06)
Trailmobile Corporation $2.5 million settlement related to the construction of a trailer manufacturing plant. (Nov-30-06)
Navigant Consulting Inc. $7.4 million settlement for electric distribution maintenance services. (Nov-30-06)
Diocese of Norwich $1.1 million settlement after a priest molested a teenager 30 years ago. (Nov-30-06)
Richard Scrushy $31 million settlement paid to HealthSouth for inflated bonuses and legal fees. (Nov-30-06)
US Government $2 million settlement awarded to a Muslim lawyer wrongfully arrested. (Nov-29-06)
Chicago Police Officer Christopher Berlanga $1.2 million settlement after an off duty police officer car crash. (Nov-29-06)
Los Angeles, CA $450,000 settlement awarded after a car thief was beaten with a flashlight. (Nov-29-06)
Plantation, FL $100,000 unpaid overtime settlement awarded to paramedics. (Nov-28-06)
Maryland $200,000 settlement after a boy was killed by a man just released from prison. (Nov-28-06)
Rathon Corp. et al. $2.1 million settlement for contaminating groundwater. (Nov-28-06)
Bank One Corporation $2.2 million settlement for employees on long term disability leave. (Nov-27-06)
Montana Corrections Department $48,500 verbal abuse and gender discrimination settlement. (Nov-27-06)
Reading, PA and James Palange Tentative $1.75 million settlement after an undercover police officer was mistakenly shot and killed by another officer. (Nov-27-06)
Teva $70 million patent infringement settlement paid to Pfizer. (Nov-23-06)
District of Columbia Police Department $685,000 settlement for protester abuse. (Nov-23-06)
Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group, Inc. $4.5 million settlement related to a private investment in public equity offering. (Nov-23-06)
Merck & Co. National class action for Vioxx claims rejected. (Nov-23-06)
Granite State Insurance Co. $14 million environmental settlement to clean up pollutants. (Nov-22-06)
West Virginia University Hospitals Inc. $370,000 settlement awarded for the wrongful death of an infant boy. (Nov-22-06)
David Willey $1.8 million in fines for insider trading. (Nov-21-06)
Middletown, NY $400,000 excessive police force settlement. (Nov-21-06)
Metropolitan Transportation Authority et al. $10 million settlement after a woman's legs were severed following a bus crash. (Nov-21-06)
Tempe, AZ $150,000 settlement awarded to a women who tripped over a pothole. (Nov-21-06)
Luton and Dunstable Hospital ï¿½3.9 million medical malpractice settlement awarded 35 years after the incident. (Nov-21-06)
Cochran, Scheck & Neufeld $900,000 malpractice settlement awarded to a man wrongly convicted of rape. (Nov-20-06)
Liberty Media Corp. Preliminarily $52 million shareholder settlement for breaching fiduciary duties. (Nov-20-06)
IHOP Corp. $11 million settlement paid to the IRS for historical tax treatment of franchise fees. (Nov-20-06)
Rent-A-Center, Inc. $7.75 million consumer protection settlement. (Nov-20-06)
C.M. Love Hardware $1.2 million settlement awarded to a car accident victim. (Nov-19-06)
James Joseph Sander Jr. $1 million wrongful death settlement after frat party attendee drowned. (Nov-19-06)
Atlantic-Conn Transit Inc. $1 million busing contract settlement. (Nov-16-06)
Los Angeles, CA $2.7 million racial harassment settlement awarded after a firefighter was fed dog food. (Nov-14-06)
New Jersey $7.5 million settlement for a foster care death. (Nov-14-06)
Metabolife International Inc. $56 million global settlement for using ephedra-based food supplements. (Nov-13-06)
Old South Restaurant and Duke Manufacturing Co. $528,000 salmonella poisoning death settlement. (Nov-13-06)
Washington Mutual Inc. $47 million settlement after Comerica employees resigned and joined Commercial Capital. (Nov-13-06)
Cablevision Systems Corp. $18.5 million breach of contract settlement paid to the former New York Knicks coach. (Nov-10-06)
Bradford Dyeing Association Inc. $150,000 fine and upgrades for environmental violations. (Nov-10-06)
Tyson Foods Inc. $871,000 racial discrimination settlement awarded to black employees. (Nov-9-06)
Valley Vista Care Center $3.5 million nursing home negligence settlement. (Nov-9-06)
Lehigh Valley Apartments and Samuel Geltman and Co. $900,000 settlement after a young woman drowned to death. (Nov-9-06)
Church of Scientology $3.5 million received from a pyramid scheme returned to investors. (Nov-9-06)

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