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- City of Chattanooga, TN $45,000 settlement awarded to a man allegedly beaten by city police officers. (Sep-22-06)
- Dunham's Sports $300,000 settlement for selling a shotgun later used to kill the purchasers grandfather. (Sep-21-06)
- Carilion Medical Center $1 million medical malpractice settlement after the death of a surgical patient. (Sep-21-06)
- Commissioner Bill Memory $195,000 settlement paid to an employee who was suspended. (Sep-21-06)
- City of Seattle, WA $75,000 settlement for two protesters whose free speech rights were violated. (Sep-21-06)
- City of Columbus, OH $100,000 for not following protocol that left a woman dead after a heart attack. (Sep-21-06)
- Dr. Leslie King and Dr. Ira Spector $4.1 million settlement after a botched abortion. (Sep-20-06)
- Doral Financial Corp. $25 million civil penalty for unaccounted mortgage loans. (Sep-20-06)
- Fourwinds Equestrian Centre £2.1 million settlement awarded after a teenager who was left brain damaged from a horse injury. (Sep-20-06)
- Denny and Audra Snyder $10,000 for losing a prize winning dog. (Sep-20-06)
- City of O'Fallon, MO $250,000 settlement awarded to former Police Chief for wrongful termination. (Sep-19-06)
- Marin County, CA $1 million paid to the family of a man who died after being arrested. (Sep-19-06)
- US Government $1.8 million settlement after the death on intoxicated student. (Sep-19-06)
- Cleverlink Trading $400,000 fine for violating provisions of the 2003 CAN SPAM Act. (Sep-19-06)
- Mark de Tournillon Sr. $2.7 million settlement after a couple was killed in a boating accident. (Sep-18-06)
- Wayne County, MI $675,000 settlement after three family members died in a minivan accident. (Sep-18-06)
- Seaboard Foods and PIC USA $445,000 in fines for violating federal environmental laws. (Sep-18-06)
- Minnesota State University $5.25 million settlement after a van crash killed three students. (Sep-18-06)
- Doctor Mitchell Zagor $5 million medical malpractice settlement for a brain damaged baby. (Sep-18-06)
- Workforce Central Florida and the Workforce Central Florida Foundation Inc. $3.5 million settlement for defrauding the government by misusing federal grant funds to improve privately owned offices. (Sep-18-06)
- Fremont Unified School District Proposed $450,000 settlement for vandal watcher's back pay. (Sep-18-06)
- State of Wisconsin $90,000 settlement after police shot and killed an unarmed man after a car chase. (Sep-18-06)
- Securities America Inc. $2.5 million civil fine and $13.8 million returned to Exxon Mobil retirees for broker fraud. (Sep-15-06)
- Zebra Technologies Corp. $63.8 million patent infringement settlement. (Sep-15-06)
- Ricardo Salinas Pliego and Pedro Padilla Longoria $8.5 million settlement in fines for concealing related party deals between Unefon and Codisco. (Sep-15-06)
- City of Arlington, TX $2.75 million eminent domain settlement for condemned land for the new Cowboys football stadium. (Sep-14-06)
- Advanced Physical Therapy $180,000 paid for submitting false claims for reimbursement to federally funded health care programs. (Sep-14-06)
- Marianna Cavitolo $100,000 settlement paid to a passenger in a car accident. (Sep-14-06)
- Foodstaff and Symphony Design Group $450,000 settlement paid to a man beaten up by an intoxicated teenaged partygoer. (Sep-14-06)
- MetaMachine Inc. $30 million for online file sharing copyright infringement. (Sep-13-06)
- City of Miami, FL $180,000 after a documentary film producer was hit in the head with a lead pellet beanbag fired by police. (Sep-13-06)
- Mantra Films $2.1 million fine for failing to document the ages of female performers in "Girls Gone Wild" films. (Sep-13-06)
- Novartis AG $19 million settlement awarded to Acambis regarding its Arilvax yellow fever vaccine. (Sep-12-06)
- Neil's Finance Plaza and Regency Financial Corp. $1.039 million settlement awarded for odometer fraud. (Sep-11-06)
- GlaxoSmithKline PLC $3.4 billion paid to the US Internal Revenue Service for tax disputes. (Sep-11-06)
- City of Hammond, IN $9 million settlement awarded to a man who spent 19 years in prison for a rape he did not commit. (Sep-11-06)
- Nike £300,000 settlement awarded to the London Borough of Hackney for unauthorized logo use. (Sep-11-06)
- Sean Combs £110,000 settlement awarded to Richard "Diddy" Dearlove for using the "Diddy" trade name. (Sep-11-06)
- Belfor USA Group Inc. $223,000 settlement awarded to migrant workers who were denied overtime. (Sep-9-06)
- Hartlepool Borough Council £1 million settlement awarded to female employees for gender discrimination. (Sep-9-06)
- Second Chance Body Armor Inc. and Toyobo Co. Ltd. $3.6 million settlement awarded after a police officer died wearing a bulletproof vest. (Sep-9-06)
- New York $14.5 million settlement awarded to a police officer injured while on duty. (Sep-8-06)
- A&G Coal Corp. $3 million settlement awarded after a toddler was killed by a dislodged boulder. (Sep-8-06)
- Enternet Media Inc. and Conspy & Co. $2.05 million settlement for creating spyware programs that reached 18 million computers worldwide. (Sep-8-06)
- Dixie Egg Company $1.5 million settlement awarded after a tractor trailer killed a college student. (Sep-8-06)
- Start Licensing, Inc. $1.25 million patent infringement settlement awarded to Advanced Cell Technology. (Sep-7-06)
- Canada Food Inspection Agency $9 million settlement awarded to the Canada Goose King for giving conflicting, incorrect and misleading information. (Sep-7-06)
- James Frey and Random House $2.35 million settlement awarded to consumers who claimed they were defrauded after purchasing "A Million Little Pieces". (Sep-7-06)
- Bertelsmann $60 million settlement awarded to Universal Music Group for allegedly aiding copyright infringement. (Sep-7-06)
- Accused Rapist $2.4 million settlement awarded to a rape victim. (Sep-6-06)