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Settlements
- Morgan Crucible, Carbone of America Industries, Schunk GmBH and SGL Carbon $21.9 million class action settlement for conspiring to fix the prices of a range of electrical carbon products. (Sep-6-06)
- Hunter College $65,000 settlement for expelling a student from residence after attempting suicide. (Sep-6-06)
- County-USC Medical Center $2.18 million settlement awarded to a brain damaged teenaged boy. (Sep-5-06)
- U.S. Government $3.4 million wrongful death settlement for negligent air traffic control. (Sep-5-06)
- Western Union Financial Services Inc. $3 million settlement for failing to comply with state reporting laws intended to help combat money laundering and illegal immigration. (Sep-5-06)
- Pitney Bowes Inc. $1.1 billion tax settlement. (Sep-4-06)
- AgriProcessors Inc. $600,000 civil penalty for failing to comply with wastewater pretreatment conditions and limitations. (Sep-4-06)
- TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Abbott Laboratories and Takeda Pharmaceutical $1.86 million settlement for over pricing Lupron. (Sep-1-06)
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Milwaukee $13.3 million settlement awarded to eight victims of priest molestation. (Sep-1-06)
- Alcoa Inc. and Reynolds Metals Company $1.4 million cleanup settlement for aluminum groundwater pollution. (Sep-1-06)
- Dr. Ronald McGee $3.3 million medical malpractice settlement awarded to a patient diagnosed with bladder cancer. (Aug-31-06)
- Wal-Mart $1.8 million personal injury settlement awarded after a riding lawnmower accident. (Aug-31-06)
- Force Protection Inc. $1.8 million whistleblower settlement for failing to advance payments to expedite armored vehicles. (Aug-31-06)
- Tower Tours and Coach USA/Gray Line $3.1 million settlement awarded to concierges and bellmen for cutting commissions. (Aug-31-06)
- S & Z Tool & Die Co. $940,000 settlement awarded for racial and gender discrimination. (Aug-30-06)
- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and The Wackenhut Corp. Settlement awarded to the parents of a slain clerk. (Aug-30-06)
- Fairfield Resorts Inc. $4 million settlement awarded to consumers for marketing undeveloped land. (Aug-30-06)
- Schering-Plough $435 million settlement for improperly marketing cancer drugs. (Aug-30-06)
- Solitude Ski Resort $2.5 million settlement awarded after a cyclist was killed in a car accident. (Aug-30-06)
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. Oxycodone and OxyContin patent settlement reached. (Aug-29-06)
- Delaware State Police $80,000 gender discrimination settlement awarded to a female trooper. (Aug-29-06)
- U.S. Postal Service $162,500 settlement awarded to a postal employee for racial harassment. (Aug-29-06)
- Ritewood Egg $105,000 fine after losing control of 2 million gallons of chicken manure and carcasses. (Aug-29-06)
- Euro Cement Group $9.9 million settlement for cement monopoly. (Aug-29-06)
- EchoStar Communications $100 million settlement paid to affiliate associations to protect distant network channel subscribers. (Aug-28-06)
- Prudential Financial Inc. $600 million settlement for facilitating rapid trading and market timing. (Aug-28-06)
- Sisters of Charity of Nazareth $1.5 million settlement for alleged abuse by Catholic nuns. (Aug-28-06)
- Popular Leasing USA $15.3 million debt relief and refunds provided to matrix box leasers. (Aug-28-06)
- Edward St. John $140,000 given to the family of an alleged lottery winner. (Aug-25-06)
- DaimlerChrysler AG $295 million settlement awarded to Daimler-Benz shareholders. (Aug-25-06)
- Apple $100 million patent infringement settlement awarded to Creative Technology. (Aug-25-06)
- Anthony Crane Rental $3.1 million settlement awarded after a man was killed by falling crane. (Aug-25-06)
- Pinecrest Hospital and the Department of Health and Human Resources $300,000 settlement awarded after a patient killed another patient. (Aug-25-06)
- Karl Leo, Herb Hester, Phil Hunniford, Arm, Ltd., and Caye Home Furnishings $2.3 million ERISA settlement. (Aug-24-06)
- Tempo Real Estate Corporation $2.5 million settlement after a toddler drowned in an apartment complex pool. (Aug-24-06)
- Los Angeles County $2.5 million settlement awarded to a woman hit by a tram. (Aug-24-06)
- Stillwater School District $1.1 million settlement awarded to former employees for age discrimination. (Aug-24-06)
- City of San Jose $800,000 settlement awarded to the Hells Angels after a police raid left three dogs dead. (Aug-24-06)
- Century Indemnity Co. $16.95 million settlement for asbestos related claims. (Aug-24-06)
- Election Systems and Software $750,000 settlement for providing defective equipment and causing election delays. (Aug-23-06)
- City of Huntington $125,000 gender harassment settlement awarded to a female police officer. (Aug-23-06)
- Los Angeles County $50,000 settlement awarded to a woman who tripped and fell on a sidewalk. (Aug-23-06)
- Ford County Attorney John Sauer $137,500 settlement for harassment, discrimination and wrongful termination. (Aug-23-06)
- University Hospitals of Cleveland $14 million whistleblower settlement for referral financial inducements. (Aug-22-06)
- Mike and Greg Whitaker $100,000 settlement and hog farm improvements for allegedly polluting streams. (Aug-21-06)
- U.S. Bank $275,000 settlement awarded for city tax embezzlement. (Aug-21-06)
- Franchise Pictures and Sidonian Holdings $3 million settlement for fraud awarded to Intertainment. (Aug-21-06)
- Colonial HealthCare $160,000 fine for the death of two patients due to inadequate care. (Aug-21-06)
- Pioneer Natural Resources Co. $32 million settlement for improper deductions in royalty calculations. (Aug-21-06)
- Fax.com $6.6 million settlement for sending junk faxes. (Aug-20-06)