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- Double Occupancy Winery owner to pay $300,000 settlement in property lease lawsuit. (Apr-11-08)
- Affordable Housing Developer to pay $9.8 million settlement in real estate lawsuit. (Apr-10-08)
- Stop Sign Obscured Milpitas, San Jose to pay $28,500 settlement in accident lawsuit. (Apr-10-08)
- Housing Project Moves Forward Monterey County to pay $1 million settlement in construction lawsuit. (Apr-9-08)
- California Traffic Spending Orange County to pay $39.3 million settlement in highways lawsuit. (Apr-8-08)
- Tunnel Project Problems Irrigation District to pay $10 million settlement in breach of contract lawsuit. (Apr-8-08)
- Back Pay and Overtime Due Painting company to pay $87,840 settlement in employment lawsuit. (Apr-8-08)
- Baking Soda Kills Girl County approves $300,000 settlement in wrongful death lawsuit. (Apr-3-08)
- Western US Energy Crisis Power company to pay $85.7 million settlement in electricity lawsuit. (Apr-3-08)
- Erin Brockovich Inspires Lawsuits PG&E to pay $20 million settlement in water contamination litigation. (Apr-2-08)
- Misleading Packaging 3M Co. will pay $693,000 settlement in advertising lawsuit. (Apr-1-08)
- Lawyers Fees Ordered University to pay $2.5 million settlement in discrimination lawsuit. (Mar-26-08)
- Death Prompts Improved Safety Train operators to pay undisclosed settlement in wrongful death lawsuit. (Mar-25-08)
- Boy Struck in Crosswalk Gilroy to pay $130,000 settlement in wrongful death lawsuit. (Mar-24-08)
- Nurse Blows Whistle County pays $70,000 settlement in wrongful termination lawsuit. (Mar-20-08)
- Campaign Violations Senator pays $350,000 fine to settle spending lawsuit. (Mar-19-08)
- IRS Audit Tarrant pays $14 million settlement in past taxes lawsuit. (Mar-19-08)
- Water Sources Developer to pay $32,000 settlement in land zoning lawsuit. (Mar-17-08)
- Contingency Money Santa Monica pays $55 million settlement in lawyer's fees lawsuit. (Mar-15-08)
- Nuclear Power Pacific Gas & Electric pays undisclosed settlement in plant upgrade suit. (Mar-15-08)
- Energy Excess Constellation to pay $6.9 million settlement for capacity violations. (Mar-12-08)
- Collecting Garbage Waste Management pays $7.89 million settlement in service disruption lawsuit. (Mar-12-08)
- Stolen Image NDS pays bodybuilder undisclosed amount for using his likeness. (Mar-11-08)
- Executive Grants Sigma Designs pays undisclosed settlement to shareholders. (Mar-11-08)
- Land Underpriced Developer to pay Seaside $1.1 million settlement to agency fund. (Mar-10-08)
- Overtime Pay Santa Barbara News-Press pays $140,000 settlement in overtime suit. (Mar-10-08)
- Feature Film Piracy Chinese company settles piracy suit with Hollywood studios. (Mar-8-08)
- Teachers Paid LA School District pays 8% interest to teachers for payroll problems. (Mar-7-08)
- Unarmed Suspect Shot Riverside, CA to pay $800,000 settlement in wrongful death shooting. (Mar-7-08)
- EPA Violations Riverside Cement to pay $384,000 for air quality violations. (Mar-6-08)
- Juvenile Disabled Kings County pays $4 million in inmate hanging settlement. (Mar-6-08)
- Oscar Winner Sues Production Company Ascendant pays Kevin Costner undisclosed amount in settlement. (Mar-6-08)
- Rent Controlled Apartments Landlord to pay $10 million settlement after forcing out low income tenants and then selling the buildings for a profit. (Mar-5-08)
- Perchlorate Contamination San Bernardino pays city of Rialto $4 million settlement to aid in cleanup costs. (Mar-5-08)
- Bay Bridge Oil Spill Hudson Marine Management Services pays city of San Francisco $2 million settlement to help with cleanup costs. (Mar-3-08)
- Restraining Chair Santa Cruz County agree to $3 million wrongful death settlement after an inmate died while in jail. (Mar-1-08)
- Falling Tree City of Anaheim pays $700,000 wrongful death settlement after tree crushes a man to death while in his van. (Feb-28-08)
- Assistant Principal Termination Oxnard Union High School District pays former employee a $150,000 settlement. (Feb-28-08)
- Liquor Permits City of San Fernando agrees to $750,000 settlement after denying permits for a restaurant project. (Feb-25-08)
- Music Teacher College of the Desert agrees to $660,000 discrimination and retaliation settlement. (Feb-23-08)
- Jail Funds Santa Clara must pay $1.5 million settlement for improper fiscal management. (Feb-21-08)
- Woman's Basketball Coach Former employee accepts $6.6 million wrongful termination settlement from Fresno State University. (Feb-16-08)
- Sewage Spill Vista and Carlsbad pay $700,000 environmental settlement after 7.3 million gallons of raw sewage spilled into Buena Vista Lagoon. (Feb-7-08)
- Driving Instructor State of California pays four woman a $450,000 settlement after being molested by a DMV employee. (Feb-6-08)
- Atmospheric Blow Down Tesoro's Golden Eagle Refinery agrees to $48,000 environmental penalty for air quality violations. (Feb-3-08)
- Water Pumping Fee Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency pays $13.5 million settlement for illegal augmentation fees. (Jan-30-08)
- Ballot Device Election Systems and Software agrees to pays city of San Francisco $3.5 million settlement after problems with AutoMARK lead to prolonged hand counting of votes. (Jan-23-08)
- Sunbather Accident City of Coronado pays $141,000 personal injury settlement after woman was run over by a lifeguard's truck. (Jan-22-08)
- Firefighter Back Pay City of San Francisco pays $755,000 settlement to several retired workers. (Jan-22-08)
- Cross Dispute San Diego ordered to pay lawyer $750,000 settlement for legal fees. (Jan-17-08)