LAWSUITS NEWS & LEGAL INFORMATION
SettlementsCalifornia Settlements
- Port of Stockton $5 million set aside for air and water quality controls. (Aug-31-07)
- Cuyama Joint Union School District $1.5 million settlement in wrongful death lawsuit. (Aug-30-07)
- Arthritis and Orthopedic Medical Clinic $44,000 payout to resolve racial harassment lawsuit. (Aug-27-07)
- Broadway Long Term Care Pharmacy Inc. $325,000 civil settlement in lawsuit over poor drug dispensing documentation. (Aug-24-07)
- La Habra, CA $5.2 million settlement in night club ordinance violation lawsuit. (Aug-23-07)
- Butte County, CA $150,000 settlement in whistleblower retaliation lawsuit. (Aug-22-07)
- Home Depot $10 million settlement in toxic storage lawsuit. (Aug-20-07)
- Sierra Aluminum Co. $200,000 settlement in wrongful termination lawsuit. (Aug-20-07)
- CalOptima $285,000 settlement in fraud screening lawsuit. (Aug-20-07)
- Hesperia Unified School District Over $300,000 settlement in employee buyout case. (Aug-17-07)
- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Over $3.9 million settlement in underpaid wages lawsuit. (Aug-15-07)
- Oakland Housing Authority Over $110,000 settlement in mass eviction lawsuit. (Aug-13-07)
- Dutch Goose Inc., Jody Wood, and David Vallarino $1.6 million settlement in personal injury lawsuit. (Aug-9-07)
- California Department of Transportation $1.2 million settlement in flood related property damage lawsuit. (Aug-6-07)
- Corinthian Colleges Inc. $6.5 million settlement in false advertising lawsuit. (Aug-2-07)
- Oakland City University $5.3 million settlement in False Claims Act violation lawsuit. (Jul-31-07)
- Marina, CA $100,000 settlement and $25 million in improvements for environmental damages. (Jul-30-07)
- Tracy, CA $73 million settlement to ensure students graduate with diploma. (Jul-27-07)
- University of California, Irvine, Medical Center $7.5 million settlement in liver transplant related medical malpractice suit. (Jul-26-07)
- Kaiser Gypsum Company Inc. and Hanson Permanente Cement Inc. $2.1 million settlement in asbestos related lawsuit. (Jul-25-07)
- College Loan Corp. $500,000 payout to resolve loan lending practices lawsuit. (Jul-24-07)
- UC Berkeley $3.5 million settlement in gender discrimination and retaliation lawsuit. (Jul-23-07)
- Gloria Argueta More than $400,000 in fines in housing code violations lawsuit. (Jul-21-07)
- Coastside Scavenger $100,000 surety bond given to resolve accounting breach lawsuit. (Jul-20-07)
- Stewart Title Guaranty Company and Electronic Closing Services Inc. $1.5 million settlement in insurance malpractice lawsuit. (Jul-19-07)
- Redondo Beach, CA $140,000 payout in disability, age, and gender discrimination lawsuit. (Jul-17-07)
- Agua Caliente $200,000 payout resolves state campaign disclosure laws dispute. (Jul-16-07)
- Archdiocese of Los Angeles $660 million settlement in clergy child molestation lawsuits. (Jul-16-07)
- Fresno State $5.85 million settlement in gender discrimination lawsuit. (Jul-12-07)
- Los Angeles, CA $1.2 million settlement in inmate's wrongful death lawsuit. (Jul-11-07)
- Orange County, CA $50,000 settlement in transgender inmate's civil suit. (Jul-11-07)
- Buena Park, CA $5 million settlement in wrongful death lawsuit. (Jul-10-07)
- Los Angeles County, CA $1.8 million settlement in medical negligence lawsuit. (Jul-9-07)
- Los Angeles County, CA $1 million settlement in wrongful death and negligence lawsuit. (Jul-9-07)
- San Francisco, CA $50,000 settlement in discrimination and harassment lawsuit. (Jul-7-07)
- Elk Grove Milling, Inc. $12,500 settlement in EPA and FIFRA violations lawsuit. (Jul-5-07)
- Redding, CA Wrongful death lawsuit settled for $130,000. (Jul-5-07)
- Sierra Pacific Industries Close to $13 million settlement in air pollution environmental damage lawsuit. (Jul-3-07)
- Oakland, CA $1.5 million settlement in a federal civil rights violation lawsuit. (Jul-2-07)
- Sierra Pacific Industries $50,000 paid out in air permits violation lawsuit. (Jul-1-07)
- Azusa Pipe and Tube Bending Corp. et al. $1.695 million settlement in superfund clean up costs lawsuit. (Jun-28-07)
- Franciscan Friars of California $28 million settlement in pedophile priests' molestation lawsuit. (Jun-28-07)
- MiraCosta College $1 million paid out as severance settlement with varsity head. (Jun-27-07)
- Palo Alto, CA $75,000 payout resolves employee wage dispute. (Jun-20-07)
- Five Star Parking $5 million settlement in misappropriated parking fees lawsuit. (Jun-20-07)
- San Luis Obispo, CA and Annie Tong-Try $200,000 settlement in wrongful death lawsuit. (Jun-17-07)
- Oxnard City, CA $846,500 settlement in golf course construction dispute. (Jun-14-07)
- Amalia and Julio Palmaz Land use regulations suit costs couple close to $1.25 million. (Jun-14-07)
- Aera Energy LLC and Baker Petrolite Corp. $173,872 paid as civil penalties, restitution, and costs in environment damage suit. (Jun-13-07)
- O'Brien Homes $2 million payout in construction lawsuit. (Jun-12-07)