LAWSUITS NEWS & LEGAL INFORMATION
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- Visalia, CA $672,000 payout ends theater ownership dispute. (Jun-10-07)
- San Leandro, CA $395,000 settlement in federal civil rights lawsuit. (Jun-10-07)
- Robert J. Matkovich $99,000 fine in FPPC violations lawsuit. (Jun-9-07)
- US Marine Corps. $200,000 settlement in sergeants' physical misconduct suit. (Jun-8-07)
- Michael Snyder $250,000 civil penalty ends fiscal misrepresentation charges with SEC. (Jun-5-07)
- Solano County, CA Proposed $258,636 settlement in property tax assessment suit. (Jun-5-07)
- San Geronimo Golf Course $4.3 million as compensation in golfing personal injury suit. (Jun-5-07)
- AutoZone Inc. Statewide civil environmental and consumer protection suit ends in a $1.5 million settlement. (Jun-4-07)
- Brick Investment Corporation and 7th Street Associates, Inc. $125,000 civil fine in lead poisoning federal disclosure rule violations. (Jun-4-07)
- Maria Chairez $35,000 settlement in unlawful business practice and public nuisance lawsuit. (May-28-07)
- North County Transit District $12.2 million settlement in rail line construction suit. (May-28-07)
- San Jose, CA $3.8 million payout for breach of contract with hotel. (May-27-07)
- Bakersfield, CA $250,000 settlement in police misconduct lawsuit. (May-24-07)
- University of California $8 million settlement in custodians' pay hike lawsuit. (May-23-07)
- San Bernardino County, CA Wrongful termination and defamation suit ends in $300,000 settlement. (May-22-07)
- Turner Broadcasting System Over $2 million paid out in guerrilla ad campaign, bomb scare suit. (May-18-07)
- Central Basin Municipal Water District $2.4 million and building relocation resolves water district partnership dispute. (May-18-07)
- Baskin-Robbins $500,000 settlement in false claims, consumer protection suit. (May-16-07)
- Fountain Valley School District Construction project breach of contract suit settled with a $58,000 payout. (May-15-07)
- Christopher Balkenhol $198,000 settlement in insider trading lawsuit. (May-15-07)
- Fernando Diaz-Valdes, Bruce Headley, Brad Martin Over $1 million settlement in horse sale fraud suit. (May-15-07)
- California Youth Authority $800,000 settlement in racial discrimination suit. (May-15-07)
- Highland, CA Flood related wrongful death suit ends in a $775,000 settlement. (May-13-07)
- San Diego County Water Authority $40 million settlement ends long standing water dispute. (May-11-07)
- County-USC Medical Center Parents get $150,000 settlement in medical negligence and wrongful death lawsuit. (May-11-07)
- San Francisco, CA $10.3 million proposed settlement to go towards stadium maintenance. (May-10-07)
- Hayward Unified School District $200,000 settlement in wrongful death suit. (May-8-07)
- Union Carbide Corp. et al. $2.3 million settlement in asbestos related wrongful death lawsuit. (May-8-07)
- Whittaker Corp., Remediation Financial and Santa Clarita LLC $100 million payout to cleanup groundwater perchlorate contamination. (May-7-07)
- Edgar Reinoso Tenants get $1 million settlement for vermin infested, slum like conditions in apartment building. (May-4-07)
- San Francisco, CA $156,000 settlement in pregnancy discrimination suit. (May-3-07)
- Loma Linda Behavioral Medicine Center Over $2 million settlement in Medicare, False Claims Act violations, whistleblower lawsuit. (Apr-30-07)
- Lancaster, CA $20 million settlement in wrongful arrest, civil rights violation suit. (Apr-30-07)
- Bally Total Fitness $24,000 compensation to Sikh man in racial discrimination lawsuit. (Apr-29-07)
- Impac Mortgage Holding Inc. Federal lawsuit over state derivative actions ends in a $300,000 payout. (Apr-27-07)
- San Joaquin County, CA Medical negligence and malpractice lawsuit settled for $4.75 million. (Apr-25-07)
- Gilroy, CA Contractor gets $1.6 million compensation for delayed construction. (Apr-24-07)
- University of California, Irvine Medical Center $50,000 settlement in liver transplant medical malpractice suit. (Apr-22-07)
- Los Angeles, CA Firefighters get over $2 million in discrimination and retaliation lawsuit. (Apr-19-07)
- Education Finance Partners $2.5 million settlement in student loan steering lawsuit. (Apr-19-07)
- Tracy Unified School District $250,000 settlement in student molestation lawsuit. (Apr-18-07)
- Norcal Waste Systems $129,000 settlement ends controversial trash-hauling contract and litigation. (Apr-16-07)
- Emeryville, CA $3.6 million settlement in racial discrimination and retaliation lawsuit. (Apr-16-07)
- Red Bluff, CA Employee gets $30,000 in gender discrimination lawsuit. (Apr-16-07)
- San Francisco, CA Police misconduct suit settled at $82,500. (Apr-16-07)
- Otay Water District Six employees get $371,000 settlement in racial discrimination and wrongful termination lawsuit. (Apr-12-07)
- Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Female employee paid $550,000 in gender harassment and misconduct lawsuit. (Apr-12-07)
- Merced County, CA $850,000 settlement awarded to five female officers for gender discrimination. (Apr-11-07)
- Town & Country Resort Hotel and Convention Center $1 million paid for illegal construction of parking lot. (Apr-11-07)
- East Bay Municipal Utility District Authority Daughters receive $8 million in wrongful death lawsuit. (Apr-10-07)