Florida Settlements

• Recovery House Sarasota County pays $760,000 discrimination settlement after trying to zone out recovery homes for alcohol and substance abuse. (Oct-30-07)
• Visitors Bureau McGladrey & Pullen pays $710,000 accounting embezzlement settlement. (Oct-29-07)
• Foster Care Concealed Abuse Florida Department of Children & Families pays family $10 million for failing to provide adequate information on the background of their three adopted boys. (Oct-23-07)
• Teenaged Football Player South Florida Youth Football League and Washington Park Buccaneers pay family undisclosed wrongful death settlement. (Oct-20-07)
• Resignation Severance Duval County pays former superintendent $275,000 settlement. (Oct-18-07)
• Religious Studies Professor Broward Community College pays $250,000 religious discrimination settlement. (Oct-17-07)
• School Property Tax Education Foundation Osceola County pays $250,000 settlement in property tax. (Oct-11-07)
• Bus Race Accident Multi million dollar settlement awarded to the family of a sheriff killed at the Volusia racetrack. (Oct-10-07)
• Bank Loan Fraud Law firm partner ordered to pay $250,000 fine for fraud. (Oct-10-07)
• Wastewater Facility Venice, FL and Boyle Engineering Corp. pay $700,000 settlement for overrun costs. (Oct-8-07)
• Miami FTAA Riots Demonstrators awarded $460,000 for excessive force by city and county police. (Oct-4-07)
• Airport Contract Fraud Frank Vallecorsa of American International Inc. pays $1.5 million business fraud settlement. (Oct-1-07)
• Child Protection Investigator Child abuse victim awarded $800,000 settlement. (Sep-28-07)
• Condemned School Land Lakeland School District pays $2.5 million settlement to build new school. (Sep-27-07)
• Paul Harary and Douglas Zemsky Over $4 million refunded in kickbacks and securities manipulation lawsuit. (Sep-25-07)
• Bikini Bar Hillsborough County pays settlement for business obstruction. (Sep-23-07)
• Coral Springs, FL $140,000 settlement in breach of contract lawsuit. (Sep-18-07)
• Palm Beach County School District $1.1 million settlement in wrongful death lawsuit. (Sep-17-07)
• Delray Beach, FL $1 million settlement in wrongful death, civil lawsuit pending court approval. (Sep-16-07)
• Florida Water Service $500,000 settlement in personal injury lawsuit. (Aug-29-07)
• Post Buckley Schuh & Jernigan $135,835 settlement in engineering over billing lawsuit. (Aug-27-07)
• Volusia County, FL $100,000 settlement in beach patrol accident personal injury lawsuit. (Aug-24-07)
• Craftmatic Organization $130,000 payout in unethical sales practices lawsuit. (Aug-22-07)
• Tony Masilotti Over $175,000 settlement in real estate fraud lawsuit. (Aug-15-07)
• Department of Children and Families $1.3 million settlement in foster care teen sexual abuse lawsuit. (Aug-6-07)
• Harry Wolfer $200,000 payout in pit bull attack lawsuit. (Aug-2-07)
• Sebastian River Medical Center $1.275 million payout in whistleblower medical malpractice lawsuit. (Jul-30-07)
• William Scotsman Inc. $250,000 payout in mold damage case. (Jul-26-07)
• Willis Group Holdings $2.6 million settlement in insurance malpractice lawsuit. (Jul-18-07)
• Sebastian, FL Wrongful termination of contract ends in a $200,000 settlement. (Jul-13-07)
• Jacksonville, FL $100,000 settlement in foster home child abuse lawsuit. (Jul-9-07)
• Jacksonville, FL $900,000 settlement in infant's wrongful death lawsuit. (Jul-8-07)
• Madeira Beach, FL $500,000 settlement in lawsuit over historical land use. (Jul-4-07)
• Bartow, FL $150,000 settlement in real estate dispute. (Jul-3-07)
• Caledon Shores' Association $948,000 settlement in hurricane damage lawsuit. (Jun-29-07)
• Broward, FL $2.7 million settlement in wrongful arrests and imprisonment suit. (Jun-20-07)
• Challenge Financial Investors Corp. $848,000 settlement for violating state loan supervision laws. (Jun-8-07)
• Frostproof , FL $340,000 settlement in sexual harassment, civil rights lawsuit. (Jun-7-07)
• Winter Park, FL Controversial park project settlement costs city $3.7 million. (Jun-4-07)
• Cemex Corp. $51,370 settlement in arch damage lawsuit. (May-31-07)
• Clearwater, FL $150,000 settlement in personal injury lawsuit. (May-29-07)
• Collier County, FL $290,000 settlement in employee demotion lawsuit. (May-24-07)
• The Colony Apartment $2 million settlement to resolve negligent security and wrongful death charges. (May-23-07)
• Everglades Correctional Institution $1 million settlement in inmate's wrongful death suit. (May-16-07)
• South Seminole Middle School Nearly $2 million paid out as settlements in child abuse lawsuits. (May-11-07)
• Ponte Vedra, FL Wrongful termination leads to a $58,549 payout as compensation. (May-8-07)
• M.J.D. Construction Services Inc. and Donald Russo $600,000 settlement in accident related wrongful death lawsuit. (May-4-07)
• Tallahassee, FL Paraplegic gets $6 million settlement, ending medical malpractice lawsuit. (Apr-27-07)
• Donald Trump $100,000 contribution to end flag flying woes for high end club owner. (Apr-25-07)
• Kingsland Lounge $500,000 settlement in alcohol related wrongful death lawsuit. (Apr-24-07)