Georgia Settlements

• $13.5 Preliminary Settlement Approved in Room To Go Consumer Fraud Class Action Lawsuit (Aug-7-17)
• $227M Settlement Final in FedEx Drivers Employment Class Action Lawsuit (May-4-17)
• Settlement Reached in Magic City Dancers FLSA Class Action Lawsuit (Jan-16-17)
• $24M Synovus Bank Overdraft Fees Class Action Lawsuit Settlement Reached (Mar-27-14)
• $7.8 Billion Settlement Approved In BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Class Action Lawsuit (Dec-24-12)
• Nursing Home Management Company to Pay $2M Over Resident's Death (Sep-6-11)
• Prozac Use Found to be Substantial Factor in Teen's Suicide Attempt (Apr-14-11)
• Yamaha ATV Personal Injury Lawsuit Settled for $317,000 (Jun-1-10)
• $1.5 Million Awarded in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit (Apr-14-10)
• Sexual Harassment Suit Settled for $9.2 Million (Oct-20-09)
• Medicare Fraud Savannah hospital to pay $5.08 million settlement in insurance lawsuit. (Apr-29-08)
• Reverse Discrimination School to pay undisclosed settlement in employment lawsuit. (Apr-28-08)
• Driving While Calling Company to pay $5.2 million settlement in car crash lawsuit. (Mar-24-08)
• GNG Marketing Violations Georgia Natural Gas to pay customers $2.5 million in settlement. (Mar-7-08)
• School Bus Accident Murray County agrees to $300,000 settlement in personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits. (Feb-27-08)
• Softball Coach Thomas County School System agrees to undisclosed gender discrimination and harassment settlement for a former employee. (Jan-29-08)
• Police Training Program Sheriff's deputy Samuel Roy Wilbanks ordered to pay undisclosed settlement after molesting an minor. (Jan-28-08)
• Surgery Malpractice Jury awards woman $10 million medical malpractice settlement after a sponge left in her abdomen led to kidney failure. (Dec-3-07)
• Jail Negligence Daughter awarded $350,000 wrongful death settlement after father dies of heart failure. (Nov-14-07)
• Supreme Court Employee Discrimination Fulton County awards former employee $210,000 settlement for political discrimination. (Oct-17-07)
• Manager Racial Bias DeKalb County pays former recreation program manager racial discrimination settlement. (Oct-13-07)
• Guide Dog Housing Discrimination Apartment owners pay $55,000 for refusing to rent space to a visually impaired man. (Oct-9-07)
• Brokerage Forgery Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. pays $275,000 in fines to the state of Georgia. (Oct-9-07)
• School Superintendent Steps Down Dale Clark receives $111,000 resignation payout. (Sep-26-07)
• Adrian James Teal $10,000 settlement reached in hunting dog lawsuit. (Aug-24-07)
• Forsyth, GA Undisclosed settlement for police officer racial discrimination. (Aug-24-07)
• Lawrenceville, GA $100,000 settlement in Taser related wrongful death lawsuit. (Aug-20-07)
• Daniel V. Leccese Sr. $250,000 fine for felony mail fraud. (Aug-15-07)
• Barnsley Inn & Gardens Clean Water Act violations costs company over $115,000. (Jul-18-07)
• Sembler Atlanta Inc. $500,000 payout in environment damage lawsuit. (Jun-29-07)
• Clayton County, GA $7 million settlement in racial discrimination lawsuit. (Jun-25-07)
• Atlanta, GA Wrongful death lawsuit results in a $1.25 million settlement. (Jun-21-07)
• BFI Waste Systems $150,000 payout in superfund clean up initiative. (May-22-07)
• Coca-Cola Co. Deceptive trade practice suit ends with soft drink replacements and a payout to plaintiffs. (May-15-07)
• Jackson County, GA Former County manager gets $350,000 employment settlement over terminated job. (May-7-07)
• University of Georgia Six-figure out-of-court settlement for gender harassment and assault by school athletes. (Apr-30-07)
• Jackson County Board of Education Couple receives $280,000 compensation from property damage lawsuit. (Apr-10-07)
• White County School District Settlement for Equal Access Act violations. (Jan-11-07)
• Dixie Egg Company $1.5 million settlement awarded after a tractor trailer killed a college student. (Sep-8-06)
• EPT Management Co., TVO Hampton Village Partners LP and TVO Hampton, Inc. $9 million verdict awarded to a women who was attacked at her apartment. (Feb-3-06)