LAWSUITS NEWS & LEGAL INFORMATION
SettlementsMinnesota Settlements
- $227M Settlement Final in FedEx Drivers Employment Class Action Lawsuit (May-4-17)
- New Car Class Action Settlements with Toyota and CADA (Jan-10-11)
- $3 Million Settlement Reached in METO Class Action (Sep-15-10)
- Metro Gang Strike Force to Pay Victims $3 million (Aug-25-10)
- URS Pays $52 Million Over Minnesota Bridge Collapse (Aug-23-10)
- $173M Settlement Reached in Chip Antitrust Suit (Jun-29-10)
- CertainTeed Reaches Preliminary Settlement in Defective Shingles Class Action (Dec-30-09)
- Strip Search Class Action Settled for $900,000 (Dec-14-09)
- Vitamin Price Fixing Suit Preliminary $25 Million Settlement Reached (Dec-14-09)
- Official Business US Federal Government to pay $1 million settlement in wrongful death lawsuit. (May-17-08)
- Officer Retaliated Against City to pay $100,000 settlement in whistleblower lawsuit. (Mar-20-08)
- Overpaid Employee Worker ends theft lawsuit with $30,000 settlement. (Mar-17-08)
- Permission Granted Mower County pays $65,000 to accept officer's resignation in settlement. (Mar-12-08)
- Bridge Collapse Minnesota pays $25 million to Interstate 35W victims. (Mar-12-08)
- Inmate Medical Negligence Olmsted County awards former inmate $337,000 settlement after failing to get him to a hospital after showing signs of a heart attack. (Feb-6-08)
- Hero Fire City of Lanesboro pays $225,000 settlement after police chief sets fire to girlfriend's apartment. (Feb-4-08)
- Assistant Principal District 834 pays former employee $143,000 settlement after hindering her career. (Jan-30-08)
- Energy Environment Granite Falls Energy agrees to $300,000 MPCA fine. (Dec-2-07)
- Undercover Police Officer Minneapolis awards cop $4.5 million personal injury settlement after being shot by two other officers. (Nov-27-07)
- Sunbathing SUV Accident Family awarded $2.75 million wrongful death settlement after mother was run over by a police SUV on the beach. (Nov-25-07)
- City Bus Accident Rochester City Lines pays family of killed inline skater $550,000 wrongful death settlement. (Nov-21-07)
- Housing Gender Harassment Landlords pay $240,000 fine for harassing female tenants. (Oct-23-07)
- Kidnapped and Murdered State pays family $300,000 settlement after their teenaged daughter was killed. (Oct-17-07)
- Ballpark Land Hennepin County pays $28.5 million for Minnesota Twins baseball park. (Oct-16-07)
- Allianz Annuities Allianz Life Insurance Company pays $500,000 fine and refunds annuities sold to seniors. (Oct-9-07)
- Police Excessive Force Man stopped for speeding suffers broken rib and collapsed lung, awarded $365,000 settlement. (Sep-29-07)
- Mille Lacs County, MN $700,000 settlement in federal wrongful death lawsuit. (Sep-24-07)
- Hennepin County, MN Over $19.3 million settlement proposed in eminent domain lawsuit. (Sep-16-07)
- Minneapolis, MN $110,000 settlement in police brutality lawsuit. (Aug-22-07)
- Rocori School District $200,000 payout in school shootout wrongful death lawsuit. (Aug-15-07)
- Roseville, MN $827,650 settlement in land use lawsuit. (Aug-15-07)
- Minnesota Department of Transportation $110,000 settlement in employment discrimination lawsuit. (Jul-18-07)
- Progressive Auto Insurance $100,000 settlement in "seat belt gag rule" insurance lawsuit. (Jun-29-07)
- Chino Latino Racial discrimination and retaliation lawsuit ends in a $325,000 settlement. (May-3-07)
- Blarney Pub and Grill $20,000 civil fine for serving alcohol to underage varsity students. (Apr-27-07)
- Pierz Fire Department $60,000 gender discrimination settlement. (Feb-8-07)
- James Joseph Sander Jr. $1 million wrongful death settlement after frat party attendee drowned. (Nov-19-06)
- Minnesota State University $5.25 million settlement after a van crash killed three students. (Sep-18-06)
- Stillwater School District $1.1 million settlement awarded to former employees for age discrimination. (Aug-24-06)
- City of Monticello, MN $98,000 wrongful termination settlement. (May-26-06)
- CenterPoint Energy $13.5 million settlement for violating the Minnesota Cold Weather Rule by turning off heat to low income customers. (Apr-4-06)
- Minnesota Pollution Control Agency $325,000 whistleblower settlement awarded to an employee who was harassed and fired after exposing evidence regarding the damaging effects of PFCs. (Feb-6-06)
- City of St. Paul $400,000 wrongful death settlement after a police officer shot the wrong man. (Dec-12-05)
- Willis North America Inc. $51 million payout to insurnace clients. (Apr-12-05)