New York Settlements

• Ciminelli Services Corp. and RBS Excavating $2.3 million wrongful death settlement after a demolition laborer was killed on site. (Apr-24-06)
• New York City $8.9 million settlement awarded to a young man who lost both of his legs in the Staten Island ferry crash. (Mar-27-06)
• Federated Department Stores Inc. $725,000 settlement for printing misleading advertising and sales promotions. (Mar-15-06)
• Datran Media Corp. $1.1 million e-mail acquisition and spamming settlement. (Mar-13-06)
• Warner Music Group Corp. $5 million settlement alleging payoffs for radio airplay of artists awarded to the state of New York. (Nov-29-05)
• Praxis Housing Initiative $790,000 settlement for setting up profitable housing units using not-for-profit start up and operating expenses. (Nov-28-05)
• Bank of New York $38 million in fines for fraud and money laundering. (Nov-15-05)
• Mount Vernon Hospital $2.65 million settlement for illegal kickback and an unlicensed alcohol treatment operation. (Aug-8-05)
• Plaza Hotel, NY $525,000 racial discrimination settlement. (Jun-13-05)
• Mayor Rudolph Giuliani Administration $4.8 million settlement to Housing Works. (May-30-05)
• New York Department of Transportation $5.5 million payment to halt train project. (May-30-05)
• Pfizer Inc. $4 million settlement over misleading statements (May-2-05)
• New York Police Department $103,000 back pay settlement plus $12,000 a year for severance pay. (Apr-25-05)
• Philips Metal and Telesector Resources Group $3.75 million settlement with the state of New York over improper lead disposal (Apr-24-05)
• New York City A $231,000 settlement awarded to protesters for their arrest. (Apr-18-05)
• Willis North America Inc. $51 million payout to insurnace clients. (Apr-12-05)
• MLB Advanced Media and Steiner Sports Memorabilia, Inc. A $232,000 settlement for false email promotions. (Apr-11-05)
• New York Police Department An $8.75 million settlement for police brutality. (Mar-28-05)
• Seamen's Society for Children and Families A $2 million settlement for foster care abuse. (Mar-24-05)
• Aon Corp. A $190 million settlement for insurance fraud. (Mar-7-05)
• CSX Corp. A $1.5 million settlement awarded to New York state. (Mar-7-05)
• New York City A $1 million settlement awarded for wrongful conviction. (Feb-10-05)
• New York Life Insurance Co. A $20 million settlement awarded to Armenian descendants. (Jan-31-05)
• City of New York A $1.9 million settlement awarded to an injured pedestrian. (Jan-21-05)
• M & T Pretzel Inc. A $450,000 settlment awared to New York Pretzel vendors for overtime. (Jan-10-05)
• New York Police Department A $17.5 million settlement awarded to a man left paraplegic after being shot. (Jan-8-05)
• New York Police Department A $3 million settlement award to the family of Anthony Baez who was killed by a police officer. (Jan-8-05)
• Consolidated Edison electrocuted woman dies. (Dec-7-04)
• Northrop Grumman Corp. (securities settlement) (Nov-23-04)
• GlaxoSmithKline PLC. A $2.5 million settlement has been reached with the State.. (Sep-2-04)
• Department of Correctional Services. A $7.65 million verdict has been reached.. (Jul-9-04)
• Washington, DC. A $5 million settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed .. (May-19-04)
• The City of New York. (Feb-10-04)
• General Electric Co. A $1.4 million settlement has been reached in the state l.. (Sep-5-03)
• J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup. A $236 million settlement has been rea.. (Sep-5-03)
• Jose and Natalia Chavez. A jury has awarded $105,000 to a Hempstead, New York .. (Sep-4-03)
• Wal-Mart. A $200,000 settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed against .. (Jun-12-03)
• Iraq A $104 million dollar verdict has been awarded by a New York City judge t.. (May-28-03)
• Funkmaster Flex A settlement has been reached in the child support lawsuit fil.. (May-13-03)
• Dominion Resources Inc. will pay $1.2 billion dollars to settle a lawsuit with.. (May-7-03)